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Galliford Try PLC

23 January 2012

 



GALLIFORD TRY AWARDED INFRASTRUCTURE CONTRACTS TOTALLING £40 MILLION

Galliford Try plc, the housebuilding and construction company announces that it has won infrastructure projects totalling £40 million.

£17m Scottish Water Project

Galliford Try, through its Scottish construction business, Morrison Construction, has in joint venture with Black & Veatch, secured a £17 million contract from Scottish Water for the second phase of the Meadowhead and Stevenston work package 6.  The contract forms part of Scottish Water's strategic programme, the purpose of the scheme is to collect storm overflows from Kilmarnock town centre and transfer them to Meadowhead waste water treatment works.

£15m Yorkshire Water Work

Galliford Try, in joint venture with AECOM Design Build, has been awarded a £15 million contract to upgrade Woodhouse Mill sewage treatment works in Sheffield for Yorkshire Water.

The purpose of the work is to improve the quality of final effluent in line with discharge consents set by the Environment Agency.

£8m Reading Station Contract

Galliford Try has been awarded an £8 million contract by Reading Borough Council to assist with the redevelopment of the town's station and the surrounding area.  The programme of civil engineering works includes highway improvements, creation of a new interchange and public realm works.

Greg Fitzgerald, Chief Executive of Galliford Try, commented:

"We are delighted to secure further projects for two of our long standing framework clients in the water industry and to play a key role in a significant rail infrastructure contract for a new client.  Our construction business has a strong track record in all three areas and we look forward to working with our clients to deliver successful projects."

For further enquiries:

Greg Fitzgerald, Chief Executive                 01895 855001

Frank Nelson, Finance Director

Louise Mantio, Communications Director

Note to Editors

Galliford Try has annual revenues of £1.3 billion in housebuilding and construction.

The Group's construction order book is £1.6 billion.  £550 million is in building (covering health and education projects through to commercial buildings and sports facilities), £900 million in infrastructure projects (ranging from water, rail, highways and flood alleviation to renewable energy and land remediation) and £150 million in affordable housing contracting.

Galliford Try recently completed the £100 million refurbishment and rebuilding of St Pancras Chambers in London and the new Court 3 as part of its long term work with the AELTC at Wimbledon.  It has recently been appointed preferred bidder for the £80 million 'Resort World at the NEC' project for Genting UK and is building the £790 million Forth Road Crossing project in a four party consortium.

The Group's housebuilding business, Linden Homes, develops distinctive homes across the south and east of England.  It completed 2,200 homes in its last financial year, has a landbank of 10,400 plots and is currently undertaking a significant programme of growth.

 

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