GALLIFORD TRY SECURES HEALTH & EDUCATION BUILDING CONTRACTS IN MIDLANDS WORTH £48 MILLION
Galliford Try plc, the housebuilding and construction group, announces that it has been appointed to two new construction contracts across the Midlands, worth a total of £48 million.
Firstly, Birmingham and Solihull Local Improvement Finance Trust ('BasLIFT') has reached financial close with Galliford Try Building to construct the new Birmingham Dental Hospital on the Pebble Mill site in the city. The £34 million project for BasLIFT will see the City's existing dental hospital at St Chad's Circus relocate and be combined with the University of Birmingham's school of dentistry at the site.
Secondly, the University of Nottingham has appointed Galliford Try Building to extend and refurbish the George Green Engineering and Science Library at its University Park campus under a £14 million construction contract. A new three storey, 7,300 sqm extension will be built, in addition to internal and external refurbishment of the existing four storey library complex.
Galliford Try Chief Executive Greg Fitzgerald commented: "It is hugely encouraging for our construction business that we are able to secure such significant work in the health and education sectors despite the economic climate. We look forward to successfully delivering both projects for our clients and wider stakeholders, and in turn providing end users in the Midlands with an enhanced built environment and improved facilities."
For further enquiries:
Galliford Try - Greg Fitzgerald, Chief Executive 01895 855001
Graham Prothero, Finance Director
Notes to Editors
Galliford Try plc is a leading UK housebuilding and construction group. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and a member of the FTSE 250. The housebuilding business - through its Linden Homes brand - sells distinctive homes to the public and affordable homes to housing associations and local authority providers across the South and South East of England. The construction business carries out building and infrastructure work across the UK with clients ranging from major Government departments through to regulated utilities and private sector companies. At the end of the financial year to 30 June 2012, the Group generated revenues of £1.5 billion.