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RNS Number : 8458I

Galliford Try PLC

09 July 2013

 



GALLIFORD TRY APPOINTED AS PREFERRED DELIVERY PARTNER FOR £41 MILLION HOSPITAL REDEVELOPMENT

Galliford Try plc, the housebuilding and construction group, announces that its Scottish business Morrison Construction has been appointed preferred phase one contractor by hub South East Scotland on behalf of NHS Lothian for the first phase of the £41.8m redevelopment of the Royal Edinburgh Hospital.

In addition, Galliford Try's Facilities Management business has been appointed preferred bidder to provide ongoing hard facilities maintenance and lifecycle management. This contract will be worth approximately £18 million over the 25 year concession period.

Morrison Construction will deliver a new state-of-the-art 15,500 sqm specialist mental health facility on the west edge of the existing campus in Morningside, Edinburgh. When operational the facility will provide services for the adult acute mental health inpatient service, intensive psychiatric care, national brain injury unit, mental health rehabilitation and older people's mental health assessment and treatment services.

Galliford Try Chief Executive Greg Fitzgerald said: "We are delighted to have been selected by hub South East for this major project in Edinburgh. This appointment demonstrates the strength of our business across our construction, facilities management and investments teams and we look forward to working with hub and NHS Lothian to create the top class facilities the local public deserve."

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 last financial year to 30 June 2012, the Group generated revenues of £1.5 billion.

 

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