Galliford Try

Seven contractors, including Kier, Galliford Try and Tilbury Douglas, have been appointed to a five-year framework covering utilities in Yorkshire. Framework client Yorkshire Water said the work represents part of its “largest ever” environmental investment, as it looks to invest £8.3bn across the network in the next five years. Kier,…

A single mammoth contract for HS2 work propelled Costain to the top of December’s league table, according to construction industry data specialist Glenigan. Work will begin in the first quarter of the year on the £400m job to deliver critical lineside mechanical and electrical systems for the high-speed rail link.…

Galliford Try has scooped two London-based building contracts worth a combined £87m. The contractor – the UK’s 15th biggest according to the latest CN100 – will redevelop 30-33 Sloane Street (pictured) in London for £53m. The project will include a new six-storey building comprising luxury retail units, some Category A…

Focusing on work in public and regulated sectors has helped Galliford Try to achieve a £1.8bn turnover. Announcing its full-year results to 30 June 2024, the tier one contractor – ranked 15th in the latest CN100 table – also revealed a pre-tax profit of £32.7m. This was 39.7 per cent…

Wessex Water has named the contractors and consultants selected for its eighth asset management period (AMP8), running from 2025-30. Kier won a place on three of the four lots on the framework that is set to see £3.7bn of planned investment made by the water company – which operates across…

Galliford Try has been picked for a £101.5m revamp of Haslar Immigration Removal Centre (IRC), near Portsmouth.  The centre was originally built as a prison but was later used to hold immigrants accused of being in the UK illegally or pending their deportation, until it closed in 2015.  Haslar IRC…

Galliford Try has taken on an £89.2m road scheme in Somerset, six months after the original contractor walked away from the job. Work stalled on the Banwell bypass in March when Alun Griffiths informed North Somerset Council it could no longer deliver the works for an undisclosed reason. The contractor,…

Galliford Try has said its turnover is set to exceed £1.64bn in its latest financial year. In a trading update for the 12 months to 30 June 2024, published this morning (11 July), the contractor said its turnover would be above the upper end of current analyst forecasts. These are…

Galliford Try has been picked to build the £69m Paisley Grammar Community Campus.  The contractor will deliver facilities for up to 1,380 pupils, including all-weather sports pitches, a 300-seat theatre, a dance studio, teaching kitchens and music suites.  The scheme, designed by Ryder Architecture, received planning permission in January and…

Galliford Try has picked up two UK government contracts worth a combined £101m. In a London Stock Exchange announcement this morning, the contractor said that its Building Southern business had sealed a £70m deal with the Home Office and Ministry of Justice to expand a disused immigration removal centre in…