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Galliford Try PLC

25 May 2011

 



GALLIFORD TRY JOINT VENTURE SECURES £200 MILLION WASTE WATER SCHEME

Galliford Try plc, the housebuilding and construction group, announces that it has, in joint venture with Costain Group plc and Atkins (WS) plc, been instructed by United Utilities Group plc to undertake £200m worth of work to upgrade and extend Liverpool waste water treatment works.

The joint venture was appointed by UU to work on its AMP5 schemes in April 2010. The Liverpool waste water scheme will be progressed as part of the existing process alliance framework.  Work involves extending the current treatment works in Vauxhall into the adjacent dock along with major upgrade works to the existing plant, all of which will maintain the high quality of the final effluent in line with discharge consents set by the Environment Agency.

Greg Fitzgerald, Chief Executive of Galliford Try, commented:

"We are delighted to secure this business from an existing framework client. It builds on our track record in delivering both clean and waste water infrastructure projects. Galliford Try is one of the UK's leading infrastructure contractors to the water industry, working under five-year asset management programmes as well as on single projects for seven of the country's major water utility businesses."

For more information, please contact:

Greg Fitzgerald, Chief Executive             01895 855001

Frank Nelson, Finance Director

Louise Mantio, Communications Director

Note to Editors

Galliford Try has annual revenues of £1.25 billion in housebuilding and construction.

The Group's construction order book is now £1.8 billion.  £650 million is in building (covering health and education projects through to commercial buildings and sports facilities), £950 million in infrastructure projects (ranging from water, rail, highways and flood alleviation to renewable energy and land remediation) and £200 million in affordable housing contracting.

Galliford Try was recently awarded the £790 million Forth Road Crossing project in a four party consortium, and in joint venture with Home Group, was appointed preferred bidder on the £347 million Gateshead regeneration programme.

The Group's housebuilding business, Linden Homes, develops distinctive homes across the south and east of England.  It completed 1,700 homes in its last financial year, has a landbank of over 10,000 plots and is currently undertaking a significant programme of growth.

 

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