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Two contractors win £1.3bn Scottish Water contracts OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Galliford Try and Morrison Utility Services have both won six-year contracts with Scottish Water worth a total of £1.3bn. Galliford Try and its joint venture partner MWH Treatment have been appointed to the non-infrastructure framework, which is valued at £700m over six years to 2027. The JV — along with a third partner, Black & Veatch — worked for Scottish Water in the last regulatory period from 2015 to 2021, and delivered more than 150 projects. Galliford Try chief executive Bill Hocking said: “The water...

Galliford Try CEO Bill Hocking Galliford Try’s CEO has vowed the company will not compromise on margins as it aims to boost turnover by £400m in the coming years. Half-year results to the end of December 2020 released yesterday revealed a 15 per cent slump in turnover. Both its infrastructure and buildings operations saw workloads decline. Despite the fall, the company still has a medium-term, full-year revenue target of £1.2bn-£1.5bn. Chief executive Bill Hocking told Construction News that the company could reach its target without sacrificing its margin because demand was holding up....

Contractor set to make shareholder payments after returning to profit

Galliford Try poaches HS2 JV boss Simon Courtney (l) and David Lowery (r) Galliford Try has announced it has poached David Lowery, executive director of the Eiffage / Kier / Ferrovial / Bam JV working on HS2, to a new key role. Lowery has been announced as the firm’s infrastructure business operations director and will have responsibility for its relationship with Highways England. Construction News revealed last year that Galliford Try Infrastructure was the 13th biggest supplier to Highways England in the 2019/20 financial year with a spend of £52m. The Costain / Galliford Try smart moto...