Galliford Try Secures £73 Million In London And Scotland

Galliford Try, the housebuilding and construction group, has announced that it has secured two contracts totalling £73 million.

Galliford Try's Scottish construction business, Morrison Construction, has been awarded a circa £50 million contract by lead contractor Petrofac as part of the construction of a new £500 million onshore gas plant for Total E & P UK Ltd and DONG E&P (UK) Ltd in the Shetland Islands.


The works will be carried out on land adjacent to Sullom Voe terminal. They will comprise the construction of access roads, plant, foundations, underground drainage structures, buildings, and hard landscaping.

Work starts in July this year and is due for completion in October 2013.

Galliford Try has also been awarded the £23 million contract to build Henry Moore Court, a prestigious residential development in west London, by developers Athos (Manresa Road) Ltd, a joint venture between the Athos Group and the Carlyle Group.

The new development, being built on the site of the former Chelsea College of Art on Manresa Road, features two luxury houses, 15 luxury apartments and eight affordable houses. Work is expected to commence on site in July 2011, with the development anticipated to be completed in December 2012.

(CD/KMcA)