Galliford Try

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…

Contractor Galliford Try is returning to the affordable housing market as a key part of its new sustainable growth strategy to 2030. Following a market announcement to investors and shareholders today (23 May), chief executive Bill Hocking told Construction News that the new 2030 plan involved re-entering the affordable homes…

The cost of a Morrison Construction project to build a Passivhaus grammar school in Paisley is set to grow by more than £10m, the local council has said. A Renfrewshire Council meeting last week recommended raising the budget for the new Paisley Grammar School and Community Campus (PGSCC) from £75.1m…

Northumbrian Water has added 33 firms including Esh Construction, Galliford Try and Keltbray to its growing army of suppliers to deliver £3.6bn of projects in the second half of this decade. The utility giant appointed the contractors (see box below for full list) across an 11-lot framework that will be…

Galliford Try and Colas are among 15 contractors that have been selected for work on road surfacing projects in Yorkshire. The firms scooped spots on the £300m four-year framework, with Galliford Try involved in three lots (see full list below). The framework will focus on road-surfacing and planning in up…

The cost of a Galliford Try road project has soared by almost a third before main works have started, reducing the cash available to progress another key highway scheme in the area. Buckinghamshire Council said that due to inflation and other cost increases, the 1.8km South East Aylesbury Link Road…

Galliford Try has named Kris Hampson as its new chief financial officer. Hampson will join the contractor by September this year, moving from group financial controller at FTSE 100 pest-control firm Rentokil Initial. He replaces Andrew Duxbury, who is leaving Galliford Try to become chief financial officer at Persimmon. Hampson…

Galliford Try has landed the first phase of a £135m redevelopment that was expected to have been delivered by Beijing Construction Engineering Group International (BCEGI). Developer Cityheart is Wigan Council’s development partner on the Wigan Galleries project, which involves the demolition of a former shopping centre and its replacement with…