Construction firm wins £20m worth of business in two months

Alfreton-based Wildgoose Construction has expanded its management team after securing £20 million worth of new contracts in January and February.

The firm – which also announced it had won £20 million of business towards the end of last year – has been appointed to build 77 houses in Newport Pagnell for Paradigm Housing Association, a 60-bed care home in Leicester for Avery Healthcare and 22 homes at Marston Montgomery in Derbyshire as part of a development for its sister company Wildgoose Homes.

Following the recent appointment of managing director Andrew Tilford, the 120-year-old company has recruited a new head of design management, two new design and build managers and a number of operational delivery staff as demand for its services continues to grow.

Executive chairman Jonathan Wildgoose said: “We have made a significant investment in personnel at Wildgoose Construction alongside the appointment of Andrew as our new managing director.

“We are one of the largest and oldest family owned construction businesses in the region with a strong history of more than 120 years and we are investing in the future with this new generation of Wildgoose employees who will help us to take this business from strength to strength.

“We are delighted to have secured preferred contractor status on several national frameworks and we also have a healthy order book going forwards after a challenging year, which has seen delays to several contracts starting on site because of various marketplace factors that are affecting the construction industry as a whole.”