A1 link road win for McAlpine

ALFRED McAlpine has won £350m of new contracts which include the construction of a new A1 link road in Yorkshire.

The construction and support services group today announced that it had secured a contract to build the A1 link road between Hemsworth and Barnsdale Bar near Pontefract in WestYorkshire.

That work, combined with civil engineering contracts on roads in Dorset is worth £150m for the company while building contracts for retail and housing schemes in the West Midlands and health centres in Stockport are valued at more than £60m.

Its highways maintenance business has also won work with Derbyshire County Council and it has also won £90m of new work in its business services division, including logistics services for Aggregate Industries in Scotland.

Ian Grice, chief executive of Alfred McAlpine said: “These wins demonstrate that the strong momentum in our business is being maintained. We continue to see excellent opportunities to secure new work across a wide range of clients and sectors and our new business pipeline remains very strong. We remain focused on ensuring that we continue to deliver high quality solutions for clients which meet or exceed their requirements and which in turn translate into value for our shareholders.”

In December the group agreed a takeover by rival Carillion which should be completed by next month.