Seven contractors, including Kier, Galliford Try and Tilbury Douglas, have been appointed to a five-year framework covering utilities in Yorkshire.
Framework client Yorkshire Water said the work represents part of its “largest ever” environmental investment, as it looks to invest £8.3bn across the network in the next five years.
Kier, Galliford Try and Tilbury Douglas were all appointed to the first lot, which is worth £850m.
Construction News understands that the firms on the second lot will be announced later this year.
The three contractors are joined on the first lot by Barhale, Galway-based water infrastructure firm Glanua, Mott MacDonald Bentley, and Irish contractor Ward & Burke.
The contractors will deliver civil engineering, and mechanical and electrical works to the utilities network, as well as “instrumentation, control and automation and building capability”.
They will work over the course of Asset Management Period 8 (AMP8), which will run from 2025 to 2030. But the framework could also be extended by a further five years to cover AMP9.
Galliford Try said the framework is expected to deliver around £100m of revenue in total.
Galliford Try chief executive Bill Hocking said: “We look forward to working with Yorkshire Water on this new framework to deliver high-quality facilities tha