Galliford Try Infrastructure has been selected as lead contractor to carry out a £10 million package of civil engineering works that will form part of the first phase of the redevelopment of the Scotswood area of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Awarded by the city council, the contract started provisionally in February with a three-month Early Contractor Involvement period during which the exact nature and value of the works has been determined. The construction programme is expected to last up to 18 months and will start in June. It will include drilling and grouting of worked coal seams, major cut and fill excavation to level the ground and the construction of retaining walls, roads and drainage.

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Galliford Try Partnerships, which specialises in social and affordable housing, has its northern base at Ponteland.

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