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Carillion Projects Were Worth A Total Of £5.7 Billion

21 February 2018 | Updated 22 February 2018
 

The latest figures suggest that on the day of liquidation, Carillion was the main contractor on 57 construction projects worth a total of £5.7 billion, including a £1.3 billion HS2 contract.

 

This latest information comes from construction industry analysts Barbour ABI who outlined that tenof the 57 projects were each individually worth more than £150 million, such as the Royal Liverpool hospital and an Army basing programme in Salisbury worth £450 million and £340 million respectively.

Carillion were also involved in 16 framework contracts as part of a list of companies pre-selected or pre-qualified to undertake works for an organisation. These framework contracts are not included as part of the final 57 projects as there is no guarantee that they had won any work from the framework.

Commenting on these findings, Michael Dall, Lead Economist at Barbour ABI, said: “Carillion were deeply embedded within the construction industry - they were the second biggest contractor in the UK by revenue. Our records show that they were the main contractor on almost 60 schemes worth a total value of £5.7 billion. That is not to mention  the plethora of other contracts where they were carrying out other construction roles.

“The sector where Carillion had the largest presence was infrastructure - road and rail projects were a particular  speciality for the firm. In addition, Carillion were in the process of delivering two new hospitals and were also responsible for various school improvement projects. What happens to these projects is a matter for conjecture. If the reason Carillion went bust was due to under-bidding then it stands to reason that the financial terms will have to be renegotiated. There is no doubt this will happen but will it happen quickly enough to save the many firms in the Carillion supply chain?”

Picture: The map of where Carillion was strongest (or is that weakest) in the run-up to its demise

 

Article written by Cathryn Ellis | Published 21 February 2018

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