Nine win places on Cambridge Uni framework

The University of Cambridge has selected nine contractors for its estate management framework, which has a potential total value of £500m.The framework is broken down into three bands for differing project values: up to £5m, £5m to £30m, and £30m+. Construction work to be delivered through the framework is expected to include new laboratories, academic spaces, catering, accommodation, sports facilities and work on listed buildings. The framework runs for an initial two years, with the potential for an extension of three years.- Balfour Beatty, BAM, Bouygues, Kier and Laing O’Rourke are selected for projects worth more than £30m.- Kier, RG Carter and SDC have been chosen for mid-sized projects.- Conamar, Kier, Quinn, RG Carter and SDC share the sub-£5m projectsKier is therefore the only contractor selected for all three bands, having delivered more than £200m of projects for the university, including a new £79m research facility in the Cambridge Biomedical Campus.Laing O’Rourke director Paul Sheffield was also excited. Laing O’Rourke has previously worked with the University of Cambridge on the Judge Business School, the Department of Mathematics phases one and two, and the Cancer Research UK headquarters.