Galliford Try scoops £95m prison expansion job

Galliford Try has been awarded a £95m contract to expand Rye Hill prison in Warwickshire.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has appointed the contractor to deliver a new building at the site in Rugby, which will increase the capacity of the prison to accommodate 426 more inmates.

The expansion job is one of four announced by the MoJ in October 2020, which were then costed at a total of £200m.

Galliford Try chief executive Bill Hocking said prison work forms an important part of the company’s growth strategy.

“We look forward to working with G4S and the MoJ to deliver this expansion to HMP Rye Hill, improving facilities for staff, prisoners and visitors,” he added.

The 2020 plans also included expansions at HMP Guys Marsh in Dorset, HMP Stocken in Rutland and HMP High Down in Surrey. Galliford Try is also leading the £50m expansion project at HMP High Down, adding a workshop to the site.

Contracts on the other two prisons are yet to be awarded.

Galliford Try has long had a strong contractual relationship with the MoJ, and is consistently one of its top suppliers.

In 2021/22, it scooped the department’s seventh largest contract share, worth £8.9m, Construction News revealed last year.

In March 2020, the firm also won a £53.8m job to build a new women’s prison in Stirling.