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Morgan Sindall will use the  拢1.1bn Sellafield contract it secured last week as a platform to target further opportunities in the Cumbria region and further infrastructure work around the country, the firm鈥檚 chief executive has said.

Speaking to 好色先生TV after the contractor鈥檚 joint venture with Arup was chosen as , Morgan Sindall Group chief executive Paul Smith (pictured) said the win was 鈥渢errific鈥� news for the firm.

The contract, worth up to 拢1.1bn over a maximum of 15 years, is part of Sellafield鈥檚 long-term programme of strategic investment, and will see the joint venture managing and delivering a series of infrastructure projects and emergent work, ranging from 拢1m to 拢50m and providing a range of essential services at the Sellafield nuclear site.

Morgan Sindall opened an office in Cumbria last December as part of its drive to secure work with Sellafield, and Smith said the contractor鈥檚 active presence in the region had helped with its bid.

He said Morgan Sindall would now use the contract as a platform for further growth in Cumbria, particularly through longer-term regeneration opportunities 鈥� as well as further infrastructure work around the country.

He said: 鈥淭he construction market overall is pretty tough at the moment but in certain areas there are some great growth opportunities at the moment and we鈥檝e won here a terrific contract that gives us a lot of growth potential

鈥淚n the Cumbria area this really does give us a firm footprint in which to look for longer-term regeneration projects outside of the Sellafield contract itself.

鈥淥ur strategy is to target growth opportunities 鈥� and we see that in the infrastructure sector 鈥� in energy, aviation and rail -  but we also see that in the regeneration arena, where typically government and public sector has got a lot of under-utilised land and assets and our strategy is very much to work to being those back to economic use.

鈥淎nd that applies to Cumbria. So when we work in an area we do like to develop a longer-term footprint that involves not just construction but regeneration opportunities as well.鈥�

鈥淏ut we will be targeting further opportunities in infrastructure 鈥� rail, aviation and energy, including the nuclear sector 鈥� not just in the power generation itself but in bringing power stations onto the gird, in the electricity transmission network, he said

鈥淚t鈥檚 great news for us really and will help us growth in what are otherwise tough times.鈥�

Smith said contracts would be signed before the end of the year, with the joint venture to start 鈥渓ooking to gear up soon after that鈥�. 

鈥淓xactly when we start on site is still subject to discussion with Sellafield. We鈥檙e still working through the details of how we mobilise and how that will actually ramp up,鈥� he added.

He said there would be 鈥減lenty of opportunities鈥� for subcontractors through the contract. 鈥淲e will be engaging with the local supply base. When we鈥檝e previously worked in the region we鈥檝e extensively used local suppliers to underpin our work - so that will be a big part of the work,鈥� he said.

He said Morgan Sindall and Arup would be working as a 鈥渧ery closely knit team鈥� to deliver the contract. 鈥淧rimarily Arup will be providing more of the programme management and engineering skills and we will be doing more of the utilities and site delivery and civil engineering work 鈥� the actual physical work,鈥� he said.