In a trading update ahead of its annual results, which will be published next month, the firm announced it has added 拢400m-worth of new work to its order book.
It was helped by a 鈥渞esilient鈥� performance from its construction business which was still being 鈥渋mpacted by margin pressures and increased competition in the current economic environment鈥�.
Elsewhere, the best news came from its international businesses, with strong performances in Australasia, the Pacific Rim and Saudi Arabia.
New contracts won include:
- West Yorkshire Police. Construction (in consortium) of two new divisional headquarters, custody suites and operational training facility, and the provision of FM services for 25 years.
- NHS Wales. Places on all three regional construction framework agreements in the Designed for Life: Building for Wales 2 programme, which lasts for four years plus a possible two-year extension.
- Leeds City Council. Construction of the Holt Park wellbeing centre, including provision of FM services for 25 years.
- Daewoo, Oman. Infrastructure for a new 2,000MW power station in Sur for the Oman Power and Water Procurement Company.
- Qatar Shell GTL. A place on a three-year construction services framework agreement, with a two-year extension option.
- Department for Education, Department for Communities and Local Government, Ofqual and Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre. Five-year facilities management contract, with a possible two-year extension.
- Ministry of Justice. New framework for the provision of custodial services across the prison estate.
Chief executive Adrian Ringrose said: "We anticipate that increasing pressure on UK public sector spending will provide us with further outsourcing opportunities, helping to offset a reduction in construction activity.
鈥淚nternationally we are well positioned both to grow our existing businesses and to expand the range of our offerings in some of the world's fastest-growing economies."