Aberdeen road woe meant Galliford Try turned down taking over stricken Carillion hospital, boss admits

By Dave Rogers2018-09-13T06:00:00

Bill Hocking says firm didn’t need ’distraction of recovering another bad job’

The boss of Galliford Try’s construction arm has said the £120m-plus losses it has racked up building a road around Aberdeen meant the firm quickly ruled out replacing Carillion on a scheme to build a new hospital in the West Midlands.

Carillion was building the £350m PFI Midland Met Hospital when it went bust in January and the job has remained mothballed ever since.

Bill Hocking, Galliford Try’s chief executive of its £1.7bn construction business, admitted the firm was approached by hospital bosses about taking over the job.

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