In Birmingham, the firm has secured a £29m contract to build the Hagley Road retirement village for the ExtraCare Charitable Trust.

The scheme will involve building 240 mixed tenure units for the over 55s together with community facilities, including a village centre with gym, restaurant, library, shops and an indoor bowling green, as well as care facilities for the elderly.

Galliford Try has delivered retirement village developments at Lichfield, Nottingham and Erdington for ExtraCare.

The project will start on site in October 2011, and is set for completion in September 2013.

Galliford Try has also reached financial close on the next stage of the South East Essex LIFT programme with two new schemes in Westcliff at Valkyrie Road (£5m) and North Road (£5.3m) for the South East Essex Primary Care Trust.