JJ Rhatigan’s first UK framework: delivery and risk notes for project teams
Reviewed by Joe Ashwell
First reported on The Construction Index
30 Second Briefing
JJ Rhatigan has secured places on Pagabo’s Major Works Framework Lots 2 and 3, covering £5–£30m projects across the South East, marking its first major UK framework appointment. The family-owned Irish contractor, which recently opened a London office, is already delivering complex schemes such as the Twyford Abbey project in Ealing. UK managing director Tom Neylon said the framework will be used to expand public sector work and support controlled growth in London and the South East through selective bidding and long-term partnerships.
Technical Brief
- Framework Lots 2 and 3 target individual project values between £5m and £30m.
- Lot coverage is geographically centred on the South East, influencing logistics, labour sourcing and supply chains.
- JJ Rhatigan’s recent Twyford Abbey appointment evidences capability on complex, multi-stakeholder urban schemes in Ealing.
- New London office provides a local base for preconstruction coordination, design team interfacing and site mobilisation.
Our Take
JJ Rhatigan’s role on the 296‑home Twyford Park scheme in Ealing, covered in our earlier piece on Clarion Housing Group’s Latimer arm, signals that its new Pagabo framework position is being built off a live London residential track record rather than a cold market entry.
Recent Pagabo-led appointments for Kier on education work in Hertfordshire and for Willmott Dixon Developments on the £6m Baytree Shopping Centre regeneration indicate that the framework is actively feeding mid-size public and mixed-use schemes, which aligns with the value band of the lots JJ Rhatigan has secured.
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