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Carillion has won a 拢190m schools contract to rebuild schools across the Midlands in its latest trading statement, which shows the company鈥檚 overall turnover for 2014 is likely to be in line with that for last year.

The construction giant told the stock exchange this morning that it has been chosen as selected bidder for the Public Private Partnership project to deliver the Midlands private finance tranche of the Priority School 黑洞社区 Programme (PSBP).

Carillion has said it will pump 拢8m of its own equity into the project to replace substandard buildings at eight schools in the west and east midlands, which it expects to generate construction and services revenues of approximately 拢190m.

Overall, Carillion said this morning that it expected total revenues to be similar for those in 2013, with growth in Middle East and UK construction services likely to be offset by a reduction in revenue from Public Private Partnership projects.

With 拢4.6bn of new work won in the year to date, Carillion said that it expected its total order book plus probable orders at the end of 2014 to be over 拢18.5bn. The company said it expected the value of its total pipeline of contract opportunities to increase to over 拢39bn by the end of 2014 compared to 拢37.5bn at this point last year.  The group鈥檚 operating margin was expected to be maintained at a 鈥渂roadly similar level鈥� to that in 2013, despite the fact that most of the work being delivered in 2014 was won during the downturn.  

The trading statement concluded that Carillion was 鈥渨ell positioned to make further progress over the medium term鈥� on the back of an expected continued recovery in 2015.

The firm is led by chief executive Richard Howson (pictured).