Miller Construction, part of the Miller Group, has been selected as the preferred bidder for a 拢235m 黑洞社区 Schools for the Future contract in Leicester.

The contractor will head up the Miller consortium, which includes architects ADP and Aedas, as well as Gifford.

Work on phase one of the programme, which is due to start next year, will tackle four schools.

The remaining 11 schools will be delivered in three phases over the next six years.

Last month, a Balfour Beatty/Laing O鈥橰ourke consortium won the 拢200m BSF programme in Manchester to deliver 17 schools.

The announcements mean that 拢1.2bn has already been spent by the government on the BSF programme at preferred bidder stage or further.

So far, nine councils have announced preferred bidders. These include Bristol, Bradford, Newcastle, Greenwich, Sheffield, Leicester, Solihull, Lancashire and Manchester.

The government plans to spend 拢45bn over 15 years to rebuild every secondary school in the country.