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Seven contractors have scored spots on Oxford university鈥檚 new 拢1.5bn framework.

Morgan Sindall is the only firm to secure a place on all three lots of the university鈥檚 Capital Projects Partner Framework.

Wates and Bam are the other two firms to land roles on the lot for projects worth more than 拢20m, while Willmott Dixon and Midas join Morgan Sindall on the middle value lot 鈥� which covers projects worth between 拢5m and 拢20m.

Local firms Kingerlee and EW Beard claimed the other two spots on the smallest lot, which covers projects worth up to 拢5m.

Along with the seven firms on the main framework, another four landed places as reserves, including Sir Robert McAlpine and Laing O鈥橰ourke on the highest value lot.

The university is expecting to award 拢150m of construction work every year throughout the life of the decade-long framework.

Projects will include a mixture of new developments and refurbishment of some of its existing 237 buildings. A quarter of these are listed assets, with a third built before 1840.

The first tranche of work under the framework is expected to be tendered shortly.