Our business is organised into three areas: Building, Infrastructure and Specialist Services. 

Building operates across the UK, designing, constructing and refurbishing assets across markets where we have proven expertise and significant opportunities, particularly the education, health, defence, justice and commercial sectors.

The Infrastructure division comprises our Environment and Highways businesses, which carry out vital civil engineering projects across the UK. Environment covers the water and sewage sectors, where we are one of the largest players and carry out capital delivery and maintenance, and asset optimisation. Our work in Highways has contributed substantially to the national infrastructure network, from major project delivery of large-scale schemes to delivering road surfacing works and maintenance as a leading player.

Specialist Services includes our fire stopping and cladding business Oak Specialist Services; our active security business Asset Intelligence; Investments; Facilities Management and Digital Infrastructure, Investments has historically specialised in managing construction through to operations for major building projects via public private partnerships. These skill sets are now being used to progress co-development opportunities, with a focus on the PRS (Private Rented Sector). Our expertise in leading bid consortia and arranging finance to devise and secure the right solution on an individual basis makes us attractive to clients.

Our Facilities Management business works with Building, with an emphasis on the education and health sectors. Our capabilities include delivering high-quality, full life-cycle solutions to our clients, including green retrofit.

Our network of regional offices is a key advantage, offering clients the benefit of national strength with local delivery and we are focused on sectors where we have proven strengths, operating predominantly in the public and regulated sectors.

Prior to 2020, Galliford Try was a FTSE 250 construction, housebuilding and regeneration group. The business disposed of its housebuilding divisions Linden Homes and Galliford Try Partnerships on 3 January 2020 becoming a well-capitalised, standalone construction-focused group.

In 2021, Galliford Try announced its Sustainable Growth Strategy and acquired the water business of nmcn, including Lintott, following administration of the company. Further acquisitions have included MCS Control Systems, Ham Baker Engineering and AVRS Systems.

Sustainable Growth Strategy to 2030

In May 2024, Galliford Try announced its 2030 strategy, targeting in excess of £2.2bn in revenue and a divisional operating margin of 4.0%. 

The new strategy is an evolution of the existing, successful strategy founded on the imperative to renew and improve the UK’s social and economic infrastructure,  concentrating on three main aspects of our business.

Firstly - by continuing to grow both revenue and margins in our existing core markets of Building, Infrastructure and Environment where we see resilient, long term demand across all our chosen sectors. 

Secondly - by re-entering the higher-margin Affordable Homes market where there is huge demand and where we have existing skillsets and experience. 

Thirdly - we will grow our higher margin Specialist Services capabilities across the business, including fire protection, digital infrastructure, active security and Facilities Management.