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McAlpine (Alfred) PLC
21 August 2003





                           McALPINE WINS #85 MILLION

                          HIGHWAYS MANAGEMENT CONTRACT



Alfred McAlpine PLC, ("McAlpine"), the construction, infrastructure and business
services company, today announces that it has been awarded an #85 million,
long-term highway maintenance contract by Suffolk County Council.

McAlpine's Infrastructure Services business was awarded the public/private
partnership ("PPP") contract with Suffolk County Council to manage the county's
highway maintenance programme. It will work alongside Suffolk County Council's
in-house construction team, Suffolk Highways Contracting.

The contract is expected to generate #8-9 million of highway maintenance work
per year. It will commence in September 2003 and will last for an initial 4.5
year period and is extendable up to 9.5 years.

Ian Grice Chief Executive of McAlpine commented,

" This is another example of our success in building long-term revenue streams
within McAlpine. In our Infrastructure Services business over 80% of our
revenues now come from long-term contracts.

" We have been providing street-lighting maintenance services to Suffolk for
some time and this latest development demonstrates our ability to expand the
range of services we provide to our clients."

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Date: 21 August 2003

For further information contact:

Alfred McAlpine PLC                                   www.alfred-mcalpine.com
Ian Grice, Chief Executive                            020 7930 6255

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