Galliford Try has been appointed to two new education contracts worth £85 million.
The company's Morrison Construction business will deliver a new £43.3m campus for Largs Academy in North Ayrshire.
Selected by Hub South West Scotland, Morrison has now obtained planning permission for the scheme.
Works include relocating Largs Academy, along with a relocated St Mary's RC Primary School and an additional primary school, created by the amalgamation of Brisbane and Kelburn Primary Schools.
The campus will be built on the grounds of the sportscotland Inverclyde National Centre at Burnside Road, Largs.
A maximum roll of 2,120 pupils will be accommodated in the new facilities.
In addition, Galliford Try's Building business has reached financial close with the Education Funding Agency (EFA) over the £41.9m Greenwich, Lewisham and Croydon batch of schools through the Priority School Building Programme (PSBP).
The three schools in the batch include the £29m Archbishop Lanfranc Academy project in Croydon.
Works involve creating a new building for an expanded roster of 1,350 pupils and provides new sporting facilities including a full athletics track.
New buildings for Our Lady of Grace and Wingfield Primary schools in Greenwich, make up the remainder of the contract.
Peter Truscott, Chief Executive of Galliford Try, said: "We are now firmly established as one of the leading education contractors in the country with the total value of our order book in the sector exceeding £1 billion."
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