19-Jul-2017
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HS2 Contractors - Chilterns
HS2 Contracts placed
(Chris was up late, to make this statement).
Contracts for works northwards of the Chilterns Tunnel North Portal have been placed with the CEK consortium -
- Carillion
- a leading integrated support services company with a substantial portfolio of Public Private Partnership projects and extensive construction capabilities.
- Eiffage
- one of Europe's leading construction and concessions companies.
- Kier Group
- a leading integrated property, residential, construction and services group
The consortium has been awarded lots C2 (North Portal-Brackley) and C3 (Brackley - Long Itchington), with a total value of £1.4bn -
"These Lots will be awarded in two stages. Stage One will be a 16-month period to develop a design, a programme and a Target Cost for the construction of the works. Stage Two is the construction of the main works and this is expected to take between four and five years to complete."
Chiltern Tunnels
The Chiltern tunnels (with vent shafts) and Colne Valley Viaduct contract (Lot C1) has been placed with the Align joint venture -
- Sir Robert McAlpine (UK)
- (Based in Hemel Hempstead - convenient)
- Bouygues Travaux Publics (France)
- Together with our partners and clients, Bouygues UK delivers award-winning construction, development and regeneration projects to the most exacting standards across public and commercial private sectors.
- VolkerFitzpatrick (UK)
- one of the UK's leading engineering and construction companies, providing specialist building, rail, civil engineering and industry focussed skills
At present (19-Jul) Google is not aware of an Align website.