Twelve companies chosen to help build a better railway for passengers

Friday 18 Dec 2020

Twelve companies chosen to help build a better railway for passengers

Region & Route:: Southern: Wessex; | Southern

Twelve companies have been awarded contracts to deliver buildings and civils work across Network Rail’s Southern region, which spans Kent, Sussex and the South of England.

The three-year contracts which started at the end of November 2020 cover things such as upgrades to station canopies and platforms, footbridges, earthworks which includes drainage and repairs when there has been a landslip, rewiring at stations, lift and escalator renewals and station information.

The contracts have a combined estimated value of around £200m.

As part of the process, Network Rail selected companies which are leaders in innovation and sustainability and could demonstrate a proven track record of delivering social value across the communities in which they work.

The companies are:

General building and civils: Balfour Beatty Rail; VolkerFitzpatrick; Amalgamated construction

Mechanical and engineering specialist: B & M McHugh; Quinn Infrastructure Services

Fabric specialist: BCM Construction; Lundy Projects

Footbridges specialist: Nationwide Rail; Taziker Industrial

Metallic structures specialist: Dyer and Butler; Freyssinet

Earthworks specialist: Dyer and Butler; Taziker Industrial

Masonry and concrete specialist: Nationwide Rail; Kier Integrated Services

John Halsall, managing director, Network Rail Southern region, said: “We have chosen suppliers to allow us to deliver vital new infrastructure and support the overall aims of providing a safe, reliable and efficient railway for passengers.”

Notes to Editors

Notes to editors:

Network Rail has chosen:

A single buildings and civils generalist with the ability to bid for all works tendered under the framework

A single buildings generalist with the ability to bid for all Buildings works tendered under the framework

A single civils generalist with the ability to bid for all civils works tendered under the framework.

Two specialists for each of the six sub-disciplines (total of 12 specialists).

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