CABLES & OLE TECHNOLOGY
Four suppliers win big on £2bn electrification
etwork Rail has appointed four suppliers for its £2bn electrification programme.
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Balfour Beatty, AmeyInabensa, Carillion/Powerlines and ABC Electrification have won six geographic framework contracts between them.
The joint venture between Amey and Inabensa won the five-year Southern region framework, anticipated to be worth £190m. Work will begin in April, with electrification of over 250km of track, covering routes from Basingstoke to Southampton, and Basingstoke to Reading.
framework contracts
Kate Ashley reports on Network Rail’s electrification contracts.
Regional frameworks
Southern: AmeyInabensa Central (LNW, South): ABC Electrification Central (East Midlands): CarillionPowerlines Central (LNW, North): Balfour Beatty
Scotland and North East: CarillionPowerlines Western & Wales: ABC Electrification
on core projects such as these in the UK.”
The Carillion and SPL Powerlines partnership has been awarded the Central (East Midlands) and Scotland and North East region contracts. Carillion chief executive Richard Howson said: “I believe this reflects the investment we have made, and continue to make, in creating the skills and resources necessary to deliver programmes of this kind and our absolute focus on safety and quality.”
Mel Ewell, Amey’s chief executive, said:
“Working collaboratively
we will create a partnership that brings innovation and new ways of working to the UK industry, delivering high quality and efficient electrification services to Network Rail.”
Balfour Beatty, which is no longer bidding for track renewals in the UK, has won a £75m, seven-year framework for the Central (LNW North) region of the National Electrification Programme. The company will design and install all electrification equipment for the Northern Hub between Manchester-Preston-Blackpool, and Manchester-Stalybridge.
Chief executive Andrew McNaughton said: “We remain committed to working within the UK rail market and Network Rail
Simon Kirby, the outgoing managing director of Network Rail Infrastructure Projects, said: “The framework approach chosen by Network Rail gives suppliers a greater degree of certainty about the company’s pipeline of work and means suppliers can target investment so they have the right people with the right skills in the right parts of the country to deliver schemes which will improve our railway and boost economic growth.”
Jeremy Candfield, director general of the Railway Industry Association, added: “This is a major and very welcome step in the transformation of the railway.”
FOR MORE INFORMATION
www.networkrail.co.uk/ electrification
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