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United Kingdom : Balfour Beatty VINCI SYSTRA joint venture awarded HS2 construction management contract for c. 1 billion Old Oak Common station
Publish Date : 23-Sep-2019
The Balfour Beatty VINCI SYSTRA HS2 joint venture announces its formal contract award for the management of the construction and delivery of HS2s new c. 1 billion Old Oak Common station.
The joint venture will be responsible for the final design, construction and commissioning of Old Oak Common station in North West London, delivering six underground platforms as well as up to eight platforms on the adjacent Great Western Main Line.
Balfour Beattys in-depth expertise of constructing critical major transport terminals across the world will combine with VINCIs knowledge in constructing high speed lines and UK rail infrastructure projects, and SYSTRAs expertise in designing, integrating and project managing transport systems.
On completion, Old Oak Common station will become the UKs best-connected station, providing direct services to three major airports, eight of Britains ten largest cities and forming part of one of Britains largest regeneration projects which will help create up to 65,000 jobs and 25,000 new homes in West London while also dramatically increasing rail capacity across the UK.
Nigel Russell, Project Director for the Balfour Beatty VINCI SYSTRA joint venture said: This award reflects the combined strength of our joint venture and recognises our world-class capabilities in designing, managing and delivering complex infrastructure projects.
We look forward to applying our expertise to deliver this critical piece of national infrastructure so essential to driving the skills agenda, to the rebalancing of the UK economy and to the enabling of a resilient and competitive construction and infrastructure industry.
At construction peak the project will employ a direct management team of 140 and a wider workforce of approximately 2,500.
This latest contract award follows Balfour Beatty VINCIs appointment in 2017 to deliver Lot N1 and Lot N2 of HS2s main civil engineering works package in a two-part design and build contract, valued at c. 2.5 billion.
