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Balfour Beatty consortium preferred bidder for Aberdeen road project

The Connect Roads consortium, comprising Balfour Beatty, Carillion and Galliford Try, has been selected as preferred bidder for the design, build, finance and operate (DBFO) contract to deliver the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route/Balmedie-Tipperty project for Transport Scotland in partnership with Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Councils. Balfour Beatty will invest up to US$34 million, which represents a one third share of the sponsor’s investment requirement, with Carillion and Galliford Try also inv
June 13, 2014 Read time: 2 mins
The Connect Roads consortium, comprising 3902 Balfour Beatty, Carillion and Galliford Try, has been selected as preferred bidder for the design, build, finance and operate (DBFO) contract to deliver the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route/Balmedie-Tipperty project for 505 Transport Scotland in partnership with Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Councils.

Balfour Beatty will invest up to US$34 million, which represents a one third share of the sponsor’s investment requirement, with Carillion and Galliford Try also investing one third each. The project is being procured under the 2112 Scottish Government’s Non-Profit Distributing (NPD) model and work is expected to be underway later this year with completion expected in spring 2018.

The project, which is estimated to be in the region of US$1.3 million, includes the design and construction of 46 kilometres of new dual carriageway between Stonehaven and Charleston in the south, and Blackdog in the north, and a further 12 kilometres of upgraded existing dual carriageway between Blackdog and Tipperty.  The contract also includes the construction of 40 kilometres of new side roads, 30 kilometres of access tracks and 72 new structures, including two significant focal point bridges over the rivers Dee and Don.

Construction activities will be conducted by Balfour Beatty’s UK construction business, Carillion and Galliford Try in an equal joint venture. Once construction is complete, in 2018, the trunk road assets will be managed and maintained by Balfour Beatty on behalf of Connect Roads for 30 years.

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