Balfour Beatty VINCI joint venture to be awarded HS2 contracts

The long-established Balfour Beatty VINCI joint venture is to be awarded two rail contracts in the UK by High Speed 2 (HS2), worth a combined total of around US$3.3 billion (£2.5 billion). Balfour Beatty VINCI will deliver Lots N1 and N2between the Long Itchington Wood Green tunnel to the Delta Junction/Birmingham Spur and from the Delta Junction to the West Coast Main Line tie-in respectively, in a two-part design and build contract. Main construction work is scheduled to start in 2018/19, following a peri
July 17, 2017 Read time: 1 min
The long-established 3902 Balfour Beatty 5176 VINCI joint venture is to be awarded two rail contracts in the UK by High Speed 2 (HS2), worth a combined total of around US$3.3 billion (£2.5 billion).


Balfour Beatty VINCI will deliver Lots N1 and N2between the Long Itchington Wood Green tunnel to the 33 Delta Junction/Birmingham Spur and from the Delta Junction to the West Coast Main Line tie-in respectively, in a two-part design and build contract.

Main construction work is scheduled to start in 2018/19, following a period of detailed design work.

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