Strabag consortium awarded HS2 high speed rail civil engineering contract

The SCS consortium, comprising Strabag, Skanska and Costain has been awarded the main work civil contract packages for lots S1 and S2 of the UK’s new HS2 high-speed railway that will initially link London to Birmingham and later to Leeds and Manchester. The contract is divided into two stages. Stage 1 requires the contractor to design, plan and estimate the works within a period of 16 months, which will serve as the basis for determining the target price for stage 2, the actual construction phase.
August 1, 2017 Read time: 1 min
The SCS consortium, comprising 3861 Strabag, 7136 Skanska and 2002 Costain has been awarded the main work civil contract packages for lots S1 and S2 of the UK’s new HS2 high-speed railway that will initially link London to Birmingham and later to Leeds and Manchester.


The contract is divided into two stages. Stage 1 requires the contractor to design, plan and estimate the works within a period of 16 months, which will serve as the basis for determining the target price for stage 2, the actual construction phase.

The design phase is to be completed in 2018. Construction is scheduled to last until 2023 with the first trains running in 2026.

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