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The deal completes the award of a flight of frameworks set up covering the “Backbone of Britain” route over the next five years and sees Skanska and Kier take the biggest project lot.
North West & Central Region Cat A framework (Value £690m)
Regional Multi-discipline
£7m – £200m projects (total up to £310m)
- Skanska
- Kier
Multi-discipline
£7m – £50m projects (total £180m)
- Octavius Infrastructure
- Story Contracting
The scope of works and services for the new framework is multi-disciplinary covering civil engineering, building and railway engineering.
Network Rail’s other partner for medium-sized and small works packages have also been revealed in the last month with Story also featuring in the selection of firms for the £1bn medium projects workbook.
Category B&C – medium-sized works (Value £1bn)
Civil Engineering (Structures & Geotechnical)
Projects worth (£100k to £7m)
- Entire region: Story Contracting
- North West region: QTS Group
- Central Route and West Coast South Route: Murphy
Small projects (£100k – £4m)
- Entire region: Amalgamated Construction
- North West: QTS Group; Story Contracting
- Central Route and West Coast South Route: Murphy
Buildings
Projects worth (£100k to £7m)
- Entire region: Story Contracting
- North West Region: Amalgamated Construction
- North West region: Murphy
- Central region: Murphy
- West Coast South Route: Taziker Industrial
Small projects (£100k – £4m)
- North West region: Amalgamated Construction
- Central Route and West Coast South Route: Murphy
- Electrification & Plant
Electrification & Plant
Projects worth (£100k to £7m)
- AC Switchgear – Entire region: Amey Rail
- Power & Distribution – North West region and Central Route and West Coast South Route: Amey Rail
- Low Voltage Plant & Signalling Power – Central Route and West Coast South Route: Amey Rail
Category D – minor works (Value £229m)
Civil Engineering (Structures & Geotechnical)
Full region emergency response
- Amalgamated Construction
- QTS Group
Full region
- Construction Marine
- J Murphy & Sons
Buildings
North West region
- Amalgamated Construction
- CK Rail Solutions
- JSS Rail
Central & West Coast South region
- Amalgamated Construction
- CK Rail Solutions
- JSS Rail
