Consultants鈥� four-year deal with Merseytravel comes amid growing momentum in north of England
Aecom, Mouchel and WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff are the big winners on a 拢250m framework to deliver transport projects in the Liverpool city region.
Merseytravel, the transport agency for the Liverpool city region, has awarded more than 100 firms places across 14 lots on the four-year framework, covering areas such as rail, tunnels and highways infrastructure.
The news comes amid wider anticipation of a boost to construction work in devolved economic regions following the Queen鈥檚 Speech last week. Fellow major regional clients Manchester University and Manchester Airports Group also confirmed this week theywere each pressing ahead with billion-pound development pipelines.
Other multiple place winners on the Merseytravel framework included Mott MacDonald, Atkins, Capita, Arup and Waterman.
The Merseytravel Consultancy Services Multi-Party Framework Agreement will also be used directly by the six local authorities that make up the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.
Last week鈥檚 Queen鈥檚 Speech detailed a raft of proposed legislation to boost the regions, including a devolution bill that could see powers over transport, economic development and regeneration rolled out to city regions across the country, beginning withManchester.
The University of Manchester this week appointed Balfour Beatty, Laing O鈥橰ourke and Sir Robert McAlpine to a framework to deliver the bulk of its 拢1bn campus masterplan.
The three contractors will deliver the majority of the university鈥檚 projects over the next eight years, including its 拢350m flagship Manchester Engineering Campus Development (MECD).
Manchester Airports Group has also unveiled a 拢1bn 10-year programme to double the capacity of Manchester airport.
The programme, which could begin as early as April 2016, will see Terminal 2 become the airport鈥檚 main terminal and Terminal 3 improved to cater for more passengers.
Commenting on the University of Manchester framework, Diana Hampson, the university鈥檚 director of estates and facilities, said the construction partnering framework was vital for ensuring quality and value in delivery of the masterplan, because 鈥渢he scope
and scale of the campus masterplan requires a huge amount of resource and presents significant delivery challenges.鈥�
Jon Adams, managing director for northern major projects at Balfour Beatty, said the firm鈥檚 capabilities enabled it 鈥渢o meet the demands of this framework which will provide an improved built environment for the 40,000 students the university serves鈥�.
Chancellor George Osborne said Manchester Airport Group鈥檚 plan was a 鈥渕assive vote of confidence鈥� for the north of England and in building a northern powerhouse.
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