Seven firms dominate Crossrail shortlists and award wins
This week Crossrail confirmed the shortlisted bidders for the four remaining central London stations. Once again the biggest firms in the industry dominated the lists.
Costain, Skanska, Bam Nuttall, Morgan Sindall, Vinci, Kier, Laing O鈥橰ourke and Balfour Beatty all made the cut having already landed work on other Crossrail projects. All firms feature in the top ten of Barbour-ABI鈥檚 list of contractors ranked according to turnover.
Thus far Crossrail has managed to distribute contract awards fairly evenly among the firms.
Most have won work through joint ventures and a number of interesting alliances have been formed.
A Morgan Sindall, Vinci and Balfour Beatty consortium have already bagged Whitechapel and Liverpool Street tunnels contracts worth 拢235m with Alpine BeMo Tunnelling also chipping in on the joint venture. The same grouping are also on the shortlists for four central London stations.
In bidding for Crossrail contracts Laing O鈥橰ourke formed a partnership with German outfit Strabag. They landed an advance works contract for Farringdon station worth 拢25m and are on the shortlists for two central London stations. In the latest round of shortlist announcements however Laing has dropped their continental partners and has tendered solo bids for three projects.
A Costain and Skanska alliance has made five of the six shortlists for the major station jobs. In addition the duo have secured a 拢35m contract to redevelop the Bond Street ticket halls.
The final consortium of leading firms is between Bam Nuttall and Kier. Along with Ferrovial Agroman they have won a lucrative tunneling contract worth an estimated 拢550m. They鈥檙e also in the scope for five Crossrail station schemes.
The central London station shortlists
Liverpool Street
Balfour Beatty/Morgan Sindall/Vinci JV
Costain/Skanska JV
Laing O鈥橰ourke Construction
Dragados/Sisk JV
Whitechapel
Balfour Beatty/Morgan Sindall / VINCI JV
Costain/Skanska JV
BAM Nuttall/Ferrovial/Kier JV
Dragados/Sisk JV
Bond Street
Costain/Skanska JV
Laing O鈥橰ourke Construction Ltd
BAM Nuttall/Ferrovial/Kier JV
Lend Lease Construction (EMEA)d
Tottenham Court Road
BAM Nuttall/Ferrovial/Kier JV
Dragados/Sisk JV
Lend Lease Construction (EMEA)
Laing O鈥橰ourke Construction Ltd
Farringdon station
Balfour Beatty, Alpine BeMo, Morgan Sindall & Vinci
Costain Skanska
Laing O鈥橰ourke & Strabag
BAM Nuttall, Ferrovial Agroman & Kier Construction
Paddington station
Costain Skanska JV
Balfour Beatty, Morgan Sindall and Vinci JV
BAM Nuttall, Ferrovial Agroman and Kier Construction
Laing O鈥橰ourke and Strabag JV
Carillion Construction
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