Re Contract

RNS Number : 3094H

Carillion PLC

18 February 2010

 



Press release/SEA

                                                                                                                                       [18^th February 2010]

Carillion appointed one of four contractors for Managed Motorways framework worth up to £2bn

Leading UK support services company Carillion has been appointed as one of four framework contractors to deliver the first phase of the Highways Agency's pioneering Managed Motorways programme, which has a value of up to £2bn.

Managed motorway schemes involve the installation of variable speed limits and hard shoulder running to reduce congestion and improve safety during peak periods. 

Carillion's selection for this new programme reflects the Group's ability to utilise both its support services and construction capabilities to deliver Managed Motorway projects successfully, having been awarded in 2008 the contract for Phases 1 and 2 of the £96million Birmingham Box Managed Motorways project, which is due for completion in Spring 2011. 

The new framework suppliers may also be used to deliver additional schemes to improve capacity and traffic flow that utilise technology to make journey times more reliable, improve safety and provide driver information.

Commenting, Carillion chief executive John McDonough said: "We are delighted to have been selected for this important framework programme, for which we will utilise our core strengths in support services together with our construction capabilities.  We look forward to working with the Highways Agency with whom we already have a strong relationship as an established supplier of long-term highway maintenance and other technology services, and to using the experience we have developed from delivering the Birmingham Box Managed Motorways project."

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For more information:

John Denning, Director Group Corporate Affairs, Carillion plc [phone]

Finsbury

James Murgatroyd                                                             + 44 (0) 20 7251 3801

Notes to editors

The new framework contract is expected to deliver the following Managed Motorways schemes, subject to funding and completion of any relevant statutory processes.

- M62 hard shoulder running between junctions 25 and 30 near Bradford

- M1 hard shoulder running between junctions 32 and 35a east of Sheffield

- M6 hard shoulder running between junctions 5 and 8 near Walsall, Birmingham

- M60 hard shoulder running between junctions 8 and 12 east Manchester

- M62 hard shoulder running between junctions 18 and 20 north of Manchester

- M4/M5 hard shoulder running around Bristol from M4 Junction 19 to M5 Junction 17

Carillion is the UK's leading support services company with a substantial portfolio of Public Private Partnership projects and extensive construction capabilities.  The Group has annual revenue of over £5 billion, employs around 50,000 people and operates across the UK, in the Middle East, Canada and the Caribbean.

In the UK, Carillion's principal market sectors are Defence, Education, Health, Facilities Management & Services, Rail, Roads, Building, Civil Engineering and Utilities Services.

In the Middle East, Carillion's principal market sectors are Construction and Facilities Management. In Canada and the Caribbean, the Group's main sectors are Health, Roads Maintenance and Construction.

Carillion's portfolio of equity investments in Public Private Partnership projects includes projects in the UK and Canada, particularly in the Defence, Education, Health and Transport sectors.

This and other Carillion news releases can be found at www.carillionplc.com

 

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