19 June 2014
Carillion selected as a partner by the Highways Agency for £184 million smart motorway contract and signs a £200 million support services contract with Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Highways Agency smart motorway scheme
Carillion has been selected by the Highways Agency as one of four contractors, together with Balfour Beatty, Costain and a BAM Nuttall/Morgan Sindall Joint Venture, who will transform 17 miles of the M60 and M62 into a 'smart motorway'. The scheme will use a range of innovative technologies, combined with new operating procedures, to control traffic flow actively. This includes variable mandatory speed limits and opening up the hard shoulder to traffic to reduce congestion and improve journey times and safety.
Carillion is one of the Highways Agency's four delivery partners on the Agency's National Major Projects Framework and this latest award follows the successful delivery by Carillion of four previous phases of the smart motorway programme on the M6 in the West Midlands. This latest scheme will be managed through a collaboration agreement under which the delivery partners will be able to share knowledge and best practice. Work on the scheme is scheduled to begin in July and be completed by Autumn 2017.
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Further to the announcement on 31 March 2014 that the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust had selected Carillion as the preferred bidder for a contract to provide facilities management and estate transformation services, Carillion announces today that this contract has now been signed and service provision will begin on 1 July 2014.
Under this contract, Carillion will provide facilities management and estate transformation services to the Trust's three main sites, namely Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham City Hospital and Ropewalk House. As previously announced, the contract is expected to be worth circa £200 million over an initial five-year contract period, which is extendable by a further three years subject to satisfactory performance.
Carillion Chief Executive, Richard Howson, said: "As a leading supplier to the Highways Agency we are delighted to have been selected for this latest Smart Motorway scheme. We look forward to working with the Highways Agency and our delivery partners to increase capacity and improve journey times and safety on the M60 and M62.
"I am also very pleased that we have moved successfully from preferred bidder to contract signature with Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. We look forward to working in partnership with the Trust to support it in delivering continuous improvement in the quality of its services for the benefit of patients, visitors, carers and staff.
"These contracts continue our strong work winning performance in 2014 and as the largest trainer of apprentices in our industry, with long-term commitments to employing local people and to using local suppliers, they will provide further opportunities to create lasting benefits for the communities in which we work."
Notes to Editors
Carillion is a leading integrated support services company with a substantial portfolio of Public Private Partnership projects and extensive construction capabilities. The Group had annual revenue in 2013 of some £4.1 billion, employs around 40,000 people and operates across the UK, in the Middle East and Canada.
The Group has four business segments.
Support services - this includes facilities management, facilities services, energy services, utility services, road maintenance, rail services and consultancy services.
Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects - this includes investing activities in PPP projects for Government buildings and infrastructure, mainly in the Defence, Health, Education, Transport and Secure accommodation sectors.
Middle East construction services - this includes building and civil engineering activities in the Middle East.
Construction services (excluding the Middle East) - this includes building, civil engineering and developments activities in the UK and construction activities in Canada.
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