Local property agents sought for HS2 work
THE company planning and building the high speed rail link between Birmingham and London is to recruit local property management companies based along the route.
HS2 is seeking expressions of interest to provide both local as well as wider national expertise in valuation services, estate services, property management, urban regeneration and commercial development.
The firm’s head of land and property Liz Hirst said: “We are looking for firms with local and national expertise who can help us with property management, surveying, valuation, development and regeneration services.
“We want to create opportunities for local and small business contractors and we are interested in learning more about both large and small companies with the skills that will be needed on HS2.”
Firms have until January 14 to submit an expression of interest.
Meanwhile, HS2 has picked the consultants for phase two of the £33bn project, the Y-shaped stretch of the link north of Birmingham.
The Government has confirmed it would publish details of the proposals for phase two within the next few weeks.
Mott MacDonald is the big winner as far as the consultants are concerned, picking up both environmental and engineering framework packages.
The other firms selected for engineering services packages are AECOM, Hyder Consulting and Jacobs Engineering.
Arup and Temple RSK JV join Mott MacDonald in winning environmental services contracts
The engineering and environmental work needed to develop phase two includes the links from Birmingham to Manchester and to Leeds through the East Midlands and South Yorkshire, as well as a spur connection from the phase one line to Heathrow.
