Highways Agency chooses West Midlands contractors for £5bn roads framework

WEST Midlands construction firms Carillion and Morgan Sindall have been selected by the Highways Agency for its £5bn Collaborative Delivery Framework.

It is the largest ever framework for the improvement of England’s motorways and major A roads.

Rugby-based Morgan Sindall, in joint venture, is one of five contractors chosen to deliver large scale strategic improvements to England’s roads on schemes valued between £100m and £450m, in Lot 3b of the Collaborative Delivery Framework.

The framework is estimated to be worth up to £150m per annum to the joint venture.

Wolverhampton-based Carillion said it expects to generate up to some £500m of revenue from the Framework over the five year period.   

The framework, which will run for four years with the potential to extend to six years, is a way for the Highways Agency to procure up to £5bn of investment in England’s motorways and major A roads over the next five years.

Graham Dalton, Highways Agency chief executive, said: “This framework is the largest we have ever awarded. It will allow the Agency to deliver large scale improvements to England’s strategic roads, enabling economic growth across the country.

“It is not just the scale of this framework that is important, but the way it is designed to bring the Agency, designers and contractors together in one large collaborative team. We expect to deliver this major investment programme efficiently, speedily, and with real effort to minimise disruption to road users while we build.”

John Morgan, chief executive of Morgan Sindall, said: “We are delighted to have been selected by the Highways Agency for such a large-scale framework contract that will significantly transform England’s roads.”

Carillion chief executive Richard Howson said: “We look forward to continuing the strong partnership we have developed with the Agency to deliver this important programme.”