Seven firms have been awarded framework contracts from Network Rail worth a combined value of £250 million.

The contracts will deliver building and civil works on the Scotland and London North Eastern routes.

The suppliers will deliver more than 1,000 maintenance, renewals and enhancements projects, improving earthworks, bridges, tunnels, footbridges and station buildings as part of Network Rail's £38bn programme to build a bigger, better railway in control period 5 (2014-19).

The frameworks, which will run for an initial three years, have been designed to deliver a range of benefits including outstanding levels of safety, improvements in cost and quality and greater productivity through collaborative working.

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If suppliers can demonstrate that work has been delivered safely and successfully within budget, the contracts can each be extended by another two years plus one further year.

The individual frameworks within the Renewals Collaborative Delivery Programme are:

London North Eastern & East Midlands route:

• Structures – Amalgamated Construction Ltd

• Viaducts – Taziker Industrial Ltd

• Bridge reconstruction – Amalgamated Construction Ltd

• Structure repairs – Amalgamated Construction Ltd

• Station footbridges – Construction Marine Ltd

• Earthworks – Construction Marine Ltd

• Station buildings – Miller Construction (UK) Ltd

• Major structures – Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Ltd

Scotland route:

• Structures – Amalgamated Construction Ltd

• Structures repairs – Taziker Industrial Ltd

• Geotechnical (earthworks) – QTS Group Ltd

• Buildings – Story Contracting

(CD/MH)