The Highways Agency has announced 26 firms have been appointed to the largest ever framework for the improvement of England's motorways and major A roads.

The firms, selected across four lots, have been appointed to the Collaborative Delivery Framework (CDF).

The framework award is the next step in the delivery of £24bn investment in England's major roads in this parliament, and the next, and represents the government's firm commitment to investing in infrastructure to boost the economy.

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."



Collaborative Delivery Framework award – list of companies

Lot 1 – Professional design and engineering services

• Amey

• Atkins Limited

• CH2M HILL United Kingdom

• Hyder Consulting (UK) Limited

• Jacobs U.K. Limited

• Mott MacDonald Limited/Grontmij Limited JV

• Mouchel Ltd

• Ove Arup & Partners Ltd

• URS Infrastructure and Environment (UK) Ltd

• WSP Civils Limited/Parsons Brinkerhoff JV



Lot 2 – Medium value construction work

• EM Highway Services Limited

• Geoffrey Osborne Limited

• Interserve Construction Ltd

• John Graham Construction Ltd

• VolkerFitzpatrick Ltd



Lot 3a – High value construction work

• Amey

• Galliford Try Infrastructure Limited

• HOCHTIEF (UK) Construction Limited

• John Sisk & Son Ltd/Lagan Construction Group Ltd JV

• Kier Infrastructure & Overseas Limited

• VINCI Construction UK Ltd (trading as Taylor Woodrow) / Vinci Construction Grands Projects JV



Lot 3b – High value construction work

• Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Ltd

• BAM Nuttall Ltd/Morgan Sindall Plc JV

• Carillion Construction Ltd

• Costain Limited

• Skanska Construction UK Ltd



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