The preferred bidders for Thames Tideway Tunnel have been selected.

The contractors for the preferred main works tenderers are:

• BMB JV (Joint Venture of BAM Nuttall Ltd, Morgan Sindall Plc and Balfour Beatty Group Limited) for the West contract

• FLO JV (Joint Venture of Ferrovial Agroman UK Ltd, Laing O’Rourke Construction) for the Central contract


• CVB JV (Joint Venture of Costain Vinci Construction Grands Projects Bachy Soletanche) for the East contract

The firms will build a component each of the three parts of the tunnel that has been split into geographical sections of west, central, and east.

Thousands of jobs will be created in London over the coming years.

The project, which will be the biggest infrastructure project ever under taken by the UK water industry, will make London's sewerage network fit for the 22nd century and will help prevent the millions of tonnes of sewage pollution that currently discharge into the tidal River Thames every year.

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