Heathrow Airport has appointed seven companies to help design plans for the airport's multi-billion pound expansion project.

The companies have each been awarded four-year contracts, which got underway in November.

The successful companies will be known as the Integrated Design Team (IDT):

• Amec Foster Wheeler

• Arup

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• Atkins

• Grimshaw

• Jacobs

• Mott MacDonald

• Quod

Barry Weekes, Head of Design at Heathrow, said: "With their institutional knowledge of Heathrow, and proven record in building complex infrastructure projects, the members of the Integrated Design Team will allow us to hit the ground running to deliver Heathrow expansion.

"Their appointment is a significant milestone in what will be a fast paced design and engineering schedule. We are now well on our way to delivering Britain’s new runway, providing the additional capacity our country needs to maintain its place in the world as a prosperous, outward looking trading nation."

(LM)