{"id":78793,"date":"2017-02-09T13:02:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T13:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=381c42e23a7a33b1c209b0cd684ecc47"},"modified":"2017-02-09T13:02:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T13:02:00","slug":"press-release-hs2-appoints-phase-two-b-development-partner-and-engineering-and-environmental-consultants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=78793","title":{"rendered":"Press release: HS2 appoints Phase 2b Development Partner and engineering and environmental consultants"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Plans to bring HS2<\/abbr> to Manchester and Leeds took a step forward today with the confirmation that contracts will be awarded to CH2M, Arup, an AECOM \/ Capita \/ INECO joint venture and a Mott MacDonald \/ WSP joint venture to help progress the design.<\/p>\n

The appointments are a major milestone for the high speed rail project and comes after an 11 month competitive process, during which seven multi-national bidders were invited to tender for four packages of work.<\/p>\n

CH2M will be become Phase 2b Development Partner and work together with teams from Arup, AECOM \/ Capita \/ INECO and Mott MacDonald \/ WSP.<\/p>\n

Together, they will provide the expert engineering and environmental support needed to take forward the development of the route north of Crewe to Manchester and from the West Midlands to Yorkshire, with a hybrid Bill \u2013 essentially the planning application for this part of the route – expected to be presented to Parliament in 2019.<\/p>\n

The government gave the go ahead for the sections of the route, between Crewe and Manchester, and Birmingham and Leeds, via Sheffield and the East Midlands, subject to some specific route refinements which are under consultation, in November last year. The dedicated high speed lines are planned to open in 2033, providing extra capacity between the UK\u2019s largest cities, improving connectivity and reducing journey times.<\/p>\n

Alison Munro, HS2<\/abbr> Ltd Managing Director \u2013 Development, said:<\/h3>\n
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This contract awards mark an important milestone for HS2<\/abbr> \u2013 giving us the expert resource needed to progress the second phase of the project and bring high speed rail to Manchester and Leeds by 2033.<\/p>\n

Our new partners bring a wealth of recent experience on some of the world\u2019s most challenging and complex infrastructure projects and I look forward to working with them to ensure that HS2<\/abbr> can benefit from the experience and innovation they have to offer.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The following companies will be appointed:<\/p>\n

Phase 2b Development Partner:<\/p>\n

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  • CH2M<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Phase 2b Civils Design and Environmental Services:<\/p>\n

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    • Lot 1 \u2013 CDES<\/abbr> – Mott MacDonald \/ WSP joint venture<\/li>\n
    • Lot 2 \u2013 CDES<\/abbr> – AECOM \/ Capita \/ INECO joint venture<\/li>\n
    • Lot 3 \u2013 CDES<\/abbr> and Environmental Overview Consultant (EOC) \u2013 Arup<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Contracts are expected to be signed after the 20 February 2017 with staff joining the HS2<\/abbr> Ltd team soon after.<\/p>\n

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      The press and media enquiries line is for accredited journalists only<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      The planned second phase of HS2 took a step forward today with several contract awards announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78793"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78793"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78810,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78793\/revisions\/78810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}