Contract Award
Costain Group PLC
("Costain")
Costain-Skanska Joint Venture awarded third Crossrail contract
Costain is pleased to announce that it has been awarded, in Joint Venture with Skanska, a contract for advance civil engineering works at Bond Street.
The contract is the third to be awarded to the Joint Venture on the Crossrail scheme.
The works comprise the construction of two station box structures, Western Ticket Hall and Eastern Ticket Hall to provide surface access at either end to twin mined platform tunnels.
Work will begin immediately and is estimated for completion in 2012.
Andrew Wyllie, Chief Executive of Costain, commented:
"We are delighted to have been awarded additional work on Crossrail which again demonstrates our broad range of capabilities in the rail sector."
9th March 2011
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Mark Garraway |
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Notes to Editors
Costain is an international engineering, construction and maintenance group with a reputation for technical excellence founded on more than 140 years of experience. The Company's business segments are in Infrastructure (Highways, Rail, Nuclear and Airports), Environment (Water, Waste, Marine and Education), Energy & Process (hydrocarbons & chemicals, nuclear process and power activities) and Land Development.
The Company is focused on market sectors where it expects there to be a significant investment driven by national needs.
It has worked on a number of high profile infrastructure projects in the UK, including the St Pancras railway station and the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, and is currently working on a number of major projects including the municipal waste treatment infrastructure for the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority and EVAP D at Sellafield, one of the largest nuclear projects in the UK.
For further information please visit the company website: www.costain.com
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