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Stonehenge Tunnels - UK contractors shun the tender but overseas JVs submit bids for the £1.25bn project
UK's premier construction publication New Civil Engineer writes that Highway England's decision to procure the £1.25bn project as a one step design + build package is the reason for the "first tier" UK companies not submitting bids.
UK contractors are vary of risks involved in committing a price to build the tunnels for which the design and construction method are yet to be determined.
This has not stopped the European companies from bidding for the project though. Nevertheless, the one-step procurement method has reportedly pushed the bidding prices up, as the contractors wanted to hedge their risks.
Please read the rest in the magazine's link
https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/major-uk-contractors-snub-stonehenge-tunnel-as-jvs-revealed-17-12-2019/
Highways England received the bids for the Stonehenge tunnels but in all likelihood they forgot the funding...
The tender was boycotted by the UK contractors and only the foreign contractors had submitted bids.
But where is the money?
https://www.highwaysmagazine.co.uk/No-light-at-the-end-of-tunnel-funding-impasse/5355
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Major UK contractors snub Stonehenge Tunnel as JVs revealed
www.newcivilengineer.comThe roads body has opted to go for a single-stage tender – where design and build contractors must submit and then stick to their price for the job at the