EKFB awarded a joint venture of Bauer Technologies Ltd and Keller UK (BKJV) a contract to deliver geotechnical work as part of the C23 package on HS2.
The contract award is worth GBP 95 million (EUR 109.3 million) and is expected to be completed in 2024.
BKJV’s scope of work is to construct piled foundations for the structures, as well as the construction of secant piled and slurry walls and the installation of pressure relief drains.
BKJV has already completed initial preliminary pile testing works and teams are focused on a mobilisation to site to commence main works in April this year. The geotechnical work, at peak production, will require over 200 highly skilled experts in ground engineering and foundations, working in a number of varied site locations.
“After two and a half years of working collaboratively with EKFB in the planning phase of this project, we are excited to make a start in April on the main works of this section, for what is Europe’s largest infrastructure project,” Michael Jones the Managing Director, Bauer Technologies commented said.
EKFB is a joint venture comprising four leading civil engineering and construction companies: Eiffage, Kier, Ferrovial Construction and BAM Nuttall. HS2 appointed EKFB to deliver civil engineering works across the C23 section of the new high speed rail link between the Chiltern Tunnel and Long Itchington Wood. The C23 section consists of 80 km of high-speed rail infrastructure, including 15 viaducts, over 80 bridges, 7 km of green tunnels, 22km of road diversions and 30 million cubic metres of excavation. The company will recruit over 4,000 roles in the next two years.
The Phase One of HS2 will see a new high speed railway line constructed from Euston to north of Birmingham, where it will re-join the existing West Coast Mainline. Services will travel onwards to places like Manchester, Glasgow, Liverpool, Preston and Wigan. Phase One will open between 2029 and 2033.
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