HC Deb 23 May 1994 vol 244 cc60-8W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the major road construction contracts awarded by his Department worth over £300,000 at current prices, indicating the name of the construction company who was awarded the contract for(a) the year from January 1993 to January 1994 and (b) since February 1994.

Mr. Key

[holding answer 20 May 1994]: Since 1 April, responsibility for managing, maintaining and improving the national road network in England now lies with the Highways Agency. As the information requested by the hon. Member relates to operational matters of the Highways Agency, I have asked the chief executive to write to the hon. Member.

Letter from Lawrie Haynes to Mr. Simon Hughes, dated 20 May 1994: You put down a Parliamentary Question for answer by the Secretary of State concerning major construction contracts awarded since January 1993. As the information requested concerns operational matters for which the Highways Agency is now responsible I am replying to your Question. You asked for a list of road construction contracts over £300,000 in value that had been awarded firstly for the period January 1993 to January 1994, and secondly since February 1994, together with the name of the successful contractor. The attached lists give the information in relation to contracts valued in excess of £1 million. The Agency does not currently keep central records of contracts below £1 million and I regret this information cannot be provided without incurring disproportionate cost.

List of all major road schemes (over £1 million estimate) awarded between 1 January 1993 and 31 January 1994 (13 months)
Scheme name Award date Award price (£) Contractor
A19 Clack Lane to Silton 5 January 1993 2,129,639.00 Tarmac Quarry Products Ltd.
A49 Onibury—Stokesay Improvement 6 January 1993 1,848,925.00 Biwater Construction Ltd.
M23 between junction 10 Crawley and junction 11 Pease Pottage 8 January 1993 4,724,106.00 Colcon Ltd.
M5 between junctions 20 (Clevedon) and 19 (Portbury), North 8 January 1993 858,860.00 Redland Aggregates Ltd.
A31 Ringwood to Picket Post, Hampshire 15 January 1993 1,904,208.00 Mowlem, John, Construction plc
A45 and A11 Swaffham Heath Road Bridge 18 January 1993 567,788.00 Christiani and Nielsen Ltd.
M50 and M5, Cabling Works, Hindlip B 21 January 1993 1,604,418.14 Murphy Ltd.
M54 and M6, Cabling Works, Hindlip C 21 January 1993 1,384,283.56 Murphy Ltd.
M4 junction 4B (M25)—junction 5 (Langley) 29 January 1993 4,970,314.00 Amey Construction Ltd.
A64 Wild Man Inn—York bypass 2 February 1993 1,814,733.00 Balfour Beatty Ltd.
A1 between M62 south of Darrington, West Yorkshire 3 February 1993 2,119,387.00 Tarmac Quarry Products Ltd.
M4 and MS—Second Severn crossing approaches 5 February 1993 65,119,651.00 Balfour Beatty Ltd.
M1 junction 9–10 (Northbound), Hertfordshire 5 February 1993 9,719,555.00 Amey Construction Ltd.
M56 widening between junction 4 (Simonsway) and junction 6 11 February 1993 11,820,083.00 McAlpine, Alfred, Construction Ltd.
M6 Preston—junctions 30–32 11 February 1993 37,458,986.00 Balfour Beatty Ltd.
Term maintenance—Trunk roads and motorways, M4 West 15 February 1993 11,414,660.00 Amey Construction Ltd.
M56 between junctions 12 and 14 15 February 1993 3,939,879.00 Tarmac Quarry Products Ltd.
M27 junctions 3 to 2 concrete repairs (M271 spur) 19 February 1993 1,367,252.00 AMEC Civil Engineering Ltd.
M1 between junctions 28 and 29, (Tibshelf to Health) 22 February 1993 4,465,418.00 Tarmac Quarry Products Ltd.
Term maintenance, Greater Manchester, Motorway 23 February 1993 23,163,993.00 Nuttall, Edmund Ltd.
M5 Oldbury Viaduct, Sandwell contract R39 2 March 1993 1,230,572.00 Shephard Hill Civil Engineering Ltd.
Term maintenance, A23 and A205 trunk roads in South London 2 March 1993 7,040,203.00 Fitzpatrick Contractors Ltd.
Term maintenance—M1, M18 and A1, South Yorkshire 5 March 1993 16,577,868.00 Tarmac Quarry Products Ltd.
M57 junctions 4–7, A59 trunk road 8 March 1993 3,630,005.00 Galliford (U.K.) Ltd.
M20 junctions 1–3, Contract 8 9 March 1993 3,323,433.00 Tarmac Construction Ltd.
M5 between M6 junction 7 and M5, Sandwell 12 March 1993 3,134,870.00 Nuttall, Edmund, Ltd.
A1(M) between Bowburn interchange and Carville, Durham 16 March 1993 3,258,101.00 Cumbrian Industrials Ltd.
M20 between junctions 8 and 13 communications upgrade 16 March 1993 1,538,143.00 Associated Asphalt Ltd.
A5 Tamworth-Staffordshire (Fazeley Two Gates) 23 March 1993 25,955,498.00 McAlpine, Alfred, Construction Ltd.
Term maintenance-M1, M62 and M621, West Yorkshire 23 March 1993 17,060,250.00 Amey Construction Ltd.
A38 Plympton bypass, westbound, near Plymouth 30 March 1993 1,179,906.00 Associated Asphalt Ltd.
A1(M) between junction 4 (Hatfield) and junction 6 (Welwyn) 31 March 1993 5,506,152.00 Laing, John, Construction Ltd.
Term maintenance—Midland Links Motorway 1993–95 1 April 1993 3,467,832.00 Prismo Ltd.
M25 between junctions 8 and 10, Reigate-Wisley interchange 1 April 1993 2,508,051.00 Mowlem, John, Construction plc.
M62 improvement between junction 14 and junction 17 5 April 1993 10,223,164.00 Birse Construction Ltd.
A1 Walshford-Dishforth, north of Wetherby 8 April 1993 53,795,508.00 joint venture—A. McAlpine Construction/AMEC
A38 Drybridge-Wrangaton, south of Buckfastleigh 8 April 1993 1,171,664.00 ARC Ltd.
A5 Staples Corner, London Borough of Barnet 14 April 1993 901,113.00 Tilbury Douglas Construction Ltd.
M5 Oldbury Viaduct, Contract R17, Sandwell 16 April 1993 1,425,317.00 Christiani & Nielsen Ltd.
A31 Picket Post to Ocknell 27 April 1993 1,753,742.00 Birse Construction Ltd.
M1 junction 1, Barnet, viaduct access slips 28 April 1993 4,235,912.00 Shephard Hill Civil Engineering Ltd.
A20 Swanley bypass, west of M25/M20, junction 3 29 April 1993 1,275,338.00 May Gurney & Co., Ltd.
A406 North Circular Road, Falloden way, Barned (adv. works) 4 May 1993 1,247,694.00 Nuttall, Edmund, Ltd.
A69 Hexham-Corbridge bypass between Styford and Bridge End 6 May 1993 778,057.00 Davison, Álan (Construction) Ltd.
Scheme name Award date Award price (£) Contractor
M6 Thombridge Viaduct, Contract R52 7 May 1993 595,898.00 Tarmac Construction Ltd.
A12 between Hughes Corner (B1068) and Old London Road (C472) 11 May 1993 1,111,187.00 Fitzpatrick Contractors Ltd.
M66 Denton-Middleton (M62 to River Irk), con. 4 14 May 1993 19,237,248.00 Costain Building & Civil Engineering Ltd.
A45 maintenance between Quy and Newmarket bypass 14 May 1993 4,198,842.00 AMEC Civil Engineering Ltd.
M6 between junctions 38–39, Cumbria 17 May 1993 4,099,000.00 Cumbrian Industrials Ltd.
M3 junctions 8–9 17 May 1993 2,267,947.00 Fitzpatrick Contractors Ltd.
M5 junction 18, Avonmouth, north-west of Bristol 19 May 1993 7,926,340.00 Wimpey Construction Ltd.
A66 Cumbria, East of Brough to Palliard 26 May 1993 7,636,582.00 Kier Construction Ltd.
M1 junctions 34–35 27 May 1993 2,417,294.00 Balfour Beatty Ltd.
A1 Little Ponton-Gorse Lane, Lincolnshire 28 May 1993 884,918.00 Tarmac Quarry Products Ltd.
A52 South of Ashbourne, Derbyshire Relief Road 7 June 1993 3,185,220.00 Tarmac Construction Ltd.
M62 junctions 30–31 8 June 1993 6,702,818.00 Tarmac Quarry Products Ltd.
A34 Botley Flyover—Deck Reconstruction 9 June 1993 933,876.00 Norwest Holst Construction Ltd.
A30/A39 Indian Queen junction between Bodmin and Redruth 10 June 1993 12,695,070.00 Tarmac Construction Ltd.
A17 Wigtoft-Sutterton, Lincolnshire 14 June 1993 4,402,863.00 May Gurney & Co. Ltd.
M18 junctions 5–6 16 June 1993 4,039,307.00 Mowlem, John, Construction plc.
A40 between A4095 Overbridge Witney, Oxfordshire 24 June 1993 2,035,182.00 SIAC Construction Ltd.
A406 North Circular Road, East of Falloden Way, Main Works 29 June 1993 27,013,720.00 Nuttall, Edmund, Ltd.
M62 junction 26, Gildersome-Dulverton 30 June 1993 2,899,500.00 Tilcon Ltd.
M4 between junction 15 (A419) and junction 16 (A3102), Wiltshire 6 July 1993 1,335,684.00 Redland Aggregates Ltd.
M62 between Pollington and Whitley Bridge, Westbound 9 July 1993 2,770,040.00 Tilcon Ltd.
M6 Midland links Motorway East of junction 2, Coventry 9 July 1993 4,665,172.00 Tarmac Quarry Products Ltd.
M50, M54 and M5 Electrical Works, Hindlip D. 14 July 1993 1,088,818.00 Philips Communications Ltd.
M3/A34 junction 9, Maintenance Compound 19 July 1993 1,191,796.00 Wiltshier Construction (Midland) Ltd.
A12 Hackney Wick to Redbridge Roundabout Contract 4 27 July 1993 31,558,185.00 Norwest Holst Construction Ltd.
A65 Burley in Wharfedale bypass, West Yorkshire 30 July 1993 5,547,467.00 Amey Construction Ltd.
M6 between junctions 12–13, Staffordshire 2 August 1993 746,459.00 Colcon Ltd.
M27 junctions 7–8 17 August 1993 2,306,052.00 Tarmac Construction Ltd.
A40 Crockers Ash—Newton Court 19 August 1993 2,140,716.00 Laing, John, Construction Ltd.
A34 Hinksey Hill (A423) to Lodge Hill (A4183) 24 August 1993 2,251,013.00 Colcon Ltd.
M3 between Sunbury junction 1 M/P 24/6-Junction M/P 28/0 24 August 1993 3,848,762.00 Costain Building & Civil Engineering Ltd.
M1 junction 30–31 25 August 1993 4,481,825.00 Tarmac Quarry Products Ltd.
A52/A453 Clifton Bridge Complex, Nottingham 25 August 1993 1,459,814.79 Morrison Construction Ltd.
A56 Edenfield bypass Contract T 138 26 August 1993 1,689,918.00 Tarmac Quarry Products Ltd.
M1 East and North of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire 27 August 1993 1,278,387.86 Redland Aggregates Ltd.
M5 between junctions 13–15 13 September 1993 1,650,447.00 Galliford (U.K.) Ltd.
M6 junctions 15–16, Keele Bank M/P 246/5–249/4 16 September 1993 1,456,464.00 McAlpine, Alfred, Quarry Products Ltd.
M5 between junction 27 and 26, Sampford Peverell-Chelston 16 September 1993 1,352,977.68 Associated Asphalt Ltd.
A38 Plympton bypass, Stage 2 16 September 1993 1,496,250.65 Costain Building and Civil Engineering Ltd.
M4 junction 14, Shefford Woodlands Interchange 16 September 1993 2,674,964.36 Associated Asphalt Ltd.
A168 Asenby-Topcliffe, Yorkshire 17 September 1993 1,531,000.00 Cumbrian Industrials Ltd.
A1 Stamford Bypass 20 September 1993 1,010,236.00 Wrekin Construction Co. Ltd.
A140 South of Scole and East of Thelveton 22 September 1993 7,186,504.00 Boot, Henry, Southern Ltd.
A64 Hopgrove to Grimstone, Major Maintenance 23 September 1993 2,107,717.00 Ward, Thos. W., Roadstone Ltd.
A120 Crown Interchange-Stratford St. Mary 28 September 1993 3,131,169.08 Tilbury Douglas Construction Ltd.
Scheme name Award date Award price (£) Contractor
M25 junctions 2–3 between A2 Interchange and A20/M20 1 October 1993 11,602,076.00 Tarmac Construction Ltd.
A21 Tonbridge bypass between A2014-Medway Viaduct 1 October 1993 4,898,988.00 Birse Construction Ltd.
A435 Norton Lenchwick bypass 5 October 1993 19,226,966.89 McAlpine, Alfred, Construction Ltd.
A31 between Ringwood and St. Ives, Dorset (Ashley Health) 5 October 1993 6,696,391.00 Wimpey Construction Ltd.
M1 junctions 18–19, near Rugby, Northamptonshire 6 October 1993 2,265,545.00 Amey Construction Ltd.
A130 Pairglen Interchange-A132 Nevendon 6 October 1993 1,515,627.77 Fitzpatrick Contractors Ltd.
A1 Jockey Lane-Apley Head 8 October 1993 2,999,020.44 Ward, Thos. W. Roadstone Ltd.
M4 between junction 18 (Tormanton) and junction 19 (Hambrook) 11 October 1993 1,648,631.60 Wimpey Hobbs Ltd.
M23 between Hooley and Merstham Interchange, Road Lighting 13 October 1993 2,024,991.00 Birse Construction Ltd.
A38 Trethawle-Tinkers Lake, Cornwall 15 October 1993 1,529,429.00 Cornwall CC DLO
A3 between south of Wisley M/P 13/6-Burpham M/P 20/4 15 October 1993 14,231,837.71 Tarmac Construction Ltd.
A4 West Cromwell Road, Viaduct Repairs 15 October 1993 1,994,604.00 Tilbury Douglas Construction Ltd.
M1 junctions 12–11 21 October 1993 909,918.12 Laing, John, Construction Ltd.
A30 Shallowater Hill-Bodmin Moor 21 October 1993 1,703,628.00 Christiani and Neilsen Ltd.
A30 Honiton bypass 22 October 1993 1,422,586.77 Associated Asphalt Ltd.
A34 Wood Farm—Redhill, Southbound 26 October 1993 982,811.76 Wrekin Construction Co. Ltd.
A1(M) between junction 1 South Mimms and junction 2 (Colney) 28 October 1993 1,960,435.00 Fitzpatrick Contractors Ltd.
M56 between junctions 11 and 12 (Stage 10) 10 November 1993 6,873,993.00 ARC Ltd.
A406 Silver Street-Hall Lane, Lea Valley Viaduct 12 November 1993 21,761,735.00 Nuttall, Edmund, Ltd.
M5 Titford Viaduct-junction 2 Contract R49 15 November 1993 2,114,382.91 Tarmac Construction Ltd.
A303 Bullington Cross-Andover 18 November 1993 1,596,982.96 Osborne, Geoffrey, Ltd.
M1 between South of junction 23 and junction 23A, Road Lighting 25 November 1993 1,301,135.27 Fitzpatrick Contractors Ltd.
A30 Staines By-pass between Glanty and Billet Bridge 26 November 1993 3,190,236.45 Costain Building & Civil Engineering Ltd.
A50 Blythe Bridge-Queensway, Staffordshire 29 November 1993 23,072,304.00 Birse Construction Ltd.
A12 Hackney Wick-M11 Link Road, Contract 1A 30 November 1993 1,949,394.00 Christiani & Nielsen Ltd.
A13 Butcher Row and Branch Road, East London 30 November 1993 922,128.89 Fitzpatrick Contractors Ltd.
A417 Brockworth Bypass, East of Gloucester 2 December 1993 35,142,010.58 Wimpey Construction Ltd.
A5 between Longford Island (junction A460) and (junction 12) 7 December 1993 1,452,363.36 Kimbell Construction Ltd.
A11 between Stump Cross and Four Wentways, Cambridgeshire 8 December 1993 18,149,454.27 Roadworks (1952) Ltd.
A34 between Firgo Park-Tufton 13 December 1993 955,144.00 ARC Ltd.
A12 between Hackney Wick and M11 Link Road, Contract 2B 13 December 1993 3,524,321.00 Murphy, J. & Sons Ltd.
M2 junctions 5 and 7, major maintenance 13 December 1993 1,333,137.66 May Gurney & Co. Ltd.
M4 junction 4–4A Heathrow Airport Link Road 15 December 1993 2,755,299.19 Amey Construction Ltd.
M1 junction 30, Barlborough-Woodall 17 December 1993 3,963,812.84 Tarmac Quarry Products Ltd.
A11 Wymondham Southern Bypass 17 December 1993 16,940,943.10 McAlpine, Alfred, Construction Ltd.
M18 junction 3–4 21 December 1993 3,289,904.53 Ward, Thos. W., Roadstone Ltd.
A17 Leadenham Bypass Improvement 22 December 1993 3,322,890.66 May Gurney & Co. Ltd.
A45 Stonebridge, East of A45/M42 23 December 1993 8,447,149.00 Tilbury Douglas Construction Ltd.
M25 Widening between junctions 10 and 11, Wisley and Chertsey 23 December 1993 35,097,353.15 Mowlem, John, Construction plc
M4-A3005 Heston Road, Hounslow 23 December 1993 5,695,224.00 Associated Asphalt Ltd.
A406 Silver Street-Hall Lane, Angel Road Viaduct 24 December 1993 19,785,316.89 AMEC Civil Engineering Ltd.
M6 Bescot Viaduct, North of junction 9, Contract R43 24 December 1993 1,182,897.00 Taylor Woodrow Construction Holdings Ltd.
A64 Fulford-A19 and A1079 5 January 1994 3,075,229.72 Tarmac Quarry Products Ltd.
A47 Walpole Highway and Tilney High Bypass, Cambridgeshire 7 January 1994 23,455,738.07 May Gurney & Co. Ltd.
A13 West of Heathway (A1240), South East of Wennington 10 January 1994 11,785,847.56 AMEC Civil Engineering Ltd.
M58 junction 3-M6 Interchange 11 January 1994 2,397,882.60 Galliford (U.K.) Ltd.
Scheme name Award date Award price (£) Contractor
M602 junction 1, West of Manchester 12 January 1994 3,992,093.55 Mowlem, John, Construction plc
A303 between Harewood Forest and Bransbury 12 January 1994 2,597,425.87 Costain Building & Civil Engineering Ltd.
A12 Boxted Bridge to Spring Lane 13 January 1994 1,098,504.88 Roadworks (1952) Ltd.
A27 Patching between Worthing and Arundel, West Sussex 20 January 1994 6,402,673.62 Amey Construction Ltd.
A50 Blythe Bridge-Contract 1B 21 January 1994 28,414,397.00 Joint venture-Christiani/Kier
M25 between junction 7 (Merstham) and junction 9 (Reigate) 25 January 1994 45,979,928.48 Laing, John, Construction Ltd.
A249 between Bobbing and North of Iwade, Kent 25 January 1994 35,721,035.06 AMEC Civil Engineering Ltd.
Total for period £1,037,208,941.30

List of all major road schemes (over £1 million estimate) awarded between 1 February 1994 and 18 May 1994
Scheme Name Award date Award price (£) Contractor
M4 junction 19 and junction 18 1 February 1994 2,036,894.21 ARC Ltd.
A4 River Loddon, East of Reading 3 February 1994 951,569.00 Christiani & Nielsen Ltd.
M64 Blackburn Southern bypass, Contract 1 4 February 1994 65,861,695.00 Tarmac Construction Ltd.
A2 Canterbury bypass between A2050 (Harbledown) and A28 4 February 1994 1,869,246.29 ARC Ltd.
A55 Between junction A483 and Cheshire/Clwyd 7 February 1994 3,296,329.00 Galliford (U.K.) Ltd.
A13 Thames Avenue—Wennington 9 February 1994 71,273,666.10 Balfour Beatty Ltd.
A4/A46 Batheaston—Swainswick bypass 11 February 1994 44,953,293.00 Amey Construction Ltd.
A1 South Witham—Woolfox, Nr. Stamford, Leicestershire 14 February 1994 1,420,181.50 ARC Ltd.
M6 junctions 5–6, Bromford Viaduct 15 February 1994 7,095,869.00 Galliford (U.K.) Ltd.
M20 Between junction 1 and 3, Communications Infrastructure 15 February 1994 552,443.84 Semple & Cochrane Ltd.
A66 Penrith and Keswick (Climbing Lane) 16 February 1994 846,748.70 Cumbria CC DLO (County Contracting)
M66 Moston Brook Outfall, Advance Works 17 February 1994 2,083,000.00 Kennedy Construction Group
A38 (Catholme) Barton—Bramston Interchange 22 February 1994 1,479,936.78 Tarmac Quarry Products Ltd.
A27 Kingston—Hangleton, Southwick Hill Tunnel 1 March 1994 4,561,802.00 Hall, Matthew, Mechanical & Electrical Engineering
A249 Queenborough bypass 3 March 1994 1,096,053.77 Tilbury Douglas Construction Ltd.
M26 junction 5—junction 2A Dunton Green Railway Bridge 3 March 1994 4,561,544.09 ARC Ltd.
M11 Between junctions 7 and 8 16 March 1994 1,505,838.85 SIAC Construction Ltd.
M1 junction 4—Deansbrook Viaduct 20 March 1994 11,981,013.00 Fitzpatrick Contractors Ltd.
A66 Bassenthwaite Lake/Keswick 21 March 1994 1,328,700.00 Cumbrian Industrials Ltd.
M5 Western Arm—Contract MM84 22 March 1994 5,687,538.00 Christiani & Nielsen Ltd.
A13 Cotton Street Blackwall Tunnel—A102 Improvement 23 March 1994 5,100,697.98 Murphy, J. & Sons Ltd.
M5 North of Exeter, Poltimore To Hele Straight 23 March 1994 1,690,066.90 Costain Building & Civil Engineering Ltd.
A5 Between B5011 and A461, North of Birmingham 25 March 1994 1,171,607.00 Galliford (U.K.) Ltd.
A38 Marsh Mills Viaduct Replacement 30 March 1994 12,229,225.00 Hochtief A.G.
M4 junction 10, Winnersh Interchange 11 April 1994 7,152,923.21 Mowlem, John, Construction Plc.
M5 Between junction 22 (Edithmead) and junction 23 (Dunball) 12 April 1994 1,148,618.00 Constable Hart & Co. Ltd.
A19 Sheraton—Peterlee, North and South Bound, Durham 15 April 1994 3,533,000.00 Cumbrian Industrials Ltd.
A27 West of Lewes, East Sussex 15 April 1994 1,590,523.50 Associated Asphalt Ltd.
M4 junction 3—Heston Road 22 April 1994 5,720,560.00 Associated Asphalt Ltd.
Term Maintenance, North Yorkshire—Contract 3 26 April 1994 1,017,072.00 North Yorkshire County Council DLO
Term Maintenance, North Yorkshire—Contract 2 26 April 1994 1,154,705.00 North Yorkshire County Council DLO
A1(M) Sprotborough—junction 37 (Marr), South Yorkshire 10 May 1994 6,640,000.09 Ward, Thos. W., Roadstone Ltd.
A46—A606 Widmerpool junction, Nottinghamshire 12 May 1994 885,974.00 Shanks & McEwan (Contracts) Ltd.
Total for period £283,478,334.81