Departmental Contracts (Hansard, 17 July 2001)

§ Dr. Whitehead

Details of contracts awarded to W. S. Atkins, Buro-Happold, and Kvaerner by the former Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies from May 1999 to the current date are listed:

1999–2000

W. S. ATKINS

DETR (C) IT support and ECommerce Advice on working environment issues Aspects of noise impacts Regional airspace co-ordination study 82W Research management support Co-ordination of regional air services studies Assistance with investigation of drinking water quality incidents 1999–2000 and audit of water companies Feasibility report on relocation of Audit Commission A50 Stoke to Derby (PPP/PFI) A30/A35 Exeter to Bere Regis (PPP/PFI) Scientific research management support Agencies and Non Departmental Public Bodies Countryside Agency Planning support Review of recreation strategies Local heritage initiative marketing survey DSA IS strategy project management DVLA Training needs analysis Evaluation of project management Support for project assurance unit Environment Agency Engineering consultancy (feasibility design and supervision of flood defence work) Environmental consultancy and flood plain mapping and modelling Health and Safety Executive Safety Assessment of Carmarthen Bus Station Review of the applicability of Large Eddy Simulation Techniques to Safety Studies Effects of Secondary Containment on Source Term Modelling Updating and Support of Pooltire6 Scientific Support—Explosives In Demolition Structural Risk Study Thermal Radiation Criteria for Vulnerable Populations Scientific Support—Crashworthniess Project Fire Risk Assessment for Workplaces Containing Flammable Substances Preparation of Maps for Use by NII Rovie Level Crossing Review Survey of Characteristics of People Working with Chemicals and the Companies They Work For ACE Model, Code Development Methodology for On-Site Ignition Probability System Reliability Updating Using Results from Underwater Joint Inspections Ladbroke Grove Accident Investigation Ladbroke Grove: Vehicle Storage Costs Presentation of Information on Momentum Releases Assessment of AGR Concrete Pressure Vessel Behaviour in Loss of Cooling Fault Conditions Dense Gas Dispersion Studies Using the MLFP Method with HSE Software IRR 99 Training Assessment of Railtrack's response to two Improvement Notices issued as a result of a accident at Ladbroke Grove on 5 October 1999 OFGEM's inquiry to HSE dated 12 October 1999 Investigation of a Gas Explosion at lark Hall, Hamilton Topographical Survey at Lark Hall, Hamilton Risk and Safety Implications—Geotechnical Characterisation and Analysis Nuclear Reactors (Environmental impact assessment for decomissioning) Regulations 1999 (EIAD) 1999 83W Highways Agency Area 18 Design Commission M25 CCTV Enhancement (Areas 3/4/5) A23 Coulsdon Relief Road Employers Agent R and D Advisory Service 99/02 for Pavement Engineering Group Specialist Traffic Transportation and Economic Advice NAD Execution of Steel Structures—Bridges Managing Integration Trial Application and Sample Survey in Respect of Draft Fatigue Assessment Requirements Abnormal Indivisible Loads Notification—System Trial Management of NMCS2 Specification Framework Agreement Research Service Contract—Pavement Engineering Review of Highway Drainage Maintenance Practice—Phase 2 South East England Development Agency Heat and power study

BURO-HAPPOLD DETR (C) Constructing a prototype cardboard building Agencies and Non Departmental Public Bodies English Partnerships Multi modal interchange South East England Development Agency Framework study

KVAERNER DETR(C) Dartford river crossing (PPP/PFI) Birmingham northern relief road (PPP/PFI) M1-A1 link road (PPP/PFI) Agencies and Non Departmental Public Bodies Highways Agency Yorkshire Driver Information System

2000–01

W.S. ATKINS DETR (C) Additional aspects of noise impacts Health and Safety Assistance with investigation of drinking water quality incidents 2000–01 and audit of water companies Review of drinking water quality aspects of serviceability relating to infrastructure and non-infrastructure assets Groundwater protection code for petrol stations Responding to water consultation documents Environmental impact of metals—review of nickel in the UK GMOs for the bioremediation of organic and inorganic pollutants Provision of scientific and technical advice Technical support standards and assessment Branch of the Air and Environmental Quality Division Agencies and Non Departmental Public Bodies Countryside Agency Chilterns integrated access research contract Health and Safety Executive Rough Weather Rescue Gas Releases from Buildings—Enhancement to GRAB-T 84W Source Terms Modelling of Releases Within Building Complexes Specialist Support to Risk Assessment and Probablistic Aspects of Ind. Intro of Probablistic Structural Reliability Based Land Pipeline Design Peer Review of MSDU Land Use Planning Methodology Specification for a Study into Sources of Variability and Uncertainty in Probablistic Safety Assessments Graphics of Larkhall Explosion Site Fire Compartmentation in Chemical Warehouses New Information Leaflet—Asbestos Based Gasket Alternatives Software (PAN) Support Inspection of Waulkmill Reservoir Comparisons of Safety Levels Implicit in Structural Codes Carmarthen Bus Station—Appeal against Improvement Notice Decommissioning and removal of the concrete gravity structures in the UKCS Specification to Study Performance Indicators for Use in Nuclear Facilities PIPIN Revision to Provide NT4 Compatibility and Additional Datasets Provision of Maps with LUP Zones Review of Railtracks Maintenance Strategy for the Forth Bridge International Common Cause Failure Data Exchange Development of Methodology to Assess Pipeline Safety Cases Accident Investigation, Linfield Street, Dundee Gas Explosion Phase 2, Accident Investigation, Linfield Street, Dundee Gas Explosion Development of the ACDC Database Level 3 Guidance Update General Management of the Technical Support Framework Agreement Ad Hoc Support Assessing Investigations into Signals Passed at Danger (SPADS) Research on the effect of HSE campaigns and their effects on rooflights and nets Advanced Fluid Loading Models Assessment of Railtracks's response to two improvement notices Conference on Risk in Civil Engineering PCPV Structural Integrity: Prolonged Natural Circulation/Loss of PVCS Fault Condition: Phase 1 HSE intranet database for Offshore Division HF support Performance Indicators for Fixed Structures Characteristics of extended survival in the North Sea Fall of Stanchion A10, Project Arrow Highways Agency Area 16 Design Commission M62 New Junction 8 and J8–9 Widening A47 Thorney Bypass Framework Agreement for Structural Bearings Advice Framework Agreement Advice on Steel and Composite Bridges Framework Agreement for SLVR Consultancy Environment Research and Development Framework Arrangements Tactical Traffic Control—Alternative Vehicle Detectors (for Elevated Motorways and 5/6 Lane Motorways) Health and Safety Assessment of HA's offices Scheme Forecast Monitoring/Post Implementation Evaluation 85W Consultancy Framework for TSE 2000–03 Implementation of Eurocodes Foresight Vehicle Probe-IT (collaboration agreement)

BURO-HAPPOLD DETR (C) Facilitating the benefits of technological innovation Capturing how to construct a timber gridshell safely Capture and analysis if vibration data from an unfinished laboratory floor Agencies and Non Departmental Public Bodies South East England Development Agency Eastbridge master plan

KVAERNER DETR (C) Nil Agencies and Non Departmental Public Bodies Highways Agency M1/M45 Northamptonshire Control Office Area NMCS (Design and Build)

2001-to date

W.S. ATKINS DETR (C) Nil Agencies and Non Departmental Public Bodies Health and Safety Executive Sources of Variability and Uncertainty in Nuclear Reactor PSAs Assistance with NSD Emergency Arrangements Forth Bridge TG2 Case-by-case support on Nuclear Reactors (Env. Impact Assessment for Decommissioning) Regs 1999 Assessment of layout of Buchanan Bus Station, Glasgow International Common Cause Failure Data Exchange Assessment of railway industry SPAD investigations Tay wastewater project: assessment of ground conditions Expert Report on the security of temporary traffic signs and sign frames ACE Model Development Highways Agency Maintaining Agency Contracts: Area 6 (Hertfordshire, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Norfolk)

BURO-HAPPOLD DETR (C) Nil Agencies and Non Departmental Public Bodies South East England Development Agency Boiler shop disposals Sector works

KVAERNER DETR (C) Nil Agencies and Non Departmental Public Bodies Nil.