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1 March 2007 - The UK's National Grid has signed contracts with two consortia worth over £1bn over five years to upgrade and develop the electricity transmission network across England and Wales.
These are the first set of contracts in a wider Alliance partnership that represents a significant part of National Grid's planned investment to maintain safe and secure supplies of energy to the UK. The contracts are split geographically into East and West areas and will support planned work on overhead electricity lines and cables.
This work is required to connect new generation infrastructure and to replace existing assets to ensure the continued safe and reliable operation of the high voltage electricity network. Confirmed partner consortia for the upgrade of overhead line and cables are Balfour Beatty Group for the East area, and AMEC, Babcock and Mott MacDonald for the West.
Following National Grid's announcement of its preferred transmission Alliance partners in October 2006, pan-alliance groups have been established between National Grid and the partners to finalise procurement and work programming processes, develop designs and clarify targets for 2007/08.
National Grid's Director of UK Construction, Rowan Sharples said; "The aim of these contracts is to establish long term relationships and a 'one team' approach with shared risk and reward. There will be a clear focus on safety by design and the efficient and sustainable delivery of projects going forward."
The Electricity Alliance consists of six consortia partners in total with the further contracts for substation construction and development expected to be signed in the coming weeks. National Grid will be spending up to £2.5 billion on the Alliance contracts over the initial five-year period.
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