Consultants to provide detailed design for phase two of HS2 between Birmingham and Crewe
Arup, Mouchel and WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff have won design contracts worth a combined 拢150m for HS2 phase two between Birmingham and Crewe.
Client body HS2 Ltd has announced the firms have been appointed to provide detailed structural design and environmental services as part of plans to open the route between the two cities by 2027, one year after the opening of phase one between London and Birmingham.
Arup will provide civils design and environmental services on phase two, while WSP PB will provide railway systems design and Mouchel 鈥� the consulting arm of contractor Kier 鈥� will provide site access, land referencing and stakeholder engagement services.
Arup beat Aecom, Atkins and Hyder, part of Arcadis, to the civils and environmental services contract.
WSP PB won the railways system design deal ahead of Arup, Atkins and Capita, while Mouchel beat Aecom, Arup and WSP PB to the site access, land referencing and stakeholder engagement contract.
HS2 Ltd chief executive Simon Kirby said: 鈥淏ringing HS2 to Crewe six years early will dramatically boost connectivity and improve journeys for millions of people travelling between London, the Midlands and the major cities of the north.
鈥淭hat鈥檚 why I鈥檓 pleased to confirm that we have appointed Arup, Mouchel and WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff to help us push forward with the next stage of the detailed design and help prepare the draft legislation we will need to get Birmingham to Crewe open by 2027.鈥�
Commenting on his firm鈥檚 contract win, WSP head of rail Darren Reed said: 鈥淥u