Bechtel Lands ￡400m Crossrail Delivery Partner Role

摘要

Crossrail has appointed US construction giant Bechtel as project delivery partner to the ￡15.9bn scheme.rnHaving scooped the ￡400m prize, Bechtel will now be responsible for overseeing the central, twin-tunnelled section of the cross-London railway and will also manage the design process.rnBechtel joins Transcend Team on the project. The joint venture, which includes fellow US firms, Aecom, CH2M Hill and Nichols Group,rnwas confirmed as Crossrail programme partner last week.rnThe latest news follows speculation that the announcement was being delayed because of concerns over giving so much work to US contractors in the current downturn.rnLondon mayor Boris Johnson played down any concerns of another US firm walking away with a big slice of work.rnHe said: "We anticipate that the vast majority ofrnthe jobs required to fulfil these contracts will be created in London and the UK, which can only be good news for the capital."rnAt its height, more than 14,000 people are expected to work on Crossrail.rnWhen completed in 2017, Crossrail will link Maidenhead in the west to Abbey Wood in the east.