11 January 2012
London, United Kingdom (11 January 2012) - A joint
venture of AMEC, the international engineering and
project management company, Babcock Networks Ltd and Mott
MacDonald Group has been awarded a five-year extension by
National Grid to its existing five-year Electricity
Alliance West contract to upgrade overhead power lines
and underground cables across the western half of England
and all of Wales.
The extension, with an estimated value of around £650
million, will see the joint venture continue to provide
engineering, management and construction services to
2017. AMEC and Babcock International Plc are the major
partners with 47.5 per cent share each.
Mike Saunders, President of AMEC's Power and Process
Europe business said: "This extension to 2017 is
testimony to the excellent day-to-day performance of the
Alliance and the focus we have placed on ensuring we
safely meet the requirements of a very important and
long-standing customer."
Peter Boreham, UK Construction Director for National Grid
said: "In the period up to 2021, National Grid
expects to invest around £20 billion in our gas and
electricity transmission infrastructure to support the
UK's growing energy needs.
"Our Construction Division has a major role to play in supporting this unprecedented level of growth and the continuation of our alliance partnerships will play a pivotal role in successfully delivering that forecasted increase, with a continued focus on delivering our work safely, efficiently and sustainably."
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Media contacts:
Harold Ashurst, Communications, Power & Process Europe,
+44 (0)1565 684503; harold.ashurst@amec.com
Frank Stokes, Media Relations, AMEC plc - +44 (0) 1452
872121; frank.stokes@amec.com
Notes to editors:
AMEC (LSE: AMEC) is a focused supplier of consultancy,
engineering and project management services to its
customers in the world's oil and gas, minerals and
metals, clean energy, environment and infrastructure
markets. With annual revenues of around
£3 billion, AMEC designs, delivers and maintains
strategic and complex assets and employs some 27,000
people in around 40 countries worldwide. See
amec.com.
AMEC has undertaken extensive work for National Grid on
both sides of the Atlantic, with the strong relationship
in the current form going back to 2004. The company's
work with predecessor companies stretches back further
with AMEC providing electricity support for more than 40
years and gas support for almost a century.
For further information visit www.amec.com
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