Second tranche of DBFO's released

Tenders documents for the second tranche of DBFO road contracts will go out in June, for return in the autumn. Actual construction should begin some time in the spring of 1996. Shortlists for these schemes were announced by the DoT this week. No new consortia have emerged this time round.

There has been some surprise within the industry that Trafalgar House's has managed to get on three of the schemes, twice with Wimpey and once on its own. Five other consortia got onto two schemes each.
n M40 Junction 1-15 (widening between 1-3a) - œ40m

Express Route - Mowlem/GTM

Road Management Group - Amec/Alfred McAlpine/Dragados/Brown & Root

Trafalgar House/Wimpey

UK Highways - Laing/Tarmac



n A19/A168 Tyneside to A1 Junction at Dishforth (widening between Norton-Parkway) - œ30m

Autolink - Amey/Robert McAlpine/Taywood

Modern Highways - SGE/HBG/Kier

Trafalgar House

UK Highways



n A30/A35 Exeter to Bere Regis (inc. Honiton bypass and Tolpuddle/Puddletown bypass) - œ75m

Connect - BICC/Holzmann

National Road Operators - Bovis/Costain

Road Management Group

Trafalgar House/Wimpey



n A50/A564 Stoke-Derby corridor (inc. Doveridge Bypass) - œ20m

Autolink

Connect

Modern Highways

Roadlink - Boot/Christiani & Nielsen/Morrison/Cogefarimpresit
The full line up is: