16 december 2009
Press release
Taylor Woodrow Construction/BAM Nuttall Joint Venture awarded £250 Million Contract to Upgrade Tottenham Court Road Tube Station
A joint venture between Taylor Woodrow (part of VINCI Construction UK) and BAM Nuttall Ltd has been awarded a contract in the region of £250 million by Transport for London (TfL) to upgrade Tottenham Court Road Tube station.
The existing station will be enlarged to provide twice the capacity than at present, including a ticket hall almost six times the size of the existing one. New station entrances, modernisation of the existing station passageways and platforms and a new concourse with links to Tottenham Court Road station will be provided to reduce congestion. Additional escalators and five lifts will provide step free access throughout the station as well as conventional stair access. New staff accommodation will be located beneath Charing Cross Road. A new Crossrail Eastern ticket hall structure is also included in the scope of the contract.
Externally, improved facilities will be provided for pedestrians, cyclists, bus passengers and other road users including a new piazza on St Giles Road outside Centre Point as part of the contract.
Construction is due to begin in early 2010. The programme will take 80 months with a view to completion by September 2016.
04/16.12.09
Notes to Editors
At the beginning of this year, VINCI PLC reorganised its contracting activities by consolidating them within VINCI Construction UK Limited. The reorganisation, which combines Taylor Woodrow’s leading market position in key growth sectors of the industry with the regionalised building and civil engineering network of Norwest Holst, provides VINCI PLC with a national platform to perform all facets of construction and facilities services. VINCI PLC is part of VINCI, the world’s leading concession and construction group. VINCI has a turnover of €33.5 billion and employs 164,000 people in over 90 countries around the world.
BAM Nuttall is one of the UK’s leading civil engineering contractors, with a current turnover of
£650 million. The company operates throughout the country and has a strong regional presence with over 20 offices and plant depots. BAM Nuttall is an operating company of the Dutch based construction company Royal BAM Group, which reported for 2008 a consolidated net profit result of € 162 million and a turnover of
€ 8.83 billion.
For further information, please contact:
Melanie Mathews
Head of Corporate Communications
VINCI PLC
Tel. 01923 470435
Mobile: 07785 768118
Melanie.mathews@vinci.plc.uk
Peter Bishop
Head of Public Relations and
Corporate Communications
BAM Nuttall Ltd
Tel. 01276 854708
Mobile. 07768 005664
Peter.Bishop@BAMNuttall.co.uk
