UK’s National Highways has announced its Preferred Bidder MORE joint venture for the GBP 1.25 billion contract for the tunnel and main construction work for the A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down scheme past Stonehenge. MORE JV has enlisted a world-class design consortium with Atkins, Jacobs and SENER acting as the design joint venture.8 miles of free-flowing, high-quality dual carriageway tunnel at least 2 miles long underneath the World Heritage Site, closely following the existing A303 route, but a further 50 meters away from the Stonehenge monument, avoiding important archaeological sites, and avoiding intrusion on the view of the setting sun from the stones during the winter solstice a new bypass to the north of the village of Winterbourne Stoke junctions with the A345 and A360 either side of the World Heritage Site The planning application for the transformational scheme is still pending redetermination by the UK Secretary of State for Transport, following the quashing of the decision to grant the Development Consent Order. In the meantime, and to ensure programme timescales are maintained, National Highways has selected the MORE JV, comprising FCC Construcción, WeBuild and BeMo Tunnelling, as its preferred contractor for the works.The announcement follows a robust procurement process, a major part of which required shortlisted tenderers to develop their design solutions and demonstrate these as compliant with National Highways requirements.The Main Works Contract covers the construction of the proposed tunnel’s civil, structural, mechanical, electrical and technology components, including the tunnel boring machine, along with the approach roadworks and structures and the environmental components of the five-year construction phase.
UK’s National Highways has announced its Preferred Bidder MORE joint venture for the GBP 1.25 billion contract for the tunnel and main construction work for the A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down scheme past Stonehenge. MORE JV has enlisted a world-class design consortium with Atkins, Jacobs and SENER acting as the design joint venture.8 miles of free-flowing, high-quality dual carriageway tunnel at least 2 miles long underneath the World Heritage Site, closely following the existing A303 route, but a further 50 meters away from the Stonehenge monument, avoiding important archaeological sites, and avoiding intrusion on the view of the setting sun from the stones during the winter solstice a new bypass to the north of the village of Winterbourne Stoke junctions with the A345 and A360 either side of the World Heritage Site The planning application for the transformational scheme is still pending redetermination by the UK Secretary of State for Transport, following the quashing of the decision to grant the Development Consent Order. In the meantime, and to ensure programme timescales are maintained, National Highways has selected the MORE JV, comprising FCC Construcción, WeBuild and BeMo Tunnelling, as its preferred contractor for the works.The announcement follows a robust procurement process, a major part of which required shortlisted tenderers to develop their design solutions and demonstrate these as compliant with National Highways requirements.The Main Works Contract covers the construction of the proposed tunnel’s civil, structural, mechanical, electrical and technology components, including the tunnel boring machine, along with the approach roadworks and structures and the environmental components of the five-year construction phase.
