Bechtel loses £100m claim against HS2 over Old Oak Common station award

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US firm said railway should not have given job to Balfour team because of flawed procurement process

HS2 has won a court case against Bechtel after the US firm said it should have been awarded the job to build the £1bn Old Oak Common station instead of a Balfour Beatty team.

Bechtel said its chance of winning the job was scuppered because of blunders the client made in its procurement process.

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