More contractors dig in and tell HS2 to think again on contract risk

By Jordan Marshall2019-08-09T12:46:00

Firms send railway back to drawing board over £1.5bn worth of work just weeks after £435m Curzon Street job drew blanks

More contractors have told HS2 to be more realistic with the amount of risk they can be expected to shoulder, forcing the railway into a procurement rethink over two further jobs on the £56bn scheme.

HS2 has already had to scrap the process to find a contractor for the £435m station in the middle of Birmingham because not enough firms were prepared to build it.

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