HS2 procurement blunders have cost us £100m, Bechtel says

By Jordan Marshall2019-04-25T05:00:00

US giant goes to court after £1.1bn Old Oak station job awarded to Balfour Beatty team

Bechtel has said that its chance of winning the £1bn contract to build HS2’s Old Oak Common station was scuppered because of blunders the client made in its procurement process.

It has now gone to court to get the decision reversed and wants HS2 to award it the job instead – or stump up damages as an alternative.

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