Forth Bridge: tender process starts

The tender process for the new €2.35 billion Forth Bridge is starting, with Transport Scotland expected to award the contract early in 2010. The project is due for completion in 2016, while the companies expected to bid for the project include Balfour Beatty, Laing O'Rourke, Morgan Est and Vinci. Calls are still being made by some for the government to reinstate the original plan, which called for a wider bridge but would have cost more than twice as much.
July 13, 2012 Read time: 1 min
An artist's impression of (selected design) the cable-stayed new Forth road bridge showing two of the three mono towers.
The tender process for the new €2.35 billion Forth Bridge is starting, with 4068 Transport Scotland expected to award the contract early in 2010.

The project is due for completion in 2016, while the companies expected to bid for the project include 1146 Balfour Beatty, Laing O'Rourke, Morgan Est and 5177 Vinci.

Calls are still being made by some for the government to reinstate the original plan, which called for a wider bridge but would have cost more than twice as much.

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

  • Costa Rica road projects moving forward - slowly
    July 18, 2017
    Costa Rica is moving ahead with a series of major road projects, but progress is proving slower than anticipated or desired. The Costa Rica Government is struggling to achieve satisfactory progress with its overall road improvement programme. So far the key focus has been on maintaining existing links rather than building and improving road connections. The country’s National Laboratory for Structural Material and Models (Lanamme) has produced a report revealing that 85% of the national roads are in accepta
    Read More
  • Projects planned for Colombia’s highway connections
    March 10, 2014
    From Colombia comes news of a US$13.4 billion funding package that will be directed towards the construction of nine highway projects. This package of works includes construction and concessions for a series of highways, which will be carried out under the PPP model. These include the Conexión Norte, Autopista al Río Magdalena 1, Autopista al Río Magdalena 2, Autopista al Mar 1 and Autopista al Mar 2. They also include the Autopista Conexión Pacífico 1, Autopista Conexión Pacífico 2 and Autopista Conexión P
    Read More
  • Croatia bridge tender process commencing
    June 22, 2016
    The tender process is commencing in Croatia for a major bridge project. The new Peljeski Bridge construction project is expected to cost some €526 million. Some of the financing required for the bridge will be provided by the EU, which is supplying €330 million, around 70% of the funding needed for the work. Once the bridge opens to traffic, it will provide an important transport link for Croatia, connecting road links to the Adriatic Coastline. The work is planned to be carried out in four separate phases,
    Read More
  • Brazilian bridge and highway project tenders
    April 7, 2014
    A series of major project tenders are opening in Brazil. The Brazilian Government has announced five new road tenders to be launched in 2014. The highway sections run for a total distance of some 2,625km. This programme of works will lengthen the country’s highway network by some 2,282km, with the work costing an impressive US$7.39 billion in all.
    Read More

Highlighted Content