Eight win £1.5bn North West Construction Hub deal

North West Construction Hub has pared down its line-up of contractors for its fourth-generation high-value framework deal for projects worth more than £8m.
The Manchester City Council-based procurement body has rung the changes after receiving 20 bids with the number of partner firms for the new £1.5bn framework deal cut from 11 to eight.
Big names like Balfour Beatty, Laing O’Rourke, Graham and Wates are out. In their place Sir Robert McAlpine, Morgan Sindall and Russells secu