HS2 closes in on final two civils contract resets

HS2 is closing in on deals to reset its final two major cost-plus main works civils contracts in a move chief executive Mark Wild said could avoid up to £2bn of future cost risk.
Wild told watchdog MPs yesterday that talks with Balfour Beatty Vinci and Skanska Costain Strabag JVs should be wrapped up within the next two months, clearing one of the biggest hurdles in the troubled project’s wider reset.
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