Network Rail names £1.4bn southern minor works partners

Fifteen firms have secured places on Network Rail’s  £1.4bn Southern Region minor works, buildings and civils partnership framework.
The firms will deliver reactive and planned maintenance of buildings assets, as well as small renewals projects, across Kent, Sussex and Wessex Routes for control period 7 and 8.
It rationalises seven current frameworks into one and will award work directly rather than via mini tendering competitions.
Just over half of the framework spend will be a