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HS2 contracts boost UK construction sector

Carillion, Costain and Balfour Beatty are among the winners
July 18, 2017

Investors in Carillion (CLLN) received some respite this week, after its joint venture with Kier (KIE) and French civil engineering group Eiffage secured around £1.3bn of new work to build the government’s controversial HS2 railway link. The partnership has won design and build contracts for the £724m North Portal Chiltern Tunnels to Brackley and Brackley to Long Itchington Wood Green Tunnel South Portal. 

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