Doug Oakervee, the executive chairman of Crossrail, will invite five parties to compete for the right to oversee the £16bn west-to-east London rail link this week (link below.)
http://www.rmtbristol.org.uk/2008/08/bechtel_favored_for_huge_londo.html#moreU.S. giants Bechtel and CH2M Hill, as well as Kent-based Laing O'Rourke, are among the shortlisted groups. They will vie for the role of project delivery partner, similar to the job performed by CH2M Hill and Laing O'Rourke as part of the private sector consortium overseeing the construction of the London 2012 Olympic venues.
Crossrail's seven-strong board is expected to finalise the short list at a meeting tomorrow, with letters sent to the successful parties on Tuesday or Wednesday. A winner will be selected by the end of the year, at which point it will have to appoint companies to key contracts that will create the rail link from Heathrow to Essex.
Bechtel is considered the hot favourite for the role. Its bid team is headed by American Cliff Mumm, who oversaw work on the reconstruction of Iraq and the Jubilee Line extension on the London Tube. Bechtel was also heavily involved in guiding Crossrail through the Parliamentary process; the project only received Royal Assent last month, two decades after it was first mooted.
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