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| Spanish construction giant FCC wins UK Mersey Gateway contract  Spanish construction giant FCC has won the tender to build the new Mersey Gateway Project. This will be their largest project in the UK to date.The Mersey Gateway Project will be one of the most important infrastructure initiatives in the UK over the coming years. The UK government has identified it as one of the Top 40 priority projects in the National Infrastructure Plan and it has been recognised by KPMG as one of the 'Top 100 infrastructure projects around the globe'. FCC, is a member of the two winning consortia (concession and construction). Its partners are Bilfinger and Macquarie, in the concession consortium, and Samsung CT and Kier, in construction. Other finalists for the contract included multinational companies such as Balfour Beatty, Bouygues, Hochtief and Iridium. The new bridge is scheduled to open in 2017. The value of the construction phase of the project, including land, is estimated at £600 million. The bridge will be built with reinforced concrete. The total project costs/revenues over the next 30 years are estimated at around £2 billion. The new structure will be 2.13 kilometres long in its entirety and carry approximately 80,000 vehicles per day. Bridge construction is expected to commence in early 2014 and to last three-and-a-half years; it is scheduled to be opened to traffic in the first half of 2017. write your comments about the article :: © 2013 Construction News :: home page |