{"id":83471,"date":"2020-10-06T08:10:44","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T07:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=83471"},"modified":"2020-10-06T08:10:44","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T07:10:44","slug":"hs2-modular-track-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/hs2-modular-track-contract\/83471\/","title":{"rendered":"HS2 awards \u00a3260m modular track contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hs2.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HS2<\/a> has awarded <a href=\"https:\/\/porr-group.com\/en\/group\/locations\/united-kingdom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PORR UK Ltd<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aggregate.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aggregate Industries UK<\/a> a contract to design and manufacture the modular track system for the UK\u2019s new high-speed railway<\/h2>\n<p>The deal \u2013 worth \u00a3260m \u2013 will see the PORR consortium manufacture all of the track (excluding tunnels and some specialist structures) between London and Crewe, where HS2 joins the existing west coast mainline.<\/p>\n<p>The deal will see the slab track segments manufactured at a new factory near Shepton Mallet in Somerset helping to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/hs2-project-begins\/81978\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">create up to 500 jobs<\/a> over the life of the contract.<\/p>\n<h3>The Slab Track Austria<\/h3>\n<p>Using a modular construction system known as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slabtrackaustria.com\/index.php?id=3992&amp;L=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Slab Track Austria<\/a>, the concrete slab track will be manufactured offsite at a new purpose-built factory in Somerset before being transported to site. Once installed, the rails are then fitted onto the slab track.<\/p>\n<p>This type of system \u2013 which is used on several high-speed railways across the world will reduce maintenance costs and improve performance in comparison to traditional ballasted track.<\/p>\n<p>Simon Jukes, managing director of PORR UK Ltd, said: \u201cThe PORR Consortium is delighted to have the opportunity to contribute to this major contract and will bring a wealth of technical expertise and experience in high-speed rail and slab track to the HS2 project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are looking forward to working collaboratively with the HS2 team to deliver a world-class <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/rail-freight-deliveries-for-hs2\/81511\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sustainable rail infrastructure<\/a> for the United Kingdom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>HS2 Ltd\u2019s procurement and commercial director, David Poole, said: \u201cHS2 is designed to provide reliable high frequency, high capacity rail services for millions of people across the UK.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSlab track will provide long-term value for money with lower maintenance costs and greater reliability and that\u2019s why I\u2019m pleased that today we are awarding that contract to the PORR consortium.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HS2 has awarded PORR UK Ltd and Aggregate Industries UK a contract to design and manufacture the modular track system for the UK\u2019s new high-speed railway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[942],"tags":[676,997,473,579,916,627,696,639,928,280],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-83471","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-mmc-news","7":"tag-construction","8":"tag-development","9":"tag-hs2","10":"tag-infrastructure","11":"tag-modern-methods-of-construction","12":"tag-modular-construction","13":"tag-offsite-construction","14":"tag-procurement","15":"tag-rail-network","16":"tag-transport"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>HS2 awards \u00a3260m modular track contract<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"HS2 has awarded PORR UK Ltd and Aggregate Industries UK a contract to design and manufacture the modular track system for the UK\u2019s new high-speed railway\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/hs2-modular-track-contract\/83471\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"HS2 awards \u00a3260m modular track contract\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"HS2 has awarded PORR UK Ltd and Aggregate Industries UK a contract to design and manufacture the modular track system for the UK\u2019s new high-speed railway\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/hs2-modular-track-contract\/83471\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-10-06T07:10:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Interchange-Station-tracks.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Elisha Sketchley\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@PBC_Today\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PBC_Today\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/hs2-modular-track-contract\/83471\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/hs2-modular-track-contract\/83471\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Elisha Sketchley\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/4ae66827b33682426f672d214cdd7580\"},\"headline\":\"HS2 awards \u00a3260m modular track contract\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-06T07:10:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/hs2-modular-track-contract\/83471\/\"},\"wordCount\":295,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Construction Processes\",\"Development\",\"HS2\",\"Infrastructure\",\"Modern Methods of Construction\",\"Modular Construction\",\"Offsite Construction\",\"Procurement\",\"Rail Network\",\"Transport\"],\"articleSection\":[\"MMC News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/hs2-modular-track-contract\/83471\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2020\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/hs2-modular-track-contract\/83471\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/hs2-modular-track-contract\/83471\/\",\"name\":\"HS2 awards \u00a3260m modular track contract\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-06T07:10:44+00:00\",\"description\":\"HS2 has awarded PORR UK Ltd and Aggregate Industries UK a contract to design and manufacture the modular track system for the UK\u2019s new high-speed railway\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/hs2-modular-track-contract\/83471\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/hs2-modular-track-contract\/83471\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/hs2-modular-track-contract\/83471\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"HS2 awards \u00a3260m modular track contract\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today\",\"description\":\"The Latest Planning, Building &amp; Construction News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Planning, Building & Construction Today\",\"alternateName\":\"PBC Today\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"Planning, Building & Construction Today\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/PBC_Today\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/4ae66827b33682426f672d214cdd7580\",\"name\":\"Elisha Sketchley\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/30054ee50e4135840aa91decc99b14268d346fcf23e3f41d0ecfe6c19255e936?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/30054ee50e4135840aa91decc99b14268d346fcf23e3f41d0ecfe6c19255e936?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Elisha Sketchley\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/author\/elishasketchley\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"HS2 awards \u00a3260m modular track contract","description":"HS2 has awarded PORR UK Ltd and Aggregate Industries UK a contract to design and manufacture the modular track system for the UK\u2019s new high-speed railway","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/hs2-modular-track-contract\/83471\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"HS2 awards \u00a3260m modular track contract","og_description":"HS2 has awarded PORR UK Ltd and Aggregate Industries UK a contract to design and manufacture the modular track system for the UK\u2019s new high-speed railway","og_url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/hs2-modular-track-contract\/83471\/","og_site_name":"Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/","article_published_time":"2020-10-06T07:10:44+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1600,"height":900,"url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Interchange-Station-tracks.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Elisha Sketchley","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@PBC_Today","twitter_site":"@PBC_Today","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/hs2-modular-track-contract\/83471\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/hs2-modular-track-contract\/83471\/"},"author":{"name":"Elisha Sketchley","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/4ae66827b33682426f672d214cdd7580"},"headline":"HS2 awards \u00a3260m modular track contract","datePublished":"2020-10-06T07:10:44+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/hs2-modular-track-contract\/83471\/"},"wordCount":295,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization"},"keywords":["Construction Processes","Development","HS2","Infrastructure","Modern Methods of Construction","Modular Construction","Offsite Construction","Procurement","Rail Network","Transport"],"articleSection":["MMC News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/hs2-modular-track-contract\/83471\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2020","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/hs2-modular-track-contract\/83471\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/hs2-modular-track-contract\/83471\/","name":"HS2 awards \u00a3260m modular track contract","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-10-06T07:10:44+00:00","description":"HS2 has awarded PORR UK Ltd and Aggregate Industries UK a contract to design and manufacture the modular track system for the UK\u2019s new high-speed railway","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/hs2-modular-track-contract\/83471\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/hs2-modular-track-contract\/83471\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/hs2-modular-track-contract\/83471\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"HS2 awards \u00a3260m modular track contract"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/","name":"Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today","description":"The Latest Planning, Building &amp; Construction News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization","name":"Planning, Building & Construction Today","alternateName":"PBC Today","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080,"caption":"Planning, Building & Construction Today"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/","https:\/\/x.com\/PBC_Today"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/4ae66827b33682426f672d214cdd7580","name":"Elisha Sketchley","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/30054ee50e4135840aa91decc99b14268d346fcf23e3f41d0ecfe6c19255e936?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/30054ee50e4135840aa91decc99b14268d346fcf23e3f41d0ecfe6c19255e936?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Elisha Sketchley"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk"],"url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/author\/elishasketchley\/"}]}},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-10 08:51:26","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83471\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83471"},{"taxonomy":"stakeholder_rel_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stakeholder_rel_tag?post=83471"},{"taxonomy":"contributor_rel_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor_rel_tag?post=83471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}