Heathrow Airport hires four contractors to build third runway

Heathrow Airport has appointed four contractors for third runway despite no green light from the government.

Following a competitive process, Arup, CH2M, MACE and Turner & Townsend have been chosen to work on the expansion of Heathrow Airport with a third runway, before government approval.

Ian Ballentine, Heathrow Director of Procurement said: “”I’m delighted that our client partners are now on board and I look forward to working with them to give the UK a truly world-class, sustainable hub airport.

“This privately financed, £16Bn project will benefit the whole UK as we work to widen the supply-chain right across the nation.”

Turner & Townsend Chief Executive Vincent Clancy said: “We are delighted to be supporting Heathrow in the next phase of their expansion. We are ready to bring our programme management and commercial expertise from airports in over 20 countries to deliver the capacity and global connectivity the UK so urgently needs.

“The Airports Commission has made a clear recommendation and we now need the Government to stop stalling and give Heathrow permission to build an airport of which the country can be proud.”

Last year, the Government’s independent Airports Commission, led by Royal Bank of Scotland Chairman Sir Howard Davies, unanimously recommended the expansion of Heathrow, and said that it could be done within the environmental limits. Heathrow is now ready to being the process as soon as the Government give the green light.

The government said in December that it would delay making a decision on airport expansion in the south east until at least this summer, saying “more work will be done on environmental impacts” in the interim.

International Development Secretary Justine Greening said: “I just don’t think it is a smart decision.

“Trying to expand Heathrow is like trying to build an eight bedroom mansion on the site of a terraced house. It is a hub airport that is just simply in the wrong place.”

Heathrow’s expansion programme will focus on creating a world class, sustainable hub airport which is commercially attractive to both Heathrow’s shareholders and the airlines. It will be tasked with developing a skilled, nationwide supply chain that can expand the airport on-time, on-budget, to world-class standards whilst spreading the benefits right across the country.

This privately financed, £16Bn project will benefit the whole UK as we work to widen the supply-chain right across the nation.

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