28.08.14
Carillion ranked as Network Rail’s biggest contractor
Carillion was Network Rail’s biggest infrastructure contractor in the last 12 months, being paid a total of £281m over the 2013-14 financial year.
Network Rail’s top 20 supplier data revealed that Carillion replaced Costain at the top of the tree in the last year.
The next biggest contractor was Babcock Rail which was paid £220m over the period, followed by Bam Nuttall, which netted £209m.
But Balfour Beatty is still the most important group supplier with its three main rail businesses ranking individually in the table.
Taken together Balfour Beatty Rail (£183m), Infrastructure Services (£85.5m) and Civil Engineering (£88.5m) carried out work worth more than £350m. This was even more than EDF, which has long been the rail infrastructure company’s biggest supplier.
According to Network Rail, approximately 45% of its total expenditure on works, services and products is spent with its top 20 suppliers. The full spending league table published by Network Rail also contains non-construction suppliers, including electricity and signalling suppliers.
To view the full top 20 supplier list, click here.
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