Key Facts
- Client: Northern Gas Networks
- Balfour Beatty company involved:
Balfour Beatty Utility
Solutions
- In 2006, Balfour Beatty Utilities was appointed preferred
bidder for the gas mains replacement contract for northern England
by Northern Gas Networks
- The total value of the seven-year contract, with consortium
partner Morgan Est, will be about £420 million and is due to
end in 2013
- A potential five-year extension option to March 2018 is likely
to be worth a further £300 million
- Northern Gas Networks bought the region’s 36,000km gas
mains network from National Grid in 2005
- United Utilities is employed to operate the system, fuelling
the energy needs of 2.5 million consumers, on behalf of Northern
Gas Networks
- The scope of Balfour Beatty Utilities’ partnership work
involves gas mains replacement, including diversions,
reinforcements and connections in northern England
- The year one programme will involve replacing more than 500km
of pipes and around 38,000 service pipes
- The contract area covers 6.5 million people in the region
between Berwick in the north-east, Carlisle in the north-west and
Yorkshire
- The works are delivered through a single management structure,
combining representatives from Balfour Beatty Utilities, United
Utilities, Morgan Est, nominated logistics provider NRG2 and
support partner Enterprise
