Client
Northern Ireland Railways Company Ltd
Designer / Consultancy
NIRC
Construction Period
March 2021 – Ongoing
Budget
€150m (Framework)
Project Overview
Wills Bros were awarded an “Active Supplier” place on the Civil Engineering Contractors Framework for Northern Ireland Railways Company Ltd on March 2021. The companies on the Framework are invited to tender and undertake work for individual Work Packages during the Framework Period. The duration of the framework is 8 years in total (a 4-year initial term followed by extension period(s) up to a maximum of 48 months, with the granting of such extensions being at the discretion of the Client).
The anticipated cumulative spend for the 8-year Framework period is £150m. The framework involves a mixture of capital and maintenance works to all infrastructure, property and structures owned by the NIRC.
Key Numbers
An overview of the type of works to be undertaken are as follows:
- Bridges (under/over line, viaducts, footbridges)
- Culverts
- Tunnels
- Earthworks and Retaining Structures
- Rock Cuttings (including cliffs)
- Sea and River Defences
- Platforms
- Gantries
- Miscellaneous Structures e.g. water towers
- Drainage systems
- Permanent Way (e.g. ballasted track, slab track, switches and crossings, rail welding, track electrification)
- Piling/Specialist foundations
- Steelwork
- Vegetation removal
- Handrails & Walkways
- Supplier designed solutions – including temporary works
- Railway support systems – Lighting columns, train wash refuelling etc
- Civil works to support Signalling & Telecoms systems (e.g., cable duct routes, bases)
- Surveys and investigatory works and/or
- Engagement at an Early Supplier Involvement (ECI) stage during the development stage on projects.
