A hat-trick for FM Conway
Company wins three major contracts valued at up to £450 million with Westminster City Council
INFRASTRUCTURE services providers FM Conway, together with WSP, the professional services consultancy supplying design services, have won three major maintenance and improvement contracts with Westminster City Council valued at up to £450 million.
The three deals cover highways maintenance management and public realm projects (£30 million per year); public lighting maintenance management and mechanical and electrical works (£5.25 million per year); and bridge and structures maintenance management and improvement (£2.5 million per year).
Each contract will run for eight years with an option for a four-year extension.
The three individual contracts each commence on 1 April 2014 and will see the FM Conway WSP team deliver a wide range of services including: design and consultancy services; reactive and planned highway maintenance and management services; public realm projects; management and improvement of Westminster City Council’s highway assets; and the maintenance and management of two Thames crossings and all tunnels, monuments and statues.
The new deals build on FM Conway’s long-standing relationship with Westminster City Council, which has seen them deliver highways services since 1991, and WSP’s existing relationship providing transport planning traffic engineering and order-making, and infrastructure design services to the Council for the last nine years.
Michael Conway (pictured), chief executive officer at FM Conway, said: ‘These maintenance deals demonstrate the scale and quality of our offer and our ability to unlock efficiency savings, drive innovation and recycle materials in our state-of-the-art plants, all key factors in securing the new contracts. We have a successful existing partnership with Westminster City Council and will be working together closely to provide a first-rate service for London’s most iconic infrastructure.’
Chris Dixon, Westminster contract director at WSP, added: ‘This is a fantastic win for WSP and FM Conway, which is a result of excellent delivery and client relationships from our existing technical team in Westminster. We are delighted with the appointment, which acknowledges the high quality of our proposal and the value for money that we will provide to Westminster.’
Councillor Melvyn Caplan, Westminster City Council cabinet member for finance, resources and customer services, said: ‘We welcome this opportunity to build on our existing relationships with FM Conway and WSP in a deal that will deliver continual improvements to the public realm.
‘Westminster’s infrastructure is one of its most valuable assets and it is vital that we continue to maintain it to the highest possible standards, while ensuring we secure value for money for our residents.’
