Eighteen companies have been awarded a share of work as part of a framework of contracts worth up to £434 million.  The work covers a range of activities that includes renewal work to roads and bridges, and improvement schemes on the Highways England road network, which will take place across Cumbria and North Lancashire, and the North East.The Construction Works Framework covers 10 different specialisms of work, is split into 15 separate lots and will run for four years.David Poole, executive director for commercial and procurement at Highways England, said: “We are spending record amounts on improving our road network meaning quicker, safer and more reliable journeys for motorists. We are delighted to welcome these 18 contractors to work alongside us as part of asset delivery in Cumbria and North Lancashire, and the North East. These contracts demonstrate our commitment to increasing capability and understanding within Highways England and bringing Highways England closer to our customers.“Collaboration with our supply chain is key to our new way of working and we are looking forward to establishing a successful, long-term relationship with the appointed contractors.”The framework is part of the asset delivery contracts which will see Highways England directly managing both routine maintenance and the delivery of capital renewal and improvement schemes. This marks a change from previous way of working, bringing the management of key functions in-house and taking greater control of the road network.The first of these types of contracts began operation in the East Midland’s region in July last year.The new framework contractors will work alongside the maintenance and response and design services contractors that were announced for the Cumbria and North Lancashire, and the North East of England regions on 13 December 2016. The contractors in the framework are:
Lot 1 Supplier
Corrosion Protection RH Painting Limited (trading as Whittle Programmed Maintenance Ltd)
Lot 2  
Structural Concrete Repairs Concrete Repairs Limited
Lot 3  
Structures Waterproofing and Expansion Joints Route One Highways Ltd
  VolkerLaser
Lot 4a  
Road Lighting and Electrical Works Carnell Support Service Ltd
  Galliford Try Infrastructure Limited
Lot 4b  
Road Lighting and Electrical Works Carnell Support Service Ltd
  Galliford Try Infrastructure Limited
Lot 5a  
General Civil Engineering A E Yates
  Carnell Support Service Ltd
  Interserve Construction Limited
Lot 5b  
General Civil Engineering Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Ltd trading as Birse Civils
  Carnell Support Service Ltd
  Interserve Construction Limited
Lot 6  
Technology Imtech Traffic and Infra (Trading as Dynniq)
Lot 8a  
Road Markings DeAngelo Brothers UK Limited
  Jointline Limited
  WJ North Ltd
Lot 8b  
Road Markings DeAngelo Brothers UK Limited
  Jointline Limited
  WJ North Ltd
Lot 9  
Restraint Systems (Vehicle and Pedestrian) Colas Limited
  H W Martin Safety Fencing Ltd
Lot 10a  
Specialist Drainage Carnell Support Service Ltd
Lot 10b  
Specialist Drainage Carnell Support Service Ltd
Lot 11a  
Temporary Traffic Management Carillion Traffic Management
  HW Martin Traffic Management Limited
Lot 11b  
Temporary Traffic Management Tarmac Aggregates Limited
   
  HW Martin Traffic Management Limited