Dundee City councillors (UK) announced that Balfour Beatty submitted the lowest tender within Dundee Rail Station Concourse project (in Scotland). The company received the highest quality score for its £28 million (EUR 39 million) bid, which includes a commitment to create local employment opportunities.
Balfour Beatty has also told the council that its pay and benefits to all employees exceed the Living Wage and it is committed to co-operating and maintaining good relationships with trade unions.
The proposed new station building will occupy the site of the former concourse and it has been carefully designed to create an impressive new landmark within the Central Waterfront development and also an attractive new gateway into the city for rail passengers.
It will have a double height ground floor incorporating a passenger concourse, ticketing facilities, as well as a café/restaurant and retail space. There are three additional floors above this to accommodate a new mid-market hotel.
If councillors back the move work will start in the autumn and take just over two years. The station’s completion in time for the opening of the V&A Museum of Design is critical to its business and travel planning.
Photo: Nicoll Russell Studios
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