Grid awards contracts for gas upgrade
Tom Bawden
Tom Bawden is energy and resources correspondent for The Independent and Evening Standard.
Wednesday 19 December 2012
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The energy grid operator National Grid has awarded £3.1bn worth of contracts to companies including the construction group Balfour Beatty to upgrade its gas distribution systems.
National Grid has handed out a total of four, eight-year contracts covering its networks in the North West, Midlands, East and London. Morrison Utility Services and the Swedish engineering company Skanska were also awarded contracts.
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