The Align and Align-D team, which includes Rendel and Ingerop, has been shortlisted for the British Construction Industry Awards in the “Partnership of the Year” category for its work on HS2 C1 package.

The HS2 C1 package, which includes 21.6km of high-speed rail infrastructure, including a 3.4km viaduct, 16km twin-bored tunnel with two tunnel portals and five vent shafts, is being delivered by Align, a joint venture between Bouygues Travaux Publics, VolkerFitzpatrick and Sir Robert McAlpine. Align is working with Align-D design consortium partners Jacobs, Rendel-Ingerop, GZ, Grimshaw and LDA to form a truly integrated project team, branded C1-Align.

Vardy Jones, Managing Director of Rendel said:

“We are very proud to be shortlisted for this award. From the very start of Rendel-Ingerop’s involvement on Lot C1 of HS2, the focus has been on collaboration with the other members of the Align-D team. Rendel hosted the project team of Align-D in its offices before a central office set up by HS2 which was shared by Align-D and Align. The contractual structure adopted between the parties led to a truly collaborative approach which was the basis of the innovative processes that were set up to manage this project.”