HS2 Ltd has awarded four Land Referencing contracts under Lot 4 of its Professional Services Framework covering land access and land referencing services.

The successful companies will arrange access to land for ecological, environmental and engineering surveys, working closely with HS2 Ltd’s land and property team, environment specialists and engineers.

They will also prepare a schedule of all owners and occupiers of land affected by the scheme, known as a Book of Reference. This forms one of the hybrid bill documents that are due to be submitted to Parliament by the end of 2013.


The successful companies are:

Terraquest - £752k London Metropolitan Area contract for land referencing services from Euston Station to the Colne Valley viaduct, including the link to HS1 and the interchange station at Old Oak Common.



Mouchel - £934k Country South contract for land referencing services from the Colne Valley through Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire.



Mott MacDonald - £1.1m Country North contract for land referencing services through Warwickshire and Staffordshire, and the connection to the West Coast Main Line.



Terraquest - £358k West Midland Metropolitan Area contract for land referencing services for Curzon Street Station complex; Birmingham Interchange Station; Washwood Heath Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot; and a people mover from the Interchange station to the NEC/Airport.

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