A wealth of experience unites to get Crossrail on track

Four of the world's leading construction companies - Balfour Beatty, ALPINE BeMo Tunnelling, Morgan Sindall and VINCI Construction, have joined together to form a civil engineering partnership of excellence.

Having worked together to deliver some of the UK's highest profile projects, including Heathrow Terminal 5 tunnels, the joint venture to be known as BBMV offers the wealth of experience required to deliver Crossrail.

Altogether the four businesses employ more than 200,000 people and have a combined turnover exceeding £40 billion world-wide, 10 billion of which is achieved in the UK. Additional strength will also be brought to the partnership through BBMV's specialist in-house businesses; including Bachy Soletanche and Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering.

What defines this partnership is a commitment to share values and proven methodologies:

• A total commitment to the highest levels of health and safety management, minimising waste and engineering out cost
• Building collaboratively around our integrated team, effectively engaging with stakeholders and our supply chain to distil out the optimum solution for Crossrail
• Working sustainably in harmony with environmental requirements and tailored to the needs of the local community
• A culture of innovation and continual improvement intent on reducing cost, improving value and designing out waste
• A comprehensive team with the breadth and depth to engineer a world class project