Breedon Aggregates (LON:BREE) announced its second contract win of the month, this one being for work on the a five-mile stretch of the A9.
The UK's largest independent aggregates business and Scotland's leading independent building materials company has been awarded a contract valued at up to £10 million by Wills Bros John Paul JV Limited to supply dry-stone, ready-mixed concrete and asphalt to the £35 million first stage of the A9 dual-carriageway project between Kincraig and Dalraddy south of Aviemore.
It is the first stage in a £3 billion project to transform 80 miles of single carriageway to dual carriageway between Inverness and Perth by 2025.
Breedon is investing heavily in its Meadowside quarry near Kingussie to service the contract and ensure that supplies to its existing customers in the area are unaffected. The company is erecting a new high capacity concrete plant and a Benninghoven mobile asphalt plant at the quarry, immediately adjacent to the project, to produce the asphalt and concrete, thus reducing the environmental impact of truck movements for the project.
Work is due to begin later this year and will continue through into 2017, and underpins Breedon's order book for the current year, while securing a significant amount of work for the company's Meadowside quarry over the next 12-18 months, according to Alan Mackenzie, Breedon Scotland's chief executive.
"The A9 is the main route between north and south Scotland, but has been hampered for many years by long stretches of single carriageway. We're delighted to be playing our part in reducing future journey times on this critical artery and making it a much safer road to drive on in years to come,” Mackenzie said.