In August 2017, the contracts for the civil engineering part of Phase One of HS2 were signed with a total value of around £6 billion. The contractors included Balfour Beatty and joint ventures SCS JV (Skanska, Costain, STRABAG), Align JV (Bouygues, VolkerFitzpatrick, Sir Robert McAlpine) and CEK JV (Carillion, Eiffage, Kier).
