11 January 2016

Further to its announcement on 17 December 2015 of Preferred Bidder status, Costain, the engineering solutions provider, confirms today that as part of a Joint Venture (‘JV’) it has been awarded the contract by East Sussex County Council to deliver a comprehensive design, maintenance and improvement service covering over 2,000 miles of highways in the county.

Costain is in a 50:50 JV with CH2M; the contract is worth £300m to the JV over seven years. Work is scheduled to commence on 1 May 2016 following a four month mobilisation phase.

Enquiries:

Costain Tel: 01628 842 444
Andrew Wyllie CBE, Chief Executive
Tony Bickerstaff, Finance Director
Graham Read, Communications Director
Catherine Warbrick, Investor Relations Director

Instinctif Partners Tel: 020 7457 2020
Mark Garraway
Helen Tarbet
James Gray