BAKERHICKS SECURES PLACE ON £30 MILLION NORTH YORKSHIRE HIGHWAYS & TRANSPORT DESIGN SERVICES FRAMEWORK

The City of York Council has appointed BakerHicks, the multi-disciplinary design, engineering and project delivery company, to a new four-year framework to help York and the surrounding North Yorkshire Council deliver up to £30m of new Highways and Transport Design Services programmes.

The four-year framework will see BakerHicks, alongside five other multi-disciplinary organisations, support the Council to deliver a series of capital works projects across the region, providing a broad range of services and specialisms. These include civil and structural engineering services encompassing the full lifecycle of highway and bridge assets, from concept design through to maintenance and management.

Services also include transport impact assessment, traffic modelling, geotechnical consultancy, ecological and environmental assessments and flood risk management.

Samer Ali, Director for Transportation at BakerHicks, says: “York and North Yorkshire have bold ambitions to regenerate the region and create sustainable, future-ready infrastructure. Our multi-disciplinary team brings the depth of expertise and local insight needed to help the Councils unlock their ambitions and deliver tangible benefits for residents, businesses and visitors.

“We continue to grow our established team in York, combining international expertise with first-hand knowledge of the region’s geography and communities to provide pragmatic, value‑adding solutions.”

This appointment follows BakerHicks recent success on the YORconsult3 framework tosupport the delivery of £152m worth of projects across Yorkshire and the Humber, the North East, Lincolnshire and parts of the Midlands.