The award-winning multi-disciplined rail design and engineering company was awarded two Electrification & Plant Contact Systems contracts for the Wales & Western and Southern regions.

It follows Andromeda’s award-winning engineering design work on the Great Western Electrification project, successfully commissioned at the weekend, which included the electrification design solution at Cardiff Intersection Bridge and delivering the final AFC designs for Cardiff Central Station and Cardiff West.

Andromeda Managing Director Jeff Davies said: “We’re delighted to have been awarded these two E&P contracts. It’s recognition of our highly skilled and experienced team of engineers who take immense pride in delivering value rail engineering designs. We appreciate the importance of providing innovative, cost effective solutions in a collaborative manner and look forward to working with and supporting Network Rail over the coming years.”

Andromeda has also partnered with AECOM, providing specialist electrification support, for the multi-discipline framework contract.

The award of 82 framework contracts, announced by Network Rail on Wednesday (8th January) is to deliver design services across the country worth an estimated £400m for Control Period 6 (2019-2024) and up to £640m including the options to extend the framework into Control Period 7 (2024-2029). The framework contracts went live on 1st January 2020.