DLR upgrade subject to trial

DLR upgrade subject to trial - 1992 - Building 257(7763) 25 September 1992, 12(1) .

US engineer Brown and Root is negotiating a unique contract worth up to £100m to revitalise London`s Docklands Light Railway, in which payment of a significant part of the sum is dependent on the performance of the line. This is understood to be the first time that a major public building or civil engineering contract has been awarded on the basis that money is withheld until the success of the work is tested.


DOCKLANDS LIGHT RAILWAY
PERFORMANCE RELATED
RAILWAYS