# Porr consortium wins £260m HS2 slab track contract

Austria's Porr, in partnership with Aggregate Industries, won a £260 million contract to supply slab track segments for the HS2 high-speed railway. The concrete slab track will be manufactured at a new factory near Shepton Mallet in Somerset.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2020-10-05
- Where: Shepton Mallet, Somerset, United Kingdom
- Value: $338.0M (260.0M GBP)
- Status: announced
- Products: concrete slab track segments
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [Porr AG](https://endata.com/companies/22697.md)
- [Aggregate Industries](https://endata.com/companies/18949.md) (partner)
- [HS2](https://endata.com/companies/46564.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [theconstructionindex.co.uk](https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/austrian-system-wins-260m-hs2-slab-track-contract), 2020-10-05: "An Austrian-Swiss partnership has won a £260m contract to supply slab track segments for the HS2 high-speed railway."

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