After the debacle of the British Train for British Workers going to errr... Japan, you would have thought that Gordon and co might have learnt their lesson.
Not so, if Construction News is to be believed!
Bids from two American firms have emerged as the favourites to oversee work on Crossrail and its central tunnelling section.
Sources close to the project said that Bechtel and Legacy 3 – a joint venture between Parsons Brinckerhoff, Balfour Beatty and Davis Langdon – are set to take the programme and project delivery partner roles.
Can't you just hear those opinion poll points draining away?
