Costain Group plc announced that it has been appointed by Thames Water to its 2015 - 2020 investment programme ('AMP6' - Asset Management Period number six), in a contract worth approximately £450 million to Costain. Costain has been appointed to an initial two-year Early Contractor Involvement ['ECI'] contract and will then agree a five-year contract to deliver the AMP6 capital programme from 2015 to 2020. The contract may then be extended for a further five years from 2020 to 2025, as part of AMP7. In joint venture with Veolia and Atkins, Costain will deliver a significant proportion of Thames Water's programme of essential upgrades to water and wastewater networks and treatment facilities across the capital. The investment in the programme by Thames Water is £2.5 billion in total, and will be one of the current asset management contracts in Europe.

Costain Group PLC announce that in Joint Venture with Alstom it has been awarded the £15 million contract for the design, construction and commissioning of the system that will provide traction power for the trains in the central tunnelled section of the crossrail scheme. Work will involve the construction of several auto-transformer stations and a feeder station site at Pudding Mill Lane to provide a 25 kV supply to the overhead line equipment that will power the new crossrail trains. Costain is also constructing for National Grid the new cable tunnels to provide power to the other crossrail feeder station at Kensal Green. Crossrail will open in 2018. The crossrail route will pass through 37 stations and will increase London's rail-based transport network capacity by 10%. An estimated 200 million people will travel on crossrail each year.

Costain Group plc announced that they will report Q1, 2013 interim management statement on May 08, 2013