A new engineering framework worth £17 million a year has been launched in Scotland.

Scotland Excel's second generation Engineering and Technical Consultancy Framework will be used to help local authorities source specialist engineering and technical consultancy services.

A total of 27 suppliers have secured places on the four-year framework in the following lots:

• Road and structures

• Transportation and traffic

• Environmental engineering

• Land surveying

• Drainage and flooding

• Geotechnical and testing

• Project management

In addition, the scheme offers a range of additional benefits, including apprentice, graduate and work placement positions. Advice sessions and workshops are also available for school pupils and college students.

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Julie Welsh, Director of Scotland Excel, said: "Scottish councils regularly require specialist engineering and technical services in order to plan and implement the wide range of investment projects and improvement works that are delivered within their communities. Forthcoming works that this contract can support include the multi-million pound City Deal projects."

The 27 framework suppliers are:

• AECOM Limited

• Amey OW Limited

• Arcadis Consulting (UK) Limited

• Atkins Limited

• Capita Property and Infrastructure Ltd

• CH2M Hill United Kingdom

• Clayton Fourie Consultancy Ltd

• Currie & Brown UK Limited

• Dougall Baillie Associates Ltd

• Fairhurst

• Gardiner & Theobald LLP

• IIC Technologies Ltd

• Jacobs UK Ltd

• Jeremy Benn Associates Limited

• Local Transport Projects Ltd

• Mott MacDonald Limited

• MWH UK Limited

• OVE Arup & Partners Scotland Limited

• Peter Brett Associates LLP

• RSK Environment Limited

• Sweco UK Ltd

• SYSTRA LTD

• RPS Consulting Services Limited

• Tracsis Traffic Data Limited

• Turner & Townsend Project Management Ltd

• WSP UK Ltd (trading as "WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff")

• WYG Environment Planning Transport Ltd

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