Project Insights
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Jones Bros has secured the Carno III civil engineering contract. The £46.5m package covers foundations, grid reinforcement, underground cabling, access works, and highway upgrades for the 45MW Powys wind farm.
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HS2 has launched the first 170 metres of Duddeston viaduct. The 700-metre structure will cross six live railway lines on Birmingham’s approach to Curzon Street Station.
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Preparatory works have started at Eastbourne’s former magistrates’ court site. The council scheme will deliver 30 social-rented flats by autumn 2028.
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Nine Salford residential towers have completed major fire-safety remediation works. The programme replaced cladding and insulation while upgrading compartmentation, alarms, and sprinklers.
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Ainscough used twin heavy cranes to dismantle Sunderland’s telecom mast. Hidden underground chambers forced engineers to revise the planned outrigger positions and crane configuration within the confined former EE site.
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Akela has secured four Scottish housing groundworks packages worth £13.9m. The contracts support 268 private, affordable, and social homes, with works spanning earthworks, drainage, roads, foundations, pumping infrastructure, and flood management.
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Construction has started on Glasgow’s new Stockwell Street Avenue works. The phased scheme will renew roads and pavements, add drainage and landscaping, upgrade signals, and create segregated cycling infrastructure through late 2027.
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Network Rail is advancing Glasgow south-side railway renewal works intensively. The £1.5m programme combines track replacement and bridge interventions across three planned August weekend possessions.
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Directional drilling is advancing Scottish Water’s North Ayrshire pipeline renewal. The crossing beneath Stevenson Burn combines deep cofferdams, dewatering, temporary bridging, vibration monitoring, and installation through a 914mm steel sleeve.
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Steel erection is advancing at Aberdeen’s new Hazlehead Academy campus. Around 80 steel deliveries are planned as Robertson builds the 1,600-pupil replacement school beside the existing operational academy.