Drainage & ducting

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The South Heywood Link Road Scheme comprised the construction of a 2.2km link road from Junction 19 of the M62 motorway to the employment areas off Pilsworth Road.

An infrastructure priority for both the local council and Transport for Greater Manchester (TFGM), the link road has provided HGV traffic from the South Heywood employment area – and its numerous logistics parks – with a dedicated route to the motorway, 17km shorter than the existing return journey, and directing HGVs away from Heywood Town Centre, Birch and other local roads.

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Maritime Transport appointed Buckingham Group to complete their redevelopment scheme at Trafford Park Euroterminal, transforming it into a state-of-the-art, strategic intermodal (rail/road) interchange.

The £13.5m regeneration project involved substantive remediation of the 20-acre terminal, including repaving the container park, upgrading buildings, security, and new container handling equipment. To support increased train throughput, the container park can now store up to 4,000 TEU.

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A58/ A580 Junction is located to the Northeast of St. Helens, on the main road between Manchester and Liverpool; The site is a key junction in the local roads network. As a result of traffic growth and new development in the area, the junction was exceeding capacity and the situation was predicted to get worse as new developments were proposed to be completed in the area. St Helens Council received funding to carry out junction improvement at the junction.

The junction improvement comprised of construction of new turning lanes including all associated civil infrastructure, resurfacing works to the existing junction, new and relocated footways and cycle ways, lighting column upgrades and landscaping. Statutory undertaker diversions were also carried out as part of the scheme.

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Warrington Borough Council (WBC) needed to improve infrastructure, congestion and journey quality in east Warrington, and so commissioned a programme of works to improve journey times and ease congestion for vehicle traffic, reduce the overall journey times and enhance the benefits for cyclists and pedestrians.

Warrington East Phase 2 consisted of improving traffic flow in and out of the Birchwood Park Enterprise Zone, with major works planned around the Blackbrook Avenue roundabout; the College Place roundabout; and Oakwood Gate roundabout. All works were completed under Traffic management restrictions where access through the Junctions / roundabout remained open to road users.

Warrington East Phase 3 consisted of the dualling of the A574 Birchwood Way between the Moss Gate/Daten Avenue junction and M62 junction 11. The new carriageway has been constructed on land reserved for this purpose since the Northern Expressway was first built in the mid-1970s as part of the Warrington New Town highway network.

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Buckingham Group were appointed by DP World to construction three new container parks as part of the ongoing development to the London Gateway Logistics port.

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S4B, the Equitix-led partnership that includes Galliford Try, Mears and Contour Homes was employed by Manchester City Council to undertake the Brunswick PFI Regeneration Scheme.
The regeneration programme was established to transform the Brunswick area of East Manchester through a mix of new-build and refurbishment, providing 522 new homes as well as new community facilities, including an extra care centre and retail units.
As part of the refurbishments, several existing roads were targeted for repair works.

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The A6 Broughton Bypass eases congestion in Broughton Village, which had over twenty thousand vehicles passing through it every day. The project delivered two kilometres of new road and five junction improvements, including building a roundabout within the live carriageway and a new junction joining the M55 Junction 1 eastbound slip road.

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Working adjacent to the New Jaguar Engine factory this project was the second phase of the construction of a vital link between the new prestigious Enterprise Zone and Junction 2 of the M54.

This required building two new bridges and widening the existing canal bridge to facilitate the new link roads to the Motorway. Two large embankments were required to be constructed using existing material from the site.

As well as the new access link roads to the motorway, four additional roundabouts and associated roads were constructed at the same time.