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Steel-framed energy plant under construction, with a large storage tank and an operative in orange PPE in the foreground

Sectors

Civil works and specialist packages for energy, industrial and commercial clients across England and Scotland.

Flagship sector

Energy & Renewables

Our core market: transmission substations from 132kV to 400kV, synchronous condensers and grid stability plants, HVDC-linked sites and energy-from-waste facilities — civil works on the renewables projects supporting the UK's journey to net zero.

Built for live and remote energy environments

Energy sites test a contractor: remote locations, live compounds, strict permit regimes and programmes driven by outage windows. Our crews deliver under energy-sector site rules, and travel and lodge wherever the grid needs building.

  • Concrete foundations and equipment bases
  • Control and switchgear buildings in blockwork and precast
  • Cable trenches, troughs and ducting
  • Internal fit-out: drylining, joinery, painting and firestopping
  • Fencing and external works through to handover
Precast concrete substation walls being mounted, with operatives working from a telescopic boom platform

Where we have delivered

A selection of substation and grid stability projects. See where we have worked on the interactive map.

Gremista GSP 132kV, Shetland

Internal fit-out packages on the grid supply point serving the Shetland HVDC link, for SSEN with Morgan Sindall.

Thurso Synchronous Condenser, 400kV

Grid stability project delivered with RJ McLeod.

Gretna Grid Stability Plant, 275kV

Blockwork, fireproofing and firestopping on the border grid stability plant, with TSK and RJ McLeod.

Eye Synchronous Condenser, 400kV, Suffolk

Construction packages on a grid stability facility for Conrad Energy, with ACS and Siemens Energy.

Kelvin ERF Substation, West Bromwich

Substation works on a 44MW energy-from-waste facility, with Acciona.

Beatrice 400/220kV, Blackhillock

Substation works delivered with RJ McLeod.

All recent projects

Industrial & Distilleries

Building and fit-out packages for industrial projects: production and process facilities where finishes have to stand up to daily industrial use.

Production-ready buildings and finishes

We deliver the trades industrial clients ask for most: robust masonry, clean internal finishes and floors that cope with process environments. At Glenglassaugh Distillery we delivered our packages for Luddon Construction.

  • Blockwork and brickwork for production halls and plant rooms
  • Drylining, ceilings and painting
  • Chemical resistant floor systems for process areas
  • Firestopping and passive fire protection
  • First and second fix joinery
Operative on a scissor lift finishing a high blockwork wall inside a steel-framed industrial hall

Commercial

Fit-out and construction packages for retail stores, hotels and commercial interiors across England and Scotland, handed over snag-free and ready to trade.

  • Store refurbishment and fit-out packages
  • Partitions, ceilings, joinery and decoration
  • Floor coverings and finishes
  • External works and paving
Completed hotel building with grey cladding and landscaped forecourt Finished hotel bedroom with fitted headboard and timber panelling PKBC operatives installing fitted units during a commercial interior fit-out PKBC operatives laying carpet in a refurbished room PKBC operatives fitting floor covering in a commercial unit Supermarket interior during refit works at the self-checkout area Completed supermarket store and car park External works outside a commercial unit with telehandler and excavator on site

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