Active Projects

Our active projects page provides a snapshot of the significant projects across our civil engineering and utility services businesses.

Civils

Milltown Street Bridge

Structures, Transport

Milltown Street Bridge

Structures, Transport

Bury

2025-2026

Construction of a new 50m single span bridge, including associated footpaths, ramps and soft landscaping.

The Big Lamp Project

Hard Landscaping, Public Realm, Highways

The Big Lamp Project

Hard Landscaping, Public Realm, Highways

Haslingden

1.5m

2025

Delivering public realm improvements to the northern section of Deardengate, widening footpaths, improving lighting, soft landscaping and street furniture.

A62 Leeds Road JUT Re-alignment

Transport, Structures

A62 Leeds Road JUT Re-alignment

Transport, Structures

North West & Yorkshire Region

3.7m

2025 – Ongoing

Part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade, a major, multi-million-pound programme of railway improvements to improve connectivity across the North.

Clifton Shafts and Tunnels

Wastewater

Clifton Shafts and Tunnels

Wastewater

Manchester

13m

2025-2026

To construct 2 nr. shafts and drive 567m of 1800mm-diameter tunnel using pipejacking techniques, including associated temporary works.

Burneside

Wastewater

Burneside

Wastewater

Cumbria

2025-2027

Upgrading the sewer network by upsizing 820m of sewer pipes along Burneside Road, Junction Cottages and Steels Row and constructing a 9m-diameter shaft to provide storage capacity to help reduce the occurrence of localised sewer flooding within the village.

Lot 6 and Lot 9 Frameworks

Wastewater

Lot 6 and Lot 9 Frameworks

Wastewater

North West

20m per annum.

2020-2025

Wastewater Network Maintenance and Capital Works Schemes – These works can include major sewer collapses, network upgrades, diversions and improvements required for major developments. Recent projects under the framework have included the construction of large detention tanks, to improve storage capacity.

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Photo of Bethell operatives carrying out highway repairs

Local Authority Framework Contracts

Highways, Structures, Public Realm & Infrastructure

Local Authority Framework Contracts

Highways, Structures, Public Realm & Infrastructure

North West and Yorkshire Region

10m per annum.

Ongoing

Works include responsive and planned maintenance, structural repairs, highway improvement schemes, cycle lane schemes, CYCLOPS (Cycle Optimised Protected Signals) junction schemes, and surfacing replacement programmes, making our highways safer for road users, pedestrians, and cyclists.

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Highway Construction & Maintenance Frameworks

Highways

Highway Construction & Maintenance Frameworks

Highways

Manchester

1m per annum.

Ongoing

Capital highway construction and maintenance works across the Manchester region.

Utilities

Barratt Redrow Multi-Utility Framework

Multi-Utility

Barratt Redrow Multi-Utility Framework

Multi-Utility

North West

Ongoing

Multi-utility connections to Redrow Homes and David Wilson Homes residential developments across the North West.

Taylor Wimpey

Multi-Utility

Taylor Wimpey

Multi-Utility

Manchester

5.1m

Ongoing

Multi-utility connections to five Taylor Wimpey residential developments across the Manchester region.

Bellway Homes

Multi-Utility

Bellway Homes

Multi-Utility

Manchester

1.6m

Ongoing

Multi-utility connections to three Bellway Homes residential developments across the Manchester region.

Morris Homes

Multi-Utility

Morris Homes

Multi-Utility

North West

2.6m

Ongoing

Multi-utility connections to two Morris Homes residential developments across the North West.

Bethell van charging at a fuel station forecourt

Electric Vehicle Charging Hubs

Green Energy

Electric Vehicle Charging Hubs

Green Energy

Nationwide

100k per project.

Ongoing

Enabling the installation of ultra-rapid EV (electric vehicle) charging stations for one of the UK’s largest independent forecourt operators.

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Electric Vehicle Charging Hubs

Green Energy

Electric Vehicle Charging Hubs

Green Energy

Nationwide

Ongoing

Installing EV (electric vehicle) charging stations nation-wide for one of the UK’s fastest growing ultra-rapid charging hub providers.

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Integrated Infrastructure

Civil Engineering Framework

Integrated Infrastructure

Civil Engineering Framework

Integrated Infrastructure

Manchester & East Midlands Airport

10m per annum.

2017-2025

Projects varying from business-as-usual maintenance works to £3m capital works packages being delivered as part of the Airports £1bn Transformation programme.

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