DFDS, which employs over 1,000 people on the Humber, have taken the first steps in creating a new combined commercial office in the area by purchasing seven acres of land on the Pioneer Park development, located in Stallingborough. Plans are…
The NHS’s Community Diagnostic Centre, has started works on over 18,000 sq. ft. of space at Freshney Place Shopping Centre this week, with refurbishment works getting underway in preparation for a summer opening. The new facility will provide the local…
Restoration works to Grade II listed structure, Corporation Road Bridge, are progressing. Grit blasting is continuing on both the sub and superstructure of spans three and four of the bridge. Essential scaffolding and encapsulation works are also being undertaken to…
Work is due to re-start at Alfred Enderbys Smokehouse on the expansion of the historic smokehouse on Grimsby’s historic docks. Over the last year, £150,000 worth of structural repair work, funded by a PSiCA (Partnership Scheme in Conservation Areas) grant,…
Representatives from North East Lincolnshire Council (NELC), Equans and Spencer Group welcomed members of the media to Corporation Bridge on Tuesday 10 October. Spencer Group explained the works and the reason for the extension to the programme and delayed reopening…
Corporation Bridge will no longer reopen in December 2023 after its condition has been found to be much more severe than originally expected. Multi-disciplinary bridge works specialist Spencer Group was appointed contractor for the works in November 2022, with works…
https://youtu.be/ppTN2QAjm8Y The essential heritage restoration works at Corporation Road Bridge, which will preserve the structure for future generations, is progressing. 50 steel deck plates on Corporation Road Bridge have now been replaced, a further 10 were lifted for a more…
DISCOVER ‘THE STUDIO’ AND IMMERSIVE INSTALLATIONS FROM MYENERGI AND RWE It’s finally arriving… Projekt Renewable lands in Alexandra Dock next week! After two years and £300,000 in funding, three containers and a shed-load of opportunity will touchdown in Grimsby. Supported…
The Leader of North East Lincolnshire Council and the portfolio for environment and transport attended Corporation Bridge on Friday 21 July to carry out a site visit with specialist contractor Spencer Group and the council’s delivery partner Equans. Updates were…
AS the first anniversary of North East Lincolnshire Council’s ownership of Freshney Place approaches, there’s good news for the shopping centre in a number of key areas. A report being presented to a special Freshney Place Cabinet meeting at the…
The final piece of the jigsaw has dropped into place at the historic Alfred Enderby Smokehouse on the Port of Grimsby. Started last September, the work by local firm ES Rudkin Ltd has included reinstating historic features as well as…
As scaffolding is erected on Corporation Bridge for works to progress, take a look at the structure from above. The below drone footage has been filmed by Spencer Group, the specialist contractor appointed to carry out the major restoration works.…
Corporation Road Bridge will be fully closed on Wednesday 5 July to allow for further scaffolding to be installed as works progress. All the steel deck plates on the bridge have now been grit blasted. Some of the steel deck…
A vision to create modern, smart homes on a riverside setting in Grimsby’s town centre are taking a step forward. Following discussions between North East Lincolnshire Council and Homes England, central Government funding has been agreed to allow investigative work…
Scaffolding is currently being erected at Corporation Bridge to provide access to the underside and harder to reach areas of the bridge in a safe and controlled manner. This then allows the grit blasting, detailed inspections, and painting of the…
Spencer Group, the specialist contractor currently working on the major restoration of Corporation Bridge, have shared drone footage of the lift that took place on Wednesday 5 April 2023. The lift took place to carry out weight testing to help…
A bridge lift took place on the iconic landmark on Wednesday 5 April 2023 to carry out weight testing to help assist specialist contractor Spencer Group with the weight balancing design works. Following the bridge weight test, the next section…
Works on Corporation Road Bridge are well underway. The asphalt surface of the bridge and the concrete carriageway deck has been removed down to its steel plates. The steel deck plates have been shot blasted and detailed inspections are now…
Conservation repair work on the Alfred Enderby Smokehouse on the Port of Grimsby has just about been completed. Started last September, the work by local firm ES Rudkin Ltd has included reinstating historic features as well as improving security features…
In the Chancellor’s budget today (15 March), North East Lincolnshire Council’s bid to the Government’s Levelling Up Fund to support the remodelling of Grimsby Town Centre has been approved. This is on top of the successful Levelling Up Fund bid…