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,…
Business Finance Week 2023, November 6-10 Hosted by the British Business Bank, along with several partners from across the UK. With a host of free of charge nationwide and regional in-person events, webinars and more, Business Finance Week helps smaller…
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…
The next contracting phase for the multi-million redevelopment of Cleethorpes Town Centre, starts next week with a ‘Meet the Buyer’ event. Designed as a fact-finding mission, local contractors in the construction industry are invited to a drop-in session at the…
Release from the Environment Agency A £29m project to manage the risk of flooding to people and major industry in north-east Lincolnshire is now underway. The Environment Agency scheme will see improvements made to 4.5 kilometres of coastal defences along…
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…
Archaeologists have discovered the distinctive ‘ladder settlement’ as part of the planning requirements laid out by Equans, on behalf of North East Lincolnshire Council, ahead of a housing development being permitted in Healing. Due to the archaeological interest in 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…
North East Lincolnshire Council is leading the way in showing how industry and nature can thrive side-by-side. An innovative environmental project sees rare birds visiting the area as industry interest grows in North East Lincolnshire’s award-winning mitigation sites. Two large…
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…
Work has started on the latest project to receive Townscape Heritage Funding on Cleethorpes’ historic Alexandra Road. The Townscape Heritage Project for Cleethorpes, supported by National Lottery Heritage Grant funding, has approved the next funding application to undertake works to…
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…