An historical treasure has been unearthed in Dudley after a well was discovered during works to extend the Metro across Wednesbury and Brierley Hill. The 8.5m deep fountain was uncovered during excavation works in Flood Street car park before the main construction works commence. It is not the first time that a lost piece of …
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Yorkshire Water has appointed civil engineering and infrastructure specialist Barhale to conduct enabling works on Barnsley town centre’s flagship regeneration development, The Glass Works. Barhale will carry out a critical sewer diversion at Kendray Street on the North Eastern side of the multi-award-winning £200 million scheme led by Barnsley Council, alongside Development Manager Queensberry. It …
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The Midland Metro Alliance is celebrating after winning an accolade at the prestigious Institution of Civil Engineers West Midlands Awards for the third year in a row. The alliance scooped the Education and Inspiration Award, for its Trailblazer Apprenticeship in Light Rail, during a virtual ceremony on Thursday 19 November. It follows a similar success …
Local leaders congratulated workers following the installation of a key piece of tramway infrastructure in another milestone for the Birmingham Westside Metro extension to Edgbaston. The switch and crossing, an intricate section of rail that allows trams to move from one track to another, has been successfully installed on Hagley Road following weeks of intricate …
Metro extension on the right track as a key piece of rail is installed on Hagley Road Read More »
Our Eastern team is celebrating double success following the successful introduction of new methods to complete a key sewer rehabilitation in Cambridgeshire and, with partners in the @one Alliance team, winning a “Highly Commended” in the Innovation category of Anglian Water’s Supplier Awards. As a partner in the @one Alliance (the collaboration set up to …
The Midland Metro Alliance has launched an online platform to inspire the next generation of youngsters in the West Midlands to consider careers in construction and railway engineering. Connecting Futures, which launched today, is a sub-site of the Midland Metro Alliance’s website and is related to the already successful work undertaken to encourage young people …
The winner of the Barhale October Photography Competition is Mark Hill (Site Technician, Southern Region) with his great shot of the work at our Victoria Embankment site for Tideway. Well done Mark!
Civil engineer and infrastructure specialist Barhale has been awarded the contract to deliver infrastructure enabling works for the western extension of South Staffordshire’s high-profile i54 business park. Awarded by principal contractor Amey, the programme of works will include the construction of a foul water drainage pumping station and associated M&E apparatus located in a purpose-built …
Track from a disused railway line that was removed as part of the Wednesbury to Brierley Hill Metro extension has been given a new home after being donated to the Severn Valley Railway by Transport for West Midlands and the Midland Metro Alliance. More than one mile of track has been removed from along the …
New life for old track at a leading Midlands heritage railway Read More »
The design and build of a unique tunnel shield has proved instrumental in Barhale successfully reaching the main Thames Tideway Tunnel following a 215m pipe jack. The civil engineering and infrastructure specialist achieved the milestone as part of the programme of works to build the West Putney Storm Relief Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) at Barn …
Innovative solution enables key pipe jack completion at Barn Elms Read More »
