On Saturday 27th June, Eric Wright Civil Engineering (EWCE) lifted into place a new foot and cycle bridge spanning the A57 Hyde Road in Gorton, Manchester, one of the main routes into the city centre. The installation of the 26 tonne, pre-fabricated steel footbridge was witnessed by representatives from Manchester City Council and the wider […]
Eric Wright Civil Engineering (EWCE) is making good progress on the remediation works at the Sugden End Landfill site at Keighley near Bradford with work on track for completion by Autumn 2020. The 35-week groundworks programme for the City of Bradford MDC, is the first part of what will be a wider restoration project to […]
On Thursday 7th May, the country’s first stainless steel road bridge, spanning the River Eamont at Pooley Bridge in Cumbria, was lifted into place, and once completed later this summer, will reconnect the local community for the first time since the town’s historic bridge was washed away by Storm Desmond in 2015. The timelapse video […]
Eric Wright Civil Engineering has completed £3.3m of roadway improvements to Yeadon Way, one of the main routes into Blackpool. To mark the occasion an opening ceremony was held at Yeadon Way to mark the completion. Work to strengthen the 2km stretch began in November and continued with heightened safety measures in place during the […]
Scott Street Bridge in Hull was decommissioned in 1994 and was recently targeted by the famous artist, Banksy. Specialist contractor, Eric Wright Civil Engineering, has been appointed to dismantle Scott Street Bridge with work due to start later this year. The grade two-listed bridge, which was decommissioned in the 1990s, was thrust into the limelight […]
Cumbria County Council’s replacement bridge project at Pooley Bridge has resumed, following a review of the authority’s construction schemes in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Works on the Pooley Bridge scheme were temporarily suspended on 27 March to support social distancing measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19. The construction industry has since received greater […]
Eric Wright Civil Engineering (EWCE) lifted out the old railway bridge on the Fallowfield Loop walking and cycleway spanning the A57 in Gorton early Saturday evening (7th March). The A57 was closed for the whole day on Saturday to enable EWCE to work through the day and night to complete the works on this major […]
A £35 million state-of-the-art teaching and research facility, which engages directly with industry and provides students with real-world experience on live, engineering-related projects officially launched at the University of Central Lancashire’s Preston campus. The new Engineering Innovation Centre (EIC) will act as one of the driving forces behind the Lancashire Industrial Strategy as well as […]
Rail users can now benefit from increased car parking at Spital station, Wirral, with the opening of an extension to the existing Park and Ride facility. The expansions works have seen 71 additional spaces added to the car park, providing 141 spaces in total, including seven disabled spaces and two motorcycle bays. Customers of the […]
