Working for Taylor Wimpey as Principal Contractor, McCann was chosen to deliver crucial works on the A5 Longshoot infrastructure in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. The project scope involved complete Section 278 works widening and installing a signalised 4-way Junction on the A5 to facilitate access to the new Taylor Wimpey Meadow Green housing development and the adjacent
The UK Government committed to add over 150 more Emergency Areas across various motorways across the country. The National Emergency Area Retrofit (NEAR) scheme is set out to enhance safety on all-lane running smart motorways, ensuring the availability of safe havens for motorists in distress across stretches of the motorway without a hard shoulder. McCann
Barnet Council has confirmed the setup of a new Framework Agreement covering Highways Maintenance Works and associated services – with McCann named among nine contractors selected to deliver works over the next four years. This framework is designed to facilitate business resilience and support the management and maintenance of Barnet Council’s strategic highways network. Works
The mobilisation of the new street lighting services contract for Suffolk County Council is now complete, with the project set to deliver ongoing asset maintenance and enhancement to the benefit of local communities over a seven-year period. The contract was successfully secured by our team in June of this year after already demonstrating our credentials
A series of street lighting works have been unveiled as part of the redevelopment of the disused area around the Broadmarsh car park, bus station and central library building in Nottingham City Centre. Our team recently completed works along Sussex Street as part of a wider public realm redevelopment of the Broadmarsh Centre – Nottingham’s
The breadth of our civil engineering work continues to grow following the news that we have secured a place on a new framework in North East Lincolnshire – securing works across two contracted LOTs. Our team already operates across North East Lincolnshire on the ongoing term lighting maintenance contract which sees our team responsible for
McCann has been named as a successful contractor for the Cocoa West project and most recently Telford Horton Wood, totalling £7m overall. Latimer Developments, part of the Clarion Housing Group, awarded us the contract earlier this year to carry out infrastructure works as part of the Cocoa West project on a site in the North
McCann has been named as one of the successful contractors to secure works as part of the North West Contractor Framework – coordinated by Procure Partnerships. Operating nationwide, Procure Partnerships has delivered successful construction frameworks across the North West of England for the past four years, supporting the procurement and delivery of over 150 projects
The benefits of teamwork and collaboration have helped to accelerate progress and overcome challenges, after we recently installed signage across National Highways’ Area 10 Clean Air Zone in Greater Manchester. National Highways, Area 10 covers the North West of England including Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Cheshire and South Lancashire. As part of our works within the
The Smart Motorway Alliance (SMA), created and operated by National Highways, has selected its roster of contractors and partners for the framework with McCann chosen to work for the alliance across five packages of work. The Smart Motorway Alliance contract was awarded in April 2021, with seven strategic partners selected to manage the framework on
Our work across National Highways’ Area 10 Asset Delivery portfolio of projects continues at a pace, after we recently completed bus lane lighting renewals on the A5103 at Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester. Area 10 covers the North West of England including Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Cheshire and South Lancashire. The scheme is being delivered for National Highways,
Our team recently completed essential investigation and remedial works on gantry message signs, in partnership with Amey Consulting, H W Martin and Standard Scaffold, within National Highways’ Area 10 Asset Delivery portfolio of projects . Area 10 covers the North West of England including Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Cheshire and South Lancashire. The scheme is being
We’re delighted to announce that McCann has been named on National Highways’ Supplier Delivery Framework (SDF), securing works across 2 LOTs and six National Highways Asset Delivery Areas over a six year period. National Highways, formerly known as Highways England, recently launched the SDF in order to continue with its delivery of the already established
We’re delighted to announce that we have recently been awarded works to the value of £3m as part of Greater Manchester’s Clean Air Plan, which includes a GM-wide Clean Air Zone (GM CAZ). The scheme is set to improve air quality on local roads and includes a Category C charging Clean Air Zone. Non-compliant commercial
Works by our team to complete message sign renewals as part of Highways England’s Area 10 Asset Delivery suite of contracts in the North West of England, have attracted positive client feedback following completion of year two of the wider scheme. Area 10 covers the North West of England including Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Cheshire and
Works to improve Heatherwood Roundabout outside both the current and new Heatherwood Hospitals in Ascot are underway, with our team commissioned to deliver the project. Frimley Health commenced the construction of the new Heatherwood Hospital in 2019 and work on site has continued throughout the coronavirus lockdowns – with the new premises expected to open
Our team is completing substantial works for one of the UK’s biggest light rail projects, the Birmingham Westside Metro extension, as we install state-of-the-art energy saving LED lighting works for the Midland Metro Alliance. The first phase of works to extend the light rail line through Birmingham City Centre were completed ahead of schedule in
We are proud to have recently collaborated with Willenhall’s Sikh community on the design, manufacture and installation of a new 21-metre flagpole for the Guru Nanak Gurdwara temple in Willenhall, West Midlands. Though it sounds a simple job on the surface, the scope of this work was more complicated than you might think. The project
Work to create a congestion-easing access road in Gedling, Nottinghamshire, is well underway with McCann teaming up as a strategic partner of Balfour Beatty to deliver an economy-boosting relief route for the county. The Gedling Access Road (GAR), is a new 3.8km single carriageway which will provide a quick link between the B684 on Mapperley
Works to complete structural failure replacements and upgrades to over 500 lighting columns across the county of Buckinghamshire are coming to a close with Transport for Buckinghamshire and J McCann and Co. Ltd collaborating to deliver the improvements within a three-month project programme. The project commissioned by Transport for Buckinghamshire (TfB), working on behalf of
Nottingham’s city-defining Broadmarsh public realm proposals to transform Collin Street are coming to fruition after we have teamed up with principal contractor Thomas Bow Ltd to deliver the project. Thomas Bow has been commissioned by Nottingham City Council to deliver the Broadmarsh public realm works, with McCann successfully securing the supply, installation and connection of
What did we do? Project Lightning is Virgin Media’s programme dedicated to bringing broadband, phone, TV and mobile to homes across the UK. As a part of this project, we were awarded the installation of high-speed broadband fibre connections to 12,500 homes in Heanor, Derbyshire. The contract was valued in excess of £6million and was
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Our team is making significant progress with works to complete the first new nuclear power station in the UK in over 20 years. Hinkley Point C in Somerset is a 3200 MWE nuclear power station with two third generation pressurised water EPR reactors. When completed, the site will be responsible for providing low-carbon electricity for
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We’re delighted to have recently been commissioned to deliver substantial works as part of Highways England’s £244m smart motorway project between junctions 4-11 of the M27. The scheme, like many across the UK, will deliver the latest in smart motorway technology to the major route along the south coast – improving road safety, easing congestion
A series of projects that our team is involved in, as part of Highways England’s Area 10 Asset Delivery Framework, are on track and generating positive feedback from the Client following the recent end-of-year-one progress report. Highways England’s Area 10 Construction Works Framework (CWF) Contract was first put out for tender in 2018 and covers
A new practice area was unveiled at Chilwell Manor Golf Club on Monday 10th June after several local sponsors, including McCann, donated time and resources to help with the transformation. The golf course, situated close to our Chilwell head office, has transformed a patch of land into a new practice area which is hoped, will
We have been helping to provide a bright future for the London borough of Camden after working as a supply chain partner to Eurovia undertaking refurbishment and upgrade work of street lighting columns as part of the West End Project – a scheme designed to transform the area around Tottenham Court Road. We were named
We recently added to our growing portfolio of LED street lighting replacement projects with a new contract for North Lincolnshire. Our team commenced work in October 2017 and is expecting to complete the project within 14 months – 10 months earlier than anticipated. The works are centred on the town of Scunthorpe and the surrounding
This was much more than a state of the art light and sound system housed in six giant arches stretching the length Birley Street, it formed an integral part of the ambitious regeneration scheme for Blackpool’s town centre; and as such called on McCann to demonstrate not only their well known skills as a lighting
Due to the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, Network Rail National Logistics Unit needed to vacate their existing depot and distribution centre at Temple Mills. Whitemoor Yard in March was eventually identified as the most suitable site for the new distribution centre which was required to service the South-East of England, and Birse Civils were appointed
We are delighted to be helping to maintain the trunk roads of the East Midlands by collaborating with fellow contractors as part of Highways England’s Area 7 framework, for the wider East Midlands Asset Delivery Team (EMAD). We successfully secured Lot 3 and Lot 12 in 2016 within the wider Area 7 framework – covering
We are playing a key part in the upgrade of a major midlands route through the implementation of essential works as part of the M1 junction 23a – 25 smart motorway scheme. The project to upgrade the 7.5 mile stretch of one of England’s busiest routes started in September 2017 and is scheduled to be
We’re thrilled to announce that we have won the tender to continue to maintain North East Lincolnshire’s street lighting and illuminated traffic signs, and this year we have added the North Lincolnshire area to our portfolio. We have worked with North East Lincolnshire Council for over 25 years, successfully winning street lighting and illuminated signs
We have been praised for successfully completing street lighting and re-cabling works along two of London’s most iconic landmarks – The Mall and Constitution Hill – during what turned out to be one of the busiest periods in the royal calendar. It was October 2016 when we won the original tender commissioned by VINCI Facilities
We have begun work on a £25m contract to replace and maintain street lighting across Calderdale, Yorkshire, which will see us working in the area until at least the year 2025. Our team will be responsible for replacing around 19,000 LED lanterns and 9,000 lighting columns, and will carry out all the lighting and electrical
We have successfully completed essential drainage maintenance work on the A64 at the Brambling Fields junction, North Yorkshire. The scheme, in conjunction with Highways England’s term contractor A-one+, was delivered by us, acting as the Principal Contractor, in a 7-week period between February and March 2017. The unstable drainage ditch was affecting the fields on
We are delighted to announce that we have won an estimated £1.2m contract to provide street furniture electrical connection services to Swindon Borough Council for up to 3 years, following a successful tender process. The win follows our National Electrical Registration Scheme (NERS) accreditation enabling us to officially register as an Independent Connections Provider (ICP)
We have successfully built upon our impressive LED lighting portfolio by completing lighting upgrades between J22-25 of the M62. The project, coordinated by Highways England’s term contractor A-one+, was completed in a 9-week period between January and March 2017 – covering a 19km stretch of the M62 between J22 at Saddleworth Moor, and Kirklees Viaduct
We are delighted to announce that we have won a £6.5m contract to replace and maintain street lighting in London’s second largest borough, Hillingdon. Commissioned by Hillingdon Council to upgrade approximately 23,000 lanterns to LED and maintain 25,000 assets over a 5-year period, we have recruited ten additional members of staff and invested £0.5m in
It may not have been a particularly ‘illuminating’ result for the home side as Nottingham Rugby were defeated 7-29 to newly-relegated London Irish. But no one could deny there were highlights of a different kind on the pitch, as our floodlighting expertise was demonstrated at the first night match of the season. With previous lighting
We’ve helped North East Lincolnshire create a brighter future by replacing traditional street lights with low energy LED lights. The move to white-light LEDs is making substantial savings in energy and carbon emissions, as well as improving visibility for road users, pedestrians and residents. Traditional street lighting places a huge financial burden on councils. Councillor Ray
McCann’s involvement in Nottingham’s latest tram network project – NET Phase 2 – is now complete. We’re proud to have played a fundamental role in the expansion of the network, which provides fast new connections to the city from Chilwell via the QMC and to Beeston and Clifton via Wilford. The project has more than
The McCann civil engineering team has recently completed a £3.3m Road Improvement Scheme in Nottingham on Derby Road between Bramcote Roundabout and Queen’s Medical Centre. The extensive works involved widening the carriageway, reducing the bus lane and installing new traffic signalling to help ease congestion and reduce travel time for commuters. McCann successfully managed and
We undertook the design and build lighting contract as Principal Contractor for London Borough of Hounslow’s Osterley athletics track. The site presented unique planning challenges: it’s on Heathrow flight paths, close to a major road and near local residents, so light pollution was an issue. The project was part of the Sport England Inspired Facilities
A recent project has seen McCann successfully install the infrastructure for a state-of-the-art Mobile Lighting Rig system at Nottingham Forest’s City Ground. After much speculation over the debate between artificial grass and harvesting the natural grounds, Nottingham Forest are one of the first football clubs in the Championship to utilise the MLR system. The MLR
Recent weeks has seen the CMF team being awarded a number of impressive schemes under the Highway Agencies Construction Management Framework. Works orders with a combined value in excess of £1.9 million have been issued for lighting works on the M65, and M62, VRS works on the M53 and lighting works along with signs and
We are pleased to announce that McCann’s has been selected by Sport England to support their framework for the Design and Construction of External Sports Lighting. The requirements include visiting and surveying sites for condition and suitability, preparing feasibility reports including outline design proposals, consulting with local Planning and Building Control departments, preparation and submission
McCann’s working for main contractor Carillion, in Highways Agency Area 6, will shortly be engaged in the provision of the infrastructure including foundations, cabinet sites, steps and associated cabling works, for the installation of 10 CCTV sites. The provision of these cameras is aimed at improving monitoring and safety on the areas busy highway network.
The Carlisle Northern Development Route will when completed ease congestion and improve journey times in Carlisle by taking commercial and other through-traffic out of the city. It is anticipated it will also improve the local economy and attract up to 5,500 new jobs to the area by improving transport links between West Cumbria, Scotland and
At McCann’s we welcome the opportunity offered by early contractor involvement (ECI) for our staff to contribute to the development of future schemes on the network. We are currently assisting BAM Nuttall in developing there A5 Beech Road project and Lafarge with their Black cat to Wyboston scheme on the A1 and look forward to
