Howard Civil Engineering was awarded a £1m contract to assist our client, Galliford Try, with upgrading Engine Shed Lane and Ings Lane in Skipton to a standard suitable for adoption by the Local Highway Authority.

This project will remedy the poor vehicular access to Engine Shed Lane, Ings Lane and The Sidings Business Park and address the issues of water management along Ings Beck, which flows through the existing industrial estate adjacent to Ings Lane.

To provide the necessary width to upgrade Ings Lane, it was necessary for a 150m stretch of Ings Beck to be culverted from near to the junction of Engine Shed Lane and Ings Lane extending downstream to immediately west of the PA Thorpe entrance.

Our works involved the installation of precast concrete culverts and associated access chambers in a live watercourse, adjacent to an existing highway. This project saw us working on active highways which service approximately 50 local businesses and remained open to traffic at all times.

Due to the complexity of the scheme, in particular the management of various stakeholders, Craven District Council chose YORCivils as their procurement route for the Engine Shed Lane scheme.