Following the successful delivery of a bespoke earthworks, drainage, S278 and S38 package for Harworth Group, Howard Civil Engineering is pleased to announce that we have been awarded another scheme of works at the mammoth Gateway 36 site in Barnsley.

Gateway 36 is a new, high quality mixed-use development residing on the former site of Rockingham Colliery, just off Junction 36 of the M1. Totalling 127 acres, the new development will boast 198,000² ft of commercial space and 65,323² ft of unit space, with over 2,000 jobs estimated to be created.

Having previously assisted towards the delivery of the second and third phases with the construction of offsite highway works, onsite roads and infrastructure, and the provision of major cut and fill earthworks, drainage, new utilities, and existing utility diversions, Howard Civil Engineering has now been awarded a £2.8m earthworks package to facilitate the construction of the remaining plots.

In addition to excavating and relocating material in excess of 500,000m³, this phase of works will also see us remove, process, and reuse approximately 40,000m³ of rock.

“Gateway 36 was our first ever project award from Harworth Group, and we are delighted to have secured a second scope of works on this site,” said pre-construction director Pete Howard. “Since we started work on this site in August 2020, we have also been chosen to work with Harworth Group on their Olive Lane site in Waverley and I am thrilled that our work on these sites has been to such a high standard that we are Harworth’s contractor of choice or this next phase of works.”