BSP is helping to drive forward a number of major developments by designing road infrastructure.
Engineers from the company are involved in a variety of highway projects ranging from the removal of a major flyover and the construction of a replacement road junction through to designing roundabouts and roads for housing and commercial developments.
The contracts are part of on-going schemes or are being designed to support future planned projects.
Many are the result of the upturn in house building, which was reported earlier this year when government statistics showed that house building starts in England in the March quarter 2013 were 4 per cent higher than the previous quarter. Private enterprise housing starts (seasonally adjusted) were 7 per cent higher in the March quarter 2013 than the previous quarter.
“BSP’s engineers are currently involved in a number of traffic and road schemes, some of which are linked to large-scale private housing developments,” said BSP director Mark Rayers. “This is good news for
the industry and good news for the company.”
One of the largest road schemes that BSP is currently involved in is the construction of a new road junction onto Centenary Way, Rotherham, which is paving the way for the demolition of the Centenary Way
flyover. However, the majority of the road contracts are linked to housing developments, such as the Section 278 agreement roundabout south of Shepshed which has been designed by BSP and which will provide access to a proposed scheme for 75 homes.
BSP designed a Section 278 roundabout on the A52 Ashbourne Road, Mackworth, Derbyshire, as part of a development for around 530 homes, and is currently involved in a junction upgrade at the A52 junction with Radbourne Lane as part of the same housing development.
Other schemes include more than 1.3km of road alterations, upgrades and new routes as part of the Castleward regeneration scheme in Derby.
BSP also recently designed the new signal-controlled junction on the A453 Queen’s Drive, Nottingham, when the Portal Business Park was developed.
