Active Projects

Our active projects page provides a snapshot of the significant projects across our civil engineering and utility services businesses.

Civils

Top down artist's impression of a town square

Ashton LRF Public Realm Scheme

Highways, Public Realm & Infrastructure

Ashton LRF Public Realm Scheme

Highways, Public Realm & Infrastructure

Ashton-in-Makerfield

2026

Delivering a major programme of improvement works to enhance Ashton’s historic market site, create a new public square and enhance public realm on Gerard Street and Garswood Street.

Artist's impression of a motorway service station

Warrington Extra MSA – M62 J11 Works (Phase 1)

Highways, Public Realm & Infrastructure

Warrington Extra MSA – M62 J11 Works (Phase 1)

Highways, Public Realm & Infrastructure

Warrington

2.8m

2026-2027

Construction of S278 Works to provide access from National Road Network to new MSA.

Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)

Structures

Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)

Structures

Nationwide

5m per annum

Ongoing

Assisting nationwide delivery of BESS projects, providing grid stability to enable the long-term transition towards renewable energy. Bethell undertake required civils works such as earthworks, foundations, drainage and ducting to facilitate installation of battery units on-site.

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Leigh Town Centre Regeneration

Highways, Public Realm & Infrastructure

Leigh Town Centre Regeneration

Highways, Public Realm & Infrastructure

Leigh

2.9m

2025-2026

To create a more vibrant and attractive Civic Square and improve connectivity between Bradshawgate and Civic Square with new crossing points, improved paving, and surfacing.

A crane lifts a newly constructed bridge into place

Close up of a bridge being lifted into place by a large crane

Close up of a crane lifting a bridge into place

Milltown Street Bridge

Structures, Transport

Milltown Street Bridge

Structures, Transport

Bury

2025-2026

Construction of a new 50m single span bridge, including associated footpaths, ramps and soft landscaping.

The Big Lamp Project

Hard Landscaping, Public Realm, Highways

The Big Lamp Project

Hard Landscaping, Public Realm, Highways

Haslingden

1.5m

2025

Delivering public realm improvements to the northern section of Deardengate, widening footpaths, improving lighting, soft landscaping and street furniture.

Drone footage of a rail infrastructure upgrade project

A62 Leeds Road JUT Re-alignment

Transport, Structures

A62 Leeds Road JUT Re-alignment

Transport, Structures

North West & Yorkshire Region

3.7m

2025 – Ongoing

Part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade, a major, multi-million-pound programme of railway improvements to improve connectivity across the North.

Crane lowering a red tunnel boring machine into a shaft

Clifton Shafts and Tunnels

Wastewater

Clifton Shafts and Tunnels

Wastewater

Manchester

13m

2025-2026

To construct 2 nr. shafts and drive 567m of 1800mm-diameter tunnel using pipejacking techniques, including associated temporary works.

Drone footage of a wastewater improvement scheme, with a large shaft

Burneside

Wastewater

Burneside

Wastewater

Cumbria

2025-2027

Upgrading the sewer network by upsizing 820m of sewer pipes along Burneside Road, Junction Cottages and Steels Row and constructing a 9m-diameter shaft to provide storage capacity to help reduce the occurrence of localised sewer flooding within the village.

Residential street with a section closed off for sewer repair works

Lot 6 and Lot 9 Frameworks

Wastewater

Lot 6 and Lot 9 Frameworks

Wastewater

North West

20m per annum.

2020-2025

Wastewater Network Maintenance and Capital Works Schemes – These works can include major sewer collapses, network upgrades, diversions and improvements required for major developments. Recent projects under the framework have included the construction of large detention tanks, to improve storage capacity.

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Photo of Bethell operatives carrying out highway repairs

Drone footage of a highway junction with integrated cycle lanes

Drone footage of a highway with cycle lanes

Local Authority Framework Contracts

Highways, Structures, Public Realm & Infrastructure

Local Authority Framework Contracts

Highways, Structures, Public Realm & Infrastructure

North West and Yorkshire Region

10m per annum.

Ongoing

Works include responsive and planned maintenance, structural repairs, highway improvement schemes, cycle lane schemes, CYCLOPS (Cycle Optimised Protected Signals) junction schemes, and surfacing replacement programmes, making our highways safer for road users, pedestrians, and cyclists.

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Close up of a turning lane within a four way junction

A pedestrian crossing showing a red stop light and a cyclist lane

Close up of road bollards along the highway

Highway Construction & Maintenance Frameworks

Highways

Highway Construction & Maintenance Frameworks

Highways

Manchester

1m per annum.

Ongoing

Capital highway construction and maintenance works across the Manchester region.

Utilities

Operative in yellow PPE carrying out a gas pressure test in a barriered area

Barratt Redrow Multi-Utility Framework

Multi-Utility

Barratt Redrow Multi-Utility Framework

Multi-Utility

North West

Ongoing

Multi-utility connections to Redrow Homes and David Wilson Homes residential developments across the North West.

Bethell operatives laying utility cables in a trench

Taylor Wimpey

Multi-Utility

Taylor Wimpey

Multi-Utility

Manchester

5.1m

Ongoing

Multi-utility connections to five Taylor Wimpey residential developments across the Manchester region.

Close up of van parked in a housing development under construction

Bellway Homes

Multi-Utility

Bellway Homes

Multi-Utility

Manchester

1.6m

Ongoing

Multi-utility connections to three Bellway Homes residential developments across the Manchester region.

Operative in yellow PPE inspecting a substation

Morris Homes

Multi-Utility

Morris Homes

Multi-Utility

North West

2.6m

Ongoing

Multi-utility connections to two Morris Homes residential developments across the North West.

Bethell van charging at a fuel station forecourt

Electric Vehicle Charging Hubs

Green Energy

Electric Vehicle Charging Hubs

Green Energy

Nationwide

100k per project.

Ongoing

Enabling the installation of ultra-rapid EV (electric vehicle) charging stations for one of the UK’s largest independent forecourt operators.

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Bethell van parked at an EV charging hub

Close up of EV charger in a public car park

Electric Vehicle Charging Hubs

Green Energy

Electric Vehicle Charging Hubs

Green Energy

Nationwide

Ongoing

Installing EV (electric vehicle) charging stations nation-wide for one of the UK’s fastest growing ultra-rapid charging hub providers.

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Integrated Infrastructure

Vacuum excavator working in the highway to excavate a trench

Electric van parked at an EV charger located on an airfield with a plane in the background

Two Bethell vans parked on an airfield with a large plane in the background

Civil Engineering Framework

Integrated Infrastructure

Civil Engineering Framework

Integrated Infrastructure

Manchester & East Midlands Airport

10m per annum.

2017-2025

Projects varying from business-as-usual maintenance works to £3m capital works packages being delivered as part of the Airports £1bn Transformation programme.

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