Costain has been selected by National Grid to manage the £100 million 5 km gas pipeline replacement project across the Humber Estuary.

Works will span across multiple disciplines including health, safety, project management, project controls and planning, commercial management, engineering, risk management and other specialist tunnelling disciplines.


Planning consent for the replacement pipeline is due in September 2016.

Nigel Curry, Costain Power Sector Director, said: "Costain is delighted to have secured the contract to Programme Manage the delivery of this strategically important and complex project for National Grid. The award of this contract demonstrates Costain's ability to meet its customers’ needs through our broadened Consultancy and Advisory project service offering.

"Our team is very much looking forward to working with National Grid on this exciting project which is scheduled to begin this month."

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