Skanska's joint venture (JV) with PORR and A.Hak has been selected to deliver a £100 million pipe replacement project by National Grid.

Worth nearly £40m to Skanska, the deal involves designing and building a replacement high-pressure gas pipeline within a tunnel, underneath the River Humber from Paull to Goxhill.

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

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Over the three-year scheme, the JV will develop a 5km tunnel inserting a single string of 42" steel pipe and connect to the above-ground installations (AGIs) at Paull and Goxhill.

On behalf of the JV, Colin Nicol, Operations Director, Skanska said: "We are delighted to be awarded this contract.

"The joint venture was formed to bring together international expertise to deliver, in an innovative, sustainable and collaborative way, a tunnel that will protect the pipeline for the long term, helping National Grid to provide a vital service to millions of people."

(LM/CD)