Birmingham's Ardent to support net zero target with three major National Grid projects
Birmingham-based surveying and management firm Ardent has been selected for three major projects with National Grid.
The company, which specialises in utilities and renewables, will support the delivery of over 100km of new cabling for Eastern Green Link 3 and Eastern Green Link 4 which will transport clean energy generated in Scotland into Lincolnshire and north Norfolk to power up to four million homes.
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It will also be operating on a scheme proposing a new 60km 400kV overhead line from Chesterfield to Willington to support the UK’s net zero target, while the third project is an uprating of existing infrastructure with new substations, again in the Midlands and South Yorkshire.
"We were, of course, delighted to be appointed to the framework last year as it was a real testament to the growth and stature of the business over recent years. said Nick Dexter, head of utilities at Ardent.
"And now we have the opportunity to deliver on three significant schemes with National Grid that will add further capacity to the network as part of the Great Grid Upgrade, which is absolutely crucial in creating more electricity capacity for the country.
"The projects will be delivered, largely, by our teams in Birmingham, Leeds and London but we will utilise resources from across all of our offices which, again, underlines how the strength and stature of the business means we can undertake such significant work that will have a lasting, positive effect on the nation’s transition to net zero."
Around 30 Ardent staff will be working on the schemes and services will include land referencing, land assembly, compensation and GIS and digital data capturing.
The projects are expected to be delivered over three to six years.
Ardent was appointed to National Grid’s UK Land and Property (UKLP) framework for land rights and land referencing last autumn to support the transition towards net zero.
