Five firms win £1.2bn of overhead power line work

National Grid has launched the next phase of its Electricity Transmission Partnership (ETP), appointing five delivery partners to carry out major overhead line upgrades across England and Wales.
An initial £1.2bn of reconductoring projects covering over 1,000km of routes have been allocated to Balfour Beatty, M Group, Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, Murphy and OTW, through a partnership model which transforms how National Grid works with its supply chain.
Reconductoring involves upgrading e