£200 million tram system for Nottingham

SkyBlue provided around 300 people to work on the Nottingham Express Transit: 9 miles of high speed tram line from Nottingham city centre to Hucknall. Working closely with our customer, Carillion, and co-contractors, suppliers and architects, we had the flexibility and man management skills to respond to late changes, keeping the construction programme on track. Skilled and safety conscious, with a wide range of skills and experience of large scale projects, SkyBlue people made an essential contribution to the safe and timely completion of this major infrastructure scheme. 

we delivered:

• 250 - 300 people for 2 years
• Zero accidents
• Seamless changes in traffic control
• Effective teamworking
• Contingency plans for weather or other delays
• Close partnership with customer and project team
• Skilled people, who
  • Implemented the enabling works
  • Laid the tram tracks
  • Removed and re-built kerbs, roads and drainage systems
  • Built a new tram terminal adjacent to the train station
  • Constructed a purpose-built tram maintenance depot