Urgent works on Suffolk beach
A Jackson team is carrying out urgent works to install temporary sea defences for a property on the Suffolk coast. Approximately 250 rock bags are being placed along a 50-metre stretch of beach in Thorpeness near Sizewell, a village where a number of beachside properties are under threat due to coastal erosion. A private homeowner […]
Opening up the world of work
Jackson hosted a visit from a group of young people to its head office in Ipswich this week. They took part in some engineering activities, and heard about the projects Jackson is involved in and the kind of jobs we offer. They even had time to sit in Ray, our resident excavator that welcomes visitors […]
Fowlea Brook scheme brings benefits
A ceremony to mark the operational completion of the Fowlea Brook Flood Risk Management Scheme took place last Friday. Jackson is lead contractor on the £12.6m scheme in the centre of Stoke-on-Trent, working on behalf of the Environment Agency. The Fowlea Brook runs through the heart of the Staffordshire city and quickly fills up during […]
M4 elevated concrete pier repairs comes to an end for the year
Remediation work on piers under the elevated section of the M4 in west London is coming to an end for the year. A Jackson Highways team is overseeing the ongoing project on this structure – also known as the Chiswick flyover – replacing steel reinforcement where they are badly corroded and reapplying concrete where it […]
Footbridge lift goes smoothly
A Jackson Highways team, working on behalf of National Highways, installed a new footbridge over the A21 in Kent earlier this month. The lifting in of a replacement bridge – known locally as Old Cock Footbridge – took place with a weekend full road closure in both directions near Tonbridge. A 110t crane was used […]
Double win at CECA Midlands Awards
Jackson Civil Engineering and its partner the Environment Agency picked up two awards at the recent CECA Midlands Region Annual Awards, held at the MacDonald Burlington Hotel in Birmingham. The Hibaldstow Bridge Refurbishment project, which involved the restoration of a Grade II listed bridge in Brigg, Lincolnshire, won the Environmental Excellence category, with judges praising: […]
New industrial placements and graduates
Jackson’s new intake of industrial placements and graduates visited head office this week for their inductions. The industrial placements will spend a year working in their respective regions before returning to university to complete their courses. The graduates are all returnees, having spent time as industrial placements with Jackson the year before last. Most of […]
Hats off to Woodborough team
The Jackson team working at Woodborough has been putting smiles on people’s faces with a floral display outside their work compound. The team is in the Nottinghamshire village delivering a design and build low-risk debris screen project on behalf of the Environment Agency. They have converted old hard hats into hanging baskets overflowing with colourful […]
Stop logs demo means end is in sight at Perry Barr
A Jackson team has put on a stop-log installation demonstration as one of its last tasks at the Perry Barr and Witton flood risk management scheme. The scheme’s flow control structure on the River Tame consists of four culverts. The stop logs are used to isolate/dam one of the culverts at a time to enable […]
Over 1m viewers watch Dover team documentary
Over 1m viewers have watched a documentary featuring the Jackson team working at the Port of Dover. Episode 6 of ‘Dover 24/7: Britain’s Busiest Port,’ broadcast earlier this week on Channel 4, showing the team contribution’s to ensuring the infrastructure is in place for the EU’s new Entry/Exit System (EES). The EES system aims to […]