en.Wedoany.com Reported - UK-based Jackson Civil Engineering, headquartered in Suffolk, has been appointed as the construction contractor for the Havant Langstone Coastal Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Project in South Hampshire. The project is being implemented on behalf of Havant Borough Council. According to the procurement notice, the coastal flood defence project protects the greatest number of properties and critical infrastructure, including the A3023 road—the sole road access to Hayling Island—as well as several cultural heritage assets.

The coastal flood defence scheme comprises the construction of a 1km continuous defence line, consisting of raised earth embankments, flood embankments, reinforced concrete flood walls, sheet pile walls, flood glass, flood gates, and demountable flood defences. The project area includes 53 residential properties and 4 businesses. The award notice indicates that an additional 6 residential properties, currently not at risk but projected to be at risk by 2040 due to climate change, will also be better protected over the 50-year design life of the coastal flood defence scheme.

The contract is expected to commence on 1 May 2026, with completion no later than 1 December 2030, and has an estimated value of approximately £14 million, or £16.8 million including VAT. Four tenders were received for this coastal flood defence project. Jackson Civil Engineering, headquartered in Suffolk, UK, has been selected to undertake the construction works for the coastal flood defence scheme.

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