McAlpine breaks ground at £1.25bn Port Talbot green steel job
Construction Enquirer
JULY 13, 2025
Sir Robert McAlpine officially breaks ground today on the construction of an electric arc furnace at the Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales. The huge decarbonisation project will preserve 5,000 steelmaking jobs on site and cut emissions by 90% – equivalent to 1.5% of the UK’s total direct CO2 output. Under the construction management contract Sir Robert McAlpine’s project team will total around 60 staff on site with over 400 contractors working for specialist firms on the overall projec
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