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Bridge repair contracts

UK public sector · 167 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
167
Last 12 months
Median contract
£91k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£303m
154 of 163 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
69
Suppliers
94

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most bridge repair contracts took 23% of them (38 of 167).
  • Contracts awarded per quarter rose 51% from the first half of the period to the second.
  • The median contract, £91k, is 35% below the median across construction & trades contracts (£139k).

Who buys bridge repair

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Highways England39 contracts
  2. 2Leeds City Council - PACS7 contracts
  3. 3Devon County Council7 contracts
  4. 4North Yorkshire Council7 contracts
  5. 5Westmorland and Furness Council7 contracts
  6. 6North Somerset Council6 contracts
  7. 7Cumberland Council6 contracts
  8. 8Leicester City Council5 contracts
  9. 9Nottingham City Council5 contracts
  10. 10Humber Bridge Board4 contracts

Top bridge repair contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Danaher & Walsh11 contracts
  2. 2Metcalfe Plant Hire8 contracts
  3. 3Balfour Beatty7 contracts
  4. 4Coating Services Ltd7 contracts
  5. 5FM Conway Limited5 contracts
  6. 6AmcoGiffen5 contracts
  7. 7Dyer & Butler5 contracts
  8. 8Jackson Civil Engineering4 contracts
  9. 9Amalgamated Construction Ltd4 contracts
  10. 10Hinko Construction Ltd4 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

33Q4 2025*37Q1 202640Q2 202656Q3 20261Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 149 · Wales 15 · Scotland 3

Yorkshire and The Humber25North West20South West16Wales14South East10North East8East Midlands8East of England5London4West Midlands2UK-wide or not stated55

What is included

Construction, repair, strengthening, refurbishment and maintenance of bridges, underbridges, road culverts and other highway and disused railway structures, including joints, waterproofing, parapets and structural steel.

  • Bridge repairs and refurbishment
  • Expansion joint replacement
  • Structures waterproofing and expansion joint term work
  • Parapet brickwork and structural steel repainting
  • Structural steelwork for highway bridges
  • Masonry repointing and defect repairs to disused railway structures
  • Road culvert construction and repair
  • Bridge and structure maintenance lots
  • Tunnel inspection, maintenance and repair

What is not included

  • Bridge inspections (another industry: consulting-accountancy)
  • Retaining walls (con.civils.retaining-walls-slopes)
  • Culverts on watercourses (con.civils.watercourse-works)
  • Concrete repair of car parks and building frames (con.civils.concrete-repair)
  • Protective coating contracts with no structural repair (con.fabric.protective-coatings)

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