General contractor since 1987
Commercial buildings, housing and infrastructure, delivered on programme.
Halden Construction builds for developers, property owners and public bodies. In the last ten years, 96% of our projects were handed over on or ahead of the agreed date.
- Years in business, privately owned throughout
- 39
- Projects delivered across three sectors
- 640+
- Handed over on or ahead of programme
- 96%
- Days without a lost-time injury
- 1,412
What we build
Three sectors, one directly employed team.
We work as main contractor or design-and-build partner on projects from 2,000 to 60,000 m².
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Commercial
Offices, retail and mixed-use schemes, from shell and core through to full fit-out.
Commercial projects → -
Housing
Apartment blocks, affordable housing and later-living schemes that are simple to own and maintain.
Housing projects → -
Infrastructure
Bridges, highways, flood defences and utilities for public bodies and private developers.
Infrastructure projects →
1987Founded in Kingsmere
About Halden
Independent since 1987, and still run from site.
Halden began as a four-person groundworks crew. Today we are a general contractor with three regional offices, and we are still privately owned. The directors who sign your contract are the same people who walk your site.
- 420people employed directly, so the team that prices your job is the team that builds it.
- 1project director, accountable to you from tender through to handover.
- Monthlyopen-book cost and programme reports. No surprises at final account.
Featured projects
Recent work, handed over and in use.
Commercial
Meridian Exchange
Kingsmere city centre
31,000 m² office headquarters. Handed over five weeks ahead of programme.
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Housing
Calder Wharf Residences
Port Aldwin
312 apartments in two towers, 35% affordable.
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Infrastructure
Eastmere Crossing
River Aldwin
640 m cable-stayed road bridge.
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Commercial
Larch Court
Westbrook
6,800 m² civic centre, built while the offices stayed open.
View project →How we work
Four stages, one point of contact.
You know what happens next, who is responsible and what it costs at every stage.
Brief
We meet on site, review your drawings and budget, and tell you plainly what is buildable and what it is likely to cost.
Weeks 1 to 2
Pre-construction
Design coordination, surveys and procurement. You receive a fixed programme and a priced risk register before you sign.
4 to 12 weeks
Build
One project director, a directly employed site team, and a progress report with photographs every Friday.
On site
Handover
Snags closed before completion, full operating manuals, and a named contact through the 24-month defects period.
Completion + 24 months
Safety and people
Safety is planned before the first delivery arrives.
Every Halden site starts with a logistics and lifting plan signed off by our safety director, and every shift starts with a briefing. We train our own supervisors and take on apprentices each year, because people who know how we work build better.
- 1,412 dayswithout a lost-time injury across all sites
- 100%of supervisors hold a site safety qualification
- 38apprentices in training this year
- Quarterlyaudits by an independent safety assessor
“In week three Halden told us the piling design would cost a month, and brought a fix the same day. We opened five weeks early.”
- Project
- Meridian Exchange
- Floor area
- 31,000 m²
- Handover
- 5 weeks early
- Reportable incidents
- 0
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