Commercial
Offices, headquarters, retail and logistics buildings, from shell and core through to full fit-out.
148 projects completed →General contractor since 1987
Buildings, homes and infrastructure, built to the date we agree.
Halden builds for developers, property owners and public bodies. We price openly, run our own site teams, and have handed over 94% of our projects on or before the agreed date.
- ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 certified
- Fixed-price and two-stage tenders
- Four regional offices, one named site manager per project
412 projects handed over since 1987
What we build
Three sectors, one way of working
Each sector has its own contracts director and site teams who build that type of project and nothing else.
Housing
Apartment blocks, mixed-tenure schemes and student housing, including refurbishment of occupied buildings.
9,300 homes delivered →
Infrastructure
Bridges, road and rail structures, water and utilities works for public bodies and network owners.
61 structures built →Projects
Recent work, photographed on site
Six of 412. Ask us for references in your sector and we will put you in touch with the client.
Ask for references- projects handed over since 1987
- 412
- handed over on or before the agreed date
- 94%
- people employed directly, not through agencies
- 640
- working hours since our last lost-time injury
- 2.1m
About us
A contractor that still runs its own sites
Halden started in 1987 as a concrete frame contractor with eleven people. Today 640 of us work from four regional offices, and we still employ our own site managers, engineers and core trades instead of subcontracting everything out.
For you that means one team from tender to handover, a site manager who has built your type of project before, and a contracts director who answers the phone.
- 14 yrs average time our site managers have been with Halden
- 62% of last year's work came from repeat clients
- 100% family-owned, with audited accounts published every year
How we work
Four stages, and what you receive at each
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Brief
Weeks 1 to 2We meet on site, review your drawings and budget, and say plainly whether we are the right contractor. You get a written scope summary within five working days.
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Pre-construction
4 to 12 weeksCost plan, programme, buildability review and supply-chain pricing. You get a fixed price or an open-book target cost with every allowance listed.
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Build
Per agreed programmeYour named site manager runs the job day to day. You get a fortnightly report with photos, cost position and a three-week look-ahead.
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Handover
Plus 12 months of aftercareSnags are closed before handover, not after. You get as-built drawings, manuals and a defects visit already in the diary.
Sustainability and safety
Lower-carbon buildings, safer sites
We report carbon and safety figures to clients in the same fortnightly report as cost and programme, so you see them while there is still time to act.
- Embodied carbon calculated at tender stage on every project over 2,000 m²
- Timber and hybrid frames offered as a priced alternative to concrete and steel
- 97% of construction waste diverted from landfill in 2025
- Every shift starts with a safety briefing, and anyone on site can stop the work
“In month two Halden told us the piling would take longer than the tender allowed, and showed us how they would recover it. We opened Meridian House eleven days early.”
Request a quote
Tell us what you are planning to build
An estimator from the right sector team will call you back within two working days. Early-stage enquiries are welcome; you do not need finished drawings.
- Phone
- +44 20 7946 0155
- tenders@haldenconstruction.example
- Head office
- 14 Foundry Lane, Carrow Dock
- Hours
- Monday to Friday, 7:30 to 17:00
