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    Knights Brown Norwich office: T&D civils hub and grid upgrades lens for engineers

    February 19, 2026|

    Reviewed by Joe Ashwell

    Knights Brown Norwich office: T&D civils hub and grid upgrades lens for engineers

    First reported on The Construction Index

    30 Second Briefing

    Regional contractor Knights Brown has opened a Norwich office to act as a transmission and distribution hub supporting projects such as Ørsted’s Iceni battery energy storage system near the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm. The base will serve a T&D civils team of more than 150 staff and freelancers delivering substation and turbine foundations, grid reinforcements and enabling works across East Anglia. With annual turnover of about £100m and existing offices in Ringwood, South Wales, Kent and Scotland, the move targets one of the UK’s busiest regions for grid upgrades and renewable connections.

    Technical Brief

    • Norwich base is configured as a dedicated hub for transmission and distribution civils delivery.
    • T&D team strength exceeds 150 personnel, combining directly employed staff and freelance specialists.
    • Hub supports specialist civils for substations, turbine foundations, grid reinforcement and enabling infrastructure packages.
    • Office underpins delivery of the Iceni battery energy storage system for Ørsted near Norwich.
    • Knights Brown’s annual turnover is around £100m across energy, water, coastal, ports and building sectors.
    • Existing operational footprint spans Ringwood HQ plus regional offices in South Wales, Kent and Scotland.
    • Demand growth is specifically in T&D civils as new generation assets connect to the modernised UK grid.

    Our Take

    Knights Brown’s approximate £100m annual turnover and a 150-strong transmission and distribution team position it as a mid-tier UK contractor, which typically makes it competitive for balance-of-plant and civils packages on schemes like Hornsea 3 rather than full-EPC roles.

    Locating an office in Norwich gives Knights Brown a base in East Anglia, where our infrastructure coverage shows a dense pipeline of grid reinforcement and offshore wind-enabling works, so this move likely targets repeat work around Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 and other east of England energy projects.

    With no commodities exposure in this piece and its classification among 738 Infrastructure stories and 1995 tag-matched ‘Projects/Contract Award’ items, Knights Brown’s Norwich expansion underlines how grid and storage civils are becoming a distinct workload stream alongside traditional highways and water frameworks in the UK regions.

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