blu-3 has exceeded expectations on Chelsea Barracks offering a finished product of the highest quality
Russell Hill, Construction Director, Mace Group Plc.
blu-3 offers first-class groundworks and civil engineering services supporting contractors and clients across the UK and Europe. As a highly experienced and trusted supplier, blu-3 builds strong relationships with valued clients, who are at the heart of the business.
Dedicated to key stakeholder management, the blu-3 team brings control, speed and quality to each project and is uniquely positioned with both civils and utilities capabilities under one roof.
As an outstanding provider of hard and soft landscaping, temporary works, earthworks, remediation and site enablement with exceptional workmanship, blu-3 is committed to health and safety excellence delivering projects on time, every time, for complete client satisfaction.
Our Civils team is highly knowledgeable, experienced and reliable. We are committed to excellence in delivery and work hard to go over and above in project delivery. I’m proud to lead the Civils team at blu-3.
Richard Hope, Chief Delivery Officer

Location | London, UK |
Client | Sir Robert
McAlpine |
Main Contractor | blu-3 UK Ltd. |
Value & Programme | £4,000,000 – in 44 weeks |
Project Challenges & Solutions:
- Long procurement lead times meant the work had to be completed quickly while maintaining high standardsÂ
- Maintaining access to Liverpool Street station while the project was ongoing
Scope:
- Initial design works to enable rest of project to startÂ
- Hard landscaping, drainage installation and the erection of vehicle protection barriers
Location | Bracknell, Berkshire |
Main Contractor | Mace |
Value | £10.5M |
Project Challenges & Solutions:
- >500,000 injury free man hoursÂ
- 17,000m² granite paving laidÂ
- 2km of ducting installedÂ
- >3,000 m3 concrete placedÂ
- >1km of slot drain installedÂ
- 2,000m² resin bound surfacingÂ
- Nearly 600 chambers installedÂ
Scope:
- Installation of foul and surface water drainage to tie into existing systemsÂ
- Temporary works design toÂ
- accommodate underground services adjacent to worksÂ
- Construction of 3 sets of steps including ‘amphitheatre steps’Â
- Installation of street lighting, benches, litter bins, cycle racks, bollards and plantersÂ
Location | SW1, London |
Client | Land Securities |
Main Contractor | blu-3 UK Ltd. |
Value | £15M |
blu-3 acted as principal contractor for the client at multiple phases of the project Delivering the works in exceptionally tight timeframes with uncompromising programmes
Scope:
- Design & BuildÂ
- Delivering site wide enablingÂ
- Multi utility disconnections & coordinationsÂ
- Site wide traffic management through Transport for London (TFL) & Westminster City Council (WCC)Â
- Civil engineering works in 3 phases to improve transport in LondonÂ
Delivering the works in exceptionally tight timeframes with uncompromising programmesÂ