Danaher & Walsh Civil Engineering 2025 Spotlight

Our clients use us time and again because they know that we are specialists in what we do. By focusing on highways, bridgeworks, public realm and infrastructure work for over 50 years, we have become experts in our field. We are the people you can trust for information and advice for this type of civil engineering work.

Operating throughout the Midlands and the East of England we provide public sector clients, main contractors, developers and consultants with civil engineering solutions driven by our people whose experience and depth of knowledge on highways work, bridgeworks, public realm and infrastructure is second to none.

Working in close collaboration with our clients, who involve us early in projects to help mitigate any surprises and minimise costs, we have completed some incredible, award-winning projects, of which we are very proud.

We take huge pride in the quality of our work, our health & safety record, our robust communication processes, and the value for money we provide. This is all made possible by the incredible Danaher & Walsh people who are, of course, the backbone of the organisation, whose culture is still firmly based in the family business from which it has grown.

Danaher & Walsh is a company with a social conscience. We are actively committing more and more time and resources to our projects & endeavours which add value to the people and communities where we work.

In our recent customer survey, we received a Net Promoter Score of 100, which means that 100% of our customers would recommend us to others.

If you want to work with a civil engineering contractor who cares, then please get in touch with us if you have a project that is Highways, Bridgework, Public Realm or Infrastructure.

The Watkin Road Bridge project included the installation of a new bridge and the demolition and removal of an existing bridge which was then replaced with a new one.

The project involved a comprehensive scope of activities for the enhancement and reconstruction of the public highway, including temporary traffic management, general site clearance, excavation of existing surface areas, drainage works, paving and kerbing works, installation of new street furniture, and removal of redundant furniture.

We constructed two bridges, starting with the first while keeping the old one in use. Once the first bridge was complete, we diverted traffic onto it, demolished the old bridge, and then built the second bridge.

The project also encompassed alterations to traffic signals, street lighting, road signs, and road markings, accompanied by general resurfacing works to the highway surrounding the bridge.

We managed and coordinated the utility diversions for water, gas, electricity, BT, and sewer mains to facilitate the construction of two bridges. Preventative ground probing was carried out for the second bridge to ensure no obstructions hindered its foundations. Working within a constrained site near a wide river, with no access beneath the newly built structures, required a bespoke temporary works solution to support prefabricated parapet beams near another existing bridge. Regular meetings with the highways authority and stakeholders were crucial in coordinating the project, including planning major cranage for the night-time installation of parapet beams. Phased work was carefully organised to minimise traffic disruption, while pedestrian access remained unrestricted, which was vital due to the nearby Leicester City Football Stadium. The project achieved the highest Considerate Constructors Scheme (CCS) score and received the Leading Lights National Award for its outstanding diversity contribution. We also achieved in excess of 25% Social Local Economic Value, more than doubling our SLEV target.

The Watkin Road Bridge project was also highly commended by the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT) for the Engineering Challenge Award. This CIHT award recognised our “technical excellence, innovative solutions, and transformative activities in solving a particularly challenging engineering problem: keeping our transport system safe, resilient, more efficient, and sustainable through excellent practice, highly innovative technical solutions, and commitment to the profession.”