{"id":31137,"date":"2025-06-30T19:38:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T02:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/first-steel-goes-up-on-giant-car-battery-site\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T19:38:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T02:38:06","slug":"first-steel-goes-up-on-giant-car-battery-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/first-steel-goes-up-on-giant-car-battery-site\/","title":{"rendered":"First steel goes up on giant car battery site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-499224\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Severfield is working on the steel package for main contractor Sir Robert McAlpine on the site which has faced construction delays as plans were revised.<\/p>\n<p>Earl Wiggins, VP Manufacturing Operations at Agratas said: \u201cThe construction of the steel frames is a proud moment for everyone involved in this project. It is the start of a new chapter where our vision for a world-leading facility starts to visibly take shape.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe remain committed to working closely with the Somerset community throughout the build. This is a facility that will play a huge role in the EV supply chain in the UK, and growth and innovation right here in Somerset will be at its heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Agratas Somerset facility will supply almost half of the batteries needed by the UK\u2019s automotive industry by the early 2030s.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-info\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n<div class=\"author-avatar\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/userphoto\/3.jpg\" alt=\"Grant Prior\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"photo\">\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .author-info -->\t\t\t<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2025\/06\/30\/first-steel-goes-up-on-giant-car-battery-site\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Severfield is working on the steel package for main contractor Sir Robert McAlpine on the site which has faced &#8230; <a title=\"First steel goes up on giant car battery site\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/first-steel-goes-up-on-giant-car-battery-site\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about First steel goes up on giant car battery site\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1089],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-enquirer","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31137\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}