VolkerStevin were assigned as the principal contractor on the Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) Base Porting Infrastructure Project at Portsmouth Harbour. They appointed LST to work with them on the building structure, alongside their mechanical electrical contractors which involved design, supply and installation of the Primary Intake Substation Building Superstructure – which included steel frame works, noise attenuating insulation, roller shutters and, crucially, the external compound security fencing and gates.

There was no room for manoeuvre with this project – due to the delivery times of the aircraft carriers, the substation had to be completed in time to receive them, despite some of the extreme and severe weather conditions you can expect being in The Solent, in winter.