Work is progressing well on Spark Walsall, previously known as Phoenix 10, to make it ready for the creation of industrial space to let and create more than 1,000 new jobs for the area. John F Hunt Regeneration has so far excavated and treated 1.3 million tonnes of...
NFDC London & Southern Counties Chairman Duncan Rudall FIDE TechIOSH MInstLM MIQ AIEMA officially welcomed us into the National Federation of Demolition Contractors fold during July's regional meeting. Here is Neil Swinburne and Steve Forster collecting their...
Completed on 24th and 25th May 2022 the exercise consisted of a multi-agency table-top discussion and on-site test based around the Wheal Jane mine water treatment plant, near Truro in Cornwall. “Ortu Aqua” centred around recreating a worst-case scenario – an extended...
HBD, part of the Henry Boot Group, has commenced with remediation works at Phoenix 10 carried out by John F Hunt Regeneration. Due for completion by autumn 2024, this scheme represents the exciting regeneration of Walsall’s former IMI / James Bridge Copper Works...
Here is Kate Kizalas proudly showing off her LLM in Environmental Law with International Law from the University of Kent Clever Kate got a Distinction! We are pleased to have supported Kate in completing her Masters, her knowledge in environmental law will be...
Thursday 20th January 2022 – a big day for our major project in the West Midlands. We were visited by Andy Street, Mayor of the West Midland, Justin Sheldon from HBD and key members of Local and Central Government who have made the scheme happen. While on site,...
Commencement of Regeneration Project in the MidlandsWork on a 44-acre derelict industrial site in Walsall has started. HBD, the developer, has appointed John F Hunt Regeneration to carry out site preparation works to build a large employment space next to the M6. Full...
In the North East, John F Hunt Regeneration will deliver a major project! We are pleased to confirm the details of our next major project, delivered by our local team in Birtley for South Tyneside Council. John F Hunt Regeneration will carry out civil engineering work...
A decade of success for John F Hunt Regeneration!In 2011 The John F Hunt Group created a business to help transform brownfield land and industrial legacy sites. It was called John F Hunt Remediation and our first project was Futura Park in Ipswich. Led by Ben...
Rugeley Virtual Tour - Nov 2021We have been working at Rugeley Power Station for 6 months to carry out remediation and ground engineering for EQUANS UK & Ireland This site will provide 2,300 low carbon homes, alongside an all-through school, parkland and 12 acres...
JOIN US AT GEOTEX BRISTOL Ground Engineering Seminar GUEST SPEAKER Dr Adam Fisher Director of Ground Engineering John F Hunt Regeneration Adam will be talking about the important role Bristol & Bath had in the history of geology and ground engineering. He'll also...
John F Hunt Regeneration are pleased to announce Adam Fisher as our Director of Ground Engineering. Adam has over 25 years’ experience in ground engineering and ground risk management, having started his career in 1994 working for and being mentored by Bristol...
This week the team have been finishing the demolition phase at the former Honey Monster production site in Southall for Galliard Homes. While it is always sad to see a face from our childhood disappear, good news comes from the rubble of this industrial legacy site....
John F Hunt Regeneration are pleased to announce that we have successfully completed the remediation works for the COMA HPC team at EDF Hinkley Point C. The final phase of our project has been completed ahead of schedule and the working platform has been handed over...
While many of us were putting the kettle on and eating our porridge, one of our demolition project managers took a very artistic photo this chilly morning at the former Honey Monster manufacturing site in Southall, West London. His team has had a busy start to the...
Highways England will undertake research to identify whether there is a link between road water runoff and the level of microplastic pollution found in water samples. Research published late last year identified that tyre particles are a significant source of...
Two Washington State universities have completed detailed research into the mass death of coho salmon. The causes have been unexplained until a previously unknown compound, 6PPD-quinone, was detected in river water samples taken in the spawning grounds of the...
The minewater treatment operation at Wheal Jane plays a crucial role in maintaining the water quality in the Carrick Roads, an important shell fishing location. Carrick Roads oysters are sought-after for their metallic taste due to their uptake of zinc and copper in...
This is the No 2 Shaft at our Wheal Jane mine site in Cornwall. Under the gantry is a 1,200ft deep mine shaft, although you’d see water 180ft below. This is the level at which the mine water has reached since the Wheal Jane operation closed in 1991. Some years later,...
A short video of Silverton Mill in Devon giving a recent update as to the site’s return to nature. Our work at the former DS Smith papermill included demolition, complex ground remediation, river redirection, riverbank restoration and rewilding. We are very proud to...
John F Hunt’s Water Tech team has been awarded a 5 year Operation and Maintenance Contract by the Coal Authority, on behalf of DEFRA and the Environment Agency, for the mine water treatment facility near Truro in Cornwall. Jonathan Goldsmith, Water Tech’s General...
John F Hunt Water Technologies, part of the John F Hunt Group, has recently completed the third leg of their Regional Tour, presenting in-house water training courses on behalf of Keepmoat Homes. The 4hr surface water management training course has been specifically...