Civil Engineering; New Site Start
13th August 2026
GRS returns to the Griffin regeneration as Witton Chase infrastructure works begin

GRS Contractors is on site at Witton Chase in Blackburn, delivering the roads, sewers and groundworks package for the second phase of the Griffin regeneration, working in partnership with McDermott Homes.

It’s the infrastructure package everything else on the site will be built on top of: the roads, the drainage, the buried work that goes in first and gets noticed last.
GRS has worked with McDermott Homes for years. This isn’t a first meeting or a tender win off the back of a pitch deck - it’s a relationship that’s been tested across multiple phases and multiple sites.
Tom Keane, Owner and Managing Director at GRS, said: “We’ve worked with McDermott Homes for years, and that trust doesn’t happen by accident. Roads and sewers are the bit nobody sees but everything else depends on. We’re on site now and it’s moving.”
That’s the value of a relationship built over time - McDermott know exactly what they’re getting when GRS turns up.
Client: McDermott Homes
Location: Blackburn, Lancashire
Scope: Roads, sewers, groundworks - Phase 2, Griffin regeneration


