Breheny Group Ltd · Company 04347292 · Trading heritage since 1963
Active, accounts up to date·main contractor & developer·Head office Ipswich
Breheny is a family-owned civil engineering company established in March 1963 by Jack Breheny. Initially focused on local housing schemes and drainage projects, the company has grown significantly and now operates from multiple offices across England, serving approximately two-thirds of the country. Breheny is recognized for its expertise in highways, bridges, river and marine works, utilities, energy, rail, and environmental sectors.
The company prides itself on its directly employed workforce and owned plant and fleet, which ensure operational resilience and high standards. Breheny emphasizes strong values, including valuing people, respecting the community and environment, maintaining openness and honesty, and taking pride in their work. They reinvest profits to maintain a modern plant fleet and continuously improve performance, fostering long-term relationships with clients through quality workmanship and excellent service.
Breheny delivers over 300 projects annually, ranging from small works and highways improvements to earthworks, rivers and coastal projects, drainage schemes, primary infrastructure, and new bypasses. They work for both public and private sectors on projects and frameworks, employing over 300 staff and offering Level 2 site-based CITB Apprenticeships.
Yoxford and Friday Street Roundabouts
Completion of two major projects for Sizewell C at the Yoxford and Friday Street Roundabouts, representing a significant improvement to the previous road layouts, providing safer, more efficient junctions that will support the ongoing construction of Sizewell C while benefiting local communities and road users for many years to come.
Client · Sizewell C
River Lark in Bury St Edmunds
Works are now complete on Rushbrooke Bridge, spanning the River Lark in Bury St Edmunds. This single-span, skewed integral bridge forms a key section of the main spine road, connecting the St Edmundsbury Gate and Abbots Vale developments.
Client · Denbury Homes and Hopkins Homes
A12
Successfully delivered and opened the Friday Street and Yoxford roundabouts on the A12, on behalf of Sizewell C. Working across day and night shifts, our teams have ensured both projects were completed safely and efficiently.
Client · Sizewell C
Lincolnshire
Successful completion of the Lutton Leam outfall works. The project included installing new penstocks, flap valves, and additional rows of sheet piles to extend the structure's service life.
Client · South Holland IDB
Peterborough
Successful delivery of a £1.3m infrastructure project in partnership with Extra Services at their Peterborough Services site. Constructed 72 new HGV parking bays, enhancing capacity and improving safety and accessibility for freight drivers travelling along the A1(M) corridor.
Client · Extra Services
Hundred Foot Drain
Working with the Environment Agency on the Hundred Foot Drain, as part of the AOMR Framework. There is an ongoing requirement to exclude badgers from the South Level Barrier Bank (SLBB) to ensure the integrity of the flood defence embankment is not reduced by burrowing animals.
Client · Environment Agency
Huntingdon
Construction of the new Section 278 junction at the A141 in Huntingdon. This project includes 2.2 km of new carriageway and a dedicated cycleway, creating a vital new connection between Huntingdon and the growing Alconbury Weald community.
Coventry
Completion of a 1.5km segregated cycleway and footway through Coundon Park, funded by Active Travel England and managed by Coventry City Council. The route links Waste Lane, Tamworth Road and Coundon Wedge Drive, making it safer and easier to walk, wheel and cycle across the park.
Client · Coventry City Council
Newark
Updates and progress photos from Breheny Civil Engineering's Newark Southern Link Road and A46 Roundabout project. The FAB (Flood Alleviation Bridge) is fully complete except for the final surface course and road markings.
Successful completion of works at the Blackfriars Battle site. The final section of the spine road is now in place, following the installation of a reinforced embankment and a pond constructed above a StormTank™ attenuation tank.
Mildenhall, Suffolk
Successful delivery of a fish pass installation on the River Lark. Designed by Fishtek for the Environment Agency, the pass is built within the existing river channel using rip rap rock and strategically placed boulders, allowing vital upstream fish migration past two historic control structures.
Client · Environment Agency
Chelmsford
Project update from Beaulieu Park, Chelmsford. Snapshot of ongoing works delivering at Countryside's Beaulieu Park development. Photos feature the segregated pedestrian and cycleway footpath that will eventually link New Hall School to the new Chelmsford railway station.
Client · Countryside
South Holland IDB, Water Management Alliance, Environment Agency, Extra Services, Coventry City Council, Countryside, Denbury Homes, Hopkins Homes, Sizewell C.
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Breheny Civil Engineering - Building Britain's Infrastructure Since 1963. Highway Construction, Water Civils, River & Coastal & Public Realm. Their listed services include Civil engineering, Groundworks, Drainage, Road surfacing and Marine & water engineering.
Breheny Group Ltd is registered at Flordon Road, Creeting St. Mary, Ipswich, IP6 8NH, in East of England.
Breheny Group Ltd states that it works across Suffolk, Yorkshire, Cambridgeshire, Kent, Hampshire and Eastern Half Of England.
Accounts filed for the year to 2025 report 360 employees, which places the company in the 250+ employees band.
Companies House lists Breheny Group Ltd as active, with accounts most recently made up to 2025-03-31.
Breheny Group Ltd works in Infrastructure, Public, Residential and Commercial.
Breheny Group Ltd was incorporated on 2002-01-04, though the company says it has traded since 1963.
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