Construction
The Teesside Development Corporation proposed a barrage across the Tees in an act of Parliament and then organised a design competition for the barrage that was won by Ove Arup and the Napper Partnership. The barrage was constructed by Tarmac Construction. Construction work was started on November 4, 1991 and with WJ Groundwater Limited diverting the Tees from its course and dewatering the ground. It was at the time the largest civil engineering project in the UK.
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