Neutral
Informational - no clear directional impact
Low Impact
Minor progress or informational
National Grid completed its HVDC civil works supply‑chain framework awards (total ~£12bn) and confirmed the first tender under the HVDC civils framework would shortly be launched for the shared southern works required for Eastern Green Link 3 (EGL3) and EGL4. The frameworks appointed multiple large civils contractors for converter civils and onshore cable civils, signalling the mobilisation of major engineering supply‑chain capacity that will support forthcoming tendering and delivery activities for EGL3’s onshore civils works.