Neutral
Informational - no clear directional impact
Low Impact
Minor progress or informational
National Grid awarded positions under its HVDC converter and onshore cable civils supply-chain frameworks to multiple major civils contractors (including Balfour Beatty, BAM Nuttall, Galliford Try, Laing O’Rourke, Skanska, Taylor Woodrow, Murphy and VolkerFitzpatrick). The framework covers confirmed and anticipated HVDC projects, explicitly referencing Sea Link among projects that may draw on these framework suppliers for converter-station civils and onshore cable civils work.