# Had Fab secures £100m SSEN Transmission contract for steel towers

SSEN Transmission awarded a £100 million contract to Had Fab to fabricate nearly 500 steel towers for the Spittal–Loch Buidhe–Beauly 400kV overhead line project. Had Fab will fabricate 28,000 tonnes of tower steelwork over three years.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2025-08-28
- Where: Tranent, East Lothian, United Kingdom
- Value: $132.0M (100.0M GBP)
- Jobs: 250
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 28,000 tonnes of tower steelwork
- Products: steel towers for 400kV overhead electricity transmission
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [Had Fab](https://endata.com/companies/86914.md)
- [Murphy](https://endata.com/companies/8822.md) (partner)
- [SSEN Transmission](https://endata.com/companies/48650.md) (customer)
- [Had Fab](https://endata.com/companies/86914.md) (supplier)
- [Wood Transmission and Distribution Ltd.](https://endata.com/companies/87281.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [projectscot.com](https://projectscot.com/2025/08/tranent-based-steel-fabrication-yard-secures-100m-ssen-transmission-contract/), 2025-08-28: "SSEN Transmission has awarded a £100 million contract to Tranent-based Had Fab to fabricate nearly 500 steel towers."
- [edinburghnews.scotsman.com](https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/east-lothian-company-creates-70-new-jobs-after-winning-ps100m-contract-to-build-electricity-pylons-for-north-of-scotland-5293436), 2025-08-29: "Seventy new jobs are being created at an East Lothian fabrication firm after it won a contract to build 500 electricity pylons."
- [sse.com](https://www.sse.com/news-and-views/2025/09/scottish-based-steel-fabrication-yard-secures-major-transmission-contracts-award/), 2025-09-12: "The overall value of the work is more than £100m - the largest award in Had-Fab's history."
- [sheetmetalindustries.com](https://sheetmetalindustries.com/had-fab-secures-major-transmission-contracts-award-supporting-the-delivery-of-a-network-for-net-zero/), 2025-10-02: "Had-Fab is pleased to announce we have secured two major contracts to fabricate nearly 500 steel towers for the proposed Spittal – Loch Buidhe – Beauly 400kV overhead line electricity transmission project."

---
Data from Endata (https://endata.com/). Announcements are summarized from public sources and may be incomplete; check the linked originals.