Tricoya Ventures UK

Located within the 370-acre Saltend Chemical Park in Hull, the first plant of its kind in the world needed to be designed and built to treat wood chips through acetylation—a complex chemical process requiring precise civil, mechanical, pipework, electrical infrastructure and utilities integration. The project consortium, including BP Ventures, Accsys and others, faced tight timescales to mobilise under environmentally regulated conditions while ensuring long-term panel performance guarantees of up to 50 years.

G&T provided  Cost Management and cost-engineering services, working closely with the client’s project team to steer the programme from detailed design through to on-site delivery. We managed procurement across all civil, mechanical, electrical and process trades, applying rigorous cost control and tender analysis. By maintaining transparent budget reporting and commercial oversight, we ensured each package aligned with technical requirements, regulatory demands and funding conditions. 

Construction commenced in early 2018 and G&T’s ongoing cost-engineering support continues to underpin delivery confidence on-site. Once operational, the plant will supply acetylated wood chips for high-performance Tricoya® MDF panels—reinforcing Hull’s chemical park as a hub for sustainable manufacturing and pioneering low-carbon materials production.