In the early 70’s R H Irving Construction was established in Carlisle as a small independent groundworks firm. One of our first contracts was helping to complete the new Manchester Airport development. Our core speciality has always been civil engineering and groundworks and we remain a trusted contractor and subcontractor on leading independent house building and public sector projects. Over the years we have worked on some of the major building and engineering projects in Cumbria, including major housing developments, urban regeneration schemes, trunk road improvements, cycleways, bridge strengthening and riverbank stabilisation.