[ About ]
Engineer. Contractor. Adviser.
Steve Horrigan started on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link in 2000 and has spent the years since on the delivery side of railways.
BackgroundSetting out, possessions and handback on High Speed 1 and the DLR, then twelve years as Managing Director of a rail and civils contractor, taking it from start-up to Network Rail Principal Contractor.
NowMost of his time goes on helping owner-run contractors grow: structure and numbers around the business, what to bid and how to price it, and opening doors. Alongside that, interface management on Rail Baltica and engineering advice on UK Network Rail works.
Why it worksHe knows how the job actually gets delivered, who ends up liable when it doesn't, and what a site team will follow at three in the morning.
Working with STHSTH is Steve. You deal with him directly, start to finish: retained, day rate or fixed fee. Based in Kent; working across the UK and Europe.
Years in rail
In contractor leadership
Rail Baltica Alliance 1 programme
Programmes served
[ Career in brief ]
- CurrentBusiness development & growth advisoryRetained adviser to rail and civils contractors.
- CurrentRail Baltica, Alliance 1Interface Manager and Integration & Installation Manager on the 142 km Alliance 1 programme.
- CurrentUK Network Rail worksEngineering advisory on renewals and enhancements.
- 2013 – 2025Managing Director, rail & civils contractorFrom early days to Network Rail Principal Contractor status.
- 2010 – 2016DLR and Kent rail schemesSystems engineering on the Crossrail–DLR interface; project and engineering management.
- 2000 – 2010High Speed 1 (Channel Tunnel Rail Link)Track and formation through Kent (Contract 550, AMEC SPIE); Project Engineer at Ashford (Contract 434); Head of Engineering at St Pancras (Contract 104).