Agratas completes utilities building steel framework
Cladding installation has begun on the utilities building at the Somerset factory, alongside work on the main manufacturing building.
Agratas Battery Gigafactory
Agratas is building a battery-cell factory at the Gravity campus near Bridgwater, Somerset. The plant is intended to supply electric-vehicle batteries, initially for Jaguar Land Rover.[1][2]
Current position
Agratas reported in September 2026 that Building One was nearly watertight and approaching internal fit-out. The council’s September programme forecast 2,500–2,900 construction workers from that autumn, with revised workforce accommodation, travel and construction transport plans required to be agreed and active before the increase.
Benefits
- The first factory building is supported by a central utilities building supplying power and data. Agratas’ July update reported completed steelwork for the utilities building, cladding work on both buildings and installation of roof drainage.
Latest developments
Agratas Somerset battery plant to increase construction workforce
Agratas says construction employment at its electric-vehicle battery plant in Somerset will rise to about 2,900 workers as the project moves through its next delivery phase.