Previous rail experience played its part in bringing HBPW and AmcoGiffen together when a Victorian bridge in the Peak District National Park began showing signs of age. The under bridge on Ashopton Lane near Hope in Derbyshire, began life as a stone structure in 1894 before a brick extension was added around 100 years ago,… More
The British Standards Institution carries out an annual quality audit on thousands of firms across the country who are privileged enough to display its quality kitemark. And, while a perfect score may seem like a formality, it isn’t, as Associate Paul Jacklin explains! “When it comes to the BSI,” said… More
Plans to add an additional stop to South Yorkshire’s Supertram Train network – the first since it opened in 2018 – will create wider access to one of the country’s leading heavy engineering ‘museums’, Rotherham’s Magna Science and Adventure Centre. HBPW and AmcoGiffen, along with Network Rail and the South… More
The first opening road bridge across the River Clyde at Renfrew in Scotland is a step closer to completion but, without a substantial piece of creative engineering almost two years ago, one of the UK’s finest bridges might never have come to fruition. The structure, part of the £117m Clyde… More
Stunning 3d visuals produced by HBPW show what a village station in Stockton-on-Tees will look like once a multi-million pounds re-development of the site has been completed. Eaglescliffe railway station – around eight miles east of Darlington – is located on the Tees Valley Line running between Bishop Auckland and… More
The pledge by Mansfield Town owners, John and Carolyn Radford, to redevelop the club’s Bishop Street stand, has moved a step closer as HBPW’s Senior Partner, Paul Withers, starts to draw on his ‘stadia engineering’ experience with West Bromwich Albion FC. Paul was the man who originally designed the West… More
A new £8m locomotive shed has seen the arrival of 46 rail vehicles, not only creating Europe’s largest historical collection of its type, but also signalling the end to another HBPW engineering triumph. Locomotion in Shildon, County Durham recently completed the museum’s biggest ever rail shunt to create Europe’s… More
An extension to the Etches Park rail depot in Derby has been successfully integrated into East Midlands Railway’s business thanks to the joint efforts of HBPW and Kier Transportation, who stepped into the breach when Buckingham Group ceased trading last August. HBPW has had a long association with the site,… More
Two would-be ‘steeplejacks’ were called on to put their new ‘working at height’ classroom skills to the test recently. Engineers Ross Hardy and James Cable reached new heights of success when fellow professional, Paul Jacklin, roped them into a job at Humber Bulk Terminal in New Holland, North Lincolnshire. The… More
The HBPW team has secured the ultimate prize from RISQS rail inspectors: a clean bill of health for the eighth year running. RISQS stands for Railway Industry Supplier Qualification Scheme and is the supplier pre-qualification service used by buyers of all products and services throughout the British rail industry. Not… More
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