Dartford Gets Industrial Warehouse Boost

27/02/2020

Huge demand for warehousing space on parts of the M25 has played its part in creating a shortage of suitably available industrial property on the outskirts of the capital. However, in taking advantage of this gap in the market, developer, Newable, has created an opportunity for HBPW which is playing… More

‘Challenging’ Development Reaches Market

17/02/2020

A London warehouse development that faced challenging ground conditions during the construction phase, is now being marketed as a prime M25 site just minutes from the capital. Midpoint is a high-quality building strategically located on Jeffreys Road between junction 25 of the M25 and the A406 North Circular Road. But,… More

HBPW Secures Peas Of The Action!

3/02/2020

The opening of a new pea producing plant in Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, has led to a collaboration with one of the biggest food producers in the UK. Food and drink group, Princes, opened its largest food production site in the UK last year as part of a planned £80 million… More

21st Century Makeover For Victorian Structure

23/01/2020

A South Yorkshire bridge that originally came to life when the rail revolution was still in its infancy, is set to get a modern day makeover more than 150 years after Victorian engineers first cut the red ribbon.   The Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation Bridge, so named because it… More

Builders’ Merchant Looks To HBPW For Building Advice

13/01/2020

One of the largest builders’ merchants in the UK has been using the services of HBPW to facilitate its own continuing expansion. Travis Perkins plc is a builders’ merchant and home improvement retailer based in Northampton. It is also listed on the London Stock Exchange. Contractor Faircloth asked HBPW to provide engineering… More

Engineer Going To The Dogs (Food Factory)!

3/01/2020

Engineer Tom Flint barely had time to paws for thought during his latest assignment….helping one of the country’s leading manufacturers of dog food to upgrade part of their site. Hull based Bennington Foods are a tenant of South Street Capital and needed additional space for storage and manufacture at their… More

Tata To Steel As Concrete Flows!

20/12/2019

It may be one of the world’s largest producers of steel but Tata’s Northamptonshire plant in Corby, had a very different requirement recently……..concrete and lots of it! The huge operation, which supplies much of the UK’s steel requirement, is visited every day by dozens of heavy goods vehicles which have… More

Roxane’s Gotta Lotta Bottle!

10/12/2019

The 10,500 square metre extension to French multinational CG Roxane’s bottling plant in Lichfield, Staffordshire, is now fully operational thanks to a successful partnership between HBPW and Sheffield based Jarvale Construction. The company first entered the UK market around seven years ago, opening its £20m facility at Fradley Park in… More

£5m Conference Centre Set To Open

2/12/2019

One of South Yorkshire’s finest hospitality facilities – the £5m Owlerton Events & Conferencing centre (OEC) – is poised to take full advantage of the Christmas market after months of hard work by engineers and construction experts. Over a year ago HBPW completed phase one and two ground investigations as… More

Drone Division Ready For Take Off!

21/11/2019

HBPW now has its very own pilot – Captain William Withers! But there won’t be an airport or flight deck in sight when the 29 year old technician steps up to the controls, for ‘Will’, who has worked at the firm’s East Midlands offices in Retford since 2016, is now… More