Breaking Up Bias By Example

19/04/2018

Almost a quarter of HBPW’s workforce was born outside the UK, with at least three individuals from Wales and Northern Ireland. And, at a time when societal pressure is keen to encourage more diverse teams, management can claim to be doing more than most to redress the diversity balance. “We… More

BMW The Driving Force In Killinghall

9/04/2018

Thousands of BMW cars destined for UK buyers are making their seamless way to market thanks to a tripartite design and build project involving HBPW, Clugston’s and a leading automotive specialist. Durham-based architects Howarth Litchfield, renowned for its experience in the automotive, commercial and industrial sectors, was asked by ABLE… More

A Job That’ll Drive You Nuts!

30/03/2018

A huge biscuit manufacturing plant the size of three football pitches, will soon be in full production thanks to major input by the HBPW engineering team. Cerealto, which has operations in Portugal, Italy, Spain, Mexico and the United States, has a 20-year heritage of producing innovative, top quality cereal-based products… More

Boring Job? Not a Bit!

23/03/2018

HBPW Geotechnics is playing its part in keeping one of Britain’s most important stone quarries working at full tilt until the middle of this century and beyond. Bardon Hill Quarry in Leicestershire has been operational for more than 150 years, but remaining permitted reserves within the current 74 acres site… More

Gotta Lotta Bottle

12/03/2018

HBPW has thrown its towel into the ring with the Rotary Club of Retford to help a local school ‘go green’ in the name of preserving the environment. Tuxford Primary Academy in Newark, East Midlands, wanted to give its students hands-on experience of how to grow flowers and food in… More

Solar Panels – Snow Laughing Matter!

28/02/2018

As Associated British Ports announces one of the biggest roof top solar installations in the UK, HBPW can reveal the part ‘snow thinking’ played in enabling ABP to become one of Britain’s highest generating corporate solar power producers. The port giant is installing 20MW of solar arrays across 1.4 million… More

HBPW Silences The Doubters

19/02/2018

When Buckingham Group Civil Engineering called HBPW with a rather juicy opportunity – the prospect of working with Britvic – there was a lot of doubt in the air as to whether the client’s ambitions were even realistic. The tender was for the substructure works for a new 40m high… More

A Grave Situation!

7/02/2018

A Greater London cemetery which was opened just three years ago to provide much needed burial space, is already preparing for phase II expansion with assistance from HBPW. The 55-acre Kemnal Park Cemetery and Memorial Gardens in Sidcup By-Pass is a privately-owned facility, which was officially unveiled in October 2013… More

HBPW Tightens Its Retail Engineering Grip

29/01/2018

HBPW has been working alongside two of the country’s leading retail brands as they expand their West Midlands and Hertfordshire operations. Debenhams has opened what’s believed to be its biggest retail outlet yet at the Roaring Meg Retail Park in Stevenage, 32 miles north of central London. Working alongside contractor… More

Value Engineering Masterstroke for Network Rail

15/01/2018

One of the most dangerous foot level rail crossings in the country has been replaced in a masterstroke of value engineering, with design & installation in just six weeks. Trinity Lane crossing at Waltham Cross, London, is an old-style facility that has been the scene of at least two near… More