HBPW Biscuit Bonanza in Bassetlaw!

24/10/2016

HBPW’s reputation for value engineering has been instrumental in winning it a major piece of business that will see the opening of a new biscuit manufacturing facility in Nottinghamshire later this year. Cerealto, which has operations in Portugal, Italy, Spain, Mexico and the United States, has a 20-year heritage of… More

Not Quite Heineken but……!

11/10/2016

HBPW’s sister company, Bridgespan, is proving that its structures can reach parts of the world that other bridge builders can’t! The joint venture, between fabrication specialists, Arromax, HBPW and civil and structural design consultants, A. Torn Construction, has a practical reason for existence; to generate business for its owner companies.… More

Infrastructure First, Political Careers Second!

29/09/2016

As the Institution of Civil Engineers prepares to launch its forward looking infrastructure initiative, the National Needs Assessment (NNA), later this month, HBPW Partner, Jon Livesey, says it is vital that personal political agendas are not allowed to take precedence over ‘country needs’. ICE has been instrumental in leading the… More

Lidl More Success For HBPW!

19/09/2016

HBPW is expanding its work for German global discount chain, Lidl, after winning the contract to complete civil and structural engineering drawings for the company’s newest store in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. Due to open towards the end of this year, the supermarket will have a sales area of 1,286m² as… More

Damianos Dispels Engineering ‘Brolly’ Myth!

8/09/2016

Engineers don’t just build bridges in the rain but play a major part in ‘designing’ some of the world’s leading infrastructure projects! That was one of the myths that had to be dispelled when HBPW Senior Engineer Damianos Bouklas and a group of other construction and engineering professionals, took part… More

Major Eco Project Gets HBPW ‘Green Light’!

29/08/2016

HBPW has been playing a key role in the £2.6bn Beatrice Offshore Windfarm project, said to be one of the largest private investments ever made in Scottish infrastructure. The mammoth scheme, only given the green light in May, is being jointly led by Scottish energy company SSE, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners… More

Pre Planning Prevents Crisis – Sustainable Drainage

15/08/2016

A 45,000-gallon underground water tank was one of the key engineering features designed into a new trade park on the outskirts of Greater London, as developers and engineers become increasingly aware of future flood threats. Partner, Emyr Parry, was asked by Fairclough Construction and GLE Properties Ltd, to include a… More

Soccer Shirt Frenzy – Almost!

2/08/2016

What began as HBPW helping out a team of junior soccer superstars may well have turned into the firm’s best ever sponsorship deal! The ink was barely dry on the new team kit donated to Rotherham Valley Juniors Under Eights than the HBPW logo was being beamed around the world,… More

Only Optimism Will Triumph Over Brexit Blues

22/07/2016

In a week when the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors has reported a June downturn in the UK housing market, HBPW Partner, Jon Livesey, says it is vital that the business and engineering sectors, as well as the wider population, stay firmly in the ‘now’ rather than the ‘might have… More

Up To Our Neck In You Know What!

7/07/2016

HBPW’s ever expanding knowledge of renewable energy engineering has landed it another contract courtesy of The Clugston Group and Kelda Water Services Ltd, owners of Yorkshire Water. YW has been granted full planning permission to build an Anaerobic Digestion Plant at the Knostrop Sewage Treatment Works in Leeds and HBPW… More