Twelve months on from when HBPW’s BSI standards inspection shifted to Microsoft Teams in the middle of the pandemic, face to face meetings with specialist consultants are slowly returning with HBPW’s ‘perfect score’ still intact after an amazing nine years. BSI is the guardian of standards in British commerce and… More
If ‘fast food’ is to live up to its reputation then look no further than Hull where KFC is soon to build a new drive through ‘pod’ in a little under three months. East Riding planners have given the green light to the scheme in the car park of Willerby… More
A eureka moment which saw the introduction of established civil engineering technology into the rail sector for the first time ever, has delivered major benefits including a six-figure cost saving. Barrow Haven station’s existing platform on the banks of the River Humber in North Lincolnshire was seriously dilapidated, not wide enough and… More
HBPW and Network Rail were in a crucial race against time after the Environment Agency announced plans to ‘deculvert’ a section of river…………directly beneath a rail bridge that needed to undergo essential engineering works. River Team is the name of the underbridge that carries the Newcastle to Carlisle rail line… More
The skilled art of brickwork ‘pointing’ got a special mention when AmcoGiffen’s craftsmen were put to the test in a West Yorkshire town where they had just days to put the finishing touches to two infilled bridge spans. MVN2/178 Woodhouse Lane bridge in Brighouse crosses the Leeds to Manchester line,… More
Two years on from when Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps green lighted the construction of an additional footbridge at St Albans City Station, countdown has begun to completion of work at Thameslink’s busiest rail stop north of London. The project was first announced towards the end of 2020 as part of… More
A multi million pounds scheme that will see the regeneration of Scotland’s Clyde waterfront – including construction of a major new road swing bridge – will draw on HBPW’s experience as one of the country’s leading experts in temporary works. The new bi-parting structure, featuring two opening leaves, is at… More
A Victorian bridge in the East Riding of Yorkshire has been falling under the eagle eyes of a diving team, commissioned by HBPW to check that the 1869 structure is still in good shape more than 150 years since it was first designed by Thomas Elliot Harrison. The Skelton Viaduct, also… More
Careful research by HBPW’s inspection teams discovered that cracks appearing in a Lincolnshire rail bridge were not the result of failing piers and abutments, but another culprit below the average eye line! Network Rail called in HBPW when one of its bridges carrying the busy Doncaster to Wrawby commercial freight… More
The retro fitting of a unique liquid containment facility at an existing tank farm, has won HBPW plaudits from the Environment Agency. Deoxygenated water – or liquid without oxygen – is lethal to fish stocks and wildlife if it leaks into the general water course. Consequently, it has to be… More
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