An understanding of the practicalities of marine engineering, along with a keen eye for problem solving, was key to securing Humber Work Boats (HWB) and HBPW a key contract from Associated British Ports (ABP). ABP issued an exemplar design indicating the functional requirement for two proposed pilot structures they wanted… More
Start-up companies keen to take advantage of a re-emerging economy, crippled by Covid and two years of economic uncertainty, are prime candidates for three units rapidly taking shape in Wiltshire. But they will need to be quick because multi-channel retailer, Toolstation, has already put a marker on a set of units… More
If there is a positive side to ‘risk’ then HBPW has found the secret to a winning formula after landing another perfect score in its annual RISQ rail assessment! Paul Jacklin, the HBPW Associate responsible for maintaining ‘standards’ at the firm, falls under the assessors microscope every year and is… More
A huge 250,000 sq ft warehouse used for storing millions of toilet rolls is about to get an enormous extension………….so that toilet roll storage capacity can be increased! And, when the world thought it was about to run out of the ubiquitous loo roll at the height of the pandemic,… More
As work on one of Scotland’s newest port quays progresses rapidly, one of the world’s largest crawler cranes has been on site carrying out the mammoth task of driving 210 huge piles into the ground, so that the project can move to the next stage. Nigg Energy Park, known historically… More
Forward thinking engineering design has played a key part in ‘future proofing’ the maintenance of a Network Rail bridge in South Yorkshire. Rotherham’s Parkgate Sluice Bridge, which crosses a former canal, was subject to a Permanent Speed Restriction (PSR) due to poor track alignment. However, engineering teams were struggling to… More
As the Prime Minister opened the UK’s newest port, Tilbury2 – procured under a design and construct contract – HBPW’s engineering team stood proud knowing that by working with Graham Construction, they played a large part in bringing the £250m mammoth project to fruition on a geotechnically challenging site. The… More
Two years on from when Swansea’s West Pier was virtually destroyed by Storm Dennis, the structure has risen phoenix-like from the ashes of February 2020. And, thanks to a raft of temporary works designed by HBPW, the project completed by GRAHAM Group, has been brought to successful completion. West Pier,… More
HBPW stands poised to take further advantage of the emerging ‘green’ revolution now that Crown Estate Scotland has auctioned the country’s seabed plots to multi nationals keen to build next generation windfarms. Big oil multinationals including BP, Shell and renewable energy veterans Scottish Power and SSE, were recently given permission… More
Shaun Strugnell and his team might not be in the same league as Picasso when it comes to art, but they have their own take on ‘Cubism’ courtesy of a £6m new build happening in Amesbury, Wiltshire. Storagebase, one of the country’s leading self-storage operators with more than 70 centres… More
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