South Yorkshire development company, Jarvale Construction, has paid HBPW the ultimate compliment by inviting the firm to design its new headquarters building. Jarvale, which has been in the construction business for more than 45 years, has acquired a plot of land on Callywhite Lane in the Dronfield district of Sheffield.… More
As sections of the UK economy slowly emerge from the Pandemic, a firm in Dartford, Kent has been able to take advantage of local commercial opportunities thanks to a development that came to fruition despite the international health crisis. Ahead of the March 2020 lockdown, there had been huge demand… More
A Grade II listed antique shop posed a unique challenge for HBPW’s engineers when they were called on to strengthen the Network Rail (NR) bridge running beneath it. Barnack Road in Stamford, Leicestershire is used by local traffic, but part of it also forms the NR cut and cover tunnel running over the… More
As the ramifications of the collapsed Miami apartment block continue to reverberate across Florida, HBPW Senior Partner, Paul Withers, says it is a timely reminder for young engineers to look back at a similar tragedy which occurred in Britain in 1968, resulting in the reform of Building Regulation standards. Ronan… More
The UK’s first operationally complete new Border Control Post (BCP) at Tilbury2 port in Essex has been finished in record time following a top priority engineering brief. The need for this facility became increasingly important following Brexit and the UK’s departure from the European Union. But HBPW Senior Partner, Paul… More
Ground-breaking construction technology – believed to be the first of its type in the world – has successfully delivered a ‘crackless’ graphene enhanced concrete slab featuring zero fabric reinforcement, fibres, saw cuts or construction joints. A few weeks ago directors from supply chain partner, Nationwide Engineering, along with HBPW’s Senior… More
As HBPW’s strategic supply partners were heralding the success of an arch demolition and metallic deck installation in Rutland Water, little did they know that the slick 72-hour operation was aided massively by some smart ‘bath’ engineering! Working alongside AmcoGiffen, Partner Jon Livesey’s team, were asked to provide deck reconstruction… More
Paul Jacklin is the ultimate clock watcher, but when you are dealing with boats the size of several small houses, precise timekeeping becomes a professional requirement of the job! That’s because HBPW’s ‘inspections’ guru has to take to the water at least twice a year, when he is called on… More
As HBPW supply chain partner, Nationwide Engineering, laid claim to a world first, little did the construction sector realise that Senior Partner, Paul Withers had been called on to ‘babysit’ their newly poured, pioneering concrete floor for eight hours! With flask in one hand and coffee in the other Paul,… More
A keen eye for engineering detail will leave its ‘financial’ mark on Dundee as HBPW enters the final phase of a project that is playing its part in the £1bn upgrade of the Scottish city’s waterfront. The main project, which started in 2001 with a projected finish date of 2031,… More
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