Weekend Makeover For 19th Century Yorkshire Rail Bridge

22/02/2023

HBPW and its strategic partners have delivered a hat-trick of benefits to Network Rail following a weekend track possession which enabled teams to remove and replace a 143-year old bridge structure. The MBW2/44 Diving Duck Underbridge carries trains along the Middlesbrough to Whitby line and through the Esk Valley where it crosses… More

We’re No NERDS! – Constructors Secure £8m Backing

2/02/2023

HBPW’s Senior Partner, Paul Withers, is playing his part in helping to commercialise a pioneering concrete, that has just raised £8m in venture capital and which could be key to revolutionising construction methods across the world. In 2020 a technical presentation by the Institution of Civil Engineers inspired Rob Hibberd and… More

Top Of The Class In Teesport!

23/01/2023

HBPW has left its indelible mark on the UK’s first Special Economic Area – Teesside’s 4,500 acre Teesworks development – becoming one of the catalysts to a dynamic new workforce that will eventually feed the major construction project. The overall scheme is being overseen by the South Tees Development Corporation,… More

When Planning & Pressure Meet At a Similar Crossroad!

11/01/2023

Two rail jobs, one the result of a dramatic bridgestrike, and the other requiring of long-term planning to accommodate the needs of one of the UK’s busiest stations, each produced superb outcomes but not without their respective challenges. Bonfire Night Sparks East Midlands Rail Record The ‘amazing’ aspect of Underbridge… More

A Cracking Job – Bridge Given Brighter Future

19/12/2022

A bridge that started to deteriorate almost immediately after it was last replaced in 1969, has been given an HBPW makeover, ensuring its life for at least another 120 years. The original wrought iron rail underbridge, which runs over the A631 Gainsborough Road southeast of Bawtry in South Yorkshire, was built in the nineteenth century… More

Gullwing Bridge Moves From Drawing Board To Reality

5/12/2022

The first major steel section of Lowestoft’s iconic Gullwing bridge, has been moved into position over the East Suffolk rail line during a 52-hour possession which went seamlessly thanks, in part, to HBPW’s meticulous temporary works designs. Suffolk’s much heralded £145m structure – also known as the Lake Lothing Third… More

Scottish Engineering Gong For HBPW

25/11/2022

HBPW and GRAHAM Construction have won a top civil engineering award for their work at Port of Dundee. The Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) Scotland is the sole trade body for the country’s civil engineering contractors and the organisation behind the Scottish Civil Engineering Awards. It has presented GRAHAM construction,… More

HBPW ‘Partnership’ Reaps Second Top Engineering Award

15/11/2022

A ground-breaking product, which HBPW has been instrumental in promoting to the British rail industry, has been named as an award winner by the prestigious Permanent Way Institution (PWI), the premier body for rail infrastructure engineering in the United Kingdom. And, speaking after the announcement, which will be adjudicated in… More

Yes CIRIA….That’s A Great Solution!

31/10/2022

An Environment Agency (EA) mandate to retrofit anti contamination measures at a long-standing tank farm, gave HBPW the opportunity to develop a highly creative solution which won the approval of inspectors. “The tank farm is operated by a food production company in Lincolnshire,” Senior Partner, Paul Withers, explained, “and, by… More

Quay To Our Success – An Unbearably Heavy Grizzly!

20/10/2022

The construction of a new quay at the fifth largest port in the UK presented its own problems when barges were tasked with dredging the riverbed. Graham Construction are building the structure at Teesport in the North East – among the 10 biggest ports in Western Europe – however, in… More