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Lean, Green Machines
As Watson & Hillhouse are ISO14001 accredited, we are always looking at ways to improve our business and the effects it has on the environment. We’ve recently taken the decision to upgrade some of our power packs by retrofitting them to stage 5 engines. Not only...
The end of an era!
Back in the Spring, we said farewell to Neil Davey, our longest-serving employee, as he retired.Joining Watson & Hillhouse in 1979, Neil started as an apprentice engineer in our Ipswich workshop before moving to our North West depot to run the northern operation....
Cabling Onshore for Offshore Windfarm
Volker Fitzpatrick has been appointed by Orsted to install the onshore cabling for Hornsea 3 offshore windfarm. The cabling will connect the offshore windfarm to Norwich’s Main National Grid Substation with the cabling coming onshore at Weybourne, Norfolk. Once...
Hornsea Offshore Windfarm, East Anglia
Watson & Hillhouse provided a PVE 40VM vibratory hammer to our client Red7Marine to install piles for three nearshore artificial nesting structures along the East Coast of England. Two of these are located 1km from the shore of South Beach, Lowestoft and the third...
Deep Water Terminal – Stornoway
McLaughlin & Harvey was awarded the project at the main port in Stornoway, Outer Hebrides, to create a Deep Water Terminal. This would provide modern facilities for a variety of sectors including energy and transport industries. The transformation would enable the...
Nuneham Viaduct Repairs, Abingdon-on-Thames
Nuneham Viaduct, near the town of Abingdon-on-Thames, was forced to close in April 2023 after it was flagged as unsafe. The steel structure was originally put in place in 1909 with the original viaduct built in the 1840s. The abutment had recently started to fail,...