King George's Gate, Signal Park

As part of the countries ongoing flood alleviation plans, the Environment Agency have committed to and invested in over 1000 schemes across the UK, to be delivered throughout 2021-2022. These schemes will better protect homes and businesses from flooding.

The UK hosted the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, otherwise known as COP26, at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in the heart of Glasgow. Over 120 world leaders attended the event, including US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, French President Emmanuel Macron and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

NG Bailey is the UK’s leading independent engineering and services business, bringing buildings and infrastructure to life. One of their latest projects is a multi-level development in Central London called The Forge - two new-build commercial office buildings, built around a publicly accessible internal courtyard, in total comprising c. 139,000 sq ft. It will be nine storeys high with reception and basement areas.

Tough Construction works across a range of projects in Scotland for local authorities, housebuilders and commercial clients. The company has used a range of surveying equipment from Sunbelt Rentals across sites in Scotland for over 15 years, but was looking to implement more digitally focused ‘connected sites’. This would allow Tough Construction to work smarter by reducing downtime, increasing productivity, increase cost savings and utilising streamlined communication methods.

WHP Telecoms needed to carry out refurbishment work on a mobile phone tower located within the grounds of Slough Rugby Club. Sunbelt Rentals were involved from the initial planning stage to provide a solution to gain access to the tower.

The Canada Water Masterplan is a partnership between British Land, Southwark Council and the local community to create an outstanding new town centre for Southwark and London that complements the local area, making an active, positive, long-term contribution to local life.

Since the London Olympics, Sunbelt Rentals has provided temporary infrastructure solutions for Stadium Management. Our 360 Solutions team is now supporting Stadium Management’s three-year program to provide major events for the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). The 47^th G7 Summit was the first of these high-profile projects, based in St. Ives in Cornwall, UK.

Sunbelt Rentals were approached by SSE to create a temporary contractors compound, to provide welfare facilities to subcontractors during a planned outage whilst annual maintenance work was carried out.

Guy’s Cliffe House is a Grade II listed ruin in Warwickshire on the River Avon. The house has been in a ruined state since the late 20^th century and is rumoured to be haunted. The charted history dates back to Roman times, whereby Guy of Warwick - a knight and pilgrim - spent his final years living as a hermit in a cave which can be seen at the foot of the cliffs.

The current owners run regular tours of the building and grounds. Although the house is a ruin, the chapel and nearby buildings are in good condition and are used as a venue for weddings and other special events.

Balfour Beatty was appointed by National Grid to carry out the refurbishment of an overhead line running between Cottam and High Marnham near Newark in Nottinghamshire. In service since the mid 1960’s, essential refurbishment work was required to ensure that the line continues to provide a reliable supply of electricity to homes and businesses in the area in the years to come.

Carrington Power Station is a 884MW gas-fired power station in Carrington, Greater Manchester, which was developed by ESB and opened in 2016 following an investment of approximately £800m. 

British Steel is one of the leading steel manufacturers in Europe, producing around three million tonnes of quality steel products annually. Steel products manufactured range from structural sections used on buildings and bridges, to steel rail products, special profiles and wire rods used for market sectors such as automotive and engineering.

The company has a huge requirement for the use of plant equipment on the firm’s sites and projects. Equipment is used for shutdowns, general repair and maintenance, structural inspections and repairs, and many other tasks. Most recently British Steel were seeking a reliable supplier for powered access equipment which is needed to allow maintenance and inspection of assets to be carried out at height.

A major scheme is being carried out to replace ageing gas mains in Wednesbury. Undertaken by Balfour Beatty on behalf of Cadent Gas, the scheme is to replace 160 metres of cast iron pipes which will last at least 80 years as part of a £65 million investment in new gas pipes in the West Midlands.

A large scale traffic management scheme was required for the 12 week duration of the project, which was to commence on 14^th December 2020 and to be completed on 15^th March 2021. Walsall Street needed to be closed northbound for all traffic travelling towards Junction 9 of the M6. Multiple diversion routes also needed to be implemented for local and through traffic, including HGV diversions due to a 7.5 tonne environmental weight restriction on side roads in the vicinity of the works.

We are a market leader in the hire of powered access equipment and safety training for working at height. Our expert team sources the safest, leading-edge equipment from highly regarded suppliers such as Skyjack, Genie Lift, JLG and Niftylift. The range we provide to customers includes scissor lifts, telescopic booms, articulated booms, trailer mounted booms and tracked booms.

Our local team based at Bridgwater and Somerset Innovation Centre provide a full, 24/7 equipment solution to contractors building Hinkley Point C.