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The end of an era!

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....

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Image shows a Watson & Hillhouse branded excavator with a Movax SG-75V attached parked up ready to undertake cabling onshore for offshore windfarm in Norfolk.

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...

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Image shows Red7Marine's jack-up barge and the top of a nearshore artificial nesting box being craned into position out at sea. The piles for the nesting box were driven using one of Watson & Hillhouse's PVE 40VM. The purpose of the nest boxes was to protect the Kittiwakes from the Hornsea Offshore Windfarm in East Anglia

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...

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Image showing Watson & Hillhouse's PVE 82M vibratory hammer and BSP hydraulic hammer to install sheet piles and tube piles to create a Deep Water Terminal in Stornoway.

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...

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Image shows a bridge spanning the river in Abingdon-on-Thames. Also pictured are a Watson & Hillhouse BSP CX hydraulic hammer with acoustic shrouding and power pack. The hammer is installing 20m tube piles as supports for the new bridge.

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,...

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Image showing Watson & Hillhouse crane suspended vibrator and power pack installing tube and sheet piles to create a cofferdam and pier for the new Govan Partick Bridge over the River Clyde

Govan Partick Bridge, River Clyde

The Govan Partick Bridge River Clyde project forms part of a £29.5 million development including the construction of a new pedestrian/cycle bridge over the River Clyde between Water Row in Govan and Pointhouse Quay in Partick. Our longstanding customer, Farrans, were...

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