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From its early days as a family business in the 1970s , Bridges Electrical Engineers ( Bridges ) has grown to be a trusted , high performance engineering technology company with a well-established client base . Offering comprehensive in-house design , manufacturing , project management and installation services , Bridges works with a broad range of commercial and industrial customers in the water treatment , power , and energy sectors .
“ Bridges is a privately owned family business that was originally founded in 1973 by John and Judith Bridges ,” opens Chris Maddox , People and Client Director . “ Fifty years on , their vision of being ‘ better , not bigger ’ is as true today as when we started , with a purpose to ‘ engineer sustainable assets which our valued customers are proud to own and operate .’ We achieve this through our core values : safe people , happy people and sustainable business .
“ From humble beginnings we ’ ve grown to employ more than 250 people , delivering an annual turnover of over £ 40 million . Our project managers and installation teams operate across England and Wales via five regional offices , utilizing the latest techniques in off-site manufactured solutions to complement on-site installations .
“ Our clients , especially those in the water industry , are constantly striving to maximize efficiency , so we deploy systems and methods to optimize site installations without compromising quality . For our water customers , the more work undertaken away from a live operational site , the less risk there is to clean water or wastewater treatment process . We ’ ve developed LeanSite , for instance , which is a range of small , standardized solutions and modular
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