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Briton Fabricators( Briton) is a family-owned business established in 1973, predominantly set up to service the industries around Hucknall, namely coal mining. Not long after its inception, significant regeneration in inner cities created demand for footbridge structures, so the company entered that market and established itself as a specialist in the process. Today, Briton stands as a leader in the UK infrastructure market, designing, building, delivering and installing road bridges, rail bridges, motorway bridges, pedestrian bridges and more. Dean Morcom, Managing Director, elaborates on the company’ s current capabilities.
“ Over the last 20 years, we have also established a strong presence in motorway sign gantries, pedestrian bridges, and road and rail bridges. We are now one of the UK’ s largest infrastructure fabricators, focused solely on steelwork for clients like National Highways, Network Rail and HS2.
Every process is completed in-house, from 3D modeling in our drawing office and fabrication at our Hucknall facility, through to our own installation teams and construction managers. This month [ at time of writing ] we have invested further in our capabilities by acquiring a transport company to facilitate the movement of abnormal loads on the UK network. Within the group, we now have modular transport units and heavily plated vehicles capable of moving steelwork loads of up to 200 tons, which complements everything else we offer. We have grown steadfastly and carefully over the years by investing in our operations, and now turn over in the region of £ 22 million a year almost entirely through bridge work,” he begins.
Some of Briton’ s most recent investments to enhance its capabilities have totaled approximately £ 1 million in new fabrication equipment alone. The primary catalyst for this expansion came when Cleveland Bridge, a renowned bridge-building company, went
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