Case Studies

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AADEPT

AADEPT

The roads in and around our workshops, yards and factory are extremely busy thoroughfares. Vehicles of every size and type are moving materials at all hours of the day and night. A problem developed in the concrete section right outside our offices, as the concrete began to break up. Obviously, we sought to address the…

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Open sider containers – Tackle and rig store

Road Plate Hire - Open side container

This one was our very own problem to solve. A reorganisation of our factory and workshops meant that a secure and weathertight solution for where to keep some of our larger lifting tackle and equipment was needed. Things like the heavy duty lifting beams, boat cradles and cage racks for the lifting chains required forklifts…

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The first NOEL – Leeds

The first NOEL

We were aware that Halloween hadn’t happened yet, but there was a plantation of monumental Christmas trees to put up around the country and it was up to us to assist with many of them. The first one of the year required a bit of thinking about because floor loadings from the associated plant required…

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A peaceful resolution – Former Kodak building, Reading

Road Plate Hire - Kodak building barriers

Using: Articulated Units c/w HIAB (Lorry Loading Cranes) Just as the large site formerly home to Kodak was being prepared for demolition in order to be redeveloped, an armada of marauding caravans arrived and occupied the recently cleared out areas. Quick action was required before too much of the accompanying mess was generated. It was…

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TVCB – A solid response

TVCB - A solid response

Using: TVCB (Temporary Vehicle Control Barrier) There is no faster way to deploy a very real physical barrier than with 2 and a half tonnes of reinforced concrete in the form of a TVCB. That’s what the intruders at a communal field in Sayers Common in Sussex found out when we delivered two within half…

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Modular Air Systems – Robin Hood School, Sutton

Modular Air Systems

Using: 4×4 Towing Vehicles MAS had been let down at the last minute by another supplier and contacted RoadPlateHire looking for a solution to spread the load of an 80 tonne AT crane over a footway. Space on site was at a premium as Traffic Management/Road Closures had been organised and the works installing a…

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A good party begins and ends in the car park

A good party begins and ends in the car park

Using: Ground Mat Minis We’ve all been there. Washed and polished the car, cleaned and shined the boots and shoes, put on the glad rags and headed off into the country to party at home with Roger and Camellia to celebrate their daughter’s marriage to that Graham chappie. On the way there’s a shower, but…

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A bit of a do, without the doo doo…

A bit of a do - without the doo doo

Using: Walkovers Everybody likes an event. There’s nothing finer than a garden party or a BBQ with a few friends. But the inclement British weather can turn you lush green lawn into a scene akin to trench warfare. given a half inch of rain, blended with few dozen pairs of brogues or kitten heels. So…

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Taking each day, one ‘sheet’ at a time…

Road Plate Hire

Using: Portable WC Units Everybody likes a party right? Get a few people round, maybe light the barbie, maybe it rains or the ground is a bit muddy and hey presto, your hall carpet is ruined and lavatory is trashed by an endless stream of friends and neighbours traipsing through your home to answer their…

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On site welfare

Road Plate Hire - Onsite Welfare Unit

Using: 20ft Anti-vandal Canteen We want to take the mess out of ‘mess rooms’. With easy to keep clean sink and worktop areas and industrial grade wall and floor coverings, we make keeping on site canteens hospitable clean and tidy as easy as possible.