road plate hire

Even at the height of festival season we were able to install this scheme for a temporary car park in the north of England.

This enabled the client to boost their warehousing and logistics workforce, by 200 allowing them to deal with a seasonal uptick in demand.

Photos care of Carl Somner.

It was an early rise to get these 4×2 mega plates installed in the super-busy access for Guy’s Hospital in London.

They are the perfect temporary-works solution to keep this vital artery open, whilst engineers figure out what to do with the subterranean tank covers that are showing signs of sagging.

Super quick, super safe, super Southdown. 

Photos care of Josh Bowtle.

Swift forking on of two loads out of the yard today for 20-tonne batches of Temporary Structure Ballast Plates bound for some pavilion foundations at the Paris Olympics.

The ever popular SALLY lifter not only makes the lifting and installation easy, but gives the engineers a perfect anchorage for their structural connections.

Photos care of Sam Tuffee.

One of the joys of having a great transport team and a varied fleet is being able to offer solutions to problems well outside what would be expected by most hire companies.

So as an alternative to a VERY expensive crane hire, we were able to lay an 80m x 3m runway of solid steel plates to enable the passing of 32t HIABS over a cycle path at Angmering at a cost-effective rate.

50 tonnes in and 50 tonnes out at a day each way… easy squeezy.

Photos care of Team Southdown.

Limited offer on FREE STUFF!

A gift from us to you to help keep the mud out of your face whilst you have a cup of tea and a sarnie.

Six of our walkover mats free with every welfare unit.

Offer runs until the end of April 2024.

Simply mention ’walkovers’ when you enquire.

Pictures courtesy of Southdown.

A discerning client in East Sussex went the extra mile – quite literally – and went to the trouble of laying on 1,500 sq/m of ZIGMATS so his party guests can park on his land for a New Year’s party without fear or fuss of getting stuck.

Also a big shout out to the Southdown team who braved the winter gloom to get 20 tonnes of them installed in a day!

Pictures courtesy of Southdown

I’m very fortunate to operate in an industry I love and so enjoy the vast majority of my days at work. But some days, like Saturday 11 November – stand head and shoulders above the rest.

We purchased a 3 acre site a former cattery some 5 years ago. Since then we have successfully negotiated the often arcane planning system and with the help of friends, the community of our local village Henfield and a crack team of designers, surveyors, estate agents, planning consultants, financiers, insurers, lawyers, highways consultants, ecologists, architects, construction engineers and a host of trades including internal fit out teams, IT suppliers, electricians and EV providers and have successfully delivered out brand new HQ. Unit WEST, Southdown Enterprise Park.

The sense of gratitude, pride and satisfaction in having built something that not only provides a superb home for Southdown, but will provide a decent place of work and a source of income for the community for decades into the future is immense.

So it was fabulous to invite everyone involved to our grand opening and treat us and them to a day of fun and feasting to show our gratitude.

Thanks again to everyone involved – we couldn’t have done it without you.

Who knows, one day we might do it all again 🙂

Pictures courtesy of guests & friends of Southdown.

Taking advantage of a couple days between jobs, the painting crew took one of our Secure COSHH stores that has been out on a long term hire. She was solid, but a bit sad looking.

A thorough prep and a shiny coat of ‘Southdown’ blue and we’re good to go again!

Pictures courtesy of  Wayne Mckinder

As engineers and construction/refurbishment specialists become more skilled they rely on us at ROADPLATEHIRE to create larger and more ambitious solutions.

These 9 metre long brutes were no exception.

Fortunately, the processing of them in our cavernous new 21 metre x 12 metre production hall was fairly straightforward for Lyndon and his experienced team. 

But weighing in at well over 4.5 tonnes each meant that loading them safely onto third party transport needed to be carried out with care and precision.

Director, Ryan Russell, makes it look easy with the recently acquired 6 tonne Linde fork lift, with its extra wide forks.

Contact the team on 01273 493300 for more information.

Pictures courtesy of Sam Tuffee

We’re delighted to announce that we’ve moved to a new purpose built facility for our ever expanding operations at the Southdown Enterprise Park near Henfield.

Our new address is:

Road Plate Hire
A division of Southdown Engineers Ltd
(Company number: 03390702)
Unit WEST
Southdown Enterprise Park
Shoreham Road
Henfield
BN5 9SE

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