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Temporary Car Park
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.
Our guy at Guy’s
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. …
‘Assiettes de saison’ (Seasonal plates)
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…
Iron road…
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…
Mud free, 6 of the best!
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…
Perfect party planning!
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…
Enterprise Day, New HQ launch party
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…
Posh COSHH
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…
9 time: How to move massive road plates
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…
We’ve moved!
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 ///whizzed.prospers.ironclad