News Archive

New Sales Representative for Plant Hire

Nik joined Danaher & Walsh this month as a Sales Representative for Danaher & Walsh (Plant Hire) Ltd. Nik spends most of his time out on the road either with existing clients or forming..

Contracts won for Danaher & Walsh Civil Engineering

Danaher & Walsh have successfully secured six new contracts in the last month. These contracts ranged from projects including Section 278 , Demolition, Bridge Maintenance and Car Park..

New Marketing Assistant

Jenny Pearce was appointed in August to assist with marketing and business development.She will be responsible for the marketing co-ordination across the Group including pre-qualification..

Achilles Evaluation

On July 6th Rob Hallam, an Achilles Auditor, evaluated our site management systems and working standards as an integral part of securing our continued accreditation. We again achieved high..

RoSPA Gold Award

We were awarded with a coveted RoSPA Gold Award at a ceremony held at the Birmingham Metropole Hotel on Wednesday May 12th by Lord Brougham & Vaux.Sue Southam our QUENSH Co-ordinator said, after..

Summary of our Current Contracts

Anglian Water: Dave Burkill and his team continue to provide 24/7 service to AWA and this now covers areas in Grimsby, Lincoln, Boston and surrounding areas. Leicester City Council: Jason Bartlett,..

August 2009

We have taken delivery of nine new Caterpillar excavators from Finnings UK as replacement for older machines. These new machines bring our fleet size upto 35 including 24, 20, 14 tonne and 3 - 8..

Leicester Tigers

Leicester Tigers We have been awarded a contract to improve the pedestrian routes, traffic signals and signs and routes to the Leicester Tigers Welford Road Rugby Ground. Scott Martin our Senior..

QUENSH Co-ordinator

Sue Southam was appointed as our QUENSH Co-ordinator on 5th May. She will be responsible for monitoring our management systems and procedures to ensure compliance with the three standards of..

Institution of Civil Engineers EMMAs

We won silver at the 2009 Institution of Civil Engineers EMMAwards at their Annual Gala Dinner with our submission partners of Capital Shopping Centre and BSP Consulting for the Restoration of..

Blackpath Footbridge, Rugby

The final link of the Blackpath Footbridge at Rugby Railway Station was lifted into place in the early hours of Sunday 1st March uing a 500 tonne mobile crane during a rail closure of the West..

Old Bow Bridge, Leicester

Leicester City Council have awarded another project using our Framework Partnering Contract for civil engineering works and repairs to highway structures. This latest scheme is for the..

East Midlands Awards 2009 of The Institution of Civil Engineers

Entries have submitted to East Midlands Awards 2009 of The Institution of Civil Engineers in two of the categories. Jointly with Leicester City Council we have entered the restoration of King..

Birmingham Airport security enhancements completed in time for the Christmas Getaways

We completed the safety and security enhancements at Birmingham International Airport in time for Christmas. The airport required security to be improved to main the terminal buildings following..

CECA Annual Dinner

Mark Hedges, one of our Senior Site Agents scooped top prize in the Civil Engineering Contractors Association Site Manager of the Year Awards at CECA Annual Dinner at The Hilton Metropole,..

New Starters

Kirsty James is the new face at the Reception. She will answer your telephone calls and show vistors to the person they have come to meet. Steve Crawford joined us at the beginning of October..

The completion of the restoration of King William Bridge

To celebrate the completion of the restoration of King William Bridge Ian Gilbert, our Contracts Manager, presented the project design team from Leicester City Council with framed photographs of the..

Further Improvements at Birmingham International Airport

Further Improvements at Birmingham International Airport We are starting a 14 week 1.5 million scheme to improve the traffic circulation and provide safer pedestrian access to the Passenger..

Bedford, Church Square

Work started in July on the public realm improvements to The Church Square, Bedford. The scheme which has a construction value approaching half a million pounds is due for completion in..

New Look Irthlingborough

The project which started on 14 January was completed in June. The High Street and Town Square are far more pedestrian friendly and provide an environment which is expected to attract more people to..