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If you’ve ever spent anytime staring out of the window on a train journey, you’ll be well aware that the majority of trainlines are pretty isolated cutting through our green and pleasant land. That in turn means that when work on rail bridges are required, access isn’t always simple when it comes to getting kitContinue reading "Pontoon rafts"

Brentford Lock West is an award-winning housing development located by Thames Lock, to the west of the Grand Union Canal. Currently the development consists of almost 300 apartments and town houses. What does that have to do with us? Well we’ve had the pleasure of working alongside the main contractor for over 5 years now,Continue reading "Pedestrian Diversion at Brentford Lock West"

We are looking for people to join are installation crew here at FPH. Your role will be to deliver and install our pontoons to the highest of standards across the UK. You must be able to work well with others, have good communication skills and be able to identify and solve unexpected problems. The jobContinue reading "Join the team – We’re hiring"

Back in February of 2018 we posted a blog folowing our involvement in bridge repairs in Kexby, North Yorkshire – https://floatingpontoonhire.co.uk/listed-bridge-repairs/ well fast forward 3.5 years and we’re back again. Thankfully nothing gone wrong, just the next phase of the repair works to ensure the bridge which has been a listed structure since 1990 isContinue reading "Bridge Repair Pontoon in a familiar location"

We’ve been onsite in Fladbury, Worcestershire this month installing an access platform for scaffolders to utilise on The River Avon. The rail bridge pictured is due to undergo repair works which require the bridge itself to be encapsulated in Scaffolding for the duration of the works.  Our pontoons are being utilised to give the scaffoldersContinue reading "Scaffold access for bridge repairs"

Yes thats right, we actually provided pontoon to a real event, with people! We’ve had the pleasure of providing Castle Race Series with pontoons for their events at Cholmondeley Castle and Gardens and Hever Castle for a number of years now. Sadly owing to the impact of Covid in 2020 as with pretty much allContinue reading "Castle Race Series – An event – A real Event"

Our install crews spent the day in Bognor Regis last week supplying and installing a 124 square metre pontoon allowing for bridge inspection and repair to a rail bridge crossing a small river. Access to the river itself was very limited with heavy vegetation build up and pallisade fencing running along both river banks. InstallingContinue reading "Bridge repair and inspection in Bognor Regis"

Following Boris Johnsons ‘road map’ out of lockdown, it appears that there could be some light at the end of the tunnel and we could see a return of events in the not to distant future. That means that all those couples who were forced to postpone their weddings (some multiple times) can begin toContinue reading "Wedding Season (could be back)"

Since August, Floating Pontoon Hire have been supplying a temporary access walkway to The Port of Dover within their public marina. Ongoing development works within The Port have led to the original access walkway becoming inaccessible and we were delighted to step in and ensure that berth holders continued to have uninterrupted access to theirContinue reading "Port of Dover – Temporary access walkway"

In light of the Government’s announcement of a national lockdown beginning yesterday. We want to ensure all of our clients we are here, ready willing and able and will continue to be throughout lockdown, with safety of paramount importance. Our number one priority is ensuring the safety of our clients when using our pontoons andContinue reading "Here for you when you need us!"

We’re currently supplying over 500 square metres of pontoon in central Bath allowing for bridge repairs and repainting to take place on The First Group Bath bus depot. The pontoon is being used to house alloy scaffold towers allowing our client to access the bridge itself for painting as well as acting as a catchContinue reading "Bath Bridge Repairs"

In order to provide access and also prevent any paint falling into the water we provided a 420 square metre work platform directly underneath the pylon for the duration of the works. The pontoon was then covered with tarpaulin to protect the pontoon and again ensure no paint could enter the water if spilled fromContinue reading "Pontoon platform proves perfect (for) pylon painting"

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However, there is some light on the horizon for those wanting to get out on the water and experience the great outdoors. From the the 1st of August events of up to 30 people have been permitted as long as they are following the industry guidelines on COVID-19 Further more it has also been confirmedContinue reading "Solent Rib Charter"

The civil engineering and construction industry presents more risks to its workforce than most industries. Couple these risks the construction industry presents with working on water and the need for safety is multiplied. STAYING SAFE Our pontoon system offers the safest possible solution to working on water, combining exceptional buoyancy with the highest possible standardContinue reading "Safety Boats – You hopefully won’t need!"

One of the key benefits of our pontoon system is their versatility of both install and use. As standard we transport our pontoon in 7×2 metre slabs for ease and economy of transport. In a perfect world those slabs are then lifted straight onto the water and away we go. However, when such access isn’tContinue reading "No Access – No problem"

In February we were approached by an existing client who required assistance with access to undertake some Geotechnical Investigation works of a long disused dry dock in East London. The Dock in question – Blackwall Yard is a Grade 2 Listed Dock and has a rich history of shipbuilding and later ship repairs and remainedContinue reading "Blackwall Yard Geotechnical Investigation Work"

As we identified in our last blog, as a supplier of equipment and services to essential  infrastructure here at Floating Pontoon Hire we have remained open and operational during this period of lockdown and in fact we’ve actually found ourselves being pretty busy throughout, here’s what we’ve been up to on top of the ongoingContinue reading "Pontoons in the time of Corona"