Barhale is a leading civil engineering and infrastructure services contractor
in the UK, with an annual turnover in the region of £100 million. The company
provides a broad range of services including the construction and refurbishment
of below-ground infrastructure such as pipelines and cables and above-ground structures
such as water and wastewater treatment, bridges and rail construction work.
Much of the company’s work is focussed on the water industry, where Barhale has long-term contracts with Severn Trent, Thames Water, Anglian Water’s @One Alliance, and Scottish Water Solutions.
The core business units are supported by specialist plant, tunnelling, fabrication
and process divisions to provide a single source of supply.
It maintains a zero accident culture and believes that all accidents are preventable
and that no task should be undertaken unless it can be done safely. This approach,
combined with a commitment to the environment and a belief in the importance of
forming partnerships with clients, gives Barhale a unique position in its market and one which is valued by the clients for whom
it works.
Very early in the company’s growth the company recognised the need for a strategically-located
base which would enable the firm to provide its services nationwide. It identified
Walsall as an ideal location and opened a plant yard and fabrication business
in the town in 1980. By 2001 the company had grown into a significant group and
moved its headquarters from Harrow to its current premises in Wallows Lane, Walsall,
and then to a much larger office complex in Bescot Crescent two years later.
Today, more than 200 of the group’s 1,000 employees are based in Walsall. According
to Barhale chairman and founder Dennis Curran, the town provides everything the company
needs to thrive.
“Our HQ and plant and fabrication businesses are all a few hundred yards from
the M6 and so are ideally placed to travel anywhere in the country via the motorway
network. Walsall also provides us with a pool of bright, committed people to enhance
our workforce and that is vital in ensuring that the next 25 years are as successful
as the first. In return, we are delighted that we can help generate wealth for
the town and we are pleased that we continue to enjoy a good working relationship
with the local authority.”
Barhale
Barhale House
Bescot Crescent
Walsall
WS1 4NN
Bescot Crescent
Walsall
WS1 4NN
Tel: 01922 707700
Fax: 01922 721808
Fax: 01922 721808
