Increasing demand for unique and innovative bridge repair, restoration and strengthening techniques, to accommodate the escalating volume and weight of UK road and rail traffic, has established specialist main contractors Concrete Repairs Limited (CRL) as acknowledge experts in the field of bridge maintenance.

CRL provides a nationwide facility for the survey, repair, restoration and strengthening of concrete, masonry, steel and cast iron structures. The company’s multi-disciplined, professional and comprehensive services include Civils and concrete repair works, composite strengthening, corrosion control installation (including cathodic protection), water-proofing and surveys.

As Main Contractors the company also carries out associated operations such as new bearing replacements, expansion jointing, post tensioning, vehicle/pedestrian barrier installation, lighting and electrical works.

The company’s detailed understanding of highway and rail infrastructure allows it to innovate and advise on specific requirements, thus ensuring that work is carried out correctly and safely, to ‘best value’ and within budget. CRL has been awarded two Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) ‘Historic Bridge Awards’ involving composite strengthening works on the Cleddau Bridge, Pembrokeshire and for the strengthening of King Street Railway Bridge, Flintshire.