FTE Supports Degree Apprentice place at University of Portsmouth
This September Four-Tees Engineers (FTE) Project Assistant Cameron Hendy commences his Civil Engineering Degree Apprenticeship at the University of Portsmouth. Working 1 day at university and 4 days a week on FTE projects. Cameron joined FTE near the end of March this year having completed a Level 3 diploma in Engineering at Brockenhurst College whilst […]
How Much Is Poor Design Costing Your Project?
Delays and cost overruns on structural steelwork projects might not appear until late in the programme. But the truth is they were probably baked-in from the start. Imagine that: the project that you currently think is progressing well might have unseen problems and hit the buffers once somebody tries to assemble the structural steelwork. Usually […]
A Lower-Risk Approach to Rooftop and Street Level Telecoms Structures
Rooftop and street-level structures provide increasingly vital links in the UK’s mobile telecoms network. This is great news for mobile users who enjoy better and faster mobile data connections, but often brings more of a challenge for structural steelwork designers and installers. The typical locations of these structures generate multiple design and logistical complications when […]
A Trusted Partner for Major Steelwork Bridge Strengthening
Strengthening steel bridge structures in complex locations over water, transportation networks and densely populated public areas demand an end-to-end design, fabrication and installation process that cuts out disconnects and conflicting priorities. How you inspect, investigate and deal with those inevitable unknowns hidden within historical bridge structures is crucial in removing risk, controlling budgets and keeping […]
FTE Appointed to support major blockade at Charing Cross Station
Between Sunday 26 July to Sunday 16 August 2026, London Charing Cross and Waterloo East stations were closed for 22 days to allow the railway to complete a £20 million programme of track, platform and structures upgrades. The SRE Volker Fitzpatrick team had proactively identified some emerging work scope issues in the very early stages […]
Structural Steelwork: Integrated Design Safeguards Framework Outcomes
Across multiple sectors, frameworks are increasingly the foundation for delivering complex and long-term work programmes. Analysing the underlying expectations for a range of frameworks including AMP8, CP7 and SRE several similarities emerge. These include tight programmes, value for money, standardisation, modularisation and – most universally of all – predictable costs. The inevitable question is: what […]
Designed For Change – Building Charging Infrastructure For Buses and eHGVs
The market for zero-emission buses in the UK seems certain to experience significant growth over the next decade. The order pipeline for new vehicles is likely to top 21,000 over this period according to DoT estimates (source Sustainable Bus). That estimate implies a massive expansion in charging capacity requirements. The growth estimates are highly back-loaded. […]
Translating Learning and Best Practice Into Every New Marine Project
Four-Tees Engineers (FTE) are currently undertaking the £5m specialist steelwork package on the restoration of the iconic Birnbeck Pier in Weston-Super-Mare for Principal Contractor Mackley. These works include the dismantling and replacement of the life expired metalwork on the 317m Grade II Listed structure, the only pier in the UK to connect an island. Installation […]
Probably the Largest Rail Bridge Protection Beam Install in the UK
This past weekend Four-Tees Engineers (FTE) has installed what are believed to be the largest post fixed bridge crash protection beam structures in the UK. The structures will protect the railway underbridge from the impacts of over-height vehicle collisions from traffic using the A237 Brighton Road located between Earlswood and Purley Stations at Coulsden. The […]
Designing-Out Carbon Emissions From Structural Steelwork
Limiting carbon emissions is, rightly, a significant goal of major public procurement programmes such as AMP8 and CP7. Rigorous material supply chain management and prioritising renewable energy sources are part of the answer, but there’s also the question of the avoidable carbon emissions that are either designed-into the structure or the result of inefficient processes. […]