News

03rd April, 2019

Innovative Passivhaus residential development wins award and sets benchmark

Picture House Court, an innovative, pioneering and highly sustainable residential development in Bristol, has won the regional Bristol LABC award for ‘Best New Housing Development’.

27th March, 2019

Experienced ‘geo’ directors join Hydrock in the midlands and the north

Hydrock is delighted to welcome Paul Eastwood as Regional Director for the Midlands and Dr Martin Cross as a Technical Director in the north as part of the company’s national Land Quality business.

18th March, 2019

Danny Hope speaks at CIWEM materials management seminar

Hydrock is sponsoring and speaking at a CIWEM led seminar in April on materials management, where we will talk about the implications from changes to landfill tax rules.

15th March, 2019

Connecting Bristol's landmark residential tower to the city's district heat network

With construction underway, Hydrock is acting for Bouygues UK to deliver detailed M&E design on the much-anticipated Castle Park View residential development in Bristol.

13th March, 2019

Extra spice in Birmingham for our curry cook-off event

Clients from Birmingham's property sector, team captains from Hydrock, a load of spices, and a demonstration from professional chef, trainer and author, Anita Sharma-James. It all added up to Hydrock’s inaugural ‘Curry Cook-Off’.

05th March, 2019

Master planning St Philip’s Marsh: Bristol's King's Cross?

It's one of Bristol's few remaining opportunities for redevelopment. So, Hydrock hosted Bristol's finest creative minds to consider what an aspirational masterplan could look like.

04th March, 2019

Eva Mills steps up to lead Hydrock's Building Performance Engineering business

Eva Mills is promoted to Director of our national Building Performance Engineering business, with Henry Easterbrook, as Board Director, taking a centralised role driving innovation and growth across the business.

01st March, 2019

Stunning new headquarters building for UK Hydrographic Office open for business

A design team including Hydrock, AHR, BAM and Mace has completed the 11,000 sq m new headquarters for UKHO, prioritising collaborative and agile workspace around a dramatic atrium.

28th February, 2019

Bath’s Cleveland Pools restoration gains vital Heritage Lottery Funding

The 200 year old Grade II* listed Cleveland Pools in Bath has been awarded £4.7m funding from the National Lottery, securing the future of the oldest surviving open-air swimming baths in the UK.

27th February, 2019

Senior VISSIM microsimulation modeller joins Hydrock’s transportation team

Lee Marks, an experienced transport modeller with particular expertise in VISSIM and Viswalk, has joined Hydrock in our Camborne office.

25th February, 2019

Transport team contribute to successful planning submission to revive Andrew Gibson House, Merseyside

Acting on behalf of Prospect Capital, our transport specialists in Manchester have contributed to the successful planning application for the redevelopment of Andrew Gibson House, a landmark maritime building in Wallasey, on the Wirral.

22nd February, 2019

A night of high achievement at the Sunday Times Best Companies awards

Hydrock was ranked for a fifth consecutive year in the Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For lists, the highest placed engineering consultancy in the 2019 listings.