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Innovations & Excellence
Shepherd companies have a long tradition of innovation and excellence
in their wide spectrum of operations. These are just a few of the
highlights.
- Invention of the PORTAKABIN jack-leg modular accommodation concept
- Invention of a practical portable cement silo for the UK market,
with Patented weighing and discharge equipment
- Major contribution to site welfare with introduction of the PORTALOO
toilet concept
- UK pioneer in Design and Build, single-source responsibility contract
procurement format
- Innovative foundation techniques helped to save York Minster for
posterity
- First national contractor to win ‘Investor in People’ Award, since
repeatedly renewed
- UK premier National Training Award for Shepherd Construction
- Queen’s Awards for both Technological and Export Achievement to
Portakabin
- Introduction to the UK of safer hydraulically-operated trench shoring
systems
- Manufacturing Industry Award for ROTOFLO materials discharge system
- Technical market leading advanced equipment shelter solutions for
telecoms industry
- Design Council and Civic Trust Awards and ‘Millennium Products’
status for LILLIPUT modular nursery
- YORKON steel frame modular building system for pioneering affordable
housing and largest UK factory-built hospital scheme
- SES – ‘Specialist Contractor of the Year’
- First 20-year structural/5-year product warranties for modular buildings
- Over 40 NHBC ‘Pride in the Job ‘ Awards made to Shepherd Homes site
managers, more than any comparable company

Shepherd Group, Huntington House, Jockey Lane, YORK YO32 9XW
Tel: +44 (0)1904 650 700
Fax: +44 (0)1904 650 701
 Shepherd Group is the brand name of Shepherd Building Group Ltd, Registered in England and Wales, Company Number: 653663. Registered Office:Huntington House, Jockey Lane, Huntington, York, North Yorkshire, YO32 9XW.
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