Shepherd Group

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

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 Limited, Registered in England and Wales, Company Number: 653663. Registered Office:Huntington House, Jockey Lane, Huntington, York, North Yorkshire, YO32 9XW.