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

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