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TRL Group has bold expansion plans .
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TRL Group covers site installation , design and fabrication services .
Rigging and erecting firms focus on further growth after combining as TRL Group .
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Stockton-based rigging and erecting specialist has plans for grander expansion following a decision to operate two companies under one banner .
Teesside Rigging & Lifting and Teesside Bridge Engineering & TRL Site Services have formed the TRL Group .
Now the intention is to increase the size of a 7,500-sq ft training centre , having become an end-point assessment centre for apprenticeships , and the business will be moving to a larger purpose-built facility .
TRL Group covers site installation , design and fabrication services . It provides accredited training and consultancy services in the UK and overseas too .
Managing director Steve Smith said : “ We are committed to offering the highest quality services while delivering exceptional customer satisfaction .
“ We recognise that clients need to be able to get on with the job but it ’ s essential this is done safely and with minimum disruption and downtime . All scopes of work and lifting operations are properly planned , supervised and carried out by competent persons in compliance with all current statutory legislation requirements .
“ We treat every customer – existing and potential – with the same level of dedication and commitment . This trait has made us a trusted supplier to the engineering construction industry .”
TRL Group is a strong and independent company with more than 30 years ’ experience of servicing the engineering construction industry , covering all aspects of steel erecting , rigging , lifting and site services for projects in the UK and
48 | Tees Business overseas . Steve founded the original Teesside Rigging & Lifting in 2008 and 11 years later , Teesside Bridge Engineering was launched to service the demand for fabrication services .
He said : “ Combining the companies under one banner helps us capture how we want to go forward . Over the years we have come to understand that our clients prefer to have a one-stop-shop . A company that can design and detail structural steelwork , fabricate and then install this steelwork onsite is a preferred option for many of our clients .
“ Added to this we also have the capacity to cover the external cladding works should our clients require this too . With a number of strategic alliances in the pipeline to be announced that would bring more expertise into the group , the future is exciting .”
With its head office at North Tees Industrial Estate , Stockton , TRL boasts a modern 7,500-sq ft training centre . It has ECITB , OPITO and LEEA accreditations , is FAPL-accredited and has achieved the quality standards of ISO 14001 and ISO 9001:2008 and BS OHSAS 18001 and 45001 .
There will be an article specifically focused on the Teesside Bridge Engineering arm of the group in the next edition of Tees Business , highlighting how it is in the final stage of securing an execution class 3 qualification in EN1090 to expand into more sectors .
The developments come at a time when the TRL Group has officially celebrated hitting new levels when it comes to training the next workers .
Steve said : “ Apprentices will come to us from throughout the industry to be assessed and signed off . We have just been approved for this and we are one of the only centres In the UK that has the facility to do this .”
Recent successful projects have ranged from 26 to 5,500 tons . The group has been involved in MGT Teesside , Tees Renewable Energy Plant and Anglo American ’ s Woodsmith mines , where , with a team of primarily local tradesmen peaking at more than 100 workers , it erected thousands of tons of complex steel structures safely and effectively .
With ongoing projects for Lianhetech , Addison Projects , Huntsman & SSI , TRL Group is building on the reputation that it has for taking on such large-scale structural steelwork and rigging scopes . It has regularly proven that having a highly qualified and experienced local workforce works for its clients .
Steve added : “ We are extremely proud of what we have achieved with our training services and site-based projects that we have been involved with . We are also very proud of the reputation that we are building of being a company that people actually want to come and work for .
“ We keep setting our standards very high and we have been able to achieve these high standards because of the people we employ – a company is only as good as the people who work for it .”