We’ve blogged previosuly on our experiences of housing pumps on our pontoons, allowing water to be extracted from reservoirs when supplies are running low in the warmer summer months – Moonpool Pontoon for reservoir pump out. Since that blog we’ve been involved in multiple other such projects and now our pontoons are back on the… The post Pontoon Pumping Platform – Loch Glass, Scotland. first appeared on Floating Pontoon Hire News ..read more

We were recently approached by a client who needed to get access to a pedestrianised island on the side of the Thames for ground works and excavations to take place.  We were able to provide a double stacked pontoon decked with crane bog mats to allow the excavator to track over to the island and… The post Pontoon Bridge to accomodate an 8 Ton Excavator first appeared on Floating Pontoon Hire News ..read more

This week, we have been present in East London, where we have provided one of our pontoons as a safety measure while the river guardrail is being replaced. The purpose of the pontoon is to ensure that if anyone accidentally falls while working near the edge, they are prevented from falling into the water. This… The post Fall protection pontoon in East London first appeared on Floating Pontoon Hire News ..read more

One of our most recent additions to add to the Floating Pontoon Hire qualifications list is our in-house drone pilot and photographer. Luke, one of our long-term staff who has a personal passion for photography and videography has been put through his GVC and A2CofC to allow him to fly and photograph our pontoons onsite,… The post Floating Pontoon Hire’s Eye in the sky first appeared on Floating Pontoon Hire News ..read more

We had a crew in Cambridgeshire prior to the bank holiday supplying a pontoon for AMCO Giffen in a bridge arch on the River Great Ouse.  The pontoon will be used as a work platform by scaffolders allowing a suspended scaffold to be installed within the arch from which masonry repairs will take place on… The post Pontoon Hire for Bridge Arch Masonry Repairs first appeared on Floating Pontoon Hire News ..read more

The use of pontoon in relation to rail is incredibly broad in both of size of installation and duration of project. It can be as simple as a 1 day inspection making use of a small 4×4 metre pontoon with outboard motor, allowing inspections of the structure. To access walkways for scour repair. All the… The post Pontoon Hire for Rail first appeared on Floating Pontoon Hire News ..read more

Seb and  Ed have found themselves on something of a magical mystery tour of the East Midlands over the past 2 week. Armed with 16sqm of pontoon, edge protection and a sat nav. They’ve been making their way around various locations in the East Midlands assisting our client with a total of 19 inspection over… The post 10 Days, 19 Bridges, 2 Crew & 1 van first appeared on Floating Pontoon Hire News ..read more

Our day to day for approximately 9 months of the year is focused on the commercial sector of pontoon hire. Be it pedestrian walkways, bridge repairs or floating work platforms. And lets be honest they’re not neccesarily the prettiest jobs to shout about. However, come the summer season, our pontoons take on a whole new… The post Floating Marquees – Add that wow factor to your Wedding Day or party! first appeared on Floating Pontoon Hire News ..read more

Box Hill Park in Surrey is famous for its views over the Surrey countryside. But, if you head there currently you’d also be treated to a view of one of our pontoons doing their thing.  Our pontoons are being used to allow plant access across the River Mole whilst remedial works are undertaken to the… The post Double Stacked Plant Access Pontoon first appeared on Floating Pontoon Hire News ..read more

Our installation team were busy in Taunton, Somerset last week installing over 550 square meters of pontoon under Town Bridge on the River Tone. The Grade II listed Town Bridge carries the A3027 over the River Tone in the center of Taunton. Having originally been built in 1894 the bridge is now in need of… The post Bridge Repair and Maintenance in Taunton, Somerset. first appeared on Floating Pontoon Hire News ..read more