BARHALE

London Transport Awards

Barhale has won the coveted Road Streetworks Contractor of the Year category in the 2010 London Transport Awards.

The award was presented in London at a ceremony sponsored by Transport for London and organised in conjunction with Transport Times.

According to the citation, Barhale was “extremely co-operative, in particular at work sites where the rebuilding of cable chambers was necessary on the Victoria Embankment and in Victoria Street at its junction with Bressenden Place.”

The judges were told that “at both sites the contractor worked extended hours, seven days a week, with the result that both chamber constructions were completed and these busy roads were returned to traffic well ahead of programme. Furthermore the Victoria Embankment works had to be postponed at exceptionally short notice, because of other activities in the area, and while they were in progress it was necessary to close them down, and temporarily deck over the large excavation, to release the carriageway to sporting competitors during the Triathlon event.”

Barhale director Steve Critchley said: “This is a coveted award in the capital and the work of many different contractors is considered.  We are delighted to have been given the Contractor of the Year accolade.”