Established in 1945 by my father, George H Preston as a blacksmiths and agricultural engineers, it remains a family business to this day, however, our business has developed throughout the intervening period and continues to change as a result of the improvements brought about by listening to our customers, embracing new technology and complying with the legislation and standards for quality, health, safety and the environment. 

Focusing upon our expertise with specialised welding and steel fabrication we employ a significant number of coded welders, to complement these we also employ mechanical and civil engineering personnel, this combination of skills and competencies enables the business to meet our customer’s needs by through the provision of project management, design, manufacture, installation and maintenance services.

We recognise that customer’s and their stakeholders place a high degree of significance upon, “quality, health, safety and the environment ability, with this in mind we endeavour to work in partnership with them by meeting the internationally recognised standards in these fields, holding certificates for  quality ISO 9001:2000,  Health and Safety ISO 18001 and the environment ISO 14001, our goal of continual improvement in these areas being rewarded by with the receipt of an “integrated management system accreditation” from BSI.

Having commitment to the water, coal, gas and rail industries, we are registered with both “Achilles” & “Link-up” utility vendor data base schemes, having also successfully completed their SHEQ verification audit.

Today, we are proud to say that we undertake work and projects on behalf a number of major companies that include; National Grid, North London Gas Alliance, Severn Trent Water, Tube Lines Limited, Fastline, UK Coal and British Bakeries, in doing so we accept our responsibilities for ensuring a positive and successful working partnership, which is illustrated by their continued confidence in our ability to deliver the service and quality they demand.

Our reputation has been built upon the provision of a reliable quality service, to uphold our good reputation we have adopted continuous improvement approach by monitoring our company’s performance and ensuring that our personnel’s skills and competencies are refreshed through training and instruction.

Last but not least, it is one of our aims to be recognised as a company that cares about our customer’s, wherever possible adopting and helping with solving their problems for we are fully aware that our success is directly related to and totally dependant upon the satisfaction and success of our customers.

Design and computer aided drawing is a facility that we are able to provide to our customers, having a dedicated office located within the main works, we employ a qualified engineer who is responsible for providing all engineering drawings within the company.

Our design office has two vital roles, firstly with the day to day working of the business by producing operational drawings that enable our purchasing and fabrication shop to operate more effectively and efficiently.

Having available detailed drawings prior to work beginning, we are able to request materials pre cut to the design, in allowing our suppliers to use their expertise and superior facility we can improve our efficiency for fabrication, an additional benefit, but considered as important to us, is that our waste and energy consumption is significantly reduced, thereby assisting the company with its environmental objectives.

 The second major aspect of the office is project design, working in harmony with our clients to produce potential concepts that will fulfil their operational and financial objectives. 

The following are a sample of the drawings produced to illustrate their standard and quality.