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We are proud of what we do, we are proud of our roots and we help our people to be their best.

Examples of our expertise can be seen across the region in a variety of forms, from Coastal Defence works to Urban Renewal and Flood Alleviation projects. Our multi skilled workforce is by far our greatest asset and fundamental to the long term success of our business.

Seymour Civil Engineering has been established for over 35 years and in that time our business has been integral in the regeneration of the North East.

Kevin BryneManaging Director

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In 1978 Brian Seymour and Barry Rhodes formed B Seymour (Civil Engineering Contractors) Ltd in Hartlepool, with just 20 employees and 3 pieces of plant machinery. The company was renamed as Seymour Civil Engineering Contractors Ltd in 1989.

Within 10 years we had won our first £1m project and were working with clients like the Teesside Development Corporation on regeneration projects, many on former industrial land on both sides of the River Tees and around Hartlepool.

5 years on and our skills were being used at Derwenthaugh Cokeworks, providing heavy earthworks to transform it into the park we know today.

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B Seymour (Civil Engineering Contractors) Ltd formed by Brian Seymour & Barry Rhodes

Work started with Teesside Development Corporation

Heavy investments into new plant and

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Turnover increased to £5m

1995Transformed Derwenthaugh Coke Works into a Derwenthaugh Park

1988Completion of our breakthrough contract into civils @ Gateshead Garden Festival

Over 100 employees

In 1990 we won our first £1m contract

20 Employees and 3 pieces of plant

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Company name changed to Seymour (Civil Engineering Contractors) Ltd

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ENGINEERING THAT WORKS FOR YOU

Our skills and expertise have diversified with the markets and industry and for more than 35 years we have created and maintained the vital infrastructure assets that form our region. From coastal defence projects and highway works to water network projects that protect our homes and workplaces.

Winning our first £100m Framework with Northumbrian Water in the year 2000, Seymour CEC are now specialists in the Water Sector.

Despite its small beginnings in 1978, Seymour CEC has organically grown a team of multi skilled people and invested heavily in plant and machinery. Our workforce now stands at over 250 with a plant and machinery value of over £5m and we are growing year on year.

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Phase 1 of Hartlepool coastal defence completed

Corporate rebranding and heavy investments into new plant and fleet



2007Became a wholly owned subsidiary of Renew Holdings plc

2016We now have over 250 employees

Over £35m turnover

Over £5m in plant equipment

Moved into Seymour House

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Seymour CEC directly employs a 250 strong

From Multi skilled Operatives and Machine Drivers to Plant and Mechanical Fitters who maintain our

All supported by Management teams and

One our Visions is to be a DESIRABLE employer with a good reputation. We do this by making sure that our people are Rewarded, Recognised and Cared for, our workplaces are Safe and Healthy and we are flexible to provide a good Work/Life balance.

testament that our employees are treated well and enjoy working for us. We actively grow our business from within and train our employees to be their best.

Kevin J Byrne - Managing Director

“Our workforce of over 250 blue and white collar employees is our greatest asset and continues to help drive the business into the future and surpass our client’s needs”

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To be the LEADING water Sector Specialist

To be a DESIRABLE employer with a good reputation

Our Vision and Aspiration for the futureOUR VISION

Our principles underpin the vision and make us who we areOUR PRINCIPLES

Technical excellence and INNOVATIVE solutions

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Our values set the ethos required to maintain the Seymour standardOUR VALUES

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We have a culture of equal opportunitiesWe provide an excellent training programme and mentor from withinWe openly communicate with our people which builds a positive environment and stimulates innovation

We share valuesWe work at creating excellent relationshipsWe have a “Can Do” attitude

We have an open mind with no pre-conceptions or prejudicesWe have a willingness to work openly and honestlyWe deliver on our promise every time

We use local suppliers to support the local economyWe engage with the communities in which we workWe employ local people

We are proud of the company we work forWe help our people to be their bestWe will not compromise on safety or quality

Ensuring the health, safety and WELL-BEING of our

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Conducting our business with integrity, applying

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Seymour were the first business in the North East to launch the ICE “This is Civil Engineering Campaign”. Banners were hung on our sites to showcase civil engineering to the public with QR codes linking to the project case studies.

We recognise that our business activities have an immediate impact on the communities in which we work and a wider implication on society at large.

One of our Values is to be SUSTAINABLE, we do this by using local suppliers to support the

economy, employing local people and engaging with the communities.

Our commitment to ensuring we give back to those communities includes; taking part in career events with schools, colleges and educational establishments, providing

apprenticeships and training opportunities, promoting local employment and volunteering

businesses.

Engaging with our local communities and supporting local charities



Ivor Goodsite is a costumed character developed by the Considerate Constructors Scheme to engage with a younger audience to encourage safety on and around construction sites and to promote all that is positive about the UK construction industry.

For Hertfordshire House Community Association we cleared a large area of land and disposed of rubble and soil so the community could develop a community garden and nurture a “grow your own” ethos amongst the local community.

Our people take part in Team Building and sporting activities throughout the year and organise a variety of events to raise funds for charities personal to them. From the annual Kielder Quest outdoor activity event at Kielder Forest to cycling the coast to coast. At Seymour, we support these events and support each other

We cleaned up a park in Sugley Dene and managed to remove 10 bin bags of litter, cleared overgrown walkways, painted railings and provided 60 tonnes of gravel to repair the paths.

The “Friends of Sugley Dene” Community Group were overwhelmed with the progress made to clean up the park. Leaving a lasting legacy

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Corporate Fundraisers

We support a number of charities and are proud to be a Corporate Partner to the Hartlepool Hospice. The Hartlepool Hospice is at the heart of our community, they

provide vital care and support to thousands of patients and their families each year.The Hospice relies heavily on charitable donations, sponsorships and funds raised from

the many events organised within our community. We attend, sponsor and help

Our people take part in team building and sporting activities throughout the year, and organise a number of charitable events to raise funds for charities personal to them. At

Seymour we support these events and we support each other.

Seymour Civil Engineering in 2016 and look forward to a long and prosperous relationship with the Club.

“On behalf of everyone at the Hartlepool & District Hospice, we extend our most sincere appreciation for your valued patronage and hope that our

partnership will continue into the future”

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Russ Green

“Hartlepool United would like to thank Seymour Civil Engineering for their support throughout last season, and look forward to a long lasting partnership with a premier business in the region.”

Mick Gooding

“We truly appreciate Seymour’s continued support and generous donations. Without your involvement and generosity, we would not be able to continue and develop the team going forward”


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The works involved the restoration of Sunniside Gardens in the centre of the city of Sunderland including the replacement of surface materials and street furniture, landscaping works to the gardens, removal and planting of trees, installation of a water feature, diversion of services and installation of artwork, creating a unique feature to this historic part of the city. Construction in the city centre had an immediate impact on residents and businesses fronting the

movement of materials. Particular attention was paid to liaison with the local community and businesses to ensure that any special needs were taken into account and care taken to ensure that construction activity had the minimum of impact on the local environment.

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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS

There are historical reports of flooding in the Brunton Park area for the last 100 years. Recent flooding highlighted issues with the surface water and foul sewer networks and how these interact with the Ouseburn. The solution to protect 100 properties included a variety of techniques and innovations, including;

Upsizing of over two kilometres of new surface water and foul sewers and storage facilities within the Brunton Park estate. This was accomplished

flows to the network.

Most ingeniously, the work has involved installing 380 metres of new river channel approximately parallel to the existing channel to divert the Ouseburn river away from the estate. This allowed the old river channel to be used as a new attenuation basin to store surface water flow from the estate at times of high flow and create space for the construction of a cost

and storage basin is the creation of a valuable habitat for wildlife. Elsewhere, the Brunton Park scheme has involved the construction of 300 metres of Environment Agency flood defence

A temporary bridge was positioned over the Ouseburn river for access to the Golf Course area. With the bridge in place the Ouseburn watercourse diversion could be achieved creating a SUDs channel in order to allow the upgraded surface water system to discharge during storm events. Work including bulk earthworks, gabion walls, reinstatement and landscaping in the City of Newcastle Golf Course.

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This project was to construct an extension to an existing manufacturing facility and comprised of a steel framed extension to an existing manufacturing unit to house a new vertical laying up machine (VLM) for the manufacture of undersea umbilical cable systems. The building was approximately 28m by 36m by 25m high.

Structural works comprised a significant Steel Portal Framed building with external profiled sheet steel cladding and the construction of reinforced concrete support structures and pits to support production machinery. The floor slab was constructed to suit areas of high production loading of 35kN/m2.

The general ground construction consists of reinforced concrete structures supported by piling, the piling of which was designed by our specialist contractor to achieve up to 500kN working loads.

Drainage works included the surface water drainage diversion and connection to the existing storm water system. The works included installing associated services, fencing, car parking and hard landscaping.

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Bertschi Transport Depot Bertschi UK

The works were a design and build project to provide a 15,500 m² container handling storage facility adjoining an existing similar facility for Bertschi UK in Middlesbrough.

The works comprised of the provision of a structural slab constructed using steel fibre reinforced concrete laid with a laser screed.

The works also included the provision of all drainage and high mast lighting to the slab area. The existing facility had to remain operational 24 hours a day during the works.

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severe flooding arising in part from the sewerage system, with flood depths reported to be one

The flood alleviation scheme consisted of the construction of a 25 metre diameter storage tank providing 4800 cubic metres of storage. The tank allowed a reverse flow from the surcharges main sewer to be stored until such a time when the storm water could flow back into the main sewer system.

Highlights of the project included;

removed the need for temporary support to the ground and the 25m diameter and 12 m deep tank was constructed in 11 weeks.

Early engagement with the supplier enabled the manufacture and delivery of the units to be tailored to suit the programme. The storage capacity of the tank was the size of 2 Olympic swimming pools!

The use of segmental units has health and safety benefits simplifying construction and removing the need to fix reinforcement steel, fix formwork and pour concrete at height in the tank walls. 20 Properties were removed from the Flood Risk Register upon completion of the works.

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Lakes Estate, Hebburn Northumbrian Water

Seymour secured a contract with Northumbrian Water to reduce the risk of flooding to 21 homes in Lakes Estate, Hebburn.

Phase 1 works included the construction of over 450 metres of rider sewers and the construction of 20 manhole chambers to address localised incapacity within the combined sewer network serving a residential area within the Hebburn area.

Phase 2 works were awarded under a separate contract taking approximately 8 months to complete. The works included the construction of a 5600m3 modular precast concrete gravity storm attenuation tank, comprising of internal half channels, benching and access manholes to alleviate surcharge within the main trunk sewer as well as 2 tunnels constructed using a trenchless pipe jack technique at 8m deep, 1.5m diameter.

The works also include landscaping and reinstatement works comprising the local removal and re-alignment of an existing bund which surrounded the playing fields plus reinstatement of field drainage and playing fields over the tank area.

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PORT, HARBOUR & SEA DEFENCES

This project involved the reconstruction of the sea defences between Hartlepool and SeatonCarew.

The works in this phase involved the removal of the existing sea wall, construction of 1000 metres of new reinforced concrete wall, protection with rock armour (up to 2.5t), concrete steps and ramps, promenade footpaths and cycle ways.

A significant part of the works was within the range of tidal water. Strict segregation of public/pedestrian was created using clearly marked and fenced pedestrian areas.

A method of working was devised to allow safe working during periods of low tides. Monitoring of the sea and weather conditions was maintained to ensure that heavy

Communication was established with the sea coalers to accommodate their activities without compromising the works.

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Hartlepool Town Wall PORT, HARBOUR & SEA DEFENCES

Hartlepool Borough Council

The Town Wall is a length of coast protection and flood defence structure located parallel to the Port Authority Navigable Channel on the inner approachesto Victoria Harbour.

The wall was originally built in the 1300’s and is classified as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.The Town Wall structure was determined as being at increasing risk of overtopping and failure due to wave action during storm events. The design solutions provided were severely constrained by the Scheduled Ancient Monument Status of the Town Wall Structure.

The first stage of the works completed by Seymour Civil Engineering was split into 2 elements:

Element 1 Reinstatement / rebuild of 3 x 40m long groyne structures insitu concrete.Element 2 Provision of approximately 180m of new insitu concrete toe protection to the existing Town Wall structure.

The works were all within the range of tidal water. A method of working was devised to allow safe working during periods of low tides. Monitoring of the sea and weather

delay timely completion of the project.


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Framework for the Operational Maintenance and Minor Works associated with the sewerage system for the Tees Valley Division for our client Northumbrian Water.

The operations are coordinated by a dedicated team of both management and operatives which includes customer care and 24hr emergency call outs. The framework covers all areas of the operational maintenance of the sewerage system and capital works. Including the management of a large number of reactive, programmed and emergency works over a wide geographic area.

Works include the maintenance of the sewerage network and construction relating to minor sewerage capital works, including new assets, renewals, modifications, maintenance, refurbs and extensions which covers reactive and planned maintenance and rehabilitation, sewer cleansing and CCTV services of the sewerage network, including minor sewerage network projects (combined sewerage overflows, sewer flooding schemes and new development works).

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Seymour CEC were instructed to carry out a major programme of work to clean and upgrade the trunk water mains and improve water quality for one million Northumbrian Water customers in the North East.

Over a period of time, harmless sediment can build up on the inside of water mains and may result in discoloured water. Although discoloured water is not harmful to health, it is not acceptable or pleasant. To deliver the programme of works Seymour utilised two techniques to clean the pipes. Ice Pigging and Typhoon Jetting.

Using the Ice Pigging technique, slushy ice is injected into the pipe and the water

the pipe walls. The dirty ice is then flushed from the water pipe and the water is sampled and put back into supply.

Using ice is much quicker and safer than other cleaning methods. It usually takes us up to three weeks to clean a 2km section of pipe using ‘pressure jetting’, it takes just a few hours to clean the same amount of pipe using ice. As well as being more cost

uses less water than other types of cleaning so it is more environmentally friendly.

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Cleveland Police covers an area of approximately 230 square miles, which is divided into four territorial police Districts, Hartlepool, Langbaurgh, Middlesbrough and Stockton.

Cleveland Police currently occupy a number of buildings throughout the Cleveland area; the buildings comprise a mixture of types and uses; including Headquarters buildings, police stations, residential buildings, garages

This Minor Works Framework was set up to ensure the repair and maintenance of those properties was procured and delivered by competent contractors.

Seymour secured this 5 year framework and have successfully delivered projects across the district under a variety of disciplines, including

This framework is delivered by a dedicated team who have their own vans, materials and equipment available

Groundwork’s CivilsGrounds MaintenanceBrickworkConcrete RepairConcreting

JoineryRoad Surfacing worksDrain CleaingDrainageFencing

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HISTORIC REGENERATION

The works comprised of the repair and upgrade of the existing drainage system to the Stables block at Gibside Hall. The full extent of the existing drainage system was unknown until excavation began. We replaced drains, manhole covers and gullies.

Also included within the work was the repair of the existing

years in use the original cobbles, which cover most of the yard except for a narrow band of stone flags round the perimeter, were very uneven with many local depressions which held

yard and re-laid them back in place once the drainage works had been carried out.

replaced with a smooth resin-bonded gravel surface and the cobbles salvaged and stored by the National Trust for sorting into size batches for future use. The new resin-bonded surface was required to aid wheelchair users to access the facility.

These works were carried out on the National Trust Estate of Cragside, which is a grade 1 Historic Registered Landscape and consists of several grade 1 listed buildings and structures, densely wooded areas, lakes and steep ‘craggy’ slopes.

remediation works to the dam and lake, the construction of a major water cascade, the creation of footpaths to the formal

Drainage and Cobble works, Gibside Hall Environment Agency

Cragside House, Northumberland National Trust


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