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Birmingham Post
Birmingham Post
Business
William Telford

Devon's Teignmouth Maritime Services buys 50% stake in Kent hydraulic engineering firm

Devon-based marine and civil engineering specialists Teignmouth Maritime Services Ltd is greeting jobs after becoming a 50% shareholder of a hydraulic engineering specialist company.

TMS has bought into Kent-based Hesselberg Hydro UK Ltd, combining nearly 60 years’ experience and expertise in the maritime construction sector. The Devon firm has been providing professional marine and land-based civil engineering services since 1991.

With more than 30 years’ experience working as a leading marine contracting business, the company boasts a portfolio providing services including marine and civil construction, commercial diving, marine plant hire, piling, emergency repairs and flood defence works.

Due to its acquisition of half of Hesselberg Hydro and strong growth, TMS is recruiting for site staff at all levels in a variety of roles for projects taking place across the country. Roles currently available include experienced groundworkers, project managers, estimators and commercial divers.

Originally part of the Norwegian A/S Sigurd Hesselberg group, Hesselberg Hydro was established in 1986 to concentrate on dam building.

Now the company, with more than 36 years’ experience, works in many sectors of hydraulic engineering specialising in the application of asphalt and particularly systems for erosion protection, underwater scour protection and waterproofing.

The company’s comprehensive service encompasses feasibility studies and inspections together with design, installation, and maintenance of asphaltic structures for dams, reservoirs and lagoons, rivers and irrigation channels, ports and coastal environments, and landfill sites.

Hesselberg Hydro’s specialist projects are commissioned by engineering consultants and contractors, local authorities, environmental agencies, water companies and port operators.

Peter Stenner, managing director of TMS, said: “We’re very proud to have achieved and maintained significant growth over the past decade, enabling us to comfortably complete multi-million-pound schemes to the satisfaction of our clients.

“This partnership investment with Hesselberg Hydro is most certainly going to compliment and aid further growth for both companies in the years ahead.”

He added: “There are many synergies between the two companies, both working side by side in similar sectors, using different techniques. We are very pleased to have now combined both company’s expertise, expanding and maximising our service offering further within the industry.”

Roger Smith, director of Hesselberg Hydro, said: “This is an exciting chapter for both companies. Combining the knowledge and experience of the Hesselberg Hydro team with the resources of TMS will provide a stronger project delivery team to service a growing demand for our services.”

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