Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company
Cleveland Bridge UK Ltd is a renowned bridge building and structural engineering company based in Darlington, England. It has been involved in many major projects including the Victoria Falls Bridge.
History
Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company was founded in 1877 as a fabrication business. In 1967 the company was acquired by The Cementation Company which was bought by Trafalgar House in 1970.A works was established in Dubai in 1976, and a new engineering works opened in Darlington in 1982.
In 1990 the company was merged with Redpath Dorman Long which had been acquired by Trafalgar House in 1982 from the Dorman Long group, forming Cleveland Structural Engineering. The company was renamed Kvaerner Cleveland Bridge following the acquisition of Trafalgar House by Kvaerner in 1996.
In mid 2000 the company became an independent entity through a £8.3million management buyout, the management also acquired the company's Dubai subsidiary.
In late 2000 the Al Rushaid Group acquired a 50% share of the company, raising the shareholding to 88.5% in September 2002.
In 2002 the company won a £60 million contract for steelwork for the new Wembley Stadium. A contractual dispute between Cleveland Bridge, and its subcontractor, Hollandia, over staff led to Cleveland Bridge exiting the project in 2004, resulting in litigation between Cleveland Bridge and the main contractor Multiplex. The dispute led to delays in the completion of the Wembley project. Additionally an industrial dispute between workers transferred from Cleveland Bridge to Hollandia employment on the site led to the sacking of 200 workers, and picketing of the site.
Bridge building
Bridges built by the company include:| Bridge | Location | Year | Notes |
| Ramsey Harbour Swing Bridge | Ramsey, Isle of Man | 1892 | |
| Victoria Falls Bridge | Zimbabwe | 1905 | |
| Waibaidu Bridge | Shanghai, China | 1906 | |
| King Edward VII Bridge | Newcastle, England | 1908 | |
| Blue Nile Road and Railway Bridge | Sudan | 1909 | |
| Victoria Bridge | Hamilton, New Zealand | 1910 | |
| Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge | Middlesbrough | 1911 | |
| Goz Abu Goma Bridge | Sudan | 1911 | |
| Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Nottingham | Widening by Cleveland Bridge and Engineering, 1924–1926 | |
| Chiswick Bridge | London, England | 1933 | |
| Verrugas Bridge | Peru | 1936 | |
| Howrah Bridge | India | 1942 | |
| Liverpool Bridge | Georges River, Sydney, Australia | 1958 | 278 m |
| Spit Bridge | Middle Harbour, Sydney, Australia | 1958 | 227 m, including bascule span |
| Auckland Harbour Bridge | Auckland, New Zealand | 1959 | Main span of 244 m, overall length 1020 m |
| Tamar Bridge | England | 1959 | |
| Forth Road Bridge | Scotland | 1964 | ACD Consortium |
| Severn Bridge | Severn Estuary, Wales/England | 1966 | ABB Consortium |
| Wye Bridge | Severn Estuary, Wales/England | 1968 | |
| Bosphorus Bridge | Turkey | 1973 | Total length 1560 m |
| Rio–Niterói Bridge | Rio, Brazil | 1974 | |
| Ballachulish Bridge | Scotland | 1974 | |
| Humber Bridge | Hessle, England | 1981 | Span 1410 m |
| Queen Elizabeth II Bridge | M25 Motorway, London | 1991 | Main span of 450 m, overall length 2,872 m |
| Tsing Ma Bridge | Hong Kong | 1997 | Span 1,377 m |
| Jiangyin Suspension Bridge | Jiangsu Province, China. | 1999 | Span 1,385 m |
| New Carquinez Bridge | San Francisco, USA. | 2003 | Span 728 |
| Rio–Antirrio bridge | Gulf of Corinth, Greece. | 2004 | Three spans of 560 m each |
| Wembley Stadium Arch | London, England | 2005 | |
| Infinity Bridge | Stockton on Tees, England | 2009 | |
| Twin Sails Bridge | Poole, England | 2012 |