Pennine Vibropiling Ltd is a wholly owned member company of the Balfour Beatty Group; it was acquired in August 2005 from its owners and founding partners since then the operating companies of the former Pennine Group have been consolidated within the one company.

Before moving into contracting in 1994 Pennine had already established a solid reputation as manufacturers of specialist ground improvement equipment. The Pennine range of hydraulic vibroflots is acknowledged universally as the most reliable and powerful models available.

Ancillary plant such as power packs, jetting pumps and data logging equipment is also available. All the models can be modified to suit specific project requirements; whilst using components from leading international suppliers such as Caterpillar, Volvo and Samsung, ensures that spare parts are always available.

The company also builds dedicated ground improvement and piling rigs using standard tracked excavators as the base machine; such rigs are designed to specific requirements and can be fitted with data recording instrumentation.

An extensive fleet is available for rental or sale, and full and comprehensive commissioning and operator training is available. In some instances Pennine will offer geotechnical design backup and/or project management.

Pennine is also renowned for its high standards as a contractor in the UK, offering a complete design and installation process for ground improvement and piling systems to provide economic foundation solutions for all types of buildings and civil engineering structures. The extensive range of services offered include Vibro Stone Columns, Vibro Concrete Columns, Vibro Concrete Plugs, Marine Vibro, Dynamic and Rapid Impact Compaction, Band Drains and Soil Mixing.

The company also carries out bearing pile design and installation using CFA or Penpile? auger displacement piling techniques. The latter is a no spoil, no noise pile that is ideal for use on brownfield sites where the disposal of contaminated spoil needs to be avoided.

Pennine also undertake direct contracting in some parts of the world, usually as a joint venture with local specialists. In a constantly developing global market Pennine welcome contact from potential joint venture partners, please use the contact pages for details of the various options available.