Bierrum
Bierrum is a British civil engineering and construction company, that has built all of Britain's concrete cooling towers at the country's power stations since 1965.
History
[edit]It was founded by Hans Bierrum (or Hans Bjerrum), a Danish civil engineer. He built his first cooling tower in the 1930s. Hans Bjerrum, born in Hellerup, competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics in Belgium; he died in 1979 in London. The company has also been called Bierrum International.
Bierrum and Partners Ltd (00339806) was founded on 30 April 1938.[1]
Ownership
[edit]It is part of Beroa Technology Group GmbH (BTG) of Ratingen-Lintorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.[2]
Structure
[edit]It is headquartered in Central Bedfordshire, around one mile east of the M1, close to the Greensand Ridge Walk.
Products
[edit]It has designed and built cooling towers (køletårn in Danish) and chimneys nationally and internationally.[3] It demolishes chimneys incrementally, with its Bierrum Rig.
See also
[edit]- J. L. Eve Construction, built other UK electricity transmission infrastructure
- Denmark–United Kingdom relations
- Arup Group
- Institute of Demolition Engineers, based in Kent
- Category:Construction and civil engineering companies of Denmark
References
[edit]- ^ Companies House
- ^ Beroa Group
- ^ "History of British coal-fired power stations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-09. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
External links
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- British companies established in 1938
- Central Bedfordshire District
- Chimneys in the United Kingdom
- Companies based in Bedfordshire
- Construction and civil engineering companies of the United Kingdom
- Cooling towers
- Demolition
- Denmark–United Kingdom relations
- 1938 establishments in England
- Construction and civil engineering companies established in 1938