Hackney Household Waste Site's weighbridges were becoming tired - metal fatigue had caused the weighbridges to twist slightly and give inaccurate readings.

Because the existing bridges were low cost and of a low profile design, repairs to the bridges would have been extremely costly and only extended their lives by a couple of years.

It was decided that replacement weighbridges would be considered and we provided a quotation to carry out the work, which was duly accepted. STC use a fabricator based in Sheffield to manufacture all the weighbridge products they supply and we took detailed measurements of the existing weighbridges to enable us to install the new bridges into the same foundations to minimise downtime and cost.

In addition, Hackney currently use a JS Weighing Easyweigh Modified software package and this was still running well so it was only necessary to replace the hardware of the bridges. This was done during a weekend to minimize disruption to the busy services that Hackney provides.

Mark Redgrave of Hackney Borough Council said the installation was ‘exceptionally professionally carried out’, and would have no hesitation in recommending STC for other Hackney Borough Council projects in the future or to other councils looking for similar work to be carried out.