The Westpile team reacted proactively in meeting the expectations of the short lead in period. Their design team were helpful and proactive in providing the detailed design solution in order to meet the piling commencement date. The onsite team were outstanding and proactive throughout and bettered their advised contract period date by over a week. A pleasure to work with.
Senior Project Manager, MACE
It's been a pleasure to work with this team again as there are no surprises; I am kept up-to-date at all times regarding site issues. I would gladly have this crew on one of my sites again.
Senior Site Manager, KIER
Your site team were all excellent and could not have been more helpful or diligent in the way they went about their work and where ever an issue arose it was dealt with in an efficient and professional manner.
Project Manager, Mackley
The onsite team were outstanding and proactive throughout and bettered their advised contract period date by over a week. A pleasure to work with.
Project Manager, MACE
Westpile had an excellent team on-site and off-site. They worked proactively and delivered ahead of program.
Senior Project Manager, VINCI
The performance during the pre-tender stage was excellent and Westpile provided first class technical back up throughout the project.
Contracts Manager, Breheny Civil Engineering

SERVICES

Our techniques are ground breaking in more ways than one, as we continue to set new standards in the foundation piling and ground engineering industry. We never stand still. Every technique we deploy is consistently assessed and our investment in research and development is testament to our determination to be a leader in innovation.

Our commitment and approach, together with our impressive range of specialist rigs, means we can offer some of the most advanced techniques and solutions in the industry today. We work collaboratively with clients and adopt a culture of learning and development to ensure that our solutions meet the current and future needs of the industry.

FEATURED PROJECTS

John Lewis / Waitrose Basingstoke

i360 Tower Brighton

Great Yarmouth Port

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MEDIA CENTRE

NEWS POSTS

Simplex Westpile, the specialist geotechnical contractor, announced today that the business has changed its name to Westpile.

The change of name marks a return of one of the industry’s leading brands and is coupled with a new corporate identity with an enhanced emphasis on customer value and service. The decision to rebrand follows a period of client engagement and evaluation of how the brand was perceived.

Commenting on the rebrand, Matt Walpole, General Manager of Westpile said: “This is an exciting new chapter in the company’s long history but also reflects our rich heritage. Having listened to our clients and undertaken a strategic review of the business, it was clear that the Westpile name resonated with our customer-centric approach and the company’s values.”

Westpile are a specialist piling and foundations contractor operating throughout the UK, across a range of sectors within the construction industry. Recent projects include: Brighton i360, Kings Cross Central, DNRC Loughborough, Lords Cricket Ground and Wimbledon All England Lawn Tennis Club.

Simplex Westpile Rebrands

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Westpile Appoint New General Manager

Westpile have recently appointed Matt Walpole as their new general manager. Matt joined the business in 2006 and has

Stories from Within: David Parker

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Westpile Invest in Plant to Meet Market

Westpile has unveiled its investment in new plant and equipment to meet the growing demands on the business. Earlier

OUR STORY

1924

1964

1966

1980

1984

1986

1987

1988

2003

2010

2012

1924

May 1924
Formation of West’s Rotinoff Piling Construction Company by Alexander Rotinoff and West’s Gas Improvement Company

1964

May 1964
Formation of Dowsett Prepakt

1964

August 1964
Transfer of ownership to W.G.I and changed name to West’s Piling and Construction Company

1966

1966
Dowsett Prepakt introduce CFA piling into the UK

1980

March 1980
West’s Piling and Construction Company and Dowsett Prepakt transferred to West’s Geotechnical Holdings

1984

June 1984
West’s Geotechnical Holdings transferred to West’s Group International owned by Tilbury Douglas

1986

August 1986
Tilbury merged West’s Piling and Construction Company and Dowsett Prepakt to form Westpile

1987

September 1987
Westpile took delivery of the first Soilmec CM48 piling rig made by Soilmec to a Westpile specification

1988

January – March 1988
Westpile installed approx. 2400, 600mm diameter CFA piles, 24 metres deep at Stanlow Oil Refinery. At the time, the largest value CFA piling contract undertaken in the UK

2003

November 2003 – February 2004
Westpile become part of the Bachy Soletanche Group

2010

March 2010
Decision taken to merge Westpile and Simplex Foundations to form Simplex Westpile

2012

September 2012
Moved to new office in Camberley

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CONTACT

Foundation Court
Riverside Way
Watchmoor Park
Camberley
GU15 3RG

Tel: 01276 674800
Fax: 01276 674801

It's been a pleasure to work with this team again as there are no surprises; I am kept up-to-date at all times regarding site issues. I would gladly have this crew on one of my sites again. Senior Site Manager, KIER

Your site team were all excellent and could not have been more helpful or diligent in the way they went about their work and where ever an issue arose it was dealt with in an efficient and professional manner. Project Manager, Mackley

The onsite team were outstanding and proactive throughout and bettered their advised contract period date by over a week. A pleasure to work with. Project Manager, MACE

Westpile had an excellent team on-site and off-site. They worked proactively and delivered ahead of program. Senior Project Manager, VINCI

The performance during the pre-tender stage was excellent and Westpile provided first class technical back up throughout the project. Contracts Manager, Breheny Civil Engineering

SERVICES

FEATURED PROJECTS

MEDIA CENTRE

NEWS POSTS

Simplex Westpile Rebrands

Westpile Appoint New General Manager

Stories from Within: David Parker

Westpile Invest in Plant to Meet Market

ABOUT US

OUR STORY

1924

1964

1964

1966

1980

1984

1986

1987

1988

2003

2010

2012

CONTACT

It's been a pleasure to work with this team again as there are no surprises; I am kept up-to-date at all times regarding site issues. I would gladly have this crew on one of my sites again.
Senior Site Manager, KIER

Your site team were all excellent and could not have been more helpful or diligent in the way they went about their work and where ever an issue arose it was dealt with in an efficient and professional manner.
Project Manager, Mackley

The onsite team were outstanding and proactive throughout and bettered their advised contract period date by over a week. A pleasure to work with.
Project Manager, MACE

Westpile had an excellent team on-site and off-site. They worked proactively and delivered ahead of program.
Senior Project Manager, VINCI

The performance during the pre-tender stage was excellent and Westpile provided first class technical back up throughout the project.
Contracts Manager, Breheny Civil Engineering