Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company
Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2022
Workplace fatality and health-and-safety prosecution
The Health and Safety Executive imposed a £1.5 million fine and a further £29,000 costs judgment following a fatal 2016 fall through an inadequately secured crane access panel. The company was found to have breached the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 on four counts. Administrators indicated that payment was unlikely.
2013
The Shard workmanship and delay litigation
A court found a high incidence of poor workmanship in steelwork supplied by Cleveland Bridge for The Shard and concluded that the company had taken on more work than its capacity could support. Cleveland Bridge was ordered to pay Severfield-Rowen £824,478.
2008
Wembley Stadium contract dispute
The relationship between Cleveland Bridge and main contractor Multiplex deteriorated during the Wembley Stadium project. Multiplex removed Cleveland Bridge from erection work and transferred that role to Hollandia. Litigation addressed alleged delays, defective or incomplete steelwork, paintwork, record-keeping and payment issues. The court ordered Cleveland Bridge to pay Multiplex more than £6.15 million plus part of its legal costs, while criticizing both parties for allowing an exceptionally expensive dispute to continue.