Bierrum
Bierrum is a British (Danish heritage) civil engineering and construction company, that has built all of Britain's concrete cooling towers at the country's power stations since 1965.
History[]
It was founded by Hans Bierrum (or Hans Bjerrum), a Danish civil engineer, who arrived in Britain at the same time as Ove Arup, another 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[]
It is part of Beroa Technology Group GmbH (BTG) of Ratingen-Lintorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.[2]
Structure[]
It is headquartered in Central Bedfordshire, around one mile east of the M1, close to the Greensand Ridge Walk.
Products[]
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[]
- J. L. Eve Construction, built other UK electricity transmission infrastructure
- Denmark–United Kingdom relations
- Arup Group, a Danish-heritage company who build innovative, sometimes world-famous, concrete structures
- , based in Kent
- Category:Construction and civil engineering companies of Denmark
References[]
- ^ 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[]
- 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