Last Updated 18th April 2023
Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services (Lyndon SGB)
Brand Energy & Infastructure Services is the parent of one of the UK”s largest scaffolding contractors, Lyndon SGB. It started life in November 2013 when Harsco Infrastructure UK moved into new ownership in a deal combining its business with Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services. A private investment firm, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, holds a majority stake in the parent company, Brand Industrial Holdings.
BEIS and Safway Group, a US business, completed a merger in 2017 to create a combined group, Brand Industrial Services, Inc. – know as Brand Safway. The group trades across three core areas; industrial maintenance services; commercial scaffolding, mechanical access and hoists; and formwork & shoring.
Its key market sectors are oil & gas, power generation, civil & infrastructure and commercial construction. Globally the Brand Safway group has a $5bn turnover and works across 30 countries. In early 2019, SGB”s parent company BrandSafway acquired Lyndon Scaffolding and its subsidiary Taylor’s Hoists, which combined to become Lyndon SGB by BrandSafway.
Today, Lyndon SGB is the largest provider of temporary access in all UK regions, offering vertical and scaffolding access solutions for the commercial construction, industrial and infrastructure markets in the UK and which has recently secured major contracts on HS2. Cambs-based Taylor’s Hoists recently marked 15 years in business, providing vertical access to some of the UK’s largest construction projects, from design to completion. In spring 2020, BrandSafway, acquired the assets of Benchmark Scaffolding’s UK hoist division in a deal which boosted the capabilities of Taylor’s Hoists in the London area.
Today, the British business, BEIS UK trades under the names: Brand Energy Services, Brand Energy Solutions, Aluma Systems Concrete Construction, Aluma Systems Industrial Services, Industrial Specialists (refractory installation services), Industrial Specialty Services (integrated services), Gregg Industrial Insulators, HSG Constructors (new capital construction and heavy maintenance services in the early stages of civil site work for industrial projects), Hünnebeck (formwork and scaffolding systems), Matcor (corrosion services) and Lyndon SGB (access services). In autumn 2019 the group acquired Venko Groep BV, an offshore coatings maintenance provider for platforms in Europe.
In its latest annual report published in September 2022 (see below), BEIS UK unveiled a return to profit on an increased turnover and said that the business was well-positioned to take advantage of opportunities in rental and sales but significant market challenges remained with global supply chains and costs. The report said the business was acting to meet these challenges and perform strongly in the UK and Ireland in 2022.
Early in 2023, Lyndon SGB’s London branch – along with Taylor’s Hoists by BrandSafway – won a ‘best contractor award’ from Kier Construction, for the London, Southern and South Eastern region, for its access solutions at the contractor’s major £106 million Marylebone Square project involving some 750 tonnes of scaffolding.
Financials
To view the financials for Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services UK (BEIS UK), visit Companies House and use Company ID 08729615.
BEIS UK fell stayed in the red in 2020 as Covid took its toll. Its latest set of financial results for the year to end-December 2021 showed that turnover rose by 4.2% to £145.2 million, as Covid eased and rentals grew. Gross profit re-bounded to £36.9 million from £26.3 million giving a margin of 25.4%. The industrial services business has benefitted from a major offshore contract and the onshore business has picked up key contracts at strong margins and the order book remains strong. The group’s UK commercial business saw an increase in revenue with a very solid performance in the forming and shoring business. Operating profit at BEIS (UK) improved dramatically to £4.4 million from £472,000 previously and the company reported a pre-tax profit of £1.87 million compared to a loss of £1.98 million previously. Meanwhile, cash at bank fell to £3.2 million from £6.7 million.
Lyndon SGB
Founded in 1919, Lyndon SGB is a leading player in the ”access services” market, providing commercial scaffolding services as well as training, hire & sale, mechanical and powered access equipment. Today, the company is one of the world”s largest scaffolding contractors and suppliers of rental access equipment, employing over 1,000 staff and providing total vertical and scaffolding access solutions for the UK commercial construction, industrial and infrastructure markets.
The firm”s specialism is in large scale, complex projects and it has wide experience designing, delivering and managing access and scaffold for major construction and engineering contractors. Projects range from live public environments such as railway stations and airports to industrial sites such as petrochemical refineries or off-shore oil rigs.
Today it has locations in Aberdeen, Barry, Birmingham, Bristol, Broxburn, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Ipswich, Leeds, London and Manchester with Taylor’s Hoists in Duxford.
In late 2022, Lyndon SGB”s Leeds branch worked to provide ‘total access solutions’ at main contractor Morgan Sindall’s Springwell Gardens residential project in the city centre involving £0.5 million of solutions over 18 months.
Previously, in early 2022, Lyndon SGB’s Manchester Town Hall access and scaffolding won BrandSafway´s international division”s ‘Project of the Year.’ The company supplied the complex access solutions on what was one of the largest scaffolding projects in the country – a £330 million renovation – and provided in-house designed scaffolding and access solutions across the project. As part of an expansion programme, Lyndon SGB launched a new single scaffolding depot in north Manchester, which is now the regional office for the firm”s North West region.
Meanwhile, Lyndon SGB’s London division won two key projects on HS2 in late 2021 which are set to last some five years and involve working alongside main works contractor, Skanska Costain Strabag joint venture (SCS JV). The scaffolding and access works will cover tunnel works and multiple riser shafts on the Euston/ Ruislip track. Lyndon SGB will be invited to tender for larger scaffolds on the SCS JV section of the HS2 route.
Lyndon SGB”s scaffolding and access export services operate on a global basis provide products and solutions across for a wide range of to international industries ranging such as residential or commercial schemes to complex shipbuilding and and offshore projects.
Industrial Access
The group”s industrial access business now operates as Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services. It offers an extensive ranges of product options and solutions from traditional or systemised scaffolding to mechanical access. Its specialised team provides scaffolding services and access equipment, coating and painting, cleaning, insulation and fireproofing services. Meanwhile, the group”s formwork and shoring business operates through its Hunnebeck business.
Glenigan Data
Data from Glenigan shows a good mix of projects across the country at Lyndon SGB. The company is the scaffolding contractor on a £47 million Hospital Surgical Extension at Musgrove Park Hospital where Kier Construction is the main contractor and work started in early 2023 (Project ID: 18046309). Glenigan data also shows that Lyndon SGB is the scaffolding contractor on the £73 million extension of the Futures Institute at the University of Edinburgh where Balfour Beatty is the main contractor and work is running up to late 2023 (Project ID: 16426154).
Conclusion: One of the few players capable of tackling the largest projects
As one of the UK’s largest suppliers of scaffolding and industrial maintenance services, Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services is well-placed to benefit from any recovery in construction workloads and the improving industrial services markets. The commercial scaffolding arm Lyndon SGB has a strong market position, capable of tackling the largest projects in the sector. Even if the outlook in the commercial office market in London and the South East is less rosy today, the group stands to benefit from a wide geographic spread, rising infrastructure spending and having cut its overheads, it is probably justified in viewing its prospects positively.
Winning work with Brand and SGB Lyndon
Brand emphasises the importance of having an efficient and quality supply chain and says it seeks to partner with strong, reliable, innovative and competitive suppliers. The group also looks for innovative solutions and continual improvement opportunities across its supply chain to help meet customers” expectations.
In 2023, Lyndon SGB is taking part in a series of ten Constructionline ‘Meet The Buyer’ events across the UK over the year.
Meanwhile, a page on the group’s website https://www.lyndon-sgb.co.uk/about-lyndon-sgb/suppliers/ outlines its approach to suppliers and partners.
Key Contacts:
Lisa Hoy, Director, International Supply Chain at Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services, BrandSafway
Tel: 01827 266100
Email: lhoy@beis.com
Abdelkader Hadjsakok – Head of Procurement, International (Europe, MEA & Asia), BrandSafway
Tel: 01827 266100