Severfield

The business was founded in 1978 as a partnership named Severfield-Reeve; moved to Dalton in 1980, and incorporated as Severfield Reeve Structural Engineers Ltd in 1983. As a public company it was known from 1988 to 1999 as Severfield-Reeve plc; from 1999 to 2014 as Severfield-Rowen plc, and then adopted its current title.{{Cite web |title=Severfield plc - overview |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01721262 |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=Companies House |language=en |archive-date=26 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426091026/https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01721262 |url-status=live }}

In July 1988, Severfield-Reeve plc was quoted on the Unlisted Securities Market, then moved up to the London Stock Exchange on 8 June 1995.

{{As of|2022}}, Severfield plc is a component of the FTSE SmallCap Index.{{Cite web |title=FTSE Small Cap Constituents |url=https://www.lse.co.uk/share-prices/indices/ftse-small-cap/constituents.html |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=London South East |language=en |archive-date=18 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418203133/https://www.lse.co.uk/share-prices/indices/ftse-small-cap/constituents.html |url-status=live }}

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In 1991, Severfield Reeve acquired 80% of steel trading business, Steel (UK) Ltd {{cite report |title=Steel (UK) Ltd Annual Report 1991 |date=1991 |publisher=Steel (UK) Ltd |via=Companies House}} and bought out the remaining minority shareholdings in 2009.{{cite report |title=Steel (UK) Ltd Annual Return to 5 June 2009 |publisher=Steel (UK) Ltd |via=Companies House |date=2009}} The company ceased trading in 2002; was renamed Stable Move Ltd in 2005, and dissolved in 2013 owing £1,161,732 to Severfield plc and eliminating shareholder value.{{cite report |title=Steel (UK) Ltd Financial Statements 2002 |publisher=Steel (UK) Ltd |via=Companies House |date=2002 }}{{cite report |title=Stable Move Ltd Financial Statements 2009 |publisher=Stable Move Ltd |via=Companies House |date=2009 }}{{cite web |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02137942/filing-history |title=Stable Move Ltd |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=Companies House |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104015032/https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02137942/filing-history |archive-date=2023-01-04 |url-status=live }}

In 2006, Severfield established Steel UK Ltd as a 50% joint venture with Sheffield based steel stockholder Murray Metals Group Ltd to negotiate steel purchase prices for both partners.{{cite web |url=https://www.murraysteelproducts.com/contact-us |title=Contact |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=Murray Steel Products |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104014236/https://www.murraysteelproducts.com/contact-us |archive-date=2023-01-04 |url-status=live }}{{cite report |title=Steel UK Ltd, Financial Accounts for the period to 31 December 2006 |publisher=Steel UK |date=2006 |via=Companies House }} The company had been incorporated in 2005 as Stable Move Ltd. Severfield and Murray bought steel at prices agreed with suppliers by Steel UK and the company did not trade itself. The joint venture was dissolved in 2013.{{Cite web |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05605167/filing-history?page=1 |title=Steel UK Ltd |website=Companies House |access-date=2022-11-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104015352/https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05605167/filing-history?page=1 |archive-date=2023-01-04 |url-status=live }}{{cite report |title=Steel UK Ltd, Financial Accounts 2012 |publisher=Steel UK |date=2012 |via=Companies House }}

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In 1995, Severfield's meat processing safety equipment subsidiary Manabo (UK) Ltd began trading. Initially the business was a 75% joint venture with the original technology developer but in 1996, Severfield Reeve bought out all remaining minority shareholdings. The established Scandinavian distributor for Manabo's products agreed to purchase from the new company. Manabo manufactured at sites around Thirsk and from 1997, operated a chain mail glove factory in Bataszek, Hungary.{{Cite web|access-date=2022-08-01|url=https://www.emis.com/php/company-profile/HU/Manabo_Kft_en_3207539.html|title=Manabo Kft. Company Profile - Financials & Key Executives |website=EMIS|archive-date=3 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220803112802/https://www.emis.com/php/company-profile/HU/Manabo_Kft_en_3207539.html|url-status=live}}

Such was the anticipated transformation of the structural steel business that by 1997, The Times described Severfield as a "specialist engineer and supplier of equipment for the meat and poultry processing industry".{{Cite web|website=Archive.org|date=1997|access-date=2022-08-02|url=https://archive.org/stream/NewsUK1997UKEnglish/Mar%2025%201997%2C%20The%20Times%2C%20%2365846%2C%20UK%20%28en%29_djvu.txt|title=Full text of "The Times , 1997, UK, English"}} However in the same year, company founder John Severs blamed Manabo's six monthly £902,000 losses on the meat industry being "reluctant to change its ways in health and hygiene".The glove business and company were sold in 2000 after a further £2 million loss in 1998, and asset write-down of £2.8 million in 1999.{{Cite web |title=Severfield-Rowen PLC: Disposal of Manabo's Chain Mail Glove Business |url=https://www.investegate.co.uk/severfield-rowen-plc/rns/disposal-of-manabo-s-chain-mail-glove-business/200003031000136318G/ |date=2000-03-03|access-date=2022-04-26 |website=Investegate |archive-date=26 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426160429/https://www.investegate.co.uk/severfield-rowen-plc/rns/disposal-of-manabo-s-chain-mail-glove-business/200003031000136318G/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/severfield-to-axe-manabo|title=Severfield to axe Manabo?|date=19 August 1997|website=Farmers Weekly|access-date=30 July 2022|archive-date=30 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730213802/https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/severfield-to-axe-manabo|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=Manabo (UK) Ltd Accounts 1995 |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qGGLL_AYQbJcp88s4nktG8j7WMLMtxey/view?usp=sharing&usp=embed_facebook |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=Companies House |archive-date=5 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505111059/https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qGGLL_AYQbJcp88s4nktG8j7WMLMtxey/view?usp=sharing&usp=embed_facebook |url-status=live }}

In 1991, subsidiary Severfield Reeve Projects Ltd was incorporated, initially to carry out construction at Severfield's plants. It began to undertake main contracting for others in 1997.{{Cite web|url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02668798|title=Severfield Reeve Projects Ltd - Overview |website=Companies House|access-date=9 August 2022|archive-date=9 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809040125/https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02668798|url-status=live}}{{Citation|title=Severfield Reeve Projects Ltd Annual Accounts 1997|publisher=Companies House}}

Severfield Reeve Projects diversified into house building in 2002, purchasing, on its own account, a site in Bagby for two traditional, five bedroom dwellings with {{convert|1|acre|ha}} gardens.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/7058213.severfield-reeve-moves-residential-side/|title=Severfield-Reeve moves into residential side|date=2002-10-01|website=The Northern Echo|access-date=9 August 2022|archive-date=9 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809034841/https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/7058213.severfield-reeve-moves-residential-side/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.hambleton.gov.uk/downloads/file/836/mr-tom-brown-statementpdf |title=Statement of Mr Tom Brown|website=Hambleton District Council|date=2011-10-06|first=Tom|last=Brown |access-date=9 August 2022 |archive-date=9 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809034848/https://www.hambleton.gov.uk/downloads/file/836/mr-tom-brown-statementpdf |url-status=live }}

In 2008, it launched a property investment division with the purchase of distribution warehouses from Royal Mail and the RNLI for £7.1 million.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/yorkshire/news/2652-severfield-reeve-launches-investment-division|title=Severfield-Reeve launches investment division|website=The Business Desk|date=11 April 2008|access-date=9 August 2022|archive-date=9 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809034844/https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/yorkshire/news/2652-severfield-reeve-launches-investment-division|url-status=live}} The value of the initial investments was written down by £2.1 million in 2009. New projects and investments by Severfield Reeve Projects Ltd stopped in 2009, and it closed in 2011.{{Cite web| date=22 March 2011 |url=https://www.investegate.co.uk/severfield-rowen-plc--sfr-/rns/final-results/201103220700243553D/| title=Severfield-Rowen PLC: Final Results| website=Investegate |access-date=9 August 2022| archive-date=9 August 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809034844/https://www.investegate.co.uk/severfield-rowen-plc--sfr-/rns/final-results/201103220700243553D/| url-status=live}}{{Citation| title=Severfield Reeve Projects Ltd Annual Accounts 2009| publisher=Companies House}}{{Citation| title=Severfield Reeve Projects Ltd Annual Accounts 2010| publisher=Companies House}}{{Citation| title=Severfield Reeve Projects Ltd Annual Accounts 2011| publisher=Companies House}}

In 1999, Severfield purchased 25.1% of Sheffield based design bureau Kennedy Watts Partnership Ltd for £464,000 in shares and cash. The shareholding was restructured in 2008 so that it was held through an intermediary, Last Exit Ltd. Kennedy Watts Partnership Ltd was placed into administration in 2013; into liquidation in 2014, and dissolved in 2016 with a deficit to creditors of £292,000 and elimination of all shareholder stakes.{{Cite web |title=Kennedy Watts Partnership Ltd - Filing history |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03508605/filing-history |access-date=2022-06-01 |website=Companies House |language=en |archive-date=2 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602015719/https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03508605/filing-history |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Kennedy Watts Partnership Ltd and Last Exit Ltd CRO papers |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FtTASdq202yQ4mPW3nVSwGbYl6dLjl4a/view?usp=sharing&usp=embed_facebook |access-date=2022-06-01 |website=Companies House |archive-date=2 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602015719/https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FtTASdq202yQ4mPW3nVSwGbYl6dLjl4a/view?usp=sharing&usp=embed_facebook |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Severfield PLC: Final Results |url=https://www.investegate.co.uk/severfield-plc--sfr-/rns/final-results/201506170700073540Q/ |access-date=2022-06-01 |date=2000-03-29|website=Investegate |archive-date=20 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620052352/http://www.investegate.co.uk/severfield-plc--sfr-/rns/final-results/201506170700073540Q |url-status=live }}

In 2006, Severfield patented a craned or self climbing work platform that attaches to steelwork at height, and mounts its own powered access platform. The apparatus was invented to assist erection of steel structures where conditions are not suitable for safe operation of conventional access equipment.{{Cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/EP1846631B1/en/|access-date=2022-07-29|date=2006-01-10|website=Google Patents|title=Apparatus for use in the construction of buildings|archive-date=30 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730030243/https://patents.google.com/patent/EP1846631B1/en/|url-status=live}} In 2009, the work platform project was abandoned and £2.4 million development costs written off.{{Cite web|url=https://www.investegate.co.uk/severfield-rowen-plc--sfr-/rns/final-results/201003230700089696I/|title=Severfield-Rowen PLC: Final Results|website=Investegate|access-date=9 August 2022|archive-date=9 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809034845/https://www.investegate.co.uk/severfield-rowen-plc--sfr-/rns/final-results/201003230700089696I/|url-status=live |date=23 March 2010}}

Severfield went on to develop 'deck rider' static base boom lifts with access platform manufacturer Niftylift. These can be repositioned by crane onto buildings under construction to sit in the steel decking. By 2009, they had been used on Severfield's Shard and Heron Tower sites{{cite web| url=https://www.khl.com/news/nifty-lets-developments-speak-for-themselves/1040016.article| title=Nifty lets developments speak for themselves| first=Maria| last=Hadlow| date=30 June 2009| access-date=5 April 2025| website=KHL| archive-date=8 February 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208073129/https://www.khl.com/news/nifty-lets-developments-speak-for-themselves/1040016.article| url-status=live}} facilitating safe erection speeds of a storey every seven days - without waiting for concrete floors to set. By 2011, Severfield had purchased 20 of the machines.{{cite journal| url=https://vertikal.net/en/pdf/3074/165f1c2d/ca13-5.pdf| title=Riding the decks| journal=Cranes and Access| date=July 2011| volume=13 |issue=5 |via=Vertikal Press |pages=25–27|access-date=5 April 2025}}

As of 2025, deck riders are commercially available.{{cite web| url=https://www.elavation.net/blog/static-base-boom-lifts-deck-rider/| access-date=5 April 2025| title=Static Base Boom Lifts ( Deck Rider )| website=Elavation| date=13 March 2017}}

Severfield structural, fabricated steel output, relative to capacity and UK market:

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{{As of|2024}}, the JSW Severfield Structures Ltd joint venture in India produced 100,000 tons of fabricated steel per annum.

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Severfield plc's RIDDOR ratios have improved, and are lower than its industry average. Senior executives are remunerated according to the accident frequency rate{{efn|group=riddor|name=afr}} of the business units they oversee.{{Cite web |title=Severfield 2021 Annual Report |url=https://res.severfield.com/2021-Annual-Report.pdf?mtime=20210811142456&focal=none |access-date=2022-06-01 |website=Severfield |archive-date=2 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602015721/https://res.severfield.com/2021-Annual-Report.pdf?mtime=20210811142456&focal=none |url-status=live }}

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As of 2025, Severfield plc is headquartered in York, close to its factory on the former RAF Dalton near Thirsk where it is a significant employer.{{Cite web |title=GMB - Ripon - Thirsk - About Us |url=https://www.gmbriponthirskgen.org.uk/about-us/ |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=GMB |archive-date=16 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416205642/https://www.gmbriponthirskgen.org.uk/about-us/ |url-status=live }} It also manufactures in Sherburn, Lostock, Carnaby, Ballinamallard, Rijssen and Maassluis, and has offices at Breda, Moor Row, Newport and Glasgow.{{cite web|url=https://www.vsc.nl/en/about-severfield-steel-construction |title=About |access-date=4 April 2025 |website=Severfield Europe}}

Joint ventures JSW Severfield Structures Ltd and JSW Structural Metal Decking Ltd are located in Mumbai.

The Construction Metal Forming Ltd cold formed construction steel joint venture manufactures steel decking, and light gauge framing, in Mamhilad{{Cite web |title=Locations |url=http://www.metstructures.uk.com/location.php |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=Met Structures |archive-date=2 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402123046/http://metstructures.uk.com/location.php |url-status=live }} and Magor.{{cite report|title=Strategic Report and Financial Statements for Construction Metal Forming Ltd for the year to 31 December 2021|publisher=CMF|date=2021|via=Companies House}}

File:Tottenham Hotspur Stadium South Stand.jpg|Tottenham Hotspur Stadium{{Cite web |last=Lynch |first=Russell |date=2016-08-19 |title=London's man of steel: The accidental builder behind our landmarks |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/business/ian-lawson-the-severfield-boss-on-life-building-london-s-newest-landmarks-a3324486.html |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=Evening Standard |language=en |archive-date=26 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426123748/https://www.standard.co.uk/business/ian-lawson-the-severfield-boss-on-life-building-london-s-newest-landmarks-a3324486.html |url-status=live }}

File:Construction of New Everton Stadium (geograph 7855157).jpg|Everton Stadium

File:London 2012 Olympic Park (13 July 2012).jpg|London 2012 Olympic Stadium (with ArcelorMittal Orbit in foreground)

File:Wimbledon Centre Court (May 15, 2019).jpg|Wimbledon Centre Court Roof

File:Emirates Stadium east side at dusk.jpg|Emirates Stadium

File:First Direct Arena, Leeds 24 October 2018 2.jpg|First Direct Arena{{Cite web |title=First Direct Arena |url=https://www.severfield.com/projects/first-direct-arena |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=Severfield |language=en |archive-date=5 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505210156/https://www.severfield.com/projects/first-direct-arena |url-status=live }}

File:2015-09-23 Birmingham New St Station.jpg|Birmingham New Street Station

File:Emirates Air Line towers 24 May 2012.jpg|Towers for the London Cable Car{{cite web | url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/business-news/watson-steel-wins-contract-britains-875994 |website=Manchester Evening News|title=Watson Steel wins contract on Britain's first urban cable-car | date=16 November 2011 | access-date=31 July 2022 | archive-date=11 April 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411110209/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/business-news/watson-steel-wins-contract-britains-875994 | url-status=live }}

File:Manchester Victoria roof view.JPG|Manchester Victoria Station Renovation{{Cite web |title=Manchester Victoria Station |url=https://www.severfield.com/projects/manchester-victoria-station |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=Severfield |language=en |archive-date=1 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501141501/https://www.severfield.com/projects/manchester-victoria-station |url-status=live }}

File:Heathrow Terminal 2 under construction 2012.jpg|left|Heathrow Terminal 2{{Cite news |last=Hugill |first=Steven |date=2013-11-19 |title=Steel firm flying high after work on £2.5bn airport terminal |language=en |work=Northern Echo |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/business/10816964.severfield-watson-structures-thirsk-completes-50m-contract-heathrow-airport/ |access-date=2022-07-18 |archive-date=18 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718222321/https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/business/10816964.severfield-watson-structures-thirsk-completes-50m-contract-heathrow-airport/ |url-status=live }}

File:Heathrow Terminal 5 from the air.jpg|Heathrow Terminal 5{{Cite web |last=Mitchell |first=Dervilla |date=2008 |title=T5 goes live |url=https://www.ingenia.org.uk/ingenia/issue-34/t5-goes-live |access-date=2022-07-16 |website=Ingenia |archive-date=16 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716143937/https://www.ingenia.org.uk/ingenia/issue-34/t5-goes-live |url-status=live }}

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Image:Millennium Bridge, taken from the Baltic.jpg|Baltic Gateshead Millennium Bridge{{Cite web |title=The Gateshead Millennium Bridge |url=https://www.steelconstruction.info/File:2002_-_The_Gateshead_Millennium_Bridge.pdf |website=Steel Construction Info |access-date=2022-04-26 |archive-date=2 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602020153/https://www.steelconstruction.info/File:2002_-_The_Gateshead_Millennium_Bridge.pdf |url-status=live }}

File:Ordsall Chord under construction April 2017.jpg|Ordsall Chord{{Cite web |title=Ordsall Chord |url=https://www.severfield.com/Projects/ordsall-chord |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=Severfield |language=en |archive-date=18 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518141018/https://www.severfield.com/projects/ordsall-chord |url-status=live }}

File:One Angel Square during night, December 2012.jpg|One Angel Square{{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Martin |date=2012-10-01 |title=The Co-operative Group head office, Manchester |url=https://steelconstruction.info/The_Co-operative_Group_head_office,_Manchester |access-date=2022-05-13 |website=New Steel Construction |language=en-GB |archive-date=16 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516130230/https://www.steelconstruction.info/The_Co-operative_Group_head_office,_Manchester |url-status=live }}

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File:South Bank Tower 2015.jpg|South Bank Tower extension

File:Tower crane 81 Newgate St from St. Martin's Le Grand City of London EC1 b darker.jpg|81 Newgate Street retrofit

File:30 South Colonnade reconstruction, Canary Wharf, Oct 2021.jpg|30 South Colonnade three floor addition{{cite web |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=Construction Management |title=Skanska modernises original Canary Wharf office |date=3 October 2022 |url=https://constructionmanagement.co.uk/skanska-canary-wharf-office/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104015806/https://constructionmanagement.co.uk/skanska-canary-wharf-office/ |archive-date=2023-01-04 |url-status=live }}

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File:The Shard from the Sky Garden 2015.jpg|The Shard

File:22BishopsgateDec19.png|22 Bishopsgate{{Cite web |title=22 Bishopsgate |url=https://www.severfield.com/projects/22-bishopsgate-london |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=Severfield |language=en |archive-date=1 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501143550/https://www.severfield.com/projects/22-bishopsgate-london |url-status=live }}

File:122 Leadenhall Street 2014-02-19.jpg|Leadenhall Tower{{Cite web |title=Leadenhall, London |url=https://steelconstruction.info/Leadenhall,_London |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=Steel Construction Info |language=en-GB |archive-date=26 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426093930/https://steelconstruction.info/Leadenhall,_London |url-status=live }}

File:I54 and M54.jpg|Jaguar Land Rover Engine Manufacturing Centre{{Cite web |title=Jaguar Land Rover Engine Manufacturing Centre |url=https://steelconstruction.info/Jaguar_Land_Rover_Engine_Manufacturing_Centre |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=Steel Construction Info |language=en-GB |archive-date=10 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010235957/https://www.steelconstruction.info/Jaguar_Land_Rover_Engine_Manufacturing_Centre |url-status=live }}

File:The RRS Discovery & the V&A Museum, Dundee.jpg|V & A Dundee{{Cite web |title=V&A Dundee |url=https://www.severfield.com/projects/victoria-albert-museum |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=Severfield |language=en |archive-date=18 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518150631/https://www.severfield.com/projects/victoria-albert-museum |url-status=live }}

File:Titanic Belfast HDR.jpg|Titanic Belfast

File:Distribution Centres (geograph 6338527).jpg|Amazon, Kegworth{{Cite web|title=Delivering East Midlands Gateway|access-date=2022-07-24|website=TDS|url=https://www.tdsmidlands.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/East-Midlands-Gateway.pdf|archive-date=24 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724155101/https://www.tdsmidlands.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/East-Midlands-Gateway.pdf|url-status=live}}

File:Coal Drops Yard 0550.jpg|Coal Drops Yard{{Cite web|title=Coal Drops Yard|access-date=2022-07-24|website=Severfield|url=https://www.severfield.com/projects/coal-drops-yard|archive-date=19 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419163642/https://www.severfield.com/projects/coal-drops-yard|url-status=live}}

File:Pinnacle, Leeds 16.jpg|Trinity Centre, Leeds{{Cite web |title=Severfield project case study on Trinity Leeds |url=https://www.severfield.com/projects/trinity |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=Severfield |language=en |archive-date=26 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426094111/https://www.severfield.com/projects/trinity |url-status=live }}

File:Francis Crick Institute, September 2016 (29634828786).jpg|Francis Crick Institute{{Cite web |title=Francis Crick Institute Benefits from Modern Curved Steel Solutions |url=https://www.barnshaws.com/case-studies/francis-crick-institute-benefits-from-modern-curved-steel-solutions |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=Barnshaws |archive-date=16 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416144225/https://www.barnshaws.com/case-studies/francis-crick-institute-benefits-from-modern-curved-steel-solutions |url-status=live }}

File:New Victoria Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland.jpg|New Victoria Hospital{{Cite web |date=2007-09-01 |title=Steel has all the answers for new hospital |url=https://www.newsteelconstruction.com/wp/steel-has-all-the-answers-for-new-hospital/ |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=New Steel Construction |language=en-US |archive-date=23 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723220053/http://www.newsteelconstruction.com/wp/steel-has-all-the-answers-for-new-hospital/ |url-status=live }}

File:BBC Cymru Wales (geograph 6226511) (cropped).jpg|BBC Cymru Wales{{Cite web |title=BBC Cymru |url=https://www.severfield.com/projects/bbc-cymru |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=Severfield |language=en |archive-date=1 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501143333/https://www.severfield.com/projects/bbc-cymru |url-status=live }}

File:Dublin Waste-to-Energy Facility.jpg|Dublin Waste-to-Energy Facility{{Cite web |title=Dublin Waste to Energy Plant |url=https://www.severfield.com/projects/dublin-waste-to-energy-plant |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=Severfield |language=en |archive-date=11 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511150836/https://www.severfield.com/projects/dublin-waste-to-energy-plant |url-status=live }}

File:Philharmonie de Paris @ La Villette (28853121662).jpg|Philharmonie de Paris

File:ArcelorMittal Orbit at night.jpg|ArcelorMittal Orbit{{Cite magazine |last=Wynne |first=Alexandra |date=2011-03-10 |title=Arcelormittal Orbit: Mittal's twisted tale |url=https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/arcelormittal-orbit-mittals-twisted-tale-10-03-2011/ |access-date=2022-05-02 |magazine=New Civil Engineer |language=en |archive-date=2 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502084803/https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/arcelormittal-orbit-mittals-twisted-tale-10-03-2011/ |url-status=live }}

File:Aspire sculpture in Nottingham (1).jpg|Aspire, Nottingham{{cite web |date=18 January 2008 |title=Unveiled: design for Britain's tallest free-standing work of public art |website=University of Nottingham |url=http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/public-affairs/press-releases/index.phtml?menu=pressreleases&code=UNVE-14/08&create_date=18-jan-2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513104351/http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/public-affairs/press-releases/index.phtml?menu=pressreleases&code=UNVE-14%2F08&create_date=18-jan-2008 |archive-date=13 May 2008 |access-date=22 June 2020}}

In April 2025, Diana Armstrong, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Fermanagh and South Tyrone expressed concern about job losses at Severfield's Ballinamallard business. After a profit warning, Severfield's CEO had also agreed to leave the company.{{cite web| url=https://www.impartialreporter.com/news/25058567.severfield-loss-jobs-major-employer-spark-concern/ |title=Severfield: Loss of jobs at major employer spark concern |date=3 April 2025| access-date=3 April 2025| first=Victoria |last=Johnston |website=The Impartial Reporter}}{{cite web| url=https://fermanaghherald.com/2025/04/dismay-following-job-loss-at-severfield-ballinamallard/| title=Dismay following job loss at Severfield Ballinamallard| date=1 April 2025|first=Charlotte| last=McCutcheon |website=Fermanagh Herald| access-date=4 April 2025}}

In 2024, Severfield made provisions of £20.4 million for potential remediation work on at least 12 bridges manufactured for HS2 and National Highways. Affected structures included three completed HS2 bridges{{cite magazine |url=https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/severfields-20m-bridge-weld-issues-impact-hs2-and-national-highways-structures-27-11-2024/ |magazine=New Civil Engineer |date=27 November 2024 |access-date=13 March 2025 |title=Severfield's £20m bridge weld issues impact HS2 and National Highways infrastructure |first=Rob |last=Hakimian |archive-date=27 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241127134157/https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/severfields-20m-bridge-weld-issues-impact-hs2-and-national-highways-structures-27-11-2024/ |url-status=live }} and the {{convert|3,400|t|LT}} Allerdene Bridge over the East Coast Mainline in Gateshead. National Highways imposed traffic restrictions and lane closures on a section of the A1 until the weld defects had been resolved, and indicated the bridges' lives could be reduced.{{cite web| url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3rwqw2gqv2o |first=Daniel |last=Holland |website=BBC News | date=15 January 205 | access-date=13 March 2025 |title=New A1 bridge found to have defects}} An industry media report suggested approach viaducts to Birmingham Curzon Street railway station were affected and that the issue relates to butt welds in weathering steel.{{cite web|access-date=13 March 2025 |date=27 November 2024 |first=Aaron |last=Morby |title=Severfield welding crisis hits five National Highways bridges |url=https://www.constructionenquirer.com/2024/11/27/severfield-welding-crisis-hits-five-national-highways-bridges/ |website=Construction Enquirer}}

In 2021, a steel erector employed by Severfield fell down a staircase at Google's Kings Cross site and was unfit to work for six days. Severfield suspected fraud and summarily dismissed him, but an Employment Tribunal determined the incident occurred; that the employee was unfairly dismissed, and awarded £2,721 in compensation. There was no order for payment in lieu of notice because, post dismissal, the erector took immediate, better remunerated employment elsewhere.{{Cite web |date=2021-11-11 |title=L Louttit v Severfield UK Ltd 2500535-2021 Reasons. |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/61b711ebe90e0704423dc0e1/L_Louttit_v_Severfield__UK__Ltd_2500535-2021_Reasons.pdf |access-date=2022-06-21 |website=Employment Tribunal Service |archive-date=21 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621150810/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/61b711ebe90e0704423dc0e1/L_Louttit_v_Severfield__UK__Ltd_2500535-2021_Reasons.pdf |url-status=live }}

In 2002, a 29 year old steel fixer, working in Waltham Abbey for Severfield's Steelcraft Erection Services Ltd, fell from a new Sainsbury's distribution centre and suffered spinal injuries; broken ribs, and a punctured lung.{{Cite web |date=2002-02-20 |title=Man injured in roof plunge |url=https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/6360445.man-injured-in-roof-plunge/ |access-date=2022-06-01 |website=News Shopper |language=en |archive-date=2 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602020152/https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/6360445.man-injured-in-roof-plunge/ |url-status=live }}

In March 2020, Severfield was served a Health and Safety Executive Improvement Notice because of hazardous welding fumes at its Lostock works. The fault was corrected by April 2020.{{Cite web |title=Notices served - Enforcement notices public |url=https://resources.hse.gov.uk/notices/notices/notice_details.asp?SF=CN&SV=310511521 |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=HSE |archive-date=4 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604154926/https://resources.hse.gov.uk/notices/notices/notice_details.asp?SF=CN&SV=310511521 |url-status=live }}

In July 2019, subsidiary Severfield Design and Build Ltd was suspended from the UK Government's Prompt Payment Code for failing to pay suppliers on time.{{Cite web |date=2019-07-17 |title=Screwfix, BAE Systems and BT among 18 companies shamed for late payments |url=https://www.the-gazette.co.uk/news/national-news/17776646.screwfix-bae-systems-bt-among-18-companies-shamed-late-payments/ |access-date=2022-06-21 |website=The Gazette |language=en |archive-date=21 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621150813/https://www.the-gazette.co.uk/news/national-news/17776646.screwfix-bae-systems-bt-among-18-companies-shamed-late-payments/ |url-status=live }} The firm submitted an action plan to the Chartered Institute of Credit Management and was reinstated by November 2019.{{Cite news |date=2019-11-04 |title=Late-paying Kier suspended from Prompt Payment Code |language=en |work=Construction Index |url=https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/late-paying-kier-suspended-from-prompt-payment-code |access-date=2022-07-17 |archive-date=10 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610151052/https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/late-paying-kier-suspended-from-prompt-payment-code |url-status=live }}

During 2013, Severfield acknowledged substantial contractual losses in relation to Leadenhall Tower in the City of London. This prompted a major restructuring of the business; departure of the Chief Executive,{{Cite web |title=Boss ousted at Severfield-Rowen |url=https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/boss-ousted-at-severfield-rowen |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=The Construction Index |date=2013-01-23 |language=en |archive-date=26 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426133421/https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/boss-ousted-at-severfield-rowen |url-status=live }} and a £45m rights issue.{{Cite web |last=Stewart |first=Alastair |date=20 April 2022 |title=Orders surge as nuclear market reopens |url=https://progressive-research.com/wp-content/uploads/data-sync/research/SFR%2020220420.pdf |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=Progressive Research |archive-date=20 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220420120949/https://progressive-research.com/wp-content/uploads/data-sync/research/SFR%2020220420.pdf |url-status=live }} Severfield's 2012 accounts included a £9.9 million charge for losses at Leadenhall Tower, plus a further £10.2 million on other delinquent contracts.{{Cite news|date=2013-02-19|access-date=2022-08-25|url=https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/severfield-rowen-books-20m-loss-on-dog-contracts|title=Severfield-Rowen books £20m loss on dog contracts|work=The Construction Index|archive-date=23 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130223044046/http://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/severfield-rowen-books-20m-loss-on-dog-contracts|url-status=live}}

In 2014, two embrittled bolts broke and fell from Leadenhall Tower. Another snapped in 2015. Severfield announced an anticipated £6 million charge for bolt remediation works in 2015, and final settlement in 2019.{{Cite web |last=Blundell |first=Steph |date=2019-04-26 |title=Severfield reaches settlement over Cheesegrater bolt failures |url=https://www.pbctoday.co.uk/news/planning-construction-news/severfield-cheesegrater/56040/ |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=Planning, BIM & Construction Today |language=en-US |archive-date=2 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602020127/https://www.pbctoday.co.uk/news/planning-construction-news/severfield-cheesegrater/56040/ |url-status=live }} Leeds based Andrews Fasteners Ltd, who went into administration, supplied{{cite web| url=https://www.constructionenquirer.com/2015/01/29/cheesegrater-bolt-supplier-bought-out-of-administration/| title=Cheesegrater bolt supplier bought out of administration| first=Aaron| last=Morby| date=29 January 2015| access-date=6 April 2025| website=Construction Enquirer| archive-date=3 August 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150803204716/http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2015/01/29/cheesegrater-bolt-supplier-bought-out-of-administration/| url-status=live}} the 3,000 defective 'megabolts', each the size of a human arm.{{cite web| url=https://fastenerandfixing.com/industry-news/leadenhall-failures-confirmed-as-hydrogen-embrittlement/| website=Fastener and Fixing Magazine| title=Leadenhall failures confirmed as hydrogen embrittlement| date=12 March 2015| access-date=5 April 2025}} A majority were replaced. Severfield had not used the bolts before and its Chief Executive commented that it would be unlikely to do so in the future.{{cite web |title=Cheesegrater bolts to cost Severfield £6m after Leadenhall building loses five |url=https://www.cityam.com/cheesegrater-bolts-cost-severfield-6m/ |website=cityam |date=17 June 2015 |access-date=22 December 2020}}

During 2017 redevelopment of nearby 22 Bishopsgate, a suspended girder struck Leadenhall Tower. Severfield was the steel frame subcontractor to Multiplex's Bishopsgate site. Nobody was hurt.{{Cite web |last=Alderson |first=Lucy |date=2017-08-04 |title=Cheesegrater struck by 22 Bishopsgate steel beam |url=https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contractors/multiplex/cheesegrater-struck-by-22-bishopsgate-steel-beam-04-08-2017/ |access-date=2022-05-10 |website=Construction News |language=en |archive-date=2 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602020121/https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contractors/multiplex/cheesegrater-struck-by-22-bishopsgate-steel-beam-04-08-2017/ |url-status=live }}

In November 2017, Severfield was served a Health and Safety Executive Improvement Notice because of tools causing excessive hand arm vibrations at its Dalton facility. New working practices were applied by March 2018.{{Cite web |title=Notices served - Enforcement notices public |url=https://resources.hse.gov.uk/notices/notices/notice_details.asp?SF=CN&SV=308492105 |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=HSE |archive-date=4 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604154924/https://resources.hse.gov.uk/notices/notices/notice_details.asp?SF=CN&SV=308492105 |url-status=live }}

In 2011, a plater at the site had suffered permanent damage to his hands caused by vibrating tools provided by the firm. He developed white finger.

{{Cite web |title=Hazards magazine news |url=https://www.hazards.org/news/2011/index.htm |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=Hazards |archive-date=14 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414193750/https://www.hazards.org/news/2011/index.htm |url-status=live }}

In 2016, the Health and Safety Executive fined Severfield £135,000, plus £46,020 costs,{{Cite web |url=https://resources.hse.gov.uk/convictions-history/case/case_details.asp?SF=CN&SV=4372623 |title=HSE case |access-date=1 June 2022 |website=HSE |date=February 2002 |archive-date=2 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602020148/https://resources.hse.gov.uk/convictions-history/case/case_details.asp?SF=CN&SV=4372623 |url-status=live }} following a 2013 incident when a 27 year old was fatally crushed at its Dalton site. After moving welding wire, he had been reversing a forklift at speed and it overturned. Judge Anthony Briggs accepted Severfield had sought to ensure the safety of its staff but said it had been blind to enforcing the use of seat belts on forklift trucks. After the accident, £9,000 was raised for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.{{Cite web |last=Minting |first=Stuart |date=14 April 2016 |title=Firm fined for fatal forklift truck accident |url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/ryedale/14427403.severfield-fined-for-fatal-forklift-truck-accident/ |access-date=2022-04-26 |website=York Press |language=en |archive-date=26 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426142812/https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/ryedale/14427403.severfield-fined-for-fatal-forklift-truck-accident/ |url-status=live }}

In 2013, Severfield contracted with the Duro Felguera group to provide steelwork for the new Carrington Power Station. Duro Felguera's UK subsidiary refused to pay a December 2014 stage payment. Severfield obtained adjudication under the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 for £2,470,231.97, and then sought summary judgement from the High Court of Justice to enforce payment for a reduced amount of £1,445,495.78. Judge Stuart-Smith refused because part of the sum related to a power plant and was therefore excluded from the 1996 Act, and the adjudicator's jurisdiction. Duro Felguera argued it was in fact owed money by Severfield because of overpayments.{{Cite web |title=Severfield (UK) Ltd v Duro Felguera UK Ltd [2015] EWHC 3352 (TCC)|date=2015-11-24|url=https://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/format.cgi?doc=/ew/cases/EWHC/TCC/2015/3352.html |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=Bailii |archive-date=15 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715130838/https://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/format.cgi?doc=%2Few%2Fcases%2FEWHC%2FTCC%2F2015%2F3352.html |url-status=live }}

Severfield finally obtained a judgement from Mr Justice Coulson in 2017 for £2,774,077.91 (or £1,760,480.27 up to 2014) but by then Duro Felguera UK Ltd had entered liquidation and recovery was limited to what Duro Felguera in Spain could be obliged to pay under a parent company guarantee for the period up to 2014.{{Cite web |title=Severfield (UK) Ltd v Duro Felguera UK Ltd (No. 2) [2017] EWHC 3066 (TCC)|date=2017-11-29|url=https://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/format.cgi?doc=/ew/cases/EWHC/TCC/2017/3066.html |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=Bailii |archive-date=15 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715130837/https://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/format.cgi?doc=%2Few%2Fcases%2FEWHC%2FTCC%2F2017%2F3066.html |url-status=live }}

In 2012, Severfield settled the claim from a welder who had been moving steelwork with a crane and faulty plate clamp. A {{convert|10|foot|m}} long, and {{convert|2|foot|m}} wide, beam fell and crushed his foot.{{Cite web |title=Welder compensated after faulty crane leads to steel beam crushing his foot |url=https://www.thompsonstradeunion.law/news/news-releases/serious-injury-news/welder-compensated-after-faulty-crane-leads-to-steel-beam-crushing-his-foot |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=Thompsons Solicitors |date=9 October 2012 |language=en |archive-date=4 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604154954/https://www.thompsonstradeunion.law/news/news-releases/serious-injury-news/welder-compensated-after-faulty-crane-leads-to-steel-beam-crushing-his-foot |url-status=live }}

In 2011, Severfield reduced the number of welders at its Sherburn site by selectively not renewing the contract of an employee who was caring for his disabled wife. He claimed discrimination by association. Severfield could not satisfy the employment tribunal there was any other reason for the dismissal and the welder was awarded £10,500 compensation with a recommendation he should be re-employed.{{Cite web |title=Bainbridge v Atlas Ward Structures Ltd (2012) Employment Tribunal Case No. 1800212/12 (unreported, 19 June 2012) |url=https://app.croneri.co.uk/law-and-guidance/case-reports/bainbridge-v-atlas-ward-structures-ltd-2012-employment-tribunal-case |access-date=2022-07-16 |website=Croneri |archive-date=16 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716021347/https://app.croneri.co.uk/law-and-guidance/case-reports/bainbridge-v-atlas-ward-structures-ltd-2012-employment-tribunal-case |url-status=live }}

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Severfield subsidiary Watson Steel Structures Ltd fabricated the Clyde Arc Bridge in 2007. It had to be closed in 2008 because a clevis connector failed and a {{convert|35|metre|foot}} long tension bar fell onto the carriageway. Another clevis was found to be cracked and it was decided to replace all 14 tension bars in the structure. Watson Steel Structures Ltd claimed £1.8 million from Macalloy, the clevis supplier, alleging its product was faulty. Macalloy denied the claim and countered Watson Steel Structures Ltd had only specified minimum yield stress for the components.{{Cite magazine |date=2009-06-04 |title=Clyde Arc failure to be battled out in court |url=https://www.newcivilengineer.com/archive/clyde-arc-failure-to-be-battled-out-in-court-04-06-2009/ |access-date=2022-05-25 |magazine=New Civil Engineer |language=en |archive-date=25 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525091207/https://www.newcivilengineer.com/archive/clyde-arc-failure-to-be-battled-out-in-court-04-06-2009/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2008-01-24 |title=Second fault on 'Squinty Bridge' |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7207693.stm |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB |archive-date=25 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525091206/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7207693.stm |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Watson Steel Structures - Overview |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04313355 |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Companies House |language=en |archive-date=25 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525091207/https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04313355 |url-status=live }}

In 2001, directors of the company, including John Severs, purchased its headquarters property for £14 million. In 2007, the company bought it back again for £23.5 million. Both transactions were endorsed by the independent directors.

Shareholders rebelled against a 2007 payment of £1.6 million to retiring Managing Director, John Severs. They refused to pass a resolution at AGM to authorise the payment which had already been made.{{Cite web |last=Rogers |first=David |date=2008-05-30 |title=Shareholders condemn Severs' £1.6m bonus |url=https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/archive/shareholders-condemn-severs-1-6m-bonus-30-05-2008/ |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=Construction News |language=en |archive-date=25 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425155520/https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/archive/shareholders-condemn-severs-1-6m-bonus-30-05-2008/ |url-status=live }}

In 2005 Severfield dismissed a painter, at its newly acquired Sherburn site,{{Cite web |title=Severfield-Rowen PLC: Acquisition |date=1 April 2005 |url=https://www.investegate.co.uk/severfield-rowen-plc--sfr-/rns/acquisition/200504010854044589K/ |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=Investegate |archive-date=15 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715130836/https://www.investegate.co.uk/severfield-rowen-plc--sfr-/rns/acquisition/200504010854044589K/ |url-status=live }} who suffered allergic industrial contact dermatitis following exposure to epoxy resin paint. He claimed compensation. Severfield initially denied, but then accepted responsibility just before the 2007 High Court hearing. Mr Recorder Salter went on to award the painter £113,168.15 damages including £50,000 for loss of future earnings. The firm appealed but in 2008, Lord Justice Keene's judgement rejected its arguments and increased the award for future earnings loss to £90,000.{{Cite web |title=Bullock v Atlas Ward Structures Ltd |url=https://vlex.co.uk/vid/bullock-v-atlas-ward-793037001 |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=vLex |language=en |archive-date=15 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715130836/https://vlex.co.uk/vid/bullock-v-atlas-ward-793037001 |url-status=live }}

In 1989, a subsidiary of Georg Fischer AG built a distribution warehouse near Coventry. The shallow pitch roof leaked, exacerbated by deflection of supporting steelwork. It sued the builders and designer. Severfield-Reeve plc was the steelwork subcontractor and met specifications supplied to it by the designer. In 1994, Severfield-Reeve plc agreed to pay £175,000 to the building owner in return for an indemnity against all parties in the matter.{{Cite web |title=George Fisher Holding Limited (formerly George Fisher (Great Britain) Limited) Multi Design Consultants Limited, Roofdec Limited, Severfield-Reeve Plc, Davis Langdon & Everest [1998] EWHC QB 341|date=1998-02-10|url=https://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/format.cgi?doc=/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/1998/341.html&query=(severfield) |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=Bailii |archive-date=2 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602020140/https://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/format.cgi?doc=%2Few%2Fcases%2FEWHC%2FQB%2F1998%2F341.html&query=%28severfield%29 |url-status=live }}

In 2009, Severfield became third party in a claim relating to the leaking roof at an Albert Bartlett potato processing plant in Airdrie constructed by its subsidiary Atlas Ward Structures. Severfield agreed joint liability with the building's main contractors. Lord Menzies in the Outer House of the Court of Session was asked to choose between remediation options for the Airdrie premises, the alternatives differing in cost and quantum of damages. He drew attention to the similar decision that had faced Judge Hicks in the Fischer warehouse case.{{Cite web |title=Albert Bartlett & Sons (Airdrie) Ltd v Gilchrist & Lynn Ltd & Ors [2009] ScotCS CSOH_125|date=2009-09-08|url=https://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/format.cgi?doc=/scot/cases/ScotCS/2009/2009CSOH125.html |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=Bailii |archive-date=15 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715130837/https://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/format.cgi?doc=%2Fscot%2Fcases%2FScotCS%2F2009%2F2009CSOH125.html |url-status=live }}

In 2011, the Daily Mirror alleged the retractable roof over Wimbledon Centre Court leaked during a quarter final tennis match. Severfield completed the 3,000 ton moving roof in 2009. The All England Club stated the leaks were in the permanent roof, not the mobile section, and were "part of the normal drainage process".{{Cite news |date=28 June 2011 |title=Wimbledon Centre Court roof springs a leak as Andy Murray mania sweeps into SW19 |work=Daily Mirror |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/wimbledon-centre-court-roof-springs-182220 |access-date=16 July 2022 |archive-date=16 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716031247/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/wimbledon-centre-court-roof-springs-182220 |url-status=live }}

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• [https://www.vsc.nl/ European division]
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• [https://www.jswsmd.in/ JSW Structural Metal Decking Ltd joint venture]
• [https://www.cmf.uk.com/ Construction Metal Forming Ltd joint venture]
• [https://fabsec.co.uk/ Fabsec Ltd joint venture]}}

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