From The Blog
A Journey To The Outer Hebrides
It is perhaps FPS's most remote location where we have been asked to install a pontoon. FPS operatives have just returned from a 1000 mile round trip to the Isle of Lewis. Upon receiving the initial enquiry, we envisaged an installation in a remote loch or scenic...
Manchester’s Iconic Bridges For Inspection
Last week was extremely busy for FPS, as we were tasked in providing a pontoon solution to a large civil engineering company to assist with their bridge inspections over the River Irwell and Manchester Ship Canal. Over the course of a week, we undertook inspections on...
Manchester Kampus Uses FPS
Kampus, one of Manchester's latest commercial and residential developments, located close to Canal Street, are using a pontoon supplied by FPS. The pontoon's main purpose is to act as a fall arrest platform and also to prevent debris entering the canal. Debris netting...
Swimming Pool Refurbishment
Faced with a difficult task of refurbishing a swimming pool ceiling, A local leisure centre approached FPS pontoon hire to understand if we could help them without having to empty the pool. As due to the tight timescales, it was not an option to empty the pool, and...
Linton Bridge Stabilisation Works
AE Yate's recently approached us to help remove a temporary arch support system which was supporting Linton Bridge for repair works. The support system comprised of 2 x 17 tonne bridge trusses built on 4 steel tubular piles. These had to be lifted from the piles by a...
FPS Goes Royal
Floating Pontoon Solutions latest installation was set in the beautiful surroundings of Regents Park, London, where we were tasked with supplying a pontoon in the Queen Mary's Gardens. Our client, Royal Parks, had the unenviable task of looking for a solution to...
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Sterling Work In Stirling
Dismantling a bridge and removing it without any debris entering the watercourse was again mission accomplished successfully by FPS. This was quite a unique task as the stream water was used by a local whisky distillery who insisted nothing should enter the stream....
FPS sponsors one of Jet Skiing’s youngest
Realising the synergy between jet skiing and pontoons (and also being the bosses son), FPS have sponsored young Sam Wilson during his exploits in the Jet Sport Racing Association series of races during 2017 and will continue this during 2018. His efforts and results...
National Geographic Channel & Floating Pontoon Solutions
FPS recently had an enquiry on a Thursday afternoon from a London-based TV production company to provide a pontoon in Newlyn Harbour, Cornwall the following week. As always, FPS reacted swiftly to the task and despatched two of its team down to the South West coast....
Access Is Always Possible
Faced with trying to seek a suitable location where FPS could unload their pontoon into the water, this seemed an almost impossible task due to parking restrictions in Manchester City Centre. However, with FPS's 'never say never attitude', they unloaded the pontoon...
Manchester City Centre’s latest Addition
One of Manchester's latest apartment builds requires an existing foot bridge alongside the River Irwell to be removed, but concerns were raised about debris entering the watercourse. When FPS were approached to see how they could help prevent this, they offered a 50m...
Where’s There’s Silt, There’s FPS
FPS's latest install was on behalf of British Steel where they were tasked with installing a pontoon into one of their many lagoons. Over the years, the lagoons have become saturated with steel deposits resulting in them nearing their capacity. Hence, a solution was...
Manchester Ship Canal de-vegetation works
Floating Pontoon Solutions have just returned from Manchester after two gruelling days installing a massive 55m long pontoon alongside the Manchester Ship Canal. Our client, a large property developer, requested the pontoon to help with de-vegetation works along the...
British Waterpolo Championships
Its been a busy bank holiday weekend for FPS as we have been involved with the British Waterpolo Championships held at the Lido Baths in Cheltenham. FPS were tasked with providing a 27 metre walkway at the lido baths to give the referee access across the entire length...
Anywhere, Anytime, Anyplace….
Not consistent with our usual consignments, FPS undertook a rather different project providing a pontoon complete with tower scaffold to do some inspection work on duct work in a nearby swimming pool. The client had explored many options to do this, however, the best...
Theatre on Water – Hull City of Culture 2017
One of Hull's City of Culture events was a theatre performance on water in Victoria Dock. Although the stage was already constructed, FPS was tasked to provide an access and emergency evacuation walkway to the stage. However, the main requirement was for this not to...
Canary Wharf’s latest skyscraper requires pontoon in a hurry!!!!
Receiving a call on a Monday from someone wanting pontoon on a Wednesday is never an easy task, but FPS's flexibility and resources allowed just that. The latest project in the Canary Wharf is a new 37 storey apartment block currently being built by over 400 site...
Repair work on the Caledonian Canal
We cover all of the UK is one of our mottos, and this was proved this week as we were tasked with installing a pontoon on the Caledonian Canal in Inverness by one of the UKs leading Civil Engineers, and one of our best customers. The job was to put a pontoon into the...
FPS In The Brecon Beacons
After an arduous journey navigating the mountainous roads in the Brecon Beacons, FPS eventually arrived at their destination. This new job was to install a 50m pontoon walkway at the bottom of a near empty reservoir to allow engineers to pump out the silt accumulated...