Welcome to CRL
CRL is one of the leading specialist asset maintenance contractors for buildings and structures operating across the UK through a network of 6 regional offices. We provide a comprehensive asset management and maintenance service for buildings and all concrete structures. With over 65 years' experience, CRL deliver proven and cost effective refurbishment options which meet our clients' objectives of upgrading and extending the life of their structures.
CRL are flexible and work collaboratively with our clients. This has helped us secure a high percentage of repeat business across all sectors as either a Principal Contractor or specialist sub-contractor.
Safety & Sustainability
CRL have a reputation based on quality and innovative engineering underpinned by our commitment to health, safety and sustainability.
CRL are committed to reducing our carbon footprint and that of our Client's by conducting our business and the works we carry out in accordance with the guidelines set out in the ICE's Carbon Project initiative.
We operate knowing that nothing we do is so important that it cannot be done safely and sustainably. We strive to create a safe, healthy and sustainable environment in which no one, including our planet, is harmed.
Quality and innovative engineering underpinned by a commitment to safety and sustainability
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“All,I just wanted to drop you a quick note to say thanks and very well done in delivering the works at Helsby in such good time. We knew we wanted to take advantage of the reduced traffic levels recently, and you have pulled together to deliver the scheme in record time – well done! I visited the site recently and was really pleased to see the quality of the work being done, and the measures put in place to deliver the work safely, including of course all the necessary social distancing arrangements.Thanks very much, and well done again.”
Alan Shepherd
Divisional Director
Highways England
“Many thanks to CRL’s project team for completing the work as promised ahead of the original programme. The site team worked diligently to achieve a great outcome. Well done guys!”
Mangat Bansal
Project Manager
BBMM
“I would like to express my thanks and appreciation for the efforts put in throughout the works to successfully deliver the scheme. It is also noted that the challenge was met without having any detrimental impact on the quality of work delivered or on the health and safety of the workforce and road users.”
Andy Butterfield
Head of Service Delivery
Highways England
“Please pass on my thanks to the team for completing the difficult works on time and with no incidents.”
Charlie Forbes
Project Manager
Kier
“Great performance by the site team in delivering the project on time. Glad to see that a saving was made against the Target Cost of £5.8m. A very good outcome, well done!”
Mark Collins
Project Sponsor
Highways England
“Well done to the site team; a great result and delivered on time.”
Colin Jackson
Delivery Manager
Highways England
“CRL's innovative screening arrangement was a great success.”
Charlie Forbes
Project Manager
Kier
“Working in collaboration as one team with effective communication has been instrumental in achieving our common goal to successfully deliver the scheme.”
Andy Butterfield
Head of Service Delivery
Highways England
“Please can you pass my special thanks to Greg and your team for the excellent job which was carried out on the on the project? I sincerely appreciate all the hard work demonstrated. Overall, I was really impressed with how Greg handled the situations & did his upmost to push the scheme forward. I believe that we achieved an excellent client/contractor relationship on site & Greg was very accommodating with my requests for extra repair work and continuous access to the works areas. Most importantly I was impressed with his "can-do" attitude and I look forward to working with CRL in the future.”
Paul Wiles
Site Supervisor
Highways England
“Just a quick note to thank the team for a successful project carrying out the concrete repairs to our Unit 2 and 3 sub-basements. The works were completed to a high standard with a good safely record in one of the station’s most difficult environments. A special note to Mark for his management of the on-site works. He has successfully led teams on site for a number of difficult projects now, requiring working under permit restrictions, co-ordinating with other working parties and close man-management in sometimes high-risk environments. Mark and his team have built and maintained a reputation as one of our most trusted teams on site and we look forward to working with them in the future.”
Nich Smith
Civil Engineer
Drax Power Station
“Just wanted to drop a quick note to say how impressed I was with the guys we had on site. Great PPE, great attitude to wearing the proper PPE for the task in hand, very well self-contained areas, kept clean, tidy and all-round very efficient with what they do. A clean tidy area is such an easy way of providing a great perception of the work contractors do and your operatives we managed this very well.”
Paddy Murray
Project Manager
Farrans
“I found CRL professional, informative and great to work with and I am hoping to work with you again in the future.”
Dionne Harris
Housing Improvement and Assistance Manager
London Borough of Lewisham
“As you may be aware, we had a site visit yesterday from the Hampshire councillor for transport, and many of the senior team leaders from Hampshire and Skanska. The visit included a site walk around and a trip out on one of the pontoons. The visit went extremely well and we have received positive feedback on the attitudes, behaviours and knowledge of everyone on site. Please pass on our thanks to the site teams for ensuring the visit was a success.”
Jack Davis
Senior Site Agent
Skanska Infrastructure Services
“The NEC3 contract is founded upon all the parties acting “in a spirit of mutual trust and co-operation”. CRL and ourselves (BOP) exemplified this throughout the project. Flexibility on both sides, open communication and a joint ambition to do a great job, ensured success.”
Beth Barker-Stock
Highway Design Team Leader
Borough of Poole Project Engineer
“Very good QA ensured that all work was signed off as meeting the specification before moving on to next stages. Site setup always clean and tidy. Early warnings/ compensation events communicated well.”
James Leigh
Engineer
Devon County Council
“I have found working with Martyn Lewis extremely easy and straight-forward despite a number of potential issues that we have come up against during the contract - he has been willing to make suggestions to overcome any obstacles and has been proactive for the duration of the works to ensure that we deliver the project to the end-client. Similarly, Andy Barley on site has been very good in the way that matters have been programmed and handled and his constant liaison with the client site manager.”
Jon Bird
Contract Administrator
Opal Villas Plymouth
“The nature of the contract meant that programming of the works was not straight-forward, CRL co-operated well with us (Murphy) to achieve the required results. Their operatives worked steadily in a well-planned fashion and achieved good outputs. They displayed good product knowledge and carried out mulitple tasks employing a large range of skills.”
James Roberts
Construction Manager
J Murphy & Sons
“As discussed, please pass on my thanks to Ester and the team for a job well done. I've been impressed by their proactive attitude and quality of workmanship throughout the course of the project.”
Barnaby Hawksby
Project Manager
Projects Construction, BT Facilities Services LTD
“A first-class Site Manager, Cladding Manager and workforce. Excellent H&S record. This contractor has a 'can-do' attitude. Great pleasure to work with them.”
Paul Jermy
Structural Engineer
Bristol City Council
“Thanks for all your help and great work you have done in P4 during our recent outage turning the Sump repairs around so quickly for us . I would like to take this opportunity to compliment the team you sent to site; their work ethics, standards and adherence to our COVID-driven guidelines were excellent. Look forward to dealing with you again going forward.”
Allan Wilson
Engineering Planner
Syngenta
“Working with CRL, especially Martyn Lewis and his Team from the Bristol Office, was an overall professional service. Communication, presentation and speediness of the work carried
out made the delivery of the project successful. Many Thanks.”
Fiona Powell
Highways Team Manager
Newport City Council
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