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Dorman Long Technology offer a wide range of contracting, consulting and equipment supply services, which are tailored to add value to each project that we are employed on. We combine specialist product and contracting services with world-class engineering to produce a strong competitive advantage, both for ourselves and for our clients.

Comprehensive service
We offer an exceptional combination of consulting and contracting services to the construction industry. Our unique combination of experienced permanent and temporary works design engineers coupled with our highly valued team of site managers and engineers enables us to make a valuable contribution to your project, from initial scheme design right through to final completion on site. We own and operate a large fleet of the latest jacking systems, which are available on a rental or sub-contract basis. Our services can be utilised effectively on a wide range of construction, upgrade and maintenance projects:

• Bridges
• Buildings
• Refineries
• Power Plants
• Process Plants
• Offshore structures

Flexible service
We offer any combination of the following services to best suit the needs of each Client:

• Specialist sub-contractor for heavy lifting and skidding operations
• Jacking equipment rental with site supervisors and operators
• Permanent works design consultant
• Construction methodology consultant
• Temporary works design consultant
• Construction equipment designer and supplier
• Site supervision of specialist construction operations

For each service you can be assured that the full range of our skills and experience will be applied. Our design services are backed by the practical knowledge of our site team and our site operations are backed by the expert advice of our designers.

Proven products
As well as designing and supplying special ‘one off’ products such as bridge deck erection gantries and refinery turnaround gantries we also have a range of standard products that are available for hire or purchase:

• Strand jack systems
• Climbing jack and gripper jack systems
• Hydraulic ram systems
• General purpose jacking systems

In each case we will carefully evaluate the particular requirements of a project and recommend the most effective system to be used. This will include an evaluation of the consequential benefits to safety, cost and programme on the project as a whole for each type of system. It is our full knowledge of the engineering, safety and commercial issues facing the project team that set us apart from the competition. In 2000 the staff and business of Zalcon was acquired by DLT, and Zalcon jacking systems are now offered under the name of DLT.

Specialist expertise
We have for many years been involved in the design and construction of major structures and have developed the following areas of specialist expertise:

• Erection engineering of suspension and cable stayed bridges
• Design/value engineering of bridges
• Design and contracting for heavy lifting, lowering and skidding operations
• Design and supply of specialist gantry systems
• Design and supply of strand jack and climbing jack systems
• Design and detailing of steel frames structures

Accredited company management systems
Our quality management t system is accredited to ISO 9001:2000 and our company health and safety management system is accredited to OHSAS 18001:1999. Both systems nave been written in-house by our own staff to specifically ensure a high and consistent standard of service to our clients. All our jacking systems are inspected, serviced, tested and certified prior to each use.