Structural steel contractor Severfield faces more than £20m in testing and remedial costs after it found bridge weld issues in some of its projects.
Severfield identified some bridge structures were not in compliance with one unnamed client’s weld specification requirements, according to the contractor's latest interim financial results.
The problems relate “predominantly” to 12 bridge projects that are either ongoing or were completed over the past four years.
“The issues all arise out of a particular bridge specification and related sub-optimal choices of welding procedures, exacerbated by limitations in the specified weld testing regime for these projects,” the document said.
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