HW Smith & Son (Contracting) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Microgeneration Ltd.

Projects

Olympic Legacy

Weymouth Bay and Portland Harbour will be the venue for the Olympic and Paralympic Sailing competitions. The legacy of the Olympics will be The National Sailing Academy Building, Osprey Quay regeneration and the New Marina and associated buildings.  The company provided mechanical & electrical services throughout the design and build of all of these projects.

Healthcare

For over half a century the company has majored in the installation of Engineering Services to Hospitals, Nursing homes and associated developments.  Recent contracts have included:

Old Manor Hospital, Salisbury, a Design and Build project comprising three new buildings with electrical and mechanical services to the value of £3.4M.

Royal Bournemouth Hospital, the installation of new Ophthalmology Services with electrical and mechanical services to the value of £1.2M.

West Dorset hospital phase 11, refurbishment to provide a new Day hospital, with electrical and mechanical services to the value of £800K.

The supply and installation of new generation plant and switchgear at Yeovil District Hospital to the value of £850K.

Government

The company carried out works in a numbers of Prison establishments in the area including HMP Albany IOW, HMP Shepton Mallett, and HMP The Weare. Responsible for the total refurbishment of the Mechanical and Electrical services to the “prison ship” HMP The Weare.  A £1.6M contract that was carried out in 20 weeks.

Defence

• Runway lighting at RNAS Culdrose. 
• Dummy Deck facilities and flight refuelling services at RNAS Yeovilton.
• Services to range control towers at Lulworth Army Camp.
• Ship–to-shore boxes at the former Naval Dockyard at Portland.

History

The company has been trading since the 1930's and was incorporated as a limited company in 1965. The company brings highly skilled electrical and mechanical operatives that are backed up by a qualified and experienced team of engineers and designers.

Pride

All operatives are J.I.B. registered and with the exception of larger sites are directly employed. Indeed many operatives were trained as apprentices with this company and a large number have been with the firm for twenty years or more.  All staff take considerable pride in the standard of their workmanship and the ensuing reputation that the company has enjoyed.

Origins

The company started trading as Electrical Contractors only (when push bikes with carriers were the local means of transport!), the business soon expanded and a number of retail outlets selling a wide range of electrical goods were opened and developed.  In the late 1970’s a national retail chain purchased these outlets to enable the company to concentrate on the contracting works at a purpose built unit on the local industrial estate.