We're delighted to share that we've been appointed by Welsh Water for a new contract at Bretton Water Works, supporting essential upgrading and maintenance across the site. It's a project we're genuinely pleased to be involved in — and one that follows on directly from an earlier contract we completed together.
We're a family-run GRP manufacturer based in Lowestoft, Suffolk, and this kind of work is very much in our wheelhouse. For over 40 years we've been building bespoke, corrosion-resistant components for industrial and utilities sites across the UK, and water treatment infrastructure is territory we know well.
A second project, not our first meeting
Our first contract with Welsh Water was a proper undertaking. It involved months of planning before we started any work on site, along with prototype testing and laboratory testing of every material we used on that earlier project, to make sure everything would hold up once it was installed. That groundwork paid off — the project ran smoothly, and we're pleased Welsh Water asked us back.
There's a simple logic to that, and we don't want to overstate it: you don't usually get invited back onto a second water treatment site unless the first one held up well. It's less a bold claim and more the practical reason we're at Bretton at all.
About DK Fibreglass Works
We started out in 1985 as a small, family-run operation in Lowestoft, and we've grown steadily since into a specialist GRP manufacturer working across industrial, marine, automotive, agricultural and utilities sectors. We hold ISO 9001:2015 certification, we're members of the Composites UK trade association, and we take part in SIMPL — Safety in Manufacturing Plastics and Composites. These are credentials that matter to clients working in regulated, safety-conscious environments like water treatment, and we're glad to have them.
What we're doing at Bretton Water Works
Our work here involves a set of custom-designed GRP safety housings, built to fit directly over the pipework running through the water treatment tanks. Rather than a row of separate covers, each housing interlocks with the next, creating one continuous protective system across the site — designed to protect the pipework from everyday knocks and planned maintenance work, while standing up to a genuinely demanding environment.
As on our first project, the resins we're using here have been safety-checked and approved by Welsh Water's own scientists before going anywhere near the site. On a live water treatment facility, that kind of testing isn't a box-ticking exercise for us — it's central to how the work gets signed off at all.
Working to a deadline that mattered
One thing we still remember from the earlier project: the deadline wasn't flexible. Welsh Water had heavy plant machinery booked in for a specific week, and we needed the housings built, delivered and ready to install before that window opened. No extensions, no second chances. We hit it — and that's the kind of pressure that shapes how we plan a job like this from the very first conversation, not just at the finish line.
More to come
Work at Bretton is now underway, and we'll be sharing updates as it progresses, much as we did last time around.
Facing a similar project?
If your organisation is planning maintenance, an upgrade, or any project that calls for durable, corrosion-resistant GRP components — particularly on a site with its own tight scheduling demands — we'd be glad to talk it through.
Get in touch with us to find out more.