Hydra-Capsule Ltd

Hydra-Capsule was established in 1987 and has over 40 years of experience in the civil and construction industry, specialising in hydraulic jacking, flat jacking, heavy lifting, sliding, and monitoring systems. They offer a comprehensive range of services including hydraulic cylinders, flat jacks, heavy lifting and sliding equipment, temporary propping solutions, and complex synchronised units with real-time structural monitoring. The company operates a fully in-house contractual service, covering manufacturing of hydraulic cylinders and flat jacks, bespoke jacking products, and monitoring systems.

They provide complete products and services throughout the UK, Ireland, and Europe, with their own competent hydraulic jacking engineers who also handle the design and installation of temporary propping systems. Hydra-Capsule maintains a large stock of fully tested hydraulic jacks, flat jacks, and temporary propping equipment available for hire, sales, or bespoke systems. This stock enables them to undertake bridge bearing replacement works, structural lifting or lowering, and pre-loading applications.

They also supply a comprehensive range of pumping and pressurising equipment, including hoses, control manifolds, and various types of hydraulic pumps. They offer multi-purposed temporary propping solutions for contractual services to the construction, civil engineering, and demolition industries. As recommended installers of temporary works from major manufacturers, they provide services such as needling supports, back-propping, and complex heavy-duty bridge propping and hydraulic jacking systems.

Their services include full subcontractor risk contractual services (design, supply, hire, and fix), temporary works permit to load and inspections by their engineers, erection and dismantling services, and hire and sales of a vast stock of propping equipment ranging from 2 to 100 tonnes capacity.