Contracting for Local Authorities

Contracting for Local Authorities Across Four Counties

Harrington Brothers Contractors have a long history of contracting for local authorities, delivering road repair and construction services for local government groups in the Chelmsford, Epping and Brentwood areas and across Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent and London.

We have worked with the councils of Barnet, Hertsmere, Tower Hamlets and Brentwood, alongside major commercial clients including Balfour Beatty, Mears and Railtrack.

Councils come back to us for the same reasons private clients do: work done properly first time, honest pricing, and a contractor who turns up with its own plant and crews rather than a chain of subcontractors.

It’s why 90% of our work comes from recommendations and referrals.

From patching a single failed footway to resurfacing an entire estate road network, we bring the same standard to every instruction: assess the cause, specify the right fix, deliver it on programme and hand the asset back in better condition than the brief demanded.

Resurfacing Projects and Public Sector Works

Local authorities use our services for long lasting, quality surface installations across the public realm.

We cover all aspects of public sector surfacing, including:

• Road construction and resurfacing: carriageways, estate roads and access routes
• Road repairs and pothole repairs and patching
• Concrete overlays and concrete services
• Footpath reconstruction and public pathways
• Tennis court installation and children’s playground surfacing and resurfacing
• Car park surfacing and marking bays in car parks through thermoplastic line marking
• Patching and repair of existing infrastructure

We’re also one of the leading driveway contractors in the area, useful for housing and estate works where residential standards matter as much as highway ones, and a reminder that the firm’s finish carries across every surface it lays.

Accreditations, Insurance and Compliance

Pre-qualification shouldn’t be the hard part of appointing a contractor.

Harrington Brothers hold SafeContractor, CHAS and Constructionline accreditations, plus RISQS and CIRAS for works in rail environments, relevant wherever council assets border the railway.

We carry £10 million public liability insurance, and every surface we lay is fully guaranteed.

Certificates, insurance documents and references from previous council work are available at tender stage, and our office will respond promptly to any pre-qualification questionnaire.

Engaging us is straightforward: one call or email to our Blackmore office, a prompt site visit, and a clear written quotation with realistic timescales.

For framework and term work, we’re used to working to schedules of rates, agreed response times and the reporting your contract managers need, without the overhead of a national contractor.

Work is scheduled to fit your timescales, and finance options are available where a project calls for them.

Own Plant, Direct Labour, Predictable Delivery

Because we run our own plant and machinery and use our own experienced crews, we control programmes directly, no waiting on hire companies or coordinating layers of subcontractors.

That means realistic timescales you can plan around, works phased to keep roads, car parks and play areas usable, and a discreet, unobtrusive service that residents notice for the right reasons.

We’re an Essex based family firm with over 50 years’ experience in tarmac, driveways and surfacing, working from Blackmore across Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent and London.

We cater for a wide variety of surfacing requirements and see every commercial project through from start to finish with the same quality every time.

Contact us today to discuss your programme of works, whether that is a one off repair, an annual patching programme or a full resurfacing scheme, we’ll be happy to help, and a written quotation follows the site visit within days, not weeks.