Welcome to the Blake Group
We are a 3rd generation family business with a reputation for quality and service. Founded in 1938 by James Blake the company has grown over the years into 3 autonomous operating divisions:-
Environmental Storage Tanks
Fabrication & Steelwork
The Metal Centre
Leading industry and lobbying for best practice standards, Blake Group is an active member of a number of institutions and associations including:
The firm is one of the UK's largest steel storage tank manufacturers and leading spokespeople within the engineering & steel manufacturing industry. The firm spearheads industry delegations shaping policy at senior level and is a member of Oil Firing Technical Institute for the Petroleum Industry (OFTEC), the Energy Institute (formerly Institute of Petroleum) (EI), Association for Petroleum and Explosives Administration (APEA) and the British Standards Institute(BSi).
As expert witnesses, the firm has acted as lead consultants to the Government, DEFRA, OFTEC and the British Standards Institute on oil storage regulations and works closely with both the Environment Agency (EA) and Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) educating industries on "Best Practice" procedures in the storage of oil.
Following the publication of the Control of Pollution Regulations (Oil Storage)(England) 2001, Blake Group successfully led an industry consortium consisting of major oil companies, the UK's automotive industry and leading generator companies to both the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and the Environment Agency (EA) to review the implications of the Regulations and how it impacted on industry. Additionally, Blake Group played an integral part producing Water Industry Mechanical & Electrical Specifications (WIMES) a key water industry specification model.
Representing the Energy institute (EI) MD Ronnie Blake sits on British Standards RHE13 Committee which in April 2010 reviewed BS799 Part5.
The three divisions operate across the UK and combine to offer engineering solutions to our many customers, which include blue-chip companies such as:
Aggreko - AKER - Alfred McAlpine - AMA Developments - Applecross - Atkins - Balfour Beatty - BAM Construction - Barr Construction - Barratt Homes - Bellway Homes JN Bentley - BNFL - BP - B&Q - Bradford City Council - British Polar - Byzak - Castrol - Caterpillar - Cemex - Costain - Edinburgh City Council - Edinburgh University - Essex Water - Esso - Forth Ports - Garfield Richards - GEMCO - Glasgow City Council - Grace Construction - Gregor Shore - HBG - Henry Boot - Homebase - Lancashire County Council - Laing Construction - Laing O'Rourke - LIEBHERR - LCH Generators - Marshall - Construction - Mercedes Benz - Merkland Tank - Miller Group - Ministry Of Defence - MITIE - Mitsubishi - Morrison's - Mowlem - Muir Construction - Napier University - NHS - North Yorkshire County Council Northumbrian Water - Ogilvie Construction - Persimmon Homes - Qinetiq - Renfrewshire Council - Robertson Group - ROK - Rolls Royce - Sainsbury's - Scottish Ambulance Service - Scottish Borders Council - Scottish Fuels - Scottish Natural Heritage - Scottish Power - Scottish Sea Farms - Scottish Water - Scottish Woodlands - Shanks Waste Solutions - Shell - SIBCAS - Siemens - Skanska - Southern & Scottish Energy - Speedy Limited - Standard Life - Stagecoach - Stewart Milne Group - Stewart Milne Timber Systems - Strada Developments Strathclyde University - Suffolk Water - TARMAC - Taylor Wimpey - Telford College Texaco - Thames Water - The Royal College of Surgeons - The Royal Yacht Britannia - The Scottish Office - Thistle Generators - Thyssenkrupp - Timeplan - Total - Tuffa - Tulloch Construction - Watson Construction - West Lothian Council - Wienerberger - Wincanton - WYKO |