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Hydra Capsule Limited

Name: Hydra Capsule Limited
Address: Hydra Works Depot/Unit 13, Hereford, HR12UA, GB
Telephone: 01885490405
Price range: ££

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Hydra Capsule Limited

Heavy Duty Jacking System Specailists. Ranging from hydraulic jacking, flat jacking, structural monitoring, jack hire, manufacturing and temporary propping

Hydra-Capsule Ltd was established in 1987. We soon gained a reputation for quality, safety and innovative solutions for the heavy lifting and sliding of structures using our own range of hydraulic jacks and specialist heavy lifting equipment developed from over 30 years of practical experience working on projects with the Highway Agency, Network Rail and London Underground to prestigious structure

s to become one of the UK leader jacking specialists within the civil and construction industry. Hydra-Capsule carry a large stock of fully tested hydraulic bridge jacks and hydraulic jacks for a range of jacking operation, available for contract services, jack hire and sales at competitive rates. Services, equipment and products include:

Temporary or Permanent Grout Flat jacks
Hydraulic Jacks – Service, Hire and Sales
Bridge Jacking and Sliding Systems
Hydraulic Jack Design, Testing and Manufacturing
Temporary Propping Systems - Contract Services, Hire and Sales
Monitoring Equipment for Jacking Operations and Structural Monitoring
Grout bags and Associated Equipment
Weighing and Load Testing
Pre-stressing and Tensioning. We always take pride in providing a professional and personal service to all our customers, maintaining good working relationships, giving helpful advice, technical support and on-site back up with all our products.

20/01/2026

Congratulations to The Erith Group Swanton Consulting Ltd Julian Malasi (and all other site management / subcontractors involved in this project).

Thank you for the opportunity for to demonstrate our expertises to complete the lifting of of 5 floor levels individually and combined per/level per operation to achieve total lift of approximately 3 metres - weighing/jacking force of 900 tonnes!! 💯

Summary of works:
➡️ Operation 1: Lifting roof level
➡️ Operation 2: Lifting roof level + level 4
➡️ Operation 3: Lifting roof level + level 4, and level 3
➡️ Operation 4: Lifting roof level + level 4, level 3 and level 2
➡️ Operation 3: Lifting roof level + level 4, level 3, level 2 and finally level 1

Each operation doubled in weight and involved complexity for accuracy required; within 1-2mm per floor level to ensure final lift was with overall parameters of 7mm 🚧

Using a combination of steelwork fabrication frames around existing columns, temporary propping to allow cutting free/supporting connections and a range of hydraulic cylinders (25, 30 and 50 tonnes capacity with 250mm upto 1000mm per/stroke cylinders)

Well done to everyone involved 👏👏👏
More details to follow

Contact Us:
📧 E: [email protected]
🌐 W: www.hydra-capsule.com
☎️ T: +44 (0)1885 490 405

15/01/2026

⏰ Throwback Thursday….

Synchronised lifting, hydraulic jacking and temporary works scheme used to lift +15,000te (jacking force) ‘long curved box tunnel’ first time in UK.

“Video can tells a thousand words”

Hydra-Capsule Limited offered a full contract package from assisthg supply & fix to lift/guide and integrated wireless and monitoring system - to deliver an “one-stop solution”

✅ 68no. Hydraulic 400te x 100/150mm stroke cylinders - locking collars - for preloading/lifting and load distribution (through launch skid-beams)
🔳 40no. Hydraulic 200te x 150mm Hollow Hole and Solid Double-Acting Cylinders - to horizontally guide and control launc direction
➡️ Lifting & Prelaoding across 155 metres long structure for 140 metres in preparation for hydraulic launch - in controlled manner
✅ Fully-linked and individual control points for all locations with full movement and load monitoring per operation
🔳 Accuracy of +/- 2mm throughout works
➡️ All equipment, design input and specialised engineers supplied “in-house”

Disclaimer: the push/launch and slide operation was completed by others

👏 Once completed - the structure permanent supports were installed and load-transfer completed

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13/01/2026

Works:
Hydra-Capsule Limited engineers carried out temporary propping and needling systems to assist demolition of load-bearing walls and load-transfer using permanent grout-filled flat jacks and hydraulic jacks for steelwork preloading

Allowing for quick response and turnaround to ensure the customer and carry on with works for demoliton and strengthening

Equipment Used:
➡️ 78no. Twin-Needles Support - using 4.1 and 5.5m propping lengths
➡️ 8no. Propping Locations - 21 tonnes of equipment with each leg capacity of superslim providing out 15 tonnes per/section
➡️ Bespoke and standardised steelwork spreader (upto 7 metre long) and spreader/header beams
➡️ 12no. Hydraulic cylinders - 30 tonnes capacity each
➡️ 18no. Permanent Flat Jacks - 20 tonnes capacity each

Offering a “one-stop” package - our engineers were able to incorporate easy-to-assemble/versatile system to accelerate installation safely, and cost-saving - www.hydra-capsule.com

📞 Contact Us Today to find out how we can support your next project:

☎️ Tel: +44 01885 490
📧 Email: [email protected]
🌐 Visit: www.hydra-capsule.com

Let’s build the future together! 🏗️ Giving Construction Our Support 🚧🦺

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05/01/2026

Good morning 🌅 …let’s give a welcome to Jack….

Our newest member of - he will be making monthly updates on his journey through temporary propping and hydraulic jacking industry - let’s see what he has in store for 2026 💯✅🙌

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23/12/2025

We would like to wish all our employees, customers and contractors a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

2025 has been a phenomenal year with numerous successful projects, huge investments from everyone (customers, colleagues and suppliers)

Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to 2026 being yet another year of success and more great innovation solutions to be demonstrated from Hydra-Capsule Limited and Allen Hydraulic Engineering Limited (AHE)

11/12/2025

🚨 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 🚨
completed preloading and torquing/prestressing of TC-2 and TC-4 tower-crane grillages.
Using a combination of hydraulic jacks, hollow ram and bolt tensioning equipment for tensioning steel crane-grillage

Equipment Supplied:
✅ 16x. High tensile dywidag 47mm diameter tension bars, anchors and fixtures/fitting
✅ 02x. Preloading of 520 tonnes of tension and stressing on bolting sequence (16nr bars)
✅ 01x. Digital and wireless monitoring system - for recording load, movement and bar elongation readings
✅ 04x. Bespoke jacking frames/beams due to bar installation error and temporary works proposal

Fantastic effort from all parties to achieve critical deadline on a 24 hours window - to ensure towed crane installation will go ahead 👏 www.hydra-capsule.com

Contact Us:
📧 E: [email protected]
🌐 W: www.hydra-capsule.com
☎️ T: +44 (0)1885 490 405

Address

Hydra Works Depot/Unit 13
Hereford
HR12UA

Opening Hours

Monday	7:30am - 5:45pm
Tuesday	7:30am - 5:45pm
Wednesday	7:30am - 5:45pm
Thursday	7:30am - 5:45pm
Friday	7:30am - 4:45pm
Saturday	7:30am - 2pm

Telephone

01885490405

Website

http://www.hydra-capsule.com/

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