Offshore wind money is landing in Norwich
Offshore wind has become a real part of Norwich's engineering economy. Cadeler, an offshore wind installation company, has moved its UK operations from Great Yarmouth to a Norwich office for engineering, project management and commercial teams. PPI Engineering, based at St Andrews Business Park, received part of a £1.2 million offshore wind manufacturing fund in February 2026 to build a facility for turbine generators and electrical equipment. RWE plans its operations and maintenance base for the Norfolk Offshore Wind Zone at Great Yarmouth.
Energy firms and the engineers who supply them buy fabrication in batches with a drawing and a date. Our workshop covers 12,000 sq ft under cover across two buildings, structural work runs under BS EN 1090 factory production control, and welders are coded in MIG, TIG and MMA. The quote is itemised, arrives within 24 hours in the working week, and confirms lead time in writing. Invoices run against your purchase order.
Norwich sectors with steel on the order book
- Offshore wind suppliers Firms building equipment for turbines and the Norfolk wind zone order equipment frames, skids, access platforms, ladders and enclosures, usually galvanised or coated for coastal exposure.
- Hethel engineering Hethel Engineering Centre has housed more than 200 businesses and Lotus Engineering is nearby. High-performance engineers order fixtures, test frames and TIG welded stainless or aluminium parts.
- Aviation and airport-side business Imperial Park Norwich is marketed as a premier employment and aviation business destination, so occupiers are aviation and logistics firms. Occupiers fit out sheds with stairs, access steel, handrails and plant enclosures.
- Manufacturers in the NAAME network New Anglia Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering runs seven manufacturing groups for Norfolk and Suffolk. Member manufacturers send machine bases, guarding and batch brackets to drawing.
Larger jobs we expect from Norwich buyers
Norwich enquiries lean toward energy and engineering steel: skids and equipment frames with lifting points, access platforms and ladders for plant, a set of galvanised walkways, or enclosures for generators and electrical equipment. Some come as one-offs for a build programme, others as repeating batches of fifty brackets or bases. Coastal exposure makes finish important, so hot-dip galvanising, which we arrange, or a primer and RAL top coat is normally specified on the drawing, and each is priced as its own line.
Containers for Norwich yards and compounds
Contractors and engineering firms with yards use modified containers as tool stores, parts stores, plant rooms and welfare cabins. We frame structural openings into the rails, fit doors, windows and roller shutters, and do linking, stacking, cut-downs, repairs and repaints. You can supply the units or we source them. Identical boxes for several sites can be ordered together as one run. See container modifications.
Fabrication for energy, aviation and plant
Coded TIG welders work stainless and aluminium in their own area, apart from carbon steel. Structural beams, columns and frames are made under BS EN 1090 and can be supplied UKCA or CE marked. We also make enclosures for generators, batteries and switchgear, and supply stairs, fire escapes and handrails to be fitted by your own installer, with hot-dip galvanising arranged by us. See commercial steel fabrication.
Norwich business parks and industrial estates
Imperial Park Norwich offers design and build plots from 20,000 to 650,000 sq ft, and Broadland Business Park on Old Chapel Way is marketed as the city's premier business location. Bowthorpe Park Industrial Estate has warehouse, trade counter and light industrial units, and Guardian Road Industrial Estate is another established site. Further out are Norwich Research Park, Hethel and Wymondham, which sit along the A11 corridor.
Why a Bedford workshop can cost Norwich less
Cutting, welding, finishing and checking all happen in our own 12,000 sq ft workshop, so no stage is passed to a subcontractor with its own margin. Delivery to Norwich goes through our logistics partners and shows as its own line on the quote. Put the two together and the total often comes in below a local fabricator, which is easy to check: send us the same drawing you've sent them.
Delivery and site visits in Norwich
Norwich is 102 road miles from Marston Moretaine, about 136 minutes by car, using the A421, A603, A14 and A11. We organise delivery to your site through our logistics partners and plan the day with the A14 and A11 in mind, since a loaded lorry takes longer. With fabrication and finishing in-house, our price often works out cheaper than local fabricators.
Business parks and aviation sites have their own gate and parking rules, so our engineers will ask about the entrance height, the room to turn an articulated lorry, and where the offload will take place. Say what lifting is on site and we agree the drop with you. Fitting on site is for your own installer, because we supply steelwork only.
How a job runs
- 01.Send the drawing
PDF or CAD, a dimensioned sketch, or a photo of the old part. Quantities and the site postcode help.
- 02.Itemised quote in 24 hours
Material, fabrication, finish and haulage broken out line by line, with the lead time confirmed in writing.
- 03.Agree spec and finish
Sections, tolerances, weld spec and finish confirmed before anything is cut.
- 04.Fabricated inside our unit
Cut, welded and assembled by coded welders in our 12,000 sq ft Marston Moretaine workshop.
- 05.Check and paperwork
Dimensionally checked before dispatch; welder qualification and mill certificates on request.
- 06.Delivered to site
We organise delivery to your site through our logistics partners, or you can collect from the yard if that suits. One-offs and batches both welcome.
Work we take on
- Container modifications: conversions and modifications to drawing, single units or batches
- Structural openings: side openings, doors, roller shutters, linking and cut-downs
- Container repairs: panel, door and rail repairs and repaints for depots and fleets
- Steel enclosures: generator, acoustic, plant and battery housings
- Skids and frames: skids, machine bases, lifting frames and supports
- Commercial fabrication: fabrication to drawing, structural steelwork, one-offs and batches
- Stairs and fire escapes: supplied ready for your installer to fit
- Walkways and railings: handrails, platforms and ladders, supplied to fit
Frequently asked questions
Do you make steelwork for offshore wind suppliers near Norwich?
We fabricate frames, skids, platforms, ladders and enclosures to drawing. We cannot claim sector approvals, so send your client's specification with the enquiry and the quote will list what applies.
Do you deliver to Norwich?
Yes. We organise delivery from Bedford, 102 road miles and about 136 minutes by car, over the A421, A603, A14 and A11. Engineers can visit your site first, and the arrival time and offloading are agreed with you.
Can steel for a coastal Norfolk site be galvanised?
Yes. Hot-dip galvanising is arranged by us and shown on the quote as its own line. Tell us the part sizes so we can confirm they fit the bath, and the lead time is confirmed in writing.
Is a mixed order of steelwork and containers possible?
Yes. A Norwich contractor can order modified containers and fabricated frames in the same quote, with separate lines for each item and staged payments on multi-unit orders.
Nearby areas
We also quote for firms in Bury St Edmunds, King's Lynn, Ipswich and Felixstowe. See every town on the areas we serve page.