Roger Bullivant Hütte rig fleet addition: versatility and access gains for piling engineers
Reviewed by Joe Ashwell
First reported on The Construction Index
30 Second Briefing
Roger Bullivant Limited has added a Hütte HBR 204MP piling rig to its fleet, capable of installing 300–600mm CFA and SFA piles plus temporary/permanent casings and overburden systems using air or water flushing. A segmental mast allows rapid on-site reconfiguration from a 15.5m mast with 10.6m stroke down to 5.7m/3.8m in under half a day, addressing low headroom, restricted access and variable ground conditions without extra plant. Radio remote control and integrated air-flush capability extend its use on complex commercial and infrastructure schemes, with a second unit due later this year.
Technical Brief
- Hütte HBR 204MP extends Bullivant’s fleet capability beyond existing rigs with a longer mast and stroke.
- Compared with older units, configuration changeovers are materially faster, reducing non-productive rig time between pile types.
- Remote control also separates the operator from rotating tooling and spoil discharge, improving exclusion-zone management.
- Bullivant positions the 204MP primarily for commercial schemes where ground conditions are highly variable and access constrained.
Our Take
The CFA capacity envelope of 300–600 mm diameter and up to 10.6 m stroke positions Roger Bullivant’s new rig squarely in the UK residential and light commercial piling market, rather than very deep, large-diameter infrastructure foundations where Soletanche Bachy Group typically deploys heavier kit.
The ability to reconfigure mast length between 5.7 m and 15.5 m is well suited to constrained urban UK sites, where our infrastructure coverage frequently notes headroom and access limits as key drivers of rig selection on brownfield and infill projects.
As a Soletanche Bachy UK and Vinci Construction affiliate, Roger Bullivant’s fleet upgrade suggests continued internal demand for specialist piling capacity within the group’s UK building and infrastructure pipeline, even though this does not appear as a discrete deal or project in our database.
Prepared by collating external sources, AI-assisted tools, and Geomechanics.io’s proprietary mining database, then reviewed for technical accuracy & edited by our geotechnical team.
