08.01.2014

30 years and going strong

Irish based rental company Highway Plant has celebrated its 30th anniversary this month.

The Belfast based access rental specialist was founded by David and Norma Houston at the end of 1983 in the midst of a recession. Their daughter Julie Houston Smyth joined the expanding company when they celebrated 10 years in business in 1993, son John Houston signed up in 1997, while son-in –law Trevor Smyth made it an all family affair in 1999.
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The Highway Plant team celbrates

The company pioneered the use of access platforms in Northern Ireland during the 80’s and early 90’s, surviving economic rises and falls, as well as the Northern Ireland troubles and was one of the first to join IPAF. Julie Houston Smyth is the current chairman of the IPAF Irish Council, has a seat on the IPAF UK and International Councils.

The company was also a founding member of the Access Link, and was the first in Ireland to achieve IPAF Rental + status in 2010. It has operated an IPAF Training Centre since 1999 and remains the only CAP Training Centre for engineers in the whole of Ireland.
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Every birthday needs a cake

The Highway Team celebrated in style with a champagne lunch party on a boat trip around the Titanic slipways of Belfast which continued on late into the wee hours.