Brackmore
Formerly Hill & Smith VRS
- Companies House verified
- 7 accreditations
- Registered since 2025
Overview
About Brackmore
Brackmore, formerly Hill & Smith VRS, designs, manufactures, supplies, installs and repairs permanent vehicle restraint systems, bridge and pedestrian parapets and passive safe sign supports. The business is based at Springvale Business and Industrial Park in Bilston, Wolverhampton, and traces a 200 year engineering heritage in the Black Country, celebrating its bicentenary under the new name. Its customers are in the highways, construction and local authority sectors.
The company operates through three divisions. Brackmore Barriers, formerly Hill & Smith Barriers, supplies steel highway vehicle restraint systems, anchorages and Armco off-highway barriers for commercial and industrial sites. Varley & Gulliver Parapets produces steel and aluminium rail and vehicle bridge parapets and pedestrian parapets for footbridges and stairways, manufactured in the UK, tested to EN 1317, CE marked and listed as MASH and NCHRP350 approved. HiMast supplies breakaway aluminium passive sign supports tested to BS EN 12767.
Projects
Case studies on the site include low carbon steel VRS on the M20 at Junction 5, parapets and VRS barriers for the A465 Heads of the Valleys upgrade, and parapets, barriers and railings for the Great Yarmouth Third River Crossing. The company offers technical support from design through to installation, and runs a knowledge hub with technical resources and a product brochure.
Brackmore holds ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 certification, FORS Gold, Constructionline Gold, RoSPA Gold, CSR Gold and TOPAS accreditation. It lists Achilles, LCRIG, Lantra training and The 5% Club among its partnerships and memberships.
What they do
Services
- Permanent vehicle restraint systems
- Bridge parapets
- Pedestrian parapets
- Passive safe sign supports
- Off-highway barriers
- VRS installation and repair
- Technical design support
Standards and memberships
Accreditations
- CLConstructionlinePre-qualified supplier
- FORSFORSFleet operator standards
- ISO14001ISO 14001Environmental management
- ISO45001ISO 45001Health and safety management
- ISO9001ISO 9001Quality management
- ROSPRoSPA Gold
- TOPATOPAS
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Where they work
Location
Listed address: Springvale Business & Industrial Park, Springvale Ave, Wolverhampton, Bilston, WV14 0QL
In the news
Brackmore in the news
Springvale Business & Industrial Park, Springvale Ave, Wolverhampton, Bilston, WV14 0QL
Registered company no. 16376823 · Registered since 2025
Accreditations
- Constructionline
- FORS
- ISO 14001
- ISO 45001
- ISO 9001
- RoSPA Gold
- TOPAS
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