In 2021, aged 26, Ed Smaldon returned from JP Morgan after a year-long sabbatical to join the diversified family farming business in north Devon. Within the first month, he met with Adam Langley of Powell & Co Construction to discuss…

Powell & Co were appointed as Principal Contractor for the construction of three broiler houses for Amber REI in North Wales. From design through to groundworks, to construction, through to completion with third-party suppliers, the project was completed on time…

The Price family farm in Powys has been a long-standing customer of Powell & Co since 2020, when we built a 230ft x 65ft free range poultry unit and refurbished an existing unit.  To support the farm expansion Joe Price…

Richard and Sarah Pinfield are established livestock farmers based near Bromsgrove...

A former RAF airfield in Lincolnshire features a state-of-the-art broiler site constructed by principal contractor Powell & Co Construction.  The 22 broiler houses will be operated by Hook2Sisters Limited to produce healthy broilers to the highest welfare standards. The business…

In early 2019 the Frankpitt family, broiler breeder farmers in the Southwest, put forward the idea of bio-filtration to meet the requirements set out during the planning phase for four new houses. They contacted draperGROUP to see if the project…

For over 300 years the Morris-Eyton family have been farming at Beckside Farm in Cumbria and currently have a herd of 400 Pedigree Holsteins and a flock of 800 sheep. The original steel-framed building used for rearing calves was not…

The next generation has been the focus for Emlyn when he commissioned Powell & Co to build an organic free-range poultry unit.  Now with grown-up sons who have an interest in poultry farming, Emlyn has converted part of the farm…

Fourth-generation arable farmer Will Oliver started groundworks in April 2019 ahead of the construction of four poultry houses by Powell & Co.  The poultry site, on the 800ha farm, houses four 110x20m steel-framed houses that each hold 48,000 Ross broiler,…

Beef and sheep farmers Mark and Pauline Roberts farm 300 acres near Welshpool and as second generation farmers they wanted to strengthen their business for the next generation by building a pullet rearing unit.  After researching poultry housing manufacturers they chose…