The original concept of corrugated steel pipe was introduced by ARMCO in the USA in 1896 with the first being manufactured in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Since that time, it has become a major drainage material and construction tool throughout the world.

In 1954, ARMCO established manufacturing in South Wales, UK. Hill & Smith Holdings plc purchased the UK arm of ARMCO in 1986 and traded under the name of ASSET International, a division of Hill & Smith Ltd

Here at ASSET ISS we have serious specialties in the Small Bridge and Culvert market, our leading brand name of ‘MULTIPLATE’ from ASSET ISS, has now firmly established itself as a leader in its market place.  ‘MULTIPLATE’, in its various formats, has now been produced for over 100 years and in the road construction industry world wide.

ASSET ISS, have fully embraced the modern day awareness of the need for value engineering. The UK Design Method BD12/01 that we follow as a mandatory minimum process not only ensures a 120 year design life, but guarantees that all of our designs can be based upon a “non-maintained” basis over this life span.

The NRA issued a Directive (NRA Circular No. 09/2004) in June 2004 to all their Regional Offices and all Consulting Engineers that in all work on NRA projects, senior engineers be asked to consider the use of corrugated steel structures on all such schemes.

Over the last few years, we at ASSET ISS have made some exciting changes and new additions to our business in order to improve our ability to be of service to our clients on a global scale.

From supplying the widest corrugated ‘Stren-Cor’ steel arch ever constructed within the UK in recent years – ‘The first in the world’ to be lifted and installed over an existing “live” railway line in less than two hours – To designing environmentally conscious MULTIPLATE structures which provide safe passage for bats, otters, fish and badgers as a part of major highway developments; our aim is to provide our customers with products which are flexible, highly innovative and that can reduce installed costs.

In line with this strategy, we have secured the exclusive license to distribute Stren-Cor product throughout the UK and Europe. These products will complement our existing product range and allow us to continue to offer cost-effective and easy-to-install alternatives to traditional conventional materials within the construction and related industries.

Now, we have stepped up a gear and we will be distributing precast concrete arch structures.