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Recognised across construction

A high level of customer service

Peak Training Centre

The world's first carbon neutral training centre

Beresford’s

The largest precast concrete installation specialist in the UK

ALIMATS®

Interlocking Aluminium Crane Mats & Outrigger Pads

Hole Covers

Temporary Safety Hole Covers for Construction

Instant Pipe Shutter

Alternative Shuttering Method

Levelling Shims

Stacker Packers, our engineered levelling shim with a high compressive strength

Pole Driller

Safe, fast and cost-effective drilling

Safety Net Recovery System

Construction’s Fastest Inflatable System

Shutter Clip

Permanent shuttering solution for hollowcore unit ends

SLAPP Clamp

The safe lightweight block moving system

About

At Brilliant Ideas we invent and manufacture safety products for the construction industry.

Our products are used by main contractors, house builders, structural frame contractors (steel, concrete and timber), crane hire companies, lifting specialists and health and safety professionals – among others.

Each innovation has been developed by Brilliant Ideas CEO Chris Massey. Chris is also Managing Director of our sister company Beresford’s – a pre-cast concrete flooring installation specialist.

Safer, faster and more economical

The inspiration for Brilliant Ideas stems from Chris’s time ‘working on site’ at Beresford’s in his twenties. His understanding and experience of work practices on site meant that whenever he was on a challenging job he was able to come up with safer, faster, cheaper and greener way of doing it.

Beresford’s was founded in 1967. Chris joined the business in 1992, before taking control eight years later. In 2000, he formed Brilliant Ideas Ltd as a sister company and has never looked back.

Brilliant Ideas in Numbers

Minutes it takes to recover a stranded operative using our net recovery system

3

Number of award wins and nominations for Brilliant Ideas

54

Rated capacity of our large hole covers in kg

180

Years of experience (plus some) of directly employed staff

1000+

Load capacity of ALIMATS® in tonnes per metre squared

1856

Number of Stacker Packers used on La Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona

1,000,000 +

Why we invented Brilliant Ideas

Making sites safer

Our safety products were originally invented for our own site operators to use – to increase efficiency and to get projects done on budget – but most have been created in response to accidents or near misses. They’re all now available on the open market.

HS2, Tideway, Kier, BAM, Balfour Beatty, Costain, Interserve, Willmott Dixon, Severfield, B & K Structures, FP McCann and Bison Precast are just some of the industry names using them.

Tried and tested

Each invention is tried and tested – and comes with certifiable paperwork. In fact, all our safety products are manufactured in the UK, apart from our outrigger system (ALIMATS®). But even these are plated and painted here. This means a lot to some of our clients – especially those who place significant value on cutting their carbon footprint.

Chris really cares about people and develops inventions to keep them safe. In fact, there are more planned products in the pipeline. We’re really proud of what we’ve achieved. We’re proud too, that our products have received recognition across the industry, having won multiple awards.