ViaCon UK

What ViaCon UK does

ViaCon UK Limited (formerly Tubosider (UK) Limited, founded 1987, acquired by Sweden/Norway-headquartered ViaCon Group in 2021) is a specialist UK and Ireland manufacturer and supplier of helically wound corrugated steel infrastructure solutions. Operating from a purpose-built production facility in St Helens, Merseyside, the company produces custom-engineered steel pipes (diameters 0.3m to 3.6m, lengths up to 12-14m), multi-plate buried bridge structures spanning 1.5m to over 25m, attenuation and soakaway tanks, rainwater harvesting systems, fire water storage, and vortex-separator treatment units, all built on EN 10346-compliant galvanised steel with optional Trenchcoat polymer coating for aggressive environments.

The product portfolio is organised under three solutions families: Stormwater Solutions (attenuation, reuse, fire, and treat), Bridges & Culverts (ViaPlate, HelCor, TwinStore, Singlestore), and Geotechnical Solutions (geosynthetics, MSE retaining walls). Differentiated offerings include the prefabricated 3-in-1 system integrating attenuation, flow control, and carrier pipework, plus proprietary digital tools — the ViaCon Design Toolkit (calculators, CAD, technical resources) and a Carbon Calculator supporting ESG-led specification decisions. The company holds BBA, WRC, CE, and ISO 9001 certifications, with structures designed to Eurocodes, BS 5400 HA/HB loading, DMRB CD 354, and HA Standard BD 12.

The business model is project-based, monetising custom-manufactured steel infrastructure products on a one-time-sale basis, bundled with optional supply-and-install services and consultative engineering support (hydraulic design, structural calculations, backfill specification, installation supervision). Customers include National Highways, Network Rail, four UK tier-one civil engineering contractors (Balfour Beatty, Kier, Costain, Galliford Try), water companies, local highway authorities, and commercial developers. Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales via three regional Area Sales Managers covering North, Midlands, and South UK territories, plus a dedicated Ireland Business Development Manager. Distribution is 100% direct to enterprise buyers with no third-party resellers disclosed.

Name

ViaCon UK

Legal name

ViaCon UK Limited

Website

https://viacon.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ViaCon UK is a St Helens-based manufacturer of helically wound corrugated steel infrastructure solutions — stormwater attenuation, buried bridges, culverts, and geotechnical systems — serving UK and Ireland infrastructure owners, tier-one civil engineering contractors, and commercial developers. Founded 1987, subsidiary of ViaCon Group.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Stormwater Management and Civil Engineering Infrastructure Solutions

NAICS

Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction (237110), Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction (23711), Utility System Construction (2371)

SIC

Water, Sewer, Pipeline, Comm & Power Line Construction (1623), Steel Pipe & Tubes (3317)

akta.pro primary industry

Stormwater & Drainage Infrastructure Construction (Sewer, Detention, Outfalls) (IMAFAGAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Storage & Conveyance Structures (Reservoirs, Tanks, Culverts, Tunnels) (IMAFAGAE), Water & Wastewater Pipeline Construction (Mains, Force Mains, Interceptors) (IMAFAGAC), Stormwater Collection & Conveyance (Inlets, Catch Basins, Pipes, Channels) (EUANAEAA)

Keywords

• Stormwater management solutions
• Corrugated steel culverts
• Buried steel bridges
• Geotechnical infrastructure products
• Rainwater harvesting systems

Headquarters

HQ city

St Helens

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Steel Infrastructure Product Sales: Sale of manufactured helically wound corrugated steel pipes, attenuation tanks, culverts, bridges, and geotechnical solutions. Products are custom-built to project specifications with diameters from 0.3m to 3.6m.
2. Design and Engineering Services: Consultative engineering support including hydraulic design, structural calculations, backfill specification, and installation supervision. Full design service using latest software for SuDS drainage design.
3. Supply and Installation: ViaCon UK offers both supply-only and supply-and-install options, providing flexibility for contractor relationships.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ViaCon UK manufactures and supplies helically wound corrugated steel pipe-based infrastructure solutions for stormwater management, buried bridges and culverts, and geotechnical applications. Its portfolio includes stormwater attenuation and storage tanks, rainwater harvesting systems, fire water storage tanks, vortex separator treatment units, multi-plate buried bridges, flexible steel culverts, infiltration tanks, geosynthetics, and MSE retaining walls. The company also provides consultative engineering design services and a proprietary Design Toolkit and Carbon Calculator to support specifiers, engineers, and contractors throughout project design and delivery.

Product overview

ViaCon UK offers a comprehensive portfolio of steel infrastructure solutions for stormwater management, bridges and culverts, and geotechnical applications. The core offering consists of helically wound corrugated steel pipe-based systems, including ViaCon Storm Solutions (attenuation, reuse, fire water storage, and treatment), ViaCon Buried Bridges (ViaPlate®), HelCor® flexible steel culverts, TwinStore infiltration systems, and the 3-in-1 prefabricated attenuation system. Supporting the product portfolio are proprietary digital tools including the Design Toolkit for engineering calculations and CAD resources, and a Carbon Calculator for ESG assessment. The company operates a manufacturing facility in St Helens, Merseyside, producing custom-engineered steel solutions with design lives exceeding 100 years.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ViaCon Storm Solutions: Stormwater attenuation and storage tanks for managing rainfall intensity and flood risk mitigation.
• ViaCon Reuse Solutions
• ViaCon Fire Solutions
• ViaCon Treat Solutions
• HelCor
• ViaPlate
• TwinStore
• Singlestore
• 3-in-1

Products and services

• ViaCon Storm Solutions Steel stormwater attenuation and storage tanks for managing increased rainfall intensity and mitigating flood risk due to climate change. Sold to infrastructure owners, contractors, and developers in the UK and Ireland.
• ViaCon Reuse Solutions Rainwater harvesting systems that capture, store and treat rainwater for sustainable reuse applications such as data centre cooling and irrigation, designed to BS EN 16941-1:2024.
• ViaCon Fire Solutions Underground firefighting water storage tanks for industrial, commercial, and remote sites, compliant with BS 9251 and BS EN 12845 standards.
• ViaCon Treat Solutions Vortex separator (advanced hydrodynamic separation) systems for stormwater treatment that reduce pollutant load and improve water quality prior to discharge or infiltration, meeting DWA M153, NJDEP 2021, and DiBT standards.
• ViaPlate Multi-plate corrugated steel structure for buried bridge applications spanning from 1.5 metres to over 25 metres, used for road bridges, railway crossings, pedestrian underpasses, and wildlife passages. CE marked (Certificate of Factory Production Control No. 1023-CPR-0640F) and designed to Eurocodes and DMRB CD 354.
• HelCor Helically corrugated steel pipes for culverts and underground passages, with diameter range 0.3m to 3.6m and burial depth exceeding 30 metres. BBA Certified and offering a 100+ year design life.
• TwinStore Lightweight galvanised steel pipe system using geomembrane-lined excavations with perforated geotextile-wrapped joints and stone backfill, balancing water between pipes and granular fill to minimize footprint and maximise stormwater storage. Designed to HA Standard BD 12 with WRc approval.
• 3-in-1 System Prefabricated system combining attenuation tank, flow control manholes, and carrier pipework into a single steel installation for simplified SuDS design. ISO 9001 certified, with installation up to 25% faster than conventional separate systems.
• Singlestore (Soakaway Tanks) BBA Certified Singlestore corrugated galvanised steel pipe for gravity surface water attenuation tanks and soakaways. Perforated steel pipe systems for stormwater infiltration into surrounding ground, available in 0.3m to 3.6m diameters and custom lengths, WRc approved with gasketed joints tested to 'Sewers for Adoption' standards. Over 3,000 tanks supplied across the UK since 1987.
• Geosynthetics Geotextiles (woven and non-woven), geogrids, geomembranes, and geocomposites for reinforcement, separation, filtration, and drainage in geotechnical applications.
• MSE Retaining Walls Mechanically stabilised earth (MSE) retaining wall systems for permanent slope and embankment retention.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 80% faster installation compared to traditional solutions
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ViaCon GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021ViaCon UK (formerly Tubosider (UK) Limited) was acquired by ViaCon Group in 2021 and rebranded. ViaCon Group is a pan-European infrastructure specialist founded in Sweden and Norway in 1986, operating across more than 20 countries. The acquisition brought access to ViaCon's broader portfolio of bridges, culverts, and geotechnical solutions while retaining the manufacturing expertise and local market knowledge built over more than three decades.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Polypipe (Genuit Group): Polypipe is one of the UK's largest manufacturers of plastic drainage and stormwater management products. It competes with ViaCon UK in attenuation, soakaway, and pipework tenders for the same tier-1 contractor and local authority customers.
• Wavin UK: Wavin UK is a leading manufacturer of plastic piping and stormwater management systems (including Q-Bic attenuation crates). It competes head-to-head with ViaCon UK in attenuation, SuDS, and drainage tenders for UK infrastructure projects.
• Graf UK: Graf UK supplies plastic stormwater attenuation and infiltration systems, including stormwater tanks and soakaway crates. It competes directly with ViaCon UK's steel attenuation and soakaway tanks across UK SuDS-driven tenders.
• SDS Limited (Sustainable Drainage Systems): SDS Limited designs and supplies geocellular stormwater attenuation and SuDS solutions in the UK. It is a direct competitor to ViaCon Storm Solutions and TwinStore in attenuation tenders.
• Hydro International: Hydro International specialises in stormwater treatment, vortex separators, and flow control — overlapping directly with ViaCon Treat Solutions and the company's SuDS-compliant drainage value proposition.
• Brett Martin: Brett Martin is a UK and Ireland-based manufacturer of plastic drainage and stormwater products. It serves many of the same contractor and merchant customers as ViaCon UK, particularly in residential and commercial developments.
• ACO Technologies: ACO designs and manufactures surface water drainage, attenuation, and treatment systems for civil infrastructure. It directly overlaps with ViaCon UK's stormwater solutions portfolio across highways, commercial, and urban development projects.
• Asset International Structures (steel buried bridges): Asset International Structures manufactures corrugated steel buried bridges and culverts in the UK, directly overlapping with ViaCon UK's ViaPlate and HelCor product lines for highway and rail crossings.

Broad incumbents

• Hanson Building Products (Heidelberg Materials): Hanson is a major UK supplier of concrete drainage, culverts, and aggregate-based infrastructure products. It competes as an alternative material incumbent to ViaCon UK's steel solutions in culvert, attenuation, and bridge applications.
• Premier Tech Water & Environment: Premier Tech supplies stormwater management, rainwater harvesting, and wastewater treatment solutions globally, including the UK. It overlaps with ViaCon UK across attenuation, reuse, and treatment, but operates as a much broader environmental infrastructure platform.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance16 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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