Bierrum
# Bierrum

Bierrum is a British civil engineering and construction company, that has built all of Britain's concrete cooling towers at the country's power stations since 1965.

## History

It was founded by Hans Bierrum (or Hans Bjerrum), a Danish civil engineer. He built his first cooling tower in the 1930s. Hans Bjerrum, born in Hellerup, competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics in Belgium; he died in 1979 in London. The company has also been called Bierrum International.

Bierrum and Partners Ltd (00339806) was founded on 30 April 1938.

### Ownership

It is part of Beroa Technology Group GmbH (BTG) of Ratingen-Lintorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

## Structure

It is headquartered in Central Bedfordshire, around one mile east of the M1, close to the Greensand Ridge Walk.

## Products

It has designed and built cooling towers (køletårn in Danish) and chimneys nationally and internationally. It demolishes chimneys incrementally, with its Bierrum Rig.

