CONTRACT SERVICES
Civil Engineering Services
The Rothen Group has extensive experience in carrying out all types of contracting and civil engineering on inland waterways across the country. Our advice and approach will be pragmatic and result in the best solution for your specific project, whether it be bank protection, dredging, marina works or waterway restoration on canals, rivers or lakes.
Plant and Workboat Hire
The Rothen Group provide a high quality, work boat rental service supplying an array of large and small work boats for narrow beam & wide beam waterways.
Protecting the future
5,406 trees planted…
and counting
We are proud to have achieved carbon neutral positive status with Carbon Footprint Ltd. They have assessed our carbon emissions within the business, and we have offset our carbon footprint with a School treeplanting scheme in England and an Amazon rainforest preventing deforestation scheme.
In addition to this we have launched our ‘Plant Hire – Plant Tree’ initiative which for every week’s boat hire we plant a tree. This has seen us plant over 1200 native trees in the last year.
FEATURED CASE STUDY
Habitat Creation Coney Meadows, Droitwich
Coney Meadows is part of a nationwide project to restore the UK’s wetlands. Since the 17th century, large areas of reedbeds have been stripped and converted into agricultural land, massively reducing the number of habitats available for wetland animals.
FEATURED CASE STUDY
Changing the Shape of the River Derwent, Derby
Following the storm seasons of 2023 & 2024, the EA set out to review its impact on the UK’s waterways. The River Derwent in Derby was flagged after a sonar scan of its navigation identified a scour hole – a direct result of heavy rainfall pushing sediment downstream.
about us
A decade of
The Rothen Group
Our ability to provide pragmatic advice stems from a vast local knowledge and passion for the canals. Drawing on 50 years of family involvement with the canals,
Ian Rothen, MD, has a unique comprehension of the whole country’s network and its differences whether it be in build, architecture or structure enabling the best solution & approach for our clients.
Fishing Lake Maintenance Top Tips
Few things are more relaxing than a day spent by a well-stocked fishpond. The sun bright in the sky, a gentle breeze rippling the water, a small flock of ducks quaking and swimming among the reeds. It’s an angler’s dream. But it can all go so wrong. Ropy algae, stagnant water, suffocating fish. Poor maintenance can transform a beautiful, serene fishpond into something that looks more like a bog.
Mechanical Dredging vs Hydraulic Dredging: Which is Better?
Dredging is the practice of removing sediments and debris from the bottom of lakes, rivers, harbours, and other water bodies. Over time, sediments like sand and silt are carried by waterways downstream. Sedimentation gradually fills up the water body, decreasing its depth, and creating challenges for navigability and increasing the risk of flooding.
Don’t Let It Slip: The Rothen Group Repairs Aire and Calder Navigation Following Flood-Related Landslides
When a landslip on the embankment of the Aire and Calder Navigation threatened to make the commercially used waterway unstable, marine engineering specialists.
