Accreditations and Memberships

POS – On-Track Plant Operations Scheme

Principal Contractor Licence – Trackside

Arboricultural Association – Arb Approved Contractor

Chartered Foresters Membership

Arboricultural Association – Utility Approved Contractor

Forest Industry Safety Accord

FORS – Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme

Constructionline Gold

SSIP Accreditation

ISO 9001:2015

ISO 140011:2015

ISO 45001:2018

SafeContractor

Property Care Association

RISQS

RSSB Membership

Achilles UVDB Verified – SHEQ

BASIS Amenity Assurance

Construction Plant-Hire Association

Cyber Essentials

The Rail Plant Association

Association of Fencing Industries

I would rate Coombes as not only competent and professional when dealing with difficult sites efficiently, but also a company who are friendly to deal with, put a great deal of effort into getting the job done right, with safety at the core of their operation.

Carl Dunkley

Network Rail

Recent news

Rail Duo appointed to support civils expansion

COOMBES is pleased to announce that Huw Abbey and Paul Fendt have been appointed to head up the COOMBES rail civils team, as we look to strengthen our expanding civils business.

Eight-toothed spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus)

Spruce, which accounts for around 60% of our conifer woodland area and is by far the UK's most commercial species, is at risk from Ips typographus, more commonly referred to as the eight-toothed spruce bark beetle.

Network Rail Kent Lineside Habitat Trials

Using various vegetation management techniques and monitoring the results on biodiversity gains, this project aims to shape the future of vegetation management and biodiversity across the network.

Rail Duo appointed to support civils expansion

COOMBES is pleased to announce that Huw Abbey and Paul Fendt have been appointed to head up the COOMBES rail civils team, as we look to strengthen our expanding civils business.

Eight-toothed spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus)

Spruce, which accounts for around 60% of our conifer woodland area and is by far the UK's most commercial species, is at risk from Ips typographus, more commonly referred to as the eight-toothed spruce bark beetle.

Network Rail Kent Lineside Habitat Trials

Using various vegetation management techniques and monitoring the results on biodiversity gains, this project aims to shape the future of vegetation management and biodiversity across the network.

Ips typographus woodland management in the High Weald AONB

Due to the discovery of Ips typographus, also known as the eight-toothed spruce bark beetle, our forestry team worked extensively last year to clear a large area of Spruce in woodland comprising part of the High Weald in Kent.