Our history

We are family

We love abnormal loads

Cascade provides a comprehensive abnormal load management and notification checking service on behalf of structure owners and police authorities. Cascade also provides abnormal load notification software and an abnormal load notification service to hauliers to enable them to notify within the required legislation.

our history

1990
Cascade Software established
To develop and market simple user-friendly engineering software.
1990
Beam & TimBeam software
These provided simple structural steel and timber beam design tools for engineers.
1991
Analyse software
A two dimensional frame, truss and grillage analysis program providing support for small building and foundation design, particularly roofs and raft foundations.
Arch software
A unique mechanism method masonry arch bridge analysis program, which achieved considerable success with consulting engineers and local authorities involved in the highway bridge assessment programme current at the time. Upgrades of Analyse were also oriented towards bridge analysis, integrating with Arch and incorporating highway loadings and Wood/Armer reinforcement analysis. Arch has subsequently been upgraded to the 2001 DfT standards and additionally provides for Network Rail railway loadings and MEXE.
1994
AbLoads software developement started
AbLoads is Cascade’s flagship Abnormal Loads management and structure checking software for Structure Owning Authorities
1997
AbLoads goes operational for Kent County Council
We are proud that Kent County Council remains a customer today.
2000
AbLoads QuickCheck software added
AbLoads QuickCheck,which provides just simple bridge checking without the communications, management and mapping elements of AbLoads, was developed. AbLoads QuickCheck is designed for authorities receiving only a few notifications each week.
2002
AbHaulier software for hauliers introduced
Predating ESDAL by 6 years, AbHaulier was the first software developed specifically for hauliers moving abnormal loads and enabled electronic submission of notifications for the first time.
2010
AbLoads Service introduced
Kent Councty Council became the first structure owning authority to realise the benefits of outsourcing the management of their abnormal loads processing to Cascade.
2014
AbHaulier Service introduced
After customer feedback, we offered AbHaulier Service for those hauliers that didn’t want the responsibility of managing their abnormal load paperwork in-house.
2019
AbLoads Police software developed
Cascade completed the abnormal load triangle by developing advanced and comprehensive abnormal loads software for police authorities. We were delighted to work with the Metropolitan Police Service to develop this software for them to use in-house
2021
AbLoads Police Service introduced
Much of the abnormal load process is to manage paperwork. We identified an opportunity to enable specialist police officers to concentrate on high risk movements and compiance by removing the day to day processing and checking of notifications
and here we are
Never sitting on our laurels, always striving for innovation, and forever loving abnormal loads.
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YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

NOTIFICATIONS CHECKED EACH YEAR

ASSETS PROTECTED

ABHAULIER USERS