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New York's standard. On London's streets.
The gantry system that changed construction in New York - now operating in the United Kingdom.
New York · London
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Construction is disruptive. What happens on the street doesn't have to be
Perelman Center, 251 Fulton Street, Manhattan, New York
Urban Umbrella transforms the construction period from a liability into an opportunity - keeping ground-floor businesses trading, pedestrians moving freely, and the street looking like itself. Now operating in the United Kingdom, to the same standard New York has trusted since 2009.
Our Vision
One Court Square
Delivered
450+
Projects completed across luxury retail, residential, and infrastructure.
Footprint
22
Markets · United States, Canada & United Kingdom.
Protected
$10M
Insurance · every installation, without exception.
Disrupted
50+
Years of the industry — rewritten, not maintained.
Reducing the Total Cost of Disruption
Traditional gantries solve a compliance requirement and little else. Urban Umbrella reduces the total cost of disruption: fewer add-ons, less hoarding maintenance, a tidier traffic management footprint, and the ability to capture advertising and brand value throughout the works.
Cost
Reduced hoarding maintenance and pavement licence costs
Programme
Shortened ground-floor labour times and programme duration
Revenue
Advertising revenue and preserved foot traffic from day one
ESG
Boosted ESG scores through low-impact infrastructure
For owners, developers, and principal contractors, the result is a safer site, a better street, and a stronger commercial outcome - from day one of installation.
Built for every street the city depends on.
From Oxford Street to listed buildings, Urban Umbrella adapts to the specific demands of the UK built environment without compromise.
Ideal for Oxford Street, Bond Street, and Regent Street - where commercial visibility during works is not optional. Ground-floor tenants remain trading, branded, and profitable throughout.
Retail High Streets
Discreet, conservation-friendly design that respects the character of listed structures. The system's pre-engineered precision means no improvised solutions and no damage to sensitive façades.
Heritage & Listed Buildings
Guest comfort with clear, well-lit footways. The open arched system preserves the arrival experience - critical for five-star properties where the pavement is part of the brand.
Hotels & Hospitality
Preserve kerb appeal and resident experience throughout renovation works. The system maintains the visual standard of the building during the very works that improve it.
Residential & Luxury Apartments
Scalable protection and branding from the earliest stage of construction. The gantry becomes a presale marketing vessel - driving leasing enquiries before the building opens.
Developments & New Builds
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Seamless pedestrian flow for busy outdoor dining areas. The canopy extends the hospitality experience to the pavement - with custom lighting and branding throughout.
Restaurants & Outdoor Dining
Aligned on sustainability.
Urban Umbrella's reusable, low-impact system reduces material waste, shortens programmes, and eliminates disposable hoarding from your sites.
Reusable
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Reportable
Pre-engineered steel components designed for repeated deployment across projects. No single-use timber hoarding. No disposable scaffolding wraps.
The modular system eliminates bespoke ground-floor steel structures, reducing embodied carbon and construction waste on every installation.
Quantifiable reductions in site waste, material use, and programme durations - providing reportable data points for client ESG frameworks.
Compliance
Meeting and Exceeding UK standards.
BS 5975
Governed by BS 5975 Temporary Works - the UK code of practice for temporary works procedures and the permissible stress design of falsework.
EN 1990 /
EN 1993
EN 1993
Structural design to EN 1990, EN 1991-1-4, and EN 1993 - the Eurocode basis for structural design, wind actions, and steel structures.
BS EN 12811
Applied where scaffold elements are used. The system's US design envelope exceeds typical UK benchmarks, with materials and fasteners meeting or surpassing UK norms.
Insurance
Backed by a $10M insurance policy on every installation. PE-stamped engineering on every deployment, regardless of market.
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