Projects

Please find below a sample list of the work we have done, for more information and pictures please click on the available links.


In-situ concrete
Student Accommodation, Portsmouth £1.4 million
Milton Keynes Dons Stadium £980,000
Apartments, Totteridge Lane, London £700,000

Offices at Temple Quay, Bristol £780,000
Apartments in Cardiff £710,000
Apartments in Swansea £600,000
Bedford Hospital Pathology Unit £420,000
Swindon Hospital ICU £375,000
Police Headquarters, Bridgend £375,000
Cardiff Castle retaining walls £310,000
Milton Keynes Secure Training Centre £210,000
Apartments in Greenwich £210,000.00
Cycle Bridge, Milton Keynes £190,000
Car showroom, Milton Keynes £120,000


Basement car park, Berkhamstead £70,000
Wilkinson retail unit, Milton Keynes £35,000
Fountain in Letchworth Town Centre £26,000
Basement Car Park in High Wycombe £230,000

Private House Regents Park £150,000

Inc: Schools in Milton Keynes and Northampton Private houses in Stowe and Northants

Pre-cast concrete
Dock levellers, ground beams and retaining wall, Dover £260,000
Dock levellers, Belvedere Food Production Unit £160,000
Industrial Estate retaining walls, Tunbridge Wells £127,000
Piled wall capping, Cardiff Waterfront £48,000
Capping beam at Greenwich £26,000
Retaining walls, Basildon warehouse £14,000

 

 
 


PROJECTS OVERVIEW

MK DONS Stadium
We formed a total of 9000 linear metres (about six miles) of steps for the seating area, which involved placing 3000m3 of concrete in the steps, plus another 2500m3 elsewhere on the project.

The blue forms that you see in the pictures were custom-made to EP Hayes’ specific design, this was necessary to allow for the chamfer at the top to be adjusted vertically, so the steps would increase in height as they went up the terrace and thus all appear the same height from pitch level.

We achieved an average of 150 metres of step poured on each day, and all steps received a power-floated finish using a specially adapted power float that allowed us to finish right up to the front and back of the steps. In addition, there was 5000m2 of power-floated finish concrete on concourse slabs.

Main Contractor:  Buckingham Group

Value: £980,000

 
 
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Apartments, Totteridge Lane, London N20
Phase One saw the formation of a 600m2 basement to provide car parking to this very high-specification development.  One-sided shutters were used to pour waterproof concrete against driven piles, to form walls up to 600mm thick.  A 600mm thick suspended slab over the top at ground floor level (also using concrete with a CALTITE additive) completed the basement construction.  A ground bearing ramp gave access to the basement from the entrance.  Concrete was to be left "as-struck" so high quality shuttering was of the essence.

 
     

Phase Two consisted of two complete floors of concrete frame, including columns which were designed to become integral with the internal walls of the apartments, 250mm thick flat slabs and an octagonal core consisting of a lift shaft and stair well. 

The construction of the superstructure was originally going to be of a block and beam construction, but the developer was so impressed with the standard of the basement construction, as well as the inherrant sound and fire proofing qualities of concrete, that he instructed the structural engineer to re-design the frame using concrete.  We were happy to assist wherever possible in this re-design including best use of rebar, practical column sizing etc.

Finally we constructed in-situ concrete stairs inside the octagonal core.  These were attached to the core walls using couplers.  The client wanted the stair waist to be a narrow as possible and eventually managed to design the waist thickness down to just 100mm.  This meant that the staircase had to curve and bend to accommodate the massive loadings.

This work was carried out directly for the Developer, Domus of London

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Offices at Temple Quay, Bristol
Six-storey building including basement car parking and heavy transfer slab. In-situ concrete frame to include for full design, supply and install package of pre-cast concrete stairs and landings to three stair cores.

Main contractor: Warings
Value £780,000
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Student Accommodation, Portsmouth
800 unit student accommodation block in Portsmouth City Centre. Podium slab with thick beams to transfer loads down to pile caps. Bedroom blocks constructed using tunnel-form system (two systems in use) allowing the complete formation of eight bedrooms per day, at peak, including walls and roof slab. 50 week contract including substructure, podium slab and bedroom levels.

Main Contractor: Warings
Value £1,400,000
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Swindon Hospital ICU
Three-storey flat slab construction. Slabs formed using tables. Completed in 10 weeks.

Main Contractor: Leadbitter Construction
Value £375,000
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Bedford Hospital Pathology Unit
Four-storey in-situ concrete frame. Package included groundworks and drainage. Underground plant room with retaining walls. Underpinning works to existing Victorian hospital buildings. Built in 18 weeks.

Main Contractor: Gleeson
Value £420,000
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Police HQ, Bridgend
Four-storey in-situ concrete frame. Built using tables.

Main Contractor: Mowlem Building
Value £375,000
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MK Secure Training Centre (substructure works only)
Foundations and ground floor slabs to accommodation blocks. Floors had to be power-floated to within 3mm over a 3 metre straight edge. Total concrete placed 1700m3. Total reinforcement fixed 350 tonnes.

Main Contractor: Gleeson
Value - £210,000

   
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Cardiff Castle
Retaining walls around basement area. Slab over basement at ground floor slab level tied into medieval structure of existing castle and had to be poured in carefully controlled pours to prevent damage to retained façade. Complete in 12 weeks.

Main Contractor: OPCO Ltd
Value £310,000

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Cycle Bridge, Deanshanger
300 metre long cycle bridge spanning over a roundabout with 6 Y-shaped curved piers. Reckli profile finish to exposed edges. Curved on both plan and elevation.

Main Contractor: Kimbell Construction. Client: Northamptonshire County Council
Value £190,000

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Swansea Apartments
Underground car parking with associated retaining walls. Very heavy transfer slab over car park and rectangular part of building going up three floors with associated elliptical part going up four floors. A mix of Skydeck system and tables was used throughout to form slabs.

Value £600,000
Main Contractor: Cowlin Construction

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Cardiff Apartments
Six-storey flat slab construction on heavy transfer slab over ground-level car parking. Internal columns designed as part of the walls between rooms on finished apartments.

Main Contractor: Wimpey Homes
Value £710,000

     
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Greenwich Apartments
All internal works within a very old ex-nurses accommodation block. New stair towers
constructed with in-situ flights and landings to seven floors. New walls within existing building
as well as new curved retaining walls to underground car park.

Main Contractor: Connaught Construction
Value £210,000

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Trinity School, Northampton
Full supply and fix package on basement retaining walls including in-situ step access.

Main Contractor: Gleeson
Value £68,000

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Tattenhoe School
Ground floor slab to new classroom block including lift pit.

Main Contractor: Gleeson
Value £25,000

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Basement Car Park, Berkhamstead
400m2 of 350mm thick flat slab construction with 400mm thick retaining walls under. Project included walls cast against sheet piling using Voltex waterproofing system. Completed in just four weeks.

Main Contractor: Kingsoak Homes
Value – £70,000

   

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Fountain at Letchworth
Construction of an octagonal fountain in the middle of Letchworth with associated pump room.
Concrete had to be placed very precisely (within 3mm) to allow for the subsequent fitting of the internal liner. Many pipes cast into pump room – again openings had to be very accurate.

Main Contractor: Miletree Construction
Value £26,000

   

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House, South Northants
Path to raised garden area and new wall separating different levels of garden, plus circular opening through brickwork – this part was done by our sister company TOTAL BUILD.
Construction of retaining wall to swimming pool using ‘Meva’ panel shutters.
40m long x 3.5m high, consisting of three separate orientations. Completed in six days.
Value £60,000 - carried out direct for house owner.

   

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Kander House, Regents Park (Primrose Hill)
This house featured on a Channel 4 programme – and was awarded an RIBA award in 2007.
An old Victorian house bought by an artist and a photographer, who wanted the innards of the house ripped out. The outside of the house was in danger of falling down, so the first thing we did was shore-up. Job included removing two floors of the rear elevation to allow construction of concrete “goalpost” comprising 8 metre high columns topped off with a 700mm x 700mm beam to support brickwork and roof. This arrangement allowed for a full glazed elevation over two full floors to the back of the house.

The clients wanted all the walls, worktops etc downstairs to be made from concrete, with a very shiny finish and slight imperfections to give a marble effect. This is unheard of as usually our brief is to make sure there are NO imperfections. We were able to achieve the desired effect by lining our shutters with heavy duty polythene. This was a very demanding job working in confined conditions, which made it very difficult to get the concrete into the shutters, however, the clients were extremely happy.
Value £150,000 - direct for house owners

For link to the architect's website and pictures click here and here and for the RIBA link click here

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Stowe House
Construction of large slab to accommodate oil fuel tanks.
Value £6,000– direct for house owner

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Capping beam at Greenwich
In-situ concrete capping beam on retained sheet piles. Fair finish required as pile cap exposed in finished construction.
Client: Greenwich Council
Value £26,000

       

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Basement Car Park in High Wycombe
In-situ concrete capping beam on retained sheet piles. Three seperate blocks of in-situ construction including retaining walls, supporting columns and 350 thick suspended slab. 
Main Contractor: Wooldridge Construction for Linden Homes
Value £230,000

 


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Car Showroom MK
Insitu concrete stairs and mezzanine level slab to car showroom unit.
Main Contractor: Gleeson
Value £120,000

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Wilkinson Bletchley
Foundations and lift pit to retail unit. Steel frame building.
Main Contractor: Bluestone
Value £35,000

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PRE-CAST CONCRETE
Dover Warehouse
Design, supply and installation of pre-cast concrete ground beams, retaining walls and dock levellers. A total of 375 tonnes of concrete units brought to site from our supplier in Cornwall. Largest unit weighed 22 tonnes.
Main Contractor: Fitzpatrick
Value £260,000

 

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Dock levellers Belvedere
Full supply and install package of 25 dock leveller units (approximately 200 individual pieces). Installation complete in three days.
Main Contractor: Ardmore Construction
Value £160,000

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Industrial Estate Tunbridge Wells
Retaining walls to industrial units incorporating Armatex geofabric cast into rear of walls facilitating self-supporting of walls as back-filling progresses. This allowed for thinner walls to be used. Full design, supply and installation package.
Main Contractor: Laser Civil Engineering
Value £127,000

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Cardiff Waterfront - Piled wall capping pieces
Precast inverted L-shaped pieces specially cast to fit over retained sheet piles.
Main Contractor: Laing Construction
Value £48,000

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Basildon Warehouse
Installation only package for precast retaining walls – total of 50 units.
Main Contractor: McLaren Construction Ltd
Value £14,000

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Offices at Temple Quay, Bristol
Six-storey building including basement car parking and heavy transfer slab. In-situ concrete frame to include for full design, supply and install package of pre-cast concrete stairs and landings to three stair cores.
Main contractor: Warings
Value £780,000
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Student Accommodation, Portsmouth
800 unit student accommodation block in Portsmouth City Centre. Podium slab with thick beams to transfer loads down to pile caps. Bedroom blocks constructed using tunnel-form system (two systems in use) allowing the complete formation of eight bedrooms per day, at peak, including walls and roof slab. 50 week contract including substructure, podium slab and bedroom levels.
Main Contractor: Warings
Value £1,400,000
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Swindon Hospital ICU
Three-storey flat slab construction. Slabs formed using tables. Completed in 10 weeks.
Main Contractor: Leadbitter Construction
Value £375,000
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Bedford Hospital Pathology Unit
Four-storey in-situ concrete frame. Package included groundworks and drainage. Underground plant room with retaining walls. Underpinning works to existing Victorian hospital buildings. Built in 18 weeks.
Main Contractor: Gleeson
Value £420,000
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Police HQ, Bridgend
Four-storey in-situ concrete frame. Built using tables.
Main Contractor: Mowlem Building
Value £375,000
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MK Secure Training Centre (substructure works only)
Foundations and ground floor slabs to accommodation blocks. Floors had to be power-floated to within 3mm over a 3 metre straight edge. Total concrete placed 1700m3. Total reinforcement fixed 350 tonnes.
Main Contractor: Gleeson
Value - £210,000

   
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Cardiff Castle
Retaining walls around basement area. Slab over basement at ground floor slab level tied into medieval structure of existing castle and had to be poured in carefully controlled pours to prevent damage to retained façade. Complete in 12 weeks.
Main Contractor: OPCO Ltd
Value £310,000

     
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Cycle Bridge, Deanshanger
300 metre long cycle bridge spanning over a roundabout with 6 Y-shaped curved piers. Reckli profile finish to exposed edges. Curved on both plan and elevation.
Main Contractor: Kimbell Construction. Client: Northamptonshire County Council
Value £190,000
Main Contractor was Kimbell Construction

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Swansea Apartments
Underground car parking with associated retaining walls. Very heavy transfer slab over car park and rectangular part of building going up three floors with associated elliptical part going up four floors. A mix of Skydeck system and tables was used throughout to form slabs.
Value £600,000
Main Contractor: Cowlin Construction

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Cardiff Apartments
Six-storey flat slab construction on heavy transfer slab over ground-level car parking. Internal columns designed as part of the walls between rooms on finished apartments.
Main Contractor: Wimpey Homes
Value £710,000

     
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Greenwich Apartments
All internal works within a very old ex-nurses accommodation block. New stair towers
constructed with in-situ flights and landings to seven floors. New walls within existing building
as well as new curved retaining walls to underground car park.
Main Contractor: Connaught Construction
Value £210,000

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Trinity School, Northampton
Full supply and fix package on basement retaining walls including in-situ step access.
Main Contractor: Gleeson
Value £68,000

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Tattenhoe School
Ground floor slab to new classroom block including lift pit.
Main Contractor: Gleeson
Value £25,000

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Basement Car Park, Berkhamstead
400m2 of 350mm thick flat slab construction with 400mm thick retaining walls under. Project included walls cast against sheet piling using Voltex waterproofing system. Completed in just four weeks.
Main Contractor: Kingsoak Homes
Value – £70,000

   

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Fountain at Letchworth
Construction of an octagonal fountain in the middle of Letchworth with associated pump room.
Concrete had to be placed very precisely (within 3mm) to allow for the subsequent fitting of the internal liner. Many pipes cast into pump room – again openings had to be very accurate.
Main Contractor: Miletree Construction
Value £26,000

   

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House, South Northants
Path to raised garden area and new wall separating different levels of garden, plus circular opening through brickwork – this part was done by our sister company TOTAL BUILD.
Construction of retaining wall to swimming pool using ‘Meva’ panel shutters.
40m long x 3.5m high, consisting of three separate orientations. Completed in six days.
Value £60,000 - carried out direct for house owner.

   

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House, Regents Park (Primrose Hill)
This house featured on a Channel 4 programme – ‘London Architects Awards 2004’
An old Victorian house bought by an artist and a photographer, who wanted the innards of the house ripped out. The outside of the house was in danger of falling down, so the first thing we did was shore-up. Job included removing two floors of the rear elevation to allow construction of concrete “goalpost” comprising 8 metre high columns topped off with a 700mm x 700mm beam to support brickwork and roof. This arrangement allowed for a full glazed elevation over two full floors to the back of the house.

The clients wanted all the walls, worktops etc downstairs to be made from concrete, with a very shiny finish and slight imperfections to give a marble effect. This is unheard of as usually our brief is to make sure there are NO imperfections. We were able to achieve the desired effect by lining our shutters with heavy duty polythene. This was a very demanding job working in confined conditions, which made it very difficult to get the concrete into the shutters, however, the clients were extremely happy.
Value £150,000 - direct for house owners

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Stowe House
Construction of large slab to accommodate oil fuel tanks.
Value £6,000– direct for house owner

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Capping beam at Greenwich
In-situ concrete capping beam on retained sheet piles. Fair finish required as pile cap exposed in finished construction.
Client: Greenwich Council
Value £26,000

       

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Basement Car Park in High Wycombe
In-situ concrete capping beam on retained sheet piles. Three seperate blocks of in-situ construction including retaining walls, supporting columns and 350 thick suspended slab. 
Main Contractor: Wooldridge Construction for Linden Homes
Value £230,000

 


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Car Showroom MK
Insitu concrete stairs and mezzanine level slab to car showroom unit.
Main Contractor: Gleeson
Value £120,000

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Wilkinson Bletchley
Foundations and lift pit to retail unit. Steel frame building.
Main Contractor: Bluestone
Value £35,000

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PRE-CAST CONCRETE
Dover Warehouse
Design, supply and installation of pre-cast concrete ground beams, retaining walls and dock levellers. A total of 375 tonnes of concrete units brought to site from our supplier in Cornwall. Largest unit weighed 22 tonnes.
Main Contractor: Fitzpatrick
Value £260,000

 

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Dock levellers Belvedere
Full supply and install package of 25 dock leveller units (approximately 200 individual pieces). Installation complete in three days.
Main Contractor: Ardmore Construction
Value £160,000

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Industrial Estate Tunbridge Wells
Retaining walls to industrial units incorporating Armatex geofabric cast into rear of walls facilitating self-supporting of walls as back-filling progresses. This allowed for thinner walls to be used. Full design, supply and installation package.
Main Contractor: Laser Civil Engineering
Value £127,000

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Cardiff Waterfront - Piled wall capping pieces
Precast inverted L-shaped pieces specially cast to fit over retained sheet piles.
Main Contractor: Laing Construction
Value £48,000

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Basildon Warehouse
Installation only package for precast retaining walls – total of 50 units.
Main Contractor: McLaren Construction Ltd
Value £14,000

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