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.
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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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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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