A set of specially made steel rafters are being manufactured for a Chester-based company seeking to make an earthquake-proof building. The 40-metre rafters have been manufactured and painted by Allerton Steel, a Liverpool-based company and a member of NOF Energy, which won the contract to create 14 of these 50-ton beams for the Capenhurst-based URENCO […]
Read MoreRidgeview, a Sussex-based winery, has celebrated the opening of a new tasting room designed to stand the test of time. Yelo Architects from Brighton and Nutshell Construction, based in Sompting, West Sussex, were enlisted to bring the idea to life by the Ditchling wine estate, as it wished to add something new to its award-winning […]
Read MoreAn American seafood restaurant opened its doors to Sheffield on August 28. The project sees a two-storey restaurant, named Anchorage Bar and East Coast Kitchen, moving into West one plaza. This is the latest development of the Rootstock Trading company and adds to its growing portfolio of businesses. The independent firm already owns The Harley […]
Read MoreA building site in the centre of Michigan State University has undergone the process of laying the essential concrete flooring for a nuclear research centre, known as the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB),that will cost $730 million to construct. Preparations for the concrete pouring event took more than four months, beginning in March this […]
Read MoreIt’s not often that three members of the same family work on a job together but in the case of John, Sean and Nathaniel Couldwell it’s three generations of the same family working together to help build new units at the Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP) at Waverley in Rotherham. Couldwell Concrete Flooring Ltd are installing […]
Read MoreMultinational conglomerate Siemens has revealed plans to build an offshore wind turbine production site located in Hull’s Alexandra Dock. This new factory is set to play an important part in the collective Green Port Hull project alongside Associated British Ports; a developmental strategy set to cost £310m. The facility will cover an area slightly larger […]
Read MoreThe use of precast concrete flooring is helping the rapid construction of a new car showroom in London, by driving down timelines and the breadth of on-site work needed. The building seeing the benefits is the new showroom for Volkswagen. Located in the west of the capital, in Brentford, the use of the preformed concrete […]
Read MoreActor Zac Efron is looking to sell his luxury house in Florida, and hopes to pocket the best part of $3m for it. The Hollywood Hills abode, which includes such features as heated concrete flooring, enormous wall windows and a de luxe swimming pool, has been put up for sale by the High School Musical […]
Read MoreConstruction giant Laing O’Rourke has bought a firm specialising in the provision of a distinctive type of reinforced concrete. The move has led to a transfer of nearly 40 personnel. Talking about the acquisition of Sheffield-based GRCUK, Laing O’Rourke head of manufacturing Russell Kellett said: “The addition of GRCUK is a step forward in our […]
Read MoreA National Lottery-funded project to repair a cottage kitchen has got underway, with particular attention to be given to its flooring. As part of the Elford Hall Garden project, a kitchen in the Gardener’s Cottage near Tamworth, Staffordshire is being revamped so that young people – particularly those with disabilities – can learn to cook […]
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