A £10m design and build project at King’s College Hospital in London is being constructed using a modular system. The project includes concrete floors in the operating theatres. It is the principal contractor’s own modular system which will be used during the construction programme which is scheduled to complete in just 24 weeks and includes […]
Read MorePre-cast concrete planks are being used in a primary school extension to create a concrete flooring solution that delivers build and cost efficiencies. The £1.2 million extension at Withycombe Raleigh Church of England Primary School in Exmouth forms a part of the £8 million Devon County Council primary school improvements project. The Withycombe Raleigh project […]
Read MoreThe industrial sector greatly needs a flooring solution that transforms dull and grey concrete floors into easy to clean, environment friendly and durable polished concrete floors. In South Africa a solution, HTC Superfloor, is being marketed to do just that by Pan Mixers South Africa (PMSA). This product has been available to the South African […]
Read MoreA maintenance programme is necessary for polished concrete floors in buildings which get a lot of repetitive foot traffic such as retail outlets. Low-maintenance polished concrete has been sold as a ‘no maintenance’ floor for years. Though its durability exceeds any other flooring on the market, as with all flooring investments, polished concrete needs some […]
Read MoreThe £17.9m contract has been award to Yorkon and is for a new Women & Children’s Centre at North Middlesex University Hospital, working to main contractor Kier. The scheme will be constructed using the new Yorkon off-site building system and will comprise 152 steel-framed modules up to 18m long and in many different sizes and […]
Read MoreThe owner of Chelsea Football Club, Roman Abramovich, has won approval for a luxury refurbishment of his Kensington residence. With a projected cost of £10m, the major works on the project will see a duplex basement extension created, running the length of the three-linked property. A Grade II listed building located in an exclusive area […]
Read MoreWhen buildings come to the end of their natural life, the way they are decommissioned usually involves wrecking balls and explosives, creating a huge volume of dust and debris. However, a new technique, presently being seen in Tokyo, could be set to change all this. In the heart of Japan’s capital city, the iconic Grand […]
Read MoreAs it celebrates its 150-year anniversary, London Underground’s maintenance workers have even greater cause for celebration. Following a successful trial at its Cockfosters depot in North London, a protective matting for concrete floors is to be rolled out in other areas of the Tube network. The second depot to get the innovative new product, called […]
Read MoreRecent research carried out by a UK tech patent firm has revealed the extent of graphene research, since the novel material’s discovery less than a decade ago. The material, which comprises just a single layer of carbon atoms, offers a great deal of potential for many different applications. Most particularly, it is thought that it […]
Read MoreAs 2012 came to an end, another of London’s landmark construction projects hit an important milestone. The project, known popularly as the Walkie-Talkie, saw its final superstructure steel beam put in place, marking a real step in the right direction for the Viñoly scheme. Hit by the recession, the project has been on and off […]
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