Category: Bespoke concrete
September 21st 2023 • Posted in: Bespoke concrete, Culverts
Precast concrete box culverts and wingwalls for Eastern Green, Coventry
We supplied 131 precast culverts units along with 96 wingwalls/headwalls. The culvert units weighed, on average, 10 tonnes and were manufactured under factory-controlled conditions using steel moulds.
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July 21st 2023 • Posted in: Bespoke concrete
Suppling precast concrete arched bridge sections for the Hazlehurst Lock Bridge restoration in Staffordshire
The historic Grade II Listed bridge near Endon in Staffordshire was irreparably damaged in 2020 during the repair of Hazlehurst Bottom Lock.
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June 26th 2023 • Posted in: Bespoke concrete
New approach jetty at Tower Wharf, Northfleet
We manufactured 11 beams which were 9.5 metres long and weighed between 18 and 19 tonnes. In addition we produced 33 concrete slabs which varied in weight between 18 and 28 tonnes and were 5.38 metres long.
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June 14th 2023 • Posted in: Bespoke concrete, Flood defence
Bromford and Castle Vale flood risk management scheme
We supplied a total of 355 metres of precast flood defence walls helpping to safeguard 1,589 residential building by reducing the risk of river flooding.
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May 24th 2023 • Posted in: Awards, Bespoke concrete, Ultra-low carbon concrete
Poundfield create environmentally-friendly pathways for Best in Show at Chelsea!
Horatio’s Garden has been named Best in Show by judges at RHS Chelsea Flower Show! Find out how Poundfield created an entirely new wheelchair-friendly surface material for the pathways out of using Cemfree and recycled aggregates.
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September 10th 2022 • Posted in: Car parks
Development project unearths 12th century silver penny
A silver coin dating back to Henry II was discovered recently during metal detecting of topsoil removed as part of the creation of a new car parking area at our site in Creeting St Peter.
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August 5th 2022 • Posted in: Bespoke concrete, Canewdon blocks
Canewdon blocks revetment replacement at Hullbridge, Essex
Canewdon blocks are used to support and protect riverside and coastal embankment slopes, and are designed specifically to absorb wave energy to protect the land.At Hullbridge, on the tidal estuary of the River Crouch in Essex, an area of revetments were in need of replacement in an area classified by the Environment Agency as being at significant risk of flooding.
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May 19th 2022 • Posted in: Ballast blocks, Bespoke concrete
Concrete ballast blocks for solar panels
Solar panel farms in the UK are booming. While the rest of the UK was struggling due to the pandemic in 2021, the number of solar panel farms in the country increased by a staggering 12% to 2,510.
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