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Helifix SockFix Anchors – Kay Street Bridge
Works have begun on Kay Street Bridge, a road bridge in Ramsbottom which is being widened to create a pedestrian footpath. Substantial stabilisation works are required to allow this extension of the bridge to be successful. Part of these stabilisation works involved the installation of Helifix SockFix Anchors. SUKR were appointed to undertake these works. […]
Carbon Fibre Plates – Manchester Airport
Following appointment by Manchester Airport Group (MAG), concrete repair and coating refurbishment works were undertaken by SUKR to return the affected parts of the structure at Manchester Airport’s Terminal 2 Carpark back to a condition factor of 1.0. Along with this, SUKR carried out structural strengthening to six of the supporting beams to M&G (Meet […]
Window Replacement Scheme
SUKR have been involved in a number of window replacement schemes for various companies. This particular example comes from a project we have been working on in Nottingham. Various properties in the area have been getting new windows and doors installed, as a result, lintels and cills have required repair and support. This is an […]
Remembrance Day Clean Up!
Granville Park Memorial in Aughton was in need of a clean up before the Remembrance Day services this November. Specialist UK Restorations arranged to undertake these works free of charge for Aughton Parish Council. Aughton is local to both of the company directors at Specialist UK, so they felt this was a good opportunity to […]
Case Studies
Westborough Methodist Church, Helifix Sock Anchors
The present building of Westborough Methodist Church dates from 1862, and is a Grade II listed building in Scarborough with large ashlar front and a Tetrastyle Corinthian portico with heavy entablature and pediment.Certain stone blocks within the architrave of the entablature had shown considerable signs of movement over the years, due to differential/thermal movement and […]
The Old Post Office, Rochdale
Manchester based Sustainability Inc commissioned Specialist UK Restorations to undertake façade restoration works to The Old Post Office, a Grade II listed building on The Esplanade in Rochdale, Manchester. The Georgian Post Office was designed by the Post Office’s own architect, Charles Wilkinson. It had been proposed as early as 1911, but due to World […]
Beza Street Bridge, Leeds
Beza Street Bridge is a three span structure carrying Beza Street over the railway line between Leeds and Castleford. Visual/detailed examinations of the structure had identified significant areas of defective concrete (cracking/spalling/delamination) to the plinths of the intermediate piers. The principal cause of the concrete defects was identified as excessive chloride contamination due to de-icing […]
Bran Sands ETW, Middlesborough
Specialist UK Restorations were appointed by BAM Nuttall to address a number of issues affecting the existing reinforced concrete Final Settlement Tanks (FST’s) at Bran Sands Effluent Treatment Works, for Northumbrian Water Limited. Vertical cracks were present through the full section of the FST launder channel walls at regular intervals, and these cracks in conjunction […]
