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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
Vertical movement joint creation for Barratt Homes
Situated in Liverpool, Tower Gardens is a new development by Barratt Homes of three and four bedroom homes catering for first time buyers and growing families alike. One plot was suffering from movement due to different foundations and required remedial works to allow for this ongoing movement. SUKR were instructed by Barrett Homes to create […]
Structural Repairs – Bollards Court, Chester
Westby Homes instructed SUKR to reinstate the structural integrity of the masonry at Bollards Court, a three storey masonry building showing historic cracking to the rear left hand corner. Under the requirements of the party wall agreement, Wesby Homes were to ensure that no further damage occurred during the development works of the adjacent site. […]
Chester Railway Station
Chester Railway Station is a busy Grade II* listed building at the centre of historic Chester. The station is under going a £10m restoration & refurbishment programme. SUKR was instructed to carry out the stone restoration of the window and door heads situated on the main platforms. This involved careful restoration and cleaning of the […]
Hartley Close
As part of an on-going maintenance programme to Liverpool Mutual Homes housing stock, we were employed by Housing Maintenance Solutions to stabilise 18no. brick bin store annexes on various properties within the Anfield area of Liverpool. The existing raft foundations upon which the brick bin store annexes had been built were inadequate and had subsequently […]
