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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
Wrexham Council Concrete Repair
On behalf of Wrexham Council, Specialist UK Restorations undertook concrete condition surveys including testing for carbonation depths and chloride content as per recommendation of EN1504. A large number of social housing properties had steel reinforced concrete window cills and concrete slabs as roof canopies, and over the years the steel reinforcement had corroded subsequently pushing […]
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 […]
Malthouse Lane Flats
Built in the early 1960’s, two storey Malthouse Flats are housing association properties that had developed structural problems. The masonry cracking was identified as being the result of subsidence due to inadequacies in the foundations. The client commissioned a detailed ground investigation and, during excavation works, contractors discovered some cellars belonging to terraced houses that […]
Stonework – Cumber Lane Bridge
Situated on the busy Liverpool-Manchester railway link, Cumber Lane bridge was highlighted for an overhaul due to Health and Safety reasons. Both parapet walls did not meet the new legislation relating to pedestrian trafficked bridges whereby the walls had be set at a height of 196cm. This meant that the top 2 layers of existing […]
