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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
Trencherfield Mill, Wigan
The historic Trencherfiled Mill is a Grade II listed building in the heart of Wigan. SUKR acted as the principal contractor responsible for the restoration of the mill facade. The building has now been transformed into luxury waterside apartments by Stewart Milne Homes. Working closely with local conservation officers & architects, SUKR sympathetically restored and […]
Grade I Listed Building – Manchester College
Manchester College had on its campus a Grade I Listed building which consisted of a disused Victorian swimming pool. The college wanted to develop the building while retaining the listed structure and many of its features.
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 […]
Concrete Column Repair – Barrow Mill
SUKR were appointed by Jacobs Engineering to carry out remedial works to an existing load bearing reinforced concrete column at Kimberly-Clark’s Barrow Mill factory. The cracking was shown to pass through the column and was deemed a H&S risk in need of urgent repair. The first stage of the repair was to restore the structural […]