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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
Stone Repairs – Deansgate
Situated on the edge of Spinningfields in Manchester, this Grade II listed building’s facade was in desperate need of attention both internally and externally to allow this historic building to provide up to 45,000 sq ft of Grade A office space, along with over 17,000 sq ft of retail space on Manchester’s highest profile street. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]