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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
Concrete Slab Repair East Riding Leisure
East Riding Leisure, Bridlington is a £25 million development replacing the original building whose fabric and infrastructure was deteriorating to such a level that the ongoing maintenance requirements dictated the site was no longer sustainable as a going concern. During construction an issue was discovered with the recently installed Sports Hall slab, with several sections […]
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 […]
Block 17 – 27 Studland Road, Liverpool, Parapet wall stabilisation works
As an approved installer of Helifix Ltd, Specialist UK Restorations were appointed as Principal Contractor by Cobalt Housing on a parapet wall stabilisation scheme to block of housing which forms part of their affordable housing stock. The block of properties in question were suffering from structurally significant leaning of parapet walls due to the lack […]
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 […]