Latest from the Blog
Stockport Concrete Repairs to Cills and Heads
Specialist UK Restorations are currently on site in Stockport, working for Stockport Homes. Concrete repairs to cills and heads on various properties in the area are being carried out. @SikaLimited 610 and 615 are the chosen repair materials. The defective concrete is cut back and then replaced to match the existing line and level
Sacrificial Anodes and Concrete Repair
SUKR have recently completed works in Sunderland for St Andrews Church. An interior concrete ceiling was in need of repair. @FosrocUk were chosen as the preferred supplier of materials and the Renderoc HB system was applied. Before commencing concrete repairs, C-Probe, C-Puck sacrificial anodes were installed to protect embedded reinforcement from any further corrosion.
Micro-Pile Foundations for New School Building
SUKR are currently working alongside Extraspace Solutions and Spacial Initiative Ltd on Abbey Infant School near Birmingham. A new school building is being built, and due to the ground conditions, @HelifixUK Micro-Piles have been determined as the most effective way to provide a stable foundation for the building. Works are currently underway installing 90no Helifix Dixie […]
Case Studies
Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet
Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet is a collection of Grade I & Grade II* listed buildings and a Scheduled Ancient Monument dating back to before the 1200’s. It is home to the only intact crucible steel furnace in the world. SUKR has been working closely with local conservation officers to rebuild and restore a number of chimney […]
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 […]
Williamson Square, Liverpool
A number of dilapidated Victorian three storey buildings were to be demolished to make way for some newly constructed retail units. However, a full laser survey identified that the adjacent concrete frame building, constructed in the 1970’s, has been built into the gable end wall of the properties to be demolished, in effect creating a […]
Aloft Hotel, Liverpool
Liverpool’s historic Grade II listed Royal Insurance Building has been transformed into a new Aloft Liverpool Hotel, and is the culmination of a multi-million pound investment project led by Ashall Property, Liverpool City Council and English Heritage. As part of the overall scheme the Sika 1 pre-bagged Waterproofing System had been specified by the project […]
