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July in pictures: the best images of the month

A round-up of the most impressive construction pictures from the past month.

View of the The historic Stamford Bridge in East Yorkshire, which has reopened after contractor Esh Construction completed work to repair and restore the structure ahead of programme.

Stamford Bridge reopens ahead of schedule

The historic Stamford Bridge in East Yorkshire reopened ahead of programme on 12 July after contractor Esh Construction completed work to repair and restore the structure.

Built in 1727, the 80m-long Grade II-listed bridge over the River Derwent had been damaged by several traffic accidents in recent years. East Riding of Yorkshire Council has invested £350,000 in repairing the bridge’s stone parapets.


One of the Base Structures new fabric facades for Printworks in Manchester
The internal facade artwork was created by Manchester-based artist Alex Sylt (Image: Base Structures)

Manchester Printworks gets new fabric facades

Manchester venue Printworks has worked with John Turner Construction and fabric structure designer Base Structures to create three fabric schemes adorning both the internal and external elevations of the site.

The building housed a printing press until the late 1980s and through much of the 20th century was the largest newspaper printing house in Europe.


Caroline Gumble, CIOB's CEO, at the Norwich Pride Parade.

Pride in the built environment

Chief executive of the Chartered Insitute of Building (CIOB), Caroline Gumble, joined the 16th Pride Parade held in her home city of Norwich.

Last month, CIOB officially joined the Pride in London parade for the first time. It attended with five other built environment bodies (RICS, RIBA, RTPI, ICE and the Landscape Institute) under the ‘Pride in the built environment’ banner.


The complex project aiding construction of a traction substation at Euston Station
(Image: Altrad RMD Kwikform)

Rationalised design approach at HS2 Euston station

Temporary works company Altrad RMD Kwikform completed a project to aid the construction of a traction substation at HS2 Euston station for principal contractor Mace Dragados.

The project used ground-shoring techniques for basement excavation using equipment fitted with mechanical screw collars. This innovation – which Altrad RMD Kwikform says is unique to it – isolates the hydraulic jacks from load transmission. This prevents the possibility of hydraulic failure while providing a more robust and rigid propping arrangement with higher deflection control.


An aerial view of the UK Antarctic Research Station.
(Image: BAM)

UK Antarctic Research Station revamp nearing completion

The restoration of the 32-year-old Antarctic runway and modernisation of Rothera Research Station, the UK’s polar science hub, is getting closer to its 2025 completion target.

BAM, Ramboll and Sweco have been working since 2017 on the British Antarctic Survey building to ensure it continues to enable the UK to remain at the forefront of climate, biodiversity and ocean research in the Antarctic. 


Groundforce Shorco has supplied a space and time-saving solution to a project at a wastewater treatment works in Kent.

Eight-sided support for a wastewater treatment project

Main contractor Clancy is installing a new storm tank for Southern Water at its Westbere wastewater treatment works near Canterbury. Clancy will dig an octagonal excavation to a depth of 7m to accommodate the tank.

To support these works, Groundforce Shorco is supplying 120 interlocking GFI steel sheet piles driven to a depth of 6m using an excavator-mounted vibrating hammer Mueller MS4, supplied by Groundforce’s Piletec division.

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