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