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CONSTRUCT is an association of member companies dedicated to the The Concrete Centre aims to enable everyone involved in the design Introduction SpeCC Registration
task of improving the efficiency of building in-situ concrete frames and and use of concrete to realise the potential of the material. As a
This case study brochure showcases projects carried out by As part of the drive to ensure quality construction is achieved and
associated structures. centre for excellence and design guidance, The Concrete Centre
CONSTRUCT members. The projects illustrate the varied techniques maintained by all contractor members, it is a requirement for
offers a reservoir of concrete information and assistance with the
which are used in concrete frame construction and highlight some CONSTRUCT’s full members to be registered with SpeCC. This is an
It is managed by a Council comprising an elected Chairman, Secretary provision of a free national helpline; CPD seminars and short courses;
of the many reasons for using concrete as the preferred material for independent registration scheme that incorporates annual audits of
and representatives from each category of membership. guidance and technical literature on design and construction and a
frame construction. These may be summarised as: flexibility of both office and site practice covering health and safety; environment;
comprehensive website.
design options, speed of construction, cost effectiveness as well as technical capability and deliverability; financial gearing; quality and
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including thermal mass, fire resistance, durability and sound insulation.
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Bridgewater Place I Leeds Waverly Court I Edinburgh Festival Park I Glasgow Green Quarter I Manchester
The landscape of Leeds has been transformed by Bridgewater Waverly Court, situated next to Edinburgh’s Waverly Station, is Situated alongside the River Clyde, Festival Park is a 14-storey The Green Quarter is the latest development ‘quarter’ to follow
Place – a 32-storey mixed-use building containing 200 luxury the £80 million home to the administrative centre of Edinburgh residential tower offering 72 luxurious apartments by housebuilder, in the footsteps of the hippy Northern Quarter. Situated near
apartments spread over 22-storeys, and office space, shops and City Council. Waverly Court was delivered to programme and on Persimmon Homes. The project is part of a wider river regeneration the Manchester Evening News (MEN) arena and Manchester
restaurants covering a 1.5 acre-site overlooking Granary Wharf. budget by Miller Construction, and represents a complementary programme called Glasgow Harbour Masterplan comprising the Victoria Station, the Green Quarter is seeing an investment of over
Commissioned by the joint venture between St James Securities contrast to the historic centre of Edinburgh’s World Heritage Site. development of more than 600 residential units; of which RMJM, £130 million from Crosby Homes to turn once squalid slums into
and Landmark Development Projects, the price tag for the architects, were appointed to develop nearly half. chic apartments among green, landscaped gardens – hence its
Bridgewater Place is estimated at £140 million and at 110 metres Managing the transition from the old to the new is always complex. name.
high, it is the tallest office and residential building in Leeds. Beneath the Old Town area of Edinburgh, where Waverly Court
is located, lie intricate networks of underground vaults that conceal Block 4, awarded to Alfred McAlpine, provided 309 luxury
Concrete frame contractor, PC Harrington, was awarded the the city’s historic past. Following demolition of the underground apartments over 21-storeys in Jefferson Place. Designed by local
contract and Bovis Lend Lease, the main contractor, brought in vaults below the site, the architects, Building Design Partnerships, architects, Leach Rhodes Walker, Block 4 contains the highest
staff from Australia who had expertise in tower construction. chose to replicate them by creating new vaulted ceilings in the density of apartments per floor of any residential building in
However, Yorkshire gales of up to 70 km/h threatened to impede interior design of the offices. Rob McCallum from PJ Carey, the Manchester – a total of 32 apartments. Sound insulation and fire
progress. concrete frame contractor, suggested that it was the versatility protection are, therefore, two key performance criteria that
and flexibility of concrete that allowed the project team to have led to the choice of concrete as the structural material for
The delays were mitigated by both product and process innovation. achieve the rustic look of these vaulted ceilings, thereby preserving the frame construction. “Indeed, in the current climate of rising
In terms of product innovation, the use of a new guided climbing a glimpse of the city’s rich past. steel prices, concrete presented an attractive option, especially
system (GCS) MF400, provided by DOKA, meant that formwork given its ability to achieve Part L compliance,” remarked Anatol
and scaffolding remained anchored to the structure, even during Himowicz, from concrete frame contractor Stephenson Ltd.
repositioning of the DOKA SKE50 automatic climbing formwork
system. This enabled the project team to reposition each platform
safely and easily in a single lift, often in windy conditions.
The design of Festival Park itself mirrors the aspirations of
The use of DOKA’s Framax stripping corners speeded up the Glasgow Harbour Masterplan. With a ‘stepped-block’ design, the
process in which the concrete shaft was constructed. This was building appears to provide a stairway to prosperity for the
done by removing the need to dismantle the formwork between region. Constructing this stepped-block design required some
each pour through a spindle mechanism that left a gap of approx level of joined up thinking between the concrete frame contractor
60mm between formwork panels and the poured concrete. This and the formwork contractor. According to Anatol Himowicz from
allowed the entire shaft formwork to be lifted as a single unit. Achieving these aesthetic features required some innovative the frame contractor, Stephenson Ltd, “Achieving the stepped
thinking. Fibreglass moulds fabricated by Production Glassfibre design posed certain challenges in terms of designing temporary
Ltd were integrated within the design of PERI’s formwork system works.” The solution came from the selection of Ischebeck Titan’s
to produce curved beams that gave the vaulted-ceiling effect. Climbtrac system, which offered versatility in use as well as time and
Indeed, high quality finishes also featured as top priority elsewhere cost efficiencies associated with climbing platforms/formwork.
on the project. PERI utilised its proprietary VARIO Column
formwork to produce the required blemish-free finish on the One of the key innovations on this project was the installation of
vertical structure. the balconies. As the balconies were precast, there was a challenge
of preventing cold bridging, whilst ensuring the seamless integration
To add to the difficulty of the project, the design also veered of the balconies to the concrete frame. This is where the use of
away from standard shapes. Some column shapes, for example, Halfen’s HIT system (insulated balcony connections) came into
were parallelograms, and so the formwork had to be prefabricated play. The HIT system is a reinforced and insulated continuity
and brought in just-in-time. According to Rob McCallum, “there product designed to reduce thermal bridging, whilst ensuring the
was virtually no right angle on the project”. Therefore, conventional connection of external concrete balconies and floor slabs.
tables were unsuitable. Instead, PERI SKYDECK aluminium panel
slab formwork was used for its versatility, ease of use and speed The Festival Park project has indeed highlighted the possibility To achieve the time efficiencies and cost effectiveness from
of construction. of achieving efficiency in a concrete structure, from the coordination concrete frames, early involvement of the contractor was
of its climbing formwork to its assembly of precast concrete balconies beneficial. Right from the outset of the bidding procedure,
Another product innovation comes from the mix design. Had concrete not been chosen as the structural material, such and the design of post-tensioned floor slabs to reduce floor-slab Stephenson was involved in the design processes. Through
Collaboration between Hanson’s Premix and Sika resulted in the boldness in the design of the building shape would not have thickness and enhance the building’s overall utilisation rate. value engineering, Stephenson successfully incorporated its
formulation of a multi-functional admixture - Sikament® 160 – been possible. Furthermore, the specification of exposed concrete Aesthetically, the use of concrete has also proved to be invaluable expertise in post-tensioning into the design of the concrete
which ensured that the workability of the concrete was maintained to the high quality finish adds to the artistry that resulted in the as one can now see the reflection of the white-rendered concrete frame to minimise slab thickness and used 60N/mm2 concrete
to a height of 100 metres above the static permanent pump. This rustic look of the interiors of a modern-day office building. Of finish and timber façade of Festival Park cast on to the River for vertical sections to raise the utilisation of the available internal
removed the need for the use of a pump aid. course, concrete displays other quintessential properties such Clyde. space. This translated into immense cost savings.
as inherent fire resistance, sound insulation and thermal mass
Client: St James Securities and Landmark Development Projects benefits that are necessary in a public sector building of this kind. Client: Persimmon Homes Client: Alfred McAlpine/Crosby Homes
Architect: Aedas Architects Architect: RMJM Architects Architect: Leach Rhodes Walker
Structural engineer: Connell Mott MacDonald Client: Edinburgh City Council Structural engineer: D R Murray Structural engineer: Capita Symonds
Main contractor: Bovis Lend Lease Architect: Building Design Partnerships Main contractor: AWG Construction (part of Morrisons Group) Main contractor: Alfred McAlpine
Frame contractor: PC Harrington Structural engineer: Beattie Watkinson Frame contractor: Stephenson Ltd Frame contractor: Stephenson Ltd
Formwork specialist: DOKA UK Main contractor: Miller Construction Formwork specialist: Ischebeck Titan Formwork specialist: DOKA UK/Ischebeck Titan
Duration of project: Construction began in May 2004 and was Frame contractor: PJ Carey Ltd Duration of project: 18 months (frame construction: 10 months) Duration of project: 62 weeks (frame construction: 10 months)
topped out in October 2006 Formwork specialist: PERI Ltd
Duration of project: 35 months (frame construction: 12 months)
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Specialist concrete contractors I Full Members Specialist concrete contractors I Associate Members
John Doyle Construction Ltd C J O'Shea & Co Ltd Whelan and Grant Adenstar (Reinforced Concrete) Ltd Lancsville Northfield Construction Ltd
John Doyle House Granard Business Centre 4 Thames Street New Sussex House 103-105 Greenford Road Northfield House
Little Burrow Bunns Lane Walton on Thames Fishersgate Terrace Sudbury Tilford Road
Welwyn Garden City Mill Hill Surrey KT12 2PU Portslade Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3QP Newstead Village
Hertfordshire AL7 4SP London NW7 2DZ West Sussex BN41 1PH Nottinghamshire NG15 0DS
Tel: 01932 253545 Tel: 020 8422 5558
Tel: 01273 439203
Tel: 01707 329481 Tel: 020 8959 3600 Fax: 01932 253650 Fax: 020 8422 7440 Tel: 01623 886950
Fax: 01273 439205
Fax: 01707 364594 Fax: 020 8959 0184 Website: www.whelanandgrant.com Website: www.lancsville.co.uk Fax: 01623 886960
Website: www.adenstar-group.co.uk
Website: www.john-doyle.co.uk Website: www.cjoshea.co.uk Website: www.northfield.uk.com
Mitchellson Formwork & Civil P C Harrington Contractors Ltd Biggins & Gallagher Ltd Leander Construction Ltd J Reddington Ltd
Engineering Ltd 19 Witley Gardens Unit 4 Ashtead House 4 Elstree Way
Bellman Court Business Park 8 Borehamwood
Mitchellson House Southall
Great Knolly’s Street Barnett Wood Lane Hertfordshire WD6 1RN
Stanwell Road Middlesex UB2 4ES
Reading RG1 7HN Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 7DG
Horton, Slough SL3 9PF
Tel: 020 8574 5431 Tel: 020 8953 7800
Tel: 01753 684508 Fax: 020 8571 7218 Tel: 0118 950 7713 Tel: 01372 379100 Fax: 020 8953 7774
Fax: 01753 682130 Website: www.pcharrington.com Fax: 0118 950 3460 Fax: 01372 383486 Website: www. jreddington.ltd.uk
Website: www.leandergroup.co.uk
Website: www.mitchellson.co.uk
O’Donnell Developments Ltd UKR Limited JJ Cafferkey & Co Ltd MPB Structures Ltd Togher Construction Ltd
O’Donnell House Ryder Close 61 Hertford Road 14 Crucible Road Unit 7, Knuway House
Riverside Drive Appleby Glade Industrial Estate Enfield Corby Cranborne Road
Stechford Swadlincote Middlesex EN3 5JD Northamptonshire NN17 5TS Potters Bar
Birmingham B33 9BF Derbyshire DE11 9EU Hertfordshire EN6 3JN
Tel: 020 8804 1965 Tel: 01536 264100
Tel: 0121 783 2200 Tel: 01283 554880 Fax: 020 8443 4672 Fax: 01536 264102 Tel: 01707 240016
Fax: 0121 783 2240 Fax: 01283 554881 Website: www.mpb.co.uk Fax: 01707 645841
Website: www.odonnelldevelopments.com Website: www.ukrltd.co.uk Website: www.tclonline.co.uk
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