Commercial Case Studies

Owing to its congested built environment, almost any construction project in London requires working within tight physical constraints at the best of times, but the logistical restrictions at 9-11 Richmond Buildings in Soho, London, were exceptionally challenging.

Situated in Newbury, Berkshire, the stables recently replaced an existing gravel track with a 500-meter-long, four-meter-wide, structurally-sound concrete access road.

Specification and installation of a concrete slab within a 4,000m2 warehouse on the Harpur Hill Business Park in Buxton, Derbyshire. The building shell had already been constructed; the main complexity of the project was working within the constraints of the building’s walls to deliver a slab that would be fit for purpose.

Bert Williams Leisure Centre in Bilston features a main swimming pool and a studio pool for beginners. The new centre replaces the ageing Bilston Leisure Centre which was built in the 1960’s.

The £14m Canada Water Library, recently opened by Southwark Council on the edge of the Canada Water Basin, has a basement constructed using the Sika® Watertight Concrete System.

This visually stunning new Engineering and Computing facility at Coventry University, forms part of the university’s £160 million redevelopment plan for the city centre campus. This innovative building, which was designed by Arup Associates and built by Vinci Construction, has impressive environmental credentials, incorporating highly sustainable technologies that include solar thermal energy, biomass boilers and rainwater harvesting.

Sika® Watertight Concrete was incorporated in the design of the new, £2.75 million Cromwell Stand, at Huntingdon Racecourse. The area is prone to flooding and it was essential to protect the various facilities at ground floor level from water ingress.

Architects from Wm Saunders Partnership designed a new swimming pool complex, part of a £6 million redevelopment at Oaklands Leisure Centre in York.

The impressive new £5 million Library and IT Centreat Fitzwilliam College in Cambridge has recently been constructed by Kier Marriott. The main library reading rooms are situated on three floors with the IT Centre housed in a contiguous piled basement.

Sika® Watertight Concrete has been chosen to ensure a dry basement at the new extension to the Health, Sports and Science (HESAS) facility at the University of Glamorgan, Glyntaff Campus, Pontypridd.

The new £15 million, 4,500 sq ft Alan Reece building was designed by Arup Associates and built by Keir Marriott.

The high-tech, Library of Birmingham building, which on completion was the largest public bulding in Europe, was designed by the Delft-based architects, Mecanoo. The library, which is situated on Centenary Square, is spread over 10 levels and comprises four box shaped structures that are staggered to create various canopies and terraces. Strikingly, the exterior is clad with a filigree pattern of concentric metal rings over glass, silver and gold facades.