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Load-bearing walls
A load-bearing wall is a structural wall that carries the weight of the roof and upper floors down to the…
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Tilt-up construction
Tilt-up construction involves site-casting the concrete walls of a building on its floor slab or on a separate casting bed…
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Floor screeds
A floor screed is usually a cementitious material made from a 1:3 or 1:4.5 ratio of cement to sharp sand.…
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TermoDeck
TermoDeck is an award-winning system that uses the thermal mass in hollowcore concrete floors to provide low energy heating and…
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Hollowcore slabs
Hollowcore slabs derive their name from the voids or cores which run through the units. The cores can function as…
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Flat slabs
Flat slabs are highly versatile elements widely used in construction, providing minimum depth, fast construction and allowing flexible column grids.…
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Post-tensioned (PT) slabs
Post-tensioned (PT) slabs are typically flat slabs, band beam and slabs or ribbed slabs. PT slabs offer the thinnest slab…
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Ribbed and waffle slabs
Ribbed and waffle slabs provide a lighter and stiffer slab than an equivalent flat slab, reducing the extent of foundations.…
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Remediation of brownfield land
Stabilisation/solidification (S/S) is a civil engineering based ground remediation technique that involves the controlled addition and mixing of cementitious powders…
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Retaining walls
Retaining walls can be constructed in-situ using [formwork] or by using precast components. Precast retaining walls Precast retaining and…
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Piling
Both in-situ and precast piling systems can be used to provide fast and effective foundation solutions. In-situ techniques available include:…
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Soil stabilisation and solidification
The use of lime, cement or other binder materials to geotechnically improve areas of weak soil into a construction material…
