Photo gallery: This week's best photos

Contract Journal rounds up the best of the photos of construction projects from across the first week of January 2008.

EAG near to finishing work on Royal Institution

EAG is near completion to its £900,000 work on the Royal Institution of Great Britain (RIGB) in London’s West End.

EAG has installed bolted glazing to the rear elevation of the building as part of an extensive ongoing expansion and refurbishment programme.  The RIGB is one of the oldest scientific establishments in the world.

The Grade I listed building in Albemarle Street has seen 14 of its resident scientists receive the Nobel Prize and has witnessed the discovery of 10 of the chemical elements. 

 

 

 

CJ Haughey Construction secures Derby Roundhouse contract

Specialist groundworks and civil engineering contractor CJ Haughey Construction has secured a contract to undertake groundworks at the ambitious Derby Roundhouse scheme – a £36 million refurbishment and extension of a Grade II listed railways building. 

The scheme will see the restoration of the main Roundhouse building, which houses a turntable that moved steam engines. A new link will also be created, to join the two historic buildings, along with a series of new annex buildings.

Once completed the facility will be the new home of Derby College, and the Roundhouse will be opened as a visitor centre in line with the Heritage Lottery Fund’s requirements. 

Rider Levett Bucknall delivers aviation academy

Property and Construction Consultant Rider Levett Bucknall has delivered an aviation academy for engineers of the future.

Based at Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield, the academy is a £10m joint venture between community interest company Directions Finningley and industry giant Marshall Aerospace.

The team at Rider Levett Bucknall played a pivotal role in the two-phase development which resulted in the transformation of a 5,100m2 former World War II aircraft hanger into a state-of-the-art academy equipped with the latest hi-tech equipment.

Nationwide Access and Parry Bowen assist in Twickenham South Stand

Nationwide Access and facades expert Parry Bowen have assisted in the completion of the new £80m South Stand at Twickenham Rugby Football Club, the home of the England Team.  The South Stand redevelopment includes a 156 room hotel and has six VIP Suites with views over the pitch, conference and exhibition space, fitness club and office space.

Parry Bowen won the contract to install the glass on the new stand, which required working on all five levels.  To enable the curtain walling installation, machines needed to be craned into place on all five levels.

A wide range of machines were used by Parry Bowen including a large number of LX31 scissors lifts, which are suitable for the curtain walling installation.  The ability of being craned onto each level enabled the installation to be completed quickly, easily and safely. Parry Bowen have been working on this site since August 2006.

Parry Bowen employed approximately 40 operatives and management including Project Managers and Designers to subcontractors on this project.

SGB helps redevelop Grade II Wolverton building

SGB has been appointed as scaffold contractor on a major redevelopment scheme under way in Wolverton, near Milton Keynes.  Regeneration group Places for People and its contractor, Inspace, are regenerating the former Royal Train Shed and adjacent area by providing 300 news homes, along with business and leisure space.

One of three Grade II listed buildings in the area, the Royal Train Shed is an imposing single storey workshop of high quality brickwork, but the roof needs to be completely replaced and both SGB Cuplok and traditional scaffolding are being used during the project to support the external walls and provide shoring restraint while the roof is removed. 

 

 

 

 

Sykes Pumps supplies pumps for Severn Trent Water

Pump hire specialist Sykes Pumps has supplied a huge battery of electric submersible and diesel pumps to help contractor Black & Veatch carry out a major sewage treatment infrastructure upgrade for Severn Trent Water.

The pumps were used to bypass the final effluent stage at the Strongford Sewage Treatment works in North Staffordshire thereby allowing Black & Veatch to construct two new reinforced concrete chambers for the plant.

Black & Veatch employed Sykes Pumps to over-pump from the treatment works directly into the water courses using some of the largest pumps currently available in the UK.

In addition to the pumping equipment, Sykes also supplied 230 m of 18” and 16” drainage pipe to transfer the treated water to its final destination.