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Bar Mill Coiler, Rotherham
Corus Steels Rotherham awarded the construction
of the civils works required for a new Bar Mill Coiler
to NMC.
The project enabled the fitting out of the Mill to increase
the product range to include coiled products in addition
to existing range of square and round section bar.
Construction included water retaining structures, together
with significant reinforced pits and foundations all undertaken
in a live operational foundry.
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Drystone Quarry, Plant
Infrastructure, Leicestershire
North Midland Construction completed for
Bardon Aggregates new plant infrastructure at Coalville
for £2.2 million. The works encompassed reinforced access
ramp, temporary retaining walls, plant foundation bases
in 150m³ pours. A 64m insitu reinforced concrete surge
pile recovery tunnel cast at 13½° to the horizontal and
a 77m x 5.5m diameter cut and cover tunnel. All work was
undertaken in an operational quarry environment.
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Stainless Steel
Billet Caster, Sheffield
Avesta Polarit Stainless Steel relied upon
NMC to enhance their operational activity with the construction
of a 6 Strand Billet Caster in their live and operational
foundry. At £3.5 million. The project required 8,000 cubic
metres of concrete to be cast in a reinforced concrete turret,
caster bed, cooling bed, water tanks and pump house. Also
included were water and acid process facilities.
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Enabling and Groundworks,
Loughborough
This contract called for the completion
of groundworks and enabling works on a fast track programme
to facilitate the construction of a new Research and Development
resource for Astra Zeneca at Loughborough at £2,000,000.
The contract called for reinforced concrete
foundations, ground stabilisation by compaction and stone
counter ports. The ground being contaminated and having
an already high water table which necessitated the need
for extensive de-watering and structural monitoring of existing
adjacent laboratories. The contract was extended by the
award of infrastructure works including access roads, block
paving, hard and soft landscaping and ancillary work.
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