The current barriers are ideal for blocking off private land and driveways. They are a very economical solution and they can either be purchased or hired. Hiring can be very useful for short-term use of the barriers. The concrete barriers are delivered on a hiab or moffett vehicle so they can be placed and positioned for you, which means you don’t need to have suitable machinery on site.

The units themselves are 1.8 tonne and are 2500mm long. They come with forkholes underneath to allow you to move them around….as long as you have suitable machinery. Check out the website for more details, or give us a call.

The grain walling panels are normally taken off the lorry using a forklift or telehandler. They are then placed into position using lifting shackles, and then clipped to the front of the steels using bolts and plates. The panels can also go inside the web of the steel if required. Once the panels are in place a polyurethane mastic is used to seal all of the joints.

The speed of installation of the concrete panels is a massive advantage over something like block work.

For more information on our grain walling options please get in touch.

The hope has to be that the doldrums cannot continue forever and sooner or later things will start to look a little more rosy. One thing that is likely to dampen those expectations is the current fiscal tightening by the government. This is bound to have an impact on the construction industry, the question will be how quickly can the private sector pick up, in order to soften the blow? Let’s hope it’s not too long!

Salt barns can be constructed in a number of ways, and precast concrete allows a variety of options. The corrosive nature of salt also means concrete is an ideal material to be using. The concrete panels can be attached to the front of steels, and as long as they are correctly installed and sealed then they will keep the salt away from the steels. The other alternative is to use the L shape retaining walls inside the building, these are ideal for creating bunkers and keeping the salt awy from the skin and frame of the building.

For more information on the various options please give us a call and we’ll happily advise.

The units go up to 4000mm in height and offer a cost saving alternative to casting walls in situ. Recent jobs with the walls have included retaining walls next to highways where there is a considerable surcharge. The units are normally cast into a concrete foundation slab, although there is the option to bolt them down to a foundation.

For more information on this or to check out our full range of precast concrete products, please visit the website.

We can offer them at extremely competitive prices and discounts are available on larger orders. They are delivered on hiab vehicle which will off load and place for you. Alternatively they can be delivered on a flat bed and they can be easily offloaded using a forklift.

For more details please check out our security products page.

The different types of precast walls all have different uses; ranging from silage clamps to wast storage centres. The concrete panels are most often used in an agricutural setting; silage clamps, slurry stores, grain stores, general walling, and earth retention. They are used in industrial buildings as well and in waste transfer stations, often for push walls.

The L shape units tend to be used more in general construction and civil engineering projects. They are ideal for general retaining walls, salt barns, waste transfer stations. They are also used in agricultural setting such as grain walls, silage clamps and slurry stores.

The freestanding walls, by their nature, have more limited uses. They tend to be mostly used in grain stores and waste transfer stations. Once the pressure on these units reaches a certain point, they do need to be fixed down.

For more information on our range of precast concrete and retaining walls, please get in touch.

The Nationwide Building Society said house prices had slipped by 0.1 percent in January; this leaves them down 1.1 percent on a year earlier. It meant the average UK home cost just over £161,600.

With the prospect of interest rises in the coming year, house prices are not likley to be going up anytime soon.

House building firms have shown some promising results in the last year and hopefully that will continue. Precast concrete firms have also felt the pinch from the dip in the housing market, the hope is that things will continue to steadily improve.

• Forceast that the rise in VAT to 20% will cost 7,500 jobs in the sector.
• One third of builders firms are expecting to reduce staff numbers over the next 12 months – as output continues to fall.
• Government cuts, particulalry those in social housing will cuase considerable pain.

If the predictions are correct then this will the fourth consecutive year of recession for the construction sector. Last year saw a large number of firms sucumbe to administration or bankruptcy, and some very large firms as well. This story is likley to continue, for the short term at least.

Let’s hope that things turn out a little better than predicted!

If you would like any information on our precast concrete products then please get in touch with our sales team.