Trent Concrete produces precast frame for UCE
Trent starts on site this week erecting a precast concrete frame for a new technology institute at the University of Central England (UCE) in Birmingham.
Trent's £943k contract covers 20 columns, 168 beams, 42 stair flights, 3000 m2 hollow core floor, structural screed to the roof, and core walls for lifts and stairwells for this new 5 storey building.
The structural precast units are all self-finished ready to receive paint directly, thus saving a further trade (plastering) and speeding up construction time. Shepherd Construction, the main contractor for the project, specified precast as there was a requirement for the concrete frame to be exposed internally. Aesthetically this could be achieved by the use of precast. Precast frames also offer inherent fire protection.
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Trent Concrete is a specialist precast concrete contractor, producing high quality bespoke architectural cladding and structures.
Providing a complete solution from detailed design development through skills-based manufacture to on-site erection, Trent Concrete partners with leading developers and specifiers to ensure that their projects gain maximum benefit from prefabrication.
Trent Concrete's precast solutions make a major contribution to improved quality, certainty, sustainability, safety and efficiency in the UK construction industry today.
The company has worked on some of the most prestigious projects of recent years, including The Scottish Office and the Toyota GB Plc and Thames Water headquarters buildings, and the quality of its work is consistently recognised in the form of industry awards. Trent Concrete was founded in 1917 and where it employs more than 160 people.
Editorial contact: David Walker
Tel: 0115 987 9747
Email: lmason@trentconcrete.co.uk
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