Trent supplies high-quality precast units for new stand at Ipswich Town FC
Trent Concrete has started delivery of high-quality precast units for the new North Stand at Ipswich Town Football Club.
Trent's contract, worth over £800,000, covers the detailing, manufacture and delivery of lower and upper tier terrace units, fascia units, staircases, step blocks and vomitory and spine walls. High standard, architectural quality finishes were specified for the units, which vary in mix and finish from plain grey ex-mould to sparkling white acid-etched. The upper tier terrace units are cast in a special lightweight aggregate grey concrete; the lower tier terrace units are cast in both grey and white concrete; the rear spine walls feature distinctive white concrete incorporating Spanish dolomite for extra sparkle; the vomitory staircases are cast in a grey mix incorporating a mica sand to add sparkle.
Trent's is delivering the 823 units to site on a just-in-time basis over the late Summer and Autumn. The new stand will have a crowd capacity of 6,000.
Architect: H.O.K. Sport
Main Contractor: Jackson Building Ltd.
Consulting Engineer: Jan Bobrowski & Partners
Frame subcontractor: Aren Building Concepts (High Wycombe) Ltd. -
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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 using its own teams, 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 employs more than 200 people. Progress photos of the erection of the North Stand
Editorial contact: David Walker
Tel: 0115 987 9747
Email: lmason@trentconcrete.co.uk
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