Site report: Pumping permanent concrete wall shuttering at East Winch
Concrete pumping, as a construction technique, is central to many of the new building systems that aim for a high quality build combined with speed of construction. One system that has started to gain popularity in the UK, an
Site report: Insulating concrete formwork house for Nottingham Uni
In September 2006, Camfaud supplied an M24 mobile concrete pump to construct the basement in the first of the homes on the University of Nottingham “Creative Energy Homes” project. This project is intended be a sh
Site report: Pumping a long pipeline, Biddlesden Park
How far can your concrete pumps pump? This is one of the most common questions we get asked. And most people are amazed to learn that, on an almost daily basis, we pump over 100 metres and regularly pump 200 and 300 metre pip
Site report: New concrete floor for cold store at Turners (Soham) Ltd Distribution Centre
Turners (Soham) Ltd is one of the largest independently owned transport and cold storage companies in the country. Turners has expanded continuously since the company was established in 1930 and now operates 17 depots includi
Site report: Ten new turbines at Burton Wold Wind Farm
Leading independent British wind energy company Your Energy is currently developing a wind farm at Burton Wold, near Burton Latimer in Northamptonshire. The main contractor for the site is Enercon, Germany’s leading man
Site report: RC frame construction for £5.7m residential project
Fairview / Rialto recently developed a site at Gypsy Corner, Acton in West London. The development, Westgate W3, consists of two blocks, one 14 storeys high and one of 13 storeys, containing 255 residential units. The develop
Site report: Grade II* Listed St Michael’s Church Linby near Nottingham
Renowned for their technical expertise in concrete pumping locally, Camfaud was approached to pump concrete into the beautiful St Michael’s Church, Linby near Nottingham to provide the Grade II* Listed building with a n
Site report: Slip Forming Electricity from Waste Plant, Allington
During spring 2005 Camfaud supplied pumps to HOCHTIEF (UK) Construction Ltd on their contract to build an “Electricity from Waste” Plant at Allington, near Maidstone. Once operational, household waste from Kent wi
Site report: Pumping concrete into the bottom of a shutter
Mowlem Building had to construct seventeen reinforced concrete columns in the basement of a partially built office block in Newcastle-under-Lyme. The columns were to be formed from the sheet piling faced with permanent steel
Site report: Pumping to a bungalow extension in Nottingham
Many people believe that concrete pumps are only used on major construction projects. This certainly used to be the case but nowadays mobile concrete pumps are recognised as a labour-saving method of placing concrete on small