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This jet engine test facility had suffered severe cracking, previously repaired by the application of large angled steel plates externally....

Despite difficult ground conditions and complex access, Charterbuild were engaged to construct a 31 metre long reinforced strip foundation in conjunction with the supply and installation of 108 Duckbill MR3 stainless steel ground anchor assemblies....

As part of a window replacement package, Charterbuild were engaged to install masonry reinforcement to create lintels within the external brickwork where none existed....

As a result of a shallow foundation being placed within a layer of fill, this single storey extension had settled and rotated away from the main house....

Inadequate cover and subsequent rusting of reinforcement had led to spalling concrete. In addition, the client wished to replace the aged balustrading with new....

Slipform contractor PC Harrington required a quick and cost effective solution to the problem of retaining the side of an excavation adjacent an existing building. A particular requirement was the need to limit the width of the retention system because of close construction tolerances....