A Coroner’s Court can be a strange place, even for those not immediately concerned with the legal procedures that take place in its environs. It represents the final bureaucracy, the serious enquiry, the last of the official forms completed, signed and stamped, and a life considered, and closed. For those immediately concerned in the court […]
Archives: Case Studies
Precast Public Art, Colwyn Bay Waterfront Project, Wales.
Colwyn Bay, in Conwy, North Wales, is seeing a transformation that will pump life-blood into this attractive town and turn the somewhat neglected promenade into an example of what can be achieved by a determined borough council backed by the Welsh Government, The European Regional Development Fund and Visit Wales. The project, which will eventually […]
Columns, beams and spandrels for Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, London.
25 Cabot Square, overlooking the River Thames and West India Middle Dock at Canary Wharf, was originally built in 1991 but recently underwent an extensive redevelopment. Canary Wharf and the surrounding area on the Isle of Dogs is now the financial and insurance centre of London, and the modern glass, steel and concrete buildings […]
Lime Street Station project, originally opened by the queen gets a new lease of life with Evans by Shay Murtagh bespoke concrete
On Friday 9th March 2018, Liverpool lime street Station unveiled a rejuvenated gift to the public. This was the recreation of what has become known as “The Bullring” Mural with new concrete panels by Evans Precast Concrete. Originally designed by Stephen Broadbent in 1999, this structure marked the rehousing of families from St Andrews Garden tenements […]
Bridge beams and cill units for the Ordsall Chord works Northern Hub
Shay Murtagh Precast recently manufactured and delivered precast under ringing arches, bridge beams and cill units for the Ordsall Chord works being undertaken by the Skanska BAM JV on behalf of Network Rail.
QEOP Signs
Bespoke Precast Concrete Signs & Signage This project involved the Design, Supply & Installation of bespoke precast concrete monolith signs for the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. These incorporate a number of different finishing techniques including exposed aggregate, grit blasting and polishing, directional signage panels with screen printed text and imagery. These signs have been installed as […]
Jubilee Square
Precast concrete bench, lawn edging and coping units to Jubilee Square, Leicester. We also supplied the plinth for the Highcross Column. Each unit had an inclined top and were rhomboidal in shape in order to give vertical joints.
Three Quays, London
Supply and delivery of over 1000 precast concrete cladding panels. The spandrel panels were manufacture using two contrasting mix designs, one in a unique mix of limestone and white cement and the other utilising black granite aggregate and grey cement. Both colours of cladding panels were specified with a polished finish. Nearly all the panels […]
Southwark Cathedral, London
Design, manufacture and installation of 20 x 5m high Gothic arches to the Library and refectory extension. The Arches at 1st Floor seated onto Vaulted Ceiling Units to the ground floor refractory.
Littlehaven Seawall
Design, supply and installation of precast artwork and bench units to the redeveloped Littlehaven promenade and seafront gardens; Eye Feature 6.5m wide x 3.05m high (2 units totalling14.t) Sail Feature 1.2m wide x 4.7m high(4.5t) Bowed Wall in 7nr sections x 5.0m wide (11t each) Circular, Triangular and Torpedo shaped benches x 26nr Artwork Benches […]