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Precast Concrete Lintels: The Ultimate Guide to Strength, Durability & Installation

UK Construction Blog

These lintels must comply with strict British and European standards (including BS EN 845-2:2013+A1:2016 and BS EN 1992-1-1:2004+A1:2014) to ensure proper load-bearing capacity and safety requirements. Each type offers unique characteristics suited to specific applications in masonry support systems.

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Feltham mobilises for Reading theatre works

The Construction Index

Seating can be removed to create a standing space for 300 people, and there will be a gallery with more seating on the first floor. The area off Queen’s Walk in Reading will be transformed into a 200-seat theatre for comedy gigs and bands.

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Construction begins on £44.5m Kingston leisure centre

The Construction Index

The new facility will have a 25-metre, eight-lane main pool with moveable floor, a 20-metre learner pool with splash zone, a health suite with sauna and steam room, a 150-station gym, a group cycling studio, three activity studios, a four-court sports hall, squash courts, a soft play area and a café.

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Morgan Sindall bags £37m Clydach Vale school contract

The Construction Index

Set across a two-storey building, the project includes the construction of 23 classroom spaces, a wellbeing centre, canteen, various multi-use spaces and supporting areas across the two floors, and a hydrotherapy pool on the ground floor. EDF reduces Sizewell C stake to 12.5% stake in Sizewell C.

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Morgan Sindall to build Bishop Auckland leisure centre

The Construction Index

The new Bishop Auckland leisure centre will have a 25-metre, six-lane main pool and a 20-metre four-lane teaching pool with moveable floors, as well as a large gym, two exercise studios and an adventure play area for children. The new centre replaces Woodhouse Leisure Complex in Bishop Auckland, which dates back to the early 1970s.

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Aureos to build £45m Howden relief road

The Construction Index

Builders fined after four injured in house collapse 21 hours A London construction company has been fined £50,000 after four men were injured when the first floor of a house collapsed during building works.

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Demolition firm fined after worker’s fall

The Construction Index

The sheets were being carried to pre-cut holes in the roof from where they were dropped to the ground floor. He fell approximately six metres to the concrete floor below. On 25 th May 2023, 42-year-old Sylwester Zdunczyk was working with a team on the warehouse roof, removing aluminium over-sheeting.