From the Eden Project to the Emirates Stadium we overcome complex construction challenges to delivered some of the most Britain's iconic landmarks.
One of the most ambitious gardens ever conceived, the Eden Project is a showcase for global biodiversity and man’s relationship with plants. Built in a disused china clay pit near St Austell in Cornwall, this visionary project pushed construction technology to new limits.
ExCeL London is the capital’s largest exhibition and conference venue and hosts some of the biggest trade and consumer events in the UK. Following the successful completion of the original 65,000m² venue in 2001, contracts have included provision of a dedicated energy centre, enhancement of conference facilities and modifications to enable the venue to host the Boat Show. We have since returned to the Docklands venue to construct a 40,000m² extension.
A building defined by the complexity of its geometry, this landmark museum on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal houses exhibits including a T34 Russian tank and a Harrier jump‑jet.
One of the most striking elements of the museum is the floor of the main exhibition hall which is designed to replicate part of a larger sphere and is curved in all directions.
Redevelopment of the Bullring shopping centre changed the face of Birmingham city centre. Covering 26 acres and featuring iconic architecture, it was one of the biggest retail developments built in Europe for over a decade, providing 100,000m² of retail space in 150 stores.
Among the most exciting contemporary gardens created in Europe in the last 100 years, this 12‑acre attraction features one of the biggest treehouses in the world at 18 metres tall. The garden is also home to The Grand Cascade, the largest water feature of its kind in the UK. Additional contracts completed over the last decade include The Garden Pavilion and Visitor Centre, The Serpent Garden, The Poison Garden and The Bamboo Labyrinth.
Constructed on reclaimed land overlooking Cardiff Bay, Wales Millennium Centre is host to an international showcase of musicals, opera, dance and ballet. A 1,850‑seat main auditorium establishes the centre as a world‑class venue.
The company constructed a two‑storey mall extension at the Metrocentre in Gateshead. Housing a department store and 28 new outlets, the 34,500m² development made the centre Europe’s largest retail and leisure complex. The company was also responsible for construction of West Quay in Southampton, the refurbishment and extension of the Frenchgate Centre in Doncaster and delivery of the Kingsgate Centre in Huddersfield.
Rising in a dramatic 10‑storey arc of glass and steel, Cardinal Place in Victoria comprises two office buildings with a total floor area of 94,500m². As on a number of London city centre projects, the contract involved demolition and construction works over and around underground rail lines.
Adding to a catalogue of projects delivered across the Scottish capital, refurbishment of the HBOS headquarters on The Mound restored to its former glory a landmark building which has dominated the city’s southern skyline for 200 years.
A prime example of the company’s expertise at delivering large‑scale projects, the redevelopment of Colchester Garrison is one of the largest defence accommodation Private Finance Initiative schemes undertaken. Completed five months ahead of schedule, the project included the design and construction of more than 110 buildings across a 185‑hectare site.
Constructed entirely within the structure of the former Millennium Dome, the O2 Arena on London’s Greenwich Peninsula is one of the world’s premier venues.
With conventional lifting methods ruled out because of its location within an existing structure, the arena’s 4,500 tonne roof was built at ground level and then raised into position using computer‑controlled strand jacks.
Flanked on two sides by the Regent’s Canal and home to the first new concert hall built in London for 25 years, Kings Place provides a mix of commercial offices, cultural facilities and waterfront restaurant spaces. Creating the building’s underground auditorium required what at the time was the deepest single prop excavation undertaken in the UK.
Featuring a host of measures designed to reduce its environmental impact, this city centre campus for Northumbria University demonstrates the central role sustainability can play in urban renewal. One of many higher education facilities constructed by the company at universities and colleges across the country, the campus’s two buildings house the schools of Business, Law and Design.
Standing twice as tall as the Angel of the North, this control tower is one of a number of projects delivered as part of the airport’s ongoing redevelopment. Contracts completed include the extension of the main terminal building and provision of fuelling facilities.
Opened within three weeks of each other, Cabot Circus and Highcross extended the company’s involvement in the evolution of the modern shopping centre.
The two schemes were among a number of major retail‑led redevelopment projects completed by the company in this period.
Chill Factore is one of three real snow indoor skiing and snowboarding venues built by the company. Its construction followed delivery of Xscape in Milton Keynes, the first integrated sports, leisure and retail complex of its kind in Europe. In 2009 the company also completed the Snow Centre in Hemel Hempstead.
Watermark Place provides 50,000m² of high quality office space in a key riverside location in the City of London. A commitment to sustainable development underpinned the design and construction of the scheme which retains a third of the building it replaced. Located on an adjacent site, the 10‑storey Riverbank House extends our involvement in the transformation of this stretch of the Thames.
A military engineering project of unprecedented size and complexity, we played a significant role in the construction of two artificial port facilities to support the allied forces following the D-Day landings in Normandy.
Familiar to Harry Potter fans the world over, the Glenfinnan Viaduct has been wowing visitors since construction was completed in 1901. Part of a wider West Highland Railway extension, the innovative use of concrete at this scale was an industry first and featured in The American Engineering News in 1899.
The acknowledged home of football for more than three quarters of a century, the construction of Wembley Stadium and the British Empire Exhibition showcased Britain as world leaders in concrete construction.
