Case Studies
Ilford, London
Client: M-AR
Architect: D&B
Contract Value: £925k
Description: Reduced dig & sheet piling temporary works. Construction of a piling platform, pile caps & ground beams. RC retaining walls, lift pits & tanking. Drainage works including a large attenuation tank & all associated external works & paving.
Kidderminster, Worcestershire
Client: Portakabin
Architect: D&B
Contract Value: £1.6m
Description: A full turnkey package offered by Elmcroft on this site, which comprised of turning a greenfield site into a new SEN school. Works undertaken by Elmcroft included site strip out and enabling works, services, foundations & drainage, external works including hard & soft landscaping, surfacing, fencing & new S278 entrance works.
Foston, Derbyshire
Client: Portable Offices
Architect: D&B
Contract Value: £2.1m
Description: Worked in partnership with the client to develop & value engineer a design for the earthmoving & construction of all roads, paving & drainage on this 7-acre site for the storage of modular buildings. Works also included the construction of all foundations including screw piles for the site buildings & the installation of all ducts & services.
Cardiff, Glamorgan
Client: Portakabin
Architect: D&B
Contract Value: £440k
Description: Design & construction of foundations & drainage for a two storey modular office building located below high voltage power cables. Works included all external paving, surfacing & soft landscaping works on this fast-track project where our team worked 7 days a week to meet the project handover date.
Horsham, Sussex
Client: Portakabin
Architect: D&B
Contract Value: £575k
Description: A complex project at a operational SEN school with poor ground conditions & a technical SUDS design. Elmcroft carried out foundation, drainage, paving, soft landscaping & fencing works.
Kingston, London
Client: Wernick
Architect: D&B
Contract Value: £734k
Description: Design & construction of foundation & drainage for a two storey modular hospital building located on a very cramped site adjacent to a blue light route into a busy A&E unit. Works included deep drainage & attenuation works, casting a ground bearing concrete floor for a large part of the building and all external paving works including brick retaining walls, ramps & steps.
Hinkley, Leicestershire
Client: Integra Buildings
Architect: D&B
Contract Value: £400k
Description: Design & construction of foundations & drainage for a two storey modular office building located on a very tight site. Works included all external paving works including ramps & steps in granite faced slabs. We also undertook various other builders works connected with forming an opening into an adjoining building.
Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire
Client: Lords Builders Merchants
Architect: D&B
Contract Value: £1.6m
Description: Demolition of existing buildings & construction & fit out of a new steel frame showroom & warehouse, including associated civils & drainage works, extension to concrete yard & section 278 works.
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Client: Premier Modular
Architect: D&B
Contract Value: £340k
Description: Site enabling works, foundations, drainage, paving & surfacing as well as soft landscaping for a new modular block at an education facility in Cambridge.
Richmond, London
Client: Wernick
Architect: D&B
Contract Value: £430k
Description: On a sensitive school site, Elmcroft carried out demolition works, foundations & levelling piers, foul drainage, storm drainage including oversized pipe and crate soakaway, building skirt & external hard & soft landscaping.
Earls Court, London
Client: ES Global
Architect: D&B
Contract Value: £725k
Description: This project on the iconic Earls Court Exhibition Centre site involved the installation of soakaways, storm & foul drainage, a haul road around the site, pathways & hard landscaping for the BBC Earth Experience building.
West Bromwich, Birmingham
Client: Pickerings
Architect: D&B
Contract Value: £215k
Description: Site enabling works, pad foundations & levelling piers, surfacing, mains electrical supplies, all under the M5 motorway on a tight site!
Ramsgate, Kent
Client: Portable Offices
Architect: D&B
Contract Value: £120k
Description: Another successful project on a live school site. Works included breaking out, foundations & levelling piers, drainage, perimeter skirt, service connections & surfacing.
Salisbury, Wiltshire
Client: McAvoy
Architect: D&B
Contract Value: £125k
Description: Another fast-paced project with the installation of composite pads, skirting, steps & ramps, service trench & connections, surfacing & fencing.
Ilford, London
Client: Portakabin
Architect: D&B
Contract Value: £500k
Description: Working to a tight programme, Elmcroft delivered this excellent project, including foundations & levelling piers, drainage, soakaway, service diversions, paving & surfacing, external works.
Barnet, London
Client: Wernick
Architect: D&B
Contract Value: £250k
Description: A complex & tight site on a council depot with ground improvement piling works, foundations, drainage, retaining walls, paving, surfacing & external works.
Weymouth, Dorset
Client: McAvoy
Architect: D&B
Contract Value: £130k
Description: Demolition of existing modular buildings, installation of foundations & drainage for new double storey modular building, new electric supply and surfacing works. All carried out within the summer holiday period.
Harlesden, London
Client: McAvoy
Architect: D&B
Contract Value: £465k
Description: With an exceptionally tight site to work in, Elmcroft carried out a large cut and fill exercise on a slope to enable a large two-storey modular building to be installed. Works included site clearance, reduced dig, resin injection ground improvement, foundations & levelling piers, drainage, brickwork, paving & surfacing, landscaping and more!
Southend, Essex
Client: McAvoy
Architect: D&B
Contract Value: £150k
Description: Elmcroft reacted quickly on this project to get onto site fast, and delivered a successful groundworks package for a set of modular classroom buildings with foundations, drainage, service connections, fencing & surfacing.
Southall, London
Client: Portakabin
Architect: D&B
Contract Value: £100k
Description: Site strip and installation of new concrete roadways, with geogrid and stone to surrounding areas for a well-established plant hire company looking to improve their yard.
Dagenham, London
Client: Portakabin
Architect: D&B
Contract Value: £156k
Description: Foundations, drains, retaining walls & external works for a new modular building in a school for children with learning difficulties, which made site security, access & egress very challenging.
Bristol, Avon
Client: Enviro Buildings
Architect: D&B
Contract Value: £150k
Description: Construction of foundations in solid sandstone, installation of a gas membrane. Installation of all drains & ducts.
Aylesbury, Bucks
Client: Lords Builders Merchants
Architect: D&B
Contract Value: £400k
Description: Demolition and clearance of existing redundant industrial buildings on the site. Reduce dig and new storm drainage. Construction of yard surface using macro fibre reinforced concrete. Construction and fit out of offices to form new office and trade counter area.
Perry Bar, Birmingham
Client: Integra
Architect: D&B
Contract Value: £380k
Description: Site clearance, and construction of retaining walls, foundations, ducts & drainage including a large storm water attenuation tank. Construction of all access roads and car park areas.
Ealing, Middlesex
Client: NHS
Architect: D&B
Contract Value: £200k
Description: Installation of resin ground improvement system and design and construction of foundation bases, steel work & concrete raft foundations to support modular MRI scanners.
Harrow, Middlesex
Client: NHS
Architect: D&B
Contract Value: £375k
Description: Very restrictive access and sensitive hospital site during the outbreak of Covid-19. Design and installation of helical pile system on made ground. Design and installation of steel framed structure to support modular buildings. Supervision of main building installation. Construction of link bridge and fire escape staircases.
Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Client: Portakabin
Architect: D&B
Contract Value: £130k
Description: Design & installation of pad foundations. Insulation of pumped foul drainage system and all services. Construction of DDA access ramps, steps & handrails.
Watford, Hertfordshire
Client: Sydney Road Developments
Architect: D&B
Contract Value: £1.1m
Description: Demolition of existing industrial building, ground de-contamination and construction of a new steel framed warehouse units including new car park and associated drainage and storm water attenuation tanks.
Newham, London
Client: M-AR
Architect: D&B
Contract Value: £120k
Description: Foundations, drains & external works for new modular buildings in a narrow space between existing buildings. The space where the building is located was covered in existing drains & live services that had to be worked around. A solution was found using steel work below ground to bridge services and drains.
Darenth, Kent
Client: Ashby & Croft
Architect: D&B
Contract Value: £160k
Description: Demolition of existing classrooms, foundations & drains for new buildings, complete re-construction & surfacing of play areas including soft play areas.
Harrow, London
Client: Portakabin
Architect: D&B
Contract Value: £100k
Description: Two bay modular classroom & WC block that was sited directly above a large storm water tank in a sloping playground area with tight access. We were able to design a foundation solution that spanned the tank using steelwork - and due to the length of the steels required, the installation had to be carried out over a weekend whilst the school was un-occupied. Decking, steps, ramps & making good also included.
Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire
Client: Ashby & Croft
Contract Value: £450K
Description: Site preparation, foundations, pumped storm drain, brickwork, cladding, trussed roof & tiling & outdoor pathways etc.
Colchester, Essex
Client: Ashby & Croft
Contract Value: £500k
Description: Site preparation & hoarding, piling, ground beams, gas membrane, levelling piers, brick & blockwork, drains & external works.
Farnborough, Hampshire
Client: Portakabin
Architect: D&B
Contract Value: £100k
Description: Cut and fill operation on a sloped site. Foundations & drains. Hard landscaping works and construction of timber decking with a stainless steel tube and glass balustrade.
UCL, Euston, London
Client: Ashby & Croft Ltd
Architect: Burwell Deakins
Contract Value: £150k
Description: Foundations, structural steel frame to cantilever over basement and no dig root protections zone. Very tight access site with restrictive traffic movements. Night work was necessary as well. Oak wall cladding and decking including stainless steel balustrades and handrails. Ducts and soft and hard landscaping works.
Hayes, Middlesex
Client: Lords Builders Merchants
Architect: ABA Group
Contract Value: £750k
Description: Demolition of existing building and construction of a new steel framed trade counter and office building including full fit out and M&E installation.
Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire
Client: Lords Builders Merchant
Architect: D&B
Contract Value: £450k
Description: Bulk muck shift operation and re-grading of the site levels. Sub base installation and drainage works including petrol interceptor installation. 5000m2 + of concrete paving. Construction of aggregate bunkers.
Bewdley, Worcestershire
Client: West Midlands Safari Park
Architect: Greenspan Projects
Contract Value: £80K
Description: Preparation and formation of groundworks and hardstanding areas.
Colnbrook, Berkshire
Client: Montana Bakery
Architect: Dale Venn Associates
Contract Value: £1.0 M
Description: Construction of 19,800 ft2 high bay steel framed warehouse building for dry and cold storage including blast freezer installation. Construction methodology included bottom driven steel case piles and permeable drainage system for all storm water due to the high water table which was only just below ground level. Due to the proximity with the runways at Heathrow airport specialist clearance had to be obtained from air traffic control for all on site crane activities.
Park Royal, London
Client: Sandpiper Securities Ltd
Architect: ABA Group Ltd
Contract Value: £1.8 M
Description: Construction of 24,800ft 2 steel framed warehouse and office units. Works involved a 6,300m 3 reduce dig across the sloping site. The site was very cramped with the building occupying most of the site area. For improved speed of construction and occupier security Roger Bullivant Quikwall precast wall panels with an integral foundation toe were installed to all perimeter walls, therefore saving the cost of a perimeter strip foundation and drastically reducing the construction programme.
Stanwell Moor, Surrey
Client: Dr Hairs Proprietaries
Architect: ABA Group Ltd
Value: £400K
Description: Total demolition of existing riverside stable building and the construction of new high specification studio office building including all associated M&E and office fit out. Installation of Biodisk sewerage treatment plant.
Park Royal, London
Client: L'Aquila
Architect: Exedra Architects
Value: £800K
Description: Demolition of existing warehouse including asbestos removal whilst leaving the original office structure in place and occupied. Design & build of new steel framed warehouse on a very restricted site including M&E installation.
Ealing, London
Client: Delphi Diesel Systems
Architect: D&E Associates
Value: £2.0M+
Description: Multiple projects including construction of a mezzanine floor with concrete deck constructed over operational high specification engineering shop, refurbishment of staff facilities, internal alterations & M&E installations.
Woolwich, London
Client: Portakabin / Oasis Academy
Architect: Jacobs
Value: £1.0M+
Description: Building works connected with installation of complete school using portakabin modular buildings including foundations, drainage, knotweed remediation, storm water attenuation tanks, retaining wall construction, fencing & gates and playground surfacing.
Southend, Essex
Client: Portakabin / Cecil Jones Academy
Architect: D&B
Value: £100K+
Description: Building works connected with installation of complete school using Portakabin modular buildings following devastating fire. All works undertaken in fastrack 3 week program. Works included foundations, drainage, paths, fencing & gates
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