Diamond Floor Sawing – Royal Mail Peterborough Project : Diamond Floor Sawing for a new drainage trench Location: Royal Mail Sorting Office, Peterborough Client: Medlicott This project involved the diamond floor sawing of a 60M long trench to the depth of 250mm in a reinforced concrete slab at the fleet workshop of Royal Mail Sorting […]
Project: Diamond Coring, New Ventilation Holes Location: Spiral Car Park, Ipswich, Suffolk Client: ING building This project involved diamond coring new ventilation holes in the historic spiral car park in Ipswich, Suffolk. The car park was constructed in 1967 and apparently at the time was the largest deep excavation in Europe. It is also a […]
Project: Retirement Home New Build Location: Handford Road, Ipswich Client: McCarthy and Stone Drill Masters were required to diamond drill holes of varying sizes on this new build assisted living retirement apartment project in Ipswich. The various holes were for soil pipes, water pipes and Vent-Axia ducts all through the 150mm thick reinforced concrete hollow […]
Project : Refurbishment of Student Accommodation Location : Cripps Court, Cambridge Client : Morgan Sindall This is a three phase project spread over a 3 year period to improve the student facilities and accommodation at Cripps Court, Selwyn College in Cambridge Drill Masters Ltd were required to diamond drill holes and to ringsaw new window […]
Project: Floor Sawing and Bridge Removal Location: Fornham Lock Bridge, Bury St Edmunds Client: Suffolk Highways The project was to replace an existing road bridge which was crumbling in the village of Fornham St Martin. For the past 5 years the current bridge had a weight limit of 7.5T for safety reasons. Suffolk Highways has a specialist team dedicated […]
Project: Lift Shaft Opening Location: Whitton Primary School in Ipswich Client: Drake and Plant Most Primary Schools are designed as single storey buildings but a 1940’s designed school, Whitton Primary School in Ipswich has an upper storey. This presented the LEA and the school management with a problem, as two wheel chair users were due to enroll […]
Project: Hinds Jewellers Location: Tavern Street, Ipswich Client: Carters Building Unfortunately high street shops struggle to expand their sales floor. One solution is to buy the shop next door, a rare thing if you are located in a pedestrianised shopping street but one of our clients, with our help took on this challenge. Our work was delivered in […]
Project: New Lift Opening Location: Muntons, Stowmarket Client: Muntons PLC You would be amazed at the amount of malt that is used in every day food products. Some uses are obvious, as well known brands are famed for it, for others it as a less well known ingredient. The modern malting is an efficient, 24/7 operation working to […]
Project: New Windows Instillation Location: Regatta Quay, Ipswich Client: Stoneguard and City Living Pitcher & Piano The redundant, wet dock in Ipswich is undergoing a major face lift to the maltings, grain stores and ancillary buildings giving way to residential apartments. There is provision for new commercial properties including restaurants, bars, hotels and a dance studio ensuring the […]
Project: Princess Street Bridge Strengthening Location: Princess Street, Ipswich Client: Concrete Repairs Ltd Bridge Strengthening with Drill Masters Princes Street bridge in Ipswich is a busy through road running from Ipswich station towards the town center and is a regular bus and service vehicle route. Originally built of wood and iron in 1850 by the Eastern Counties and […]
Floor Sawing Norfolk Project : Diamond Cutting edge of Prom Location : Bacton Promenade, Norfolk Client : North Norfolk District Council North Norfolk District Council in conjunction with Bacton Gas Terminal is undertaking £22M project to replenish the beach with sand between the Bacton gas terminal and Walcott village. The scheme is designed to protect […]
AOV opening – Ipswich, Suffolk
AOV (Automatic Opening Vent) Project : Diamond Cutting Opening in block of flats stairwell Location : St Francis Tower, Ipswich Client: Eastern Power Systems Following the tragic fire at Grenfell Tower block there has been a concerted effort to ensure all tower blocks have improved fire protection and escape methods to ensure the safe […]
Diamond Drilling Ipswich – Willis Car Park, Ipswich
Diamond Drilling Ipswich Project: Diamond Drilling Ipswich – Holes for Anodes Location: Willis Towers Watson Car Park, Ipswich Client: Concrete Repairs Limited Concrete Repairs Ltd (CRL) working directly for Willis Towers Watson have a three year project, commencing 2018, to repair and upgrade the staff car park in Chalon Street in Ipswich town center. The project consists […]
Diamond Drilling Cambridge – For Handrail Project: Diamond Drilling for handrail in concrete stairwell Location: Bene’t Street, Cambridge Client: GLW Engineering Drill Masters Ltd, Cambridge Diamond Drilling specialists were required to undertake a more unusual job recently. Contacted by GLW Engineering we were asked to drill 502 No. 40 diameter holes to a depth of 100mm in […]
Diamond Floor Chasing Norwich Airport
Diamond Floor Chasing Norwich Airport Project : Cut and break out floor chases for new electrical sockets Location : Norwich International Airport, Norwich Client : The Hurst Group Drill Masters Ltd were contracted by the Hurst Group to undertake diamond floor chasing Norwich Airport. This required the diamond cutting and breaking out of a number […]