Special Projects

The Old Gas Works, Gas Street, Birmingham

Working for Kendricks Construction in close co-operation with Birmingham University’s archaeology and restoration departments GME undertook an extensive programme of repair, restoration and refurbishment to various listed structures such as:-

• Cast iron lilleshall trusses

• Cast iron columns

• Wrought iron laths

• Cast iron shoes

This job was particularly interesting to us in the use of high tech resins in solid and liquid forms to effect invisible repairs and thus leave the appearance as close to the original as possible whilst working to the original timetable and budget.

Sheepcote Street, Birmingham

Working for Mace, GME undertook a cast iron window restoration or replacement package to a former brass works on Sheepcote Street. We therefore had extensive cast iron repair works, casting new windows from milled pattens and associated preparation, paint, installation and glazing. In total 69 Victorian windows were either renewed or repaired on time and to budget.

Gasworks Bridge - Oswestry

Working for McPhillips (Wellington) Limited, our works involved supporting an old bridge in Oswestry off a galvanised support structure that was assembled outside the bridge area, then wheeled down the tracks to the correct position before raising the jacks to take the bridge load and transfer it safely down the structure. Working evenings and weekends, and in close co-operation with the main contractor and Shropshire County Council, the works were completed on time and to budget.

Stainless Steel Woven Mesh Screen - Bristol

Faced with a quote that was simply unacceptable, Linden Homes turned to GME and asked whether we could value engineer it for them GME found an alternative UK based manufacturer of the stainless mesh pattern require, had the product polished by another supplier, then fabricated and assembled the panels before fitting the full height screen on site, and all at 60% of the price the original supplier had quoted.

Belvedere Penthouse Roof

This structure was not capable of being erected in situ as it was at a height of 32 metres. We deigned and fabricated the frame off site and trial assembled it (just to be sure!) prior to delivery and re-assembly on site in Cambridge, using a 400 tonne crane we lifted the structure to full height.

The base plates dropped straight onto the precast holding down bolts, and the job was anchored within 40 minutes. GME were fairly pleased with this job!

Birmingham University - Flu Support

This was a tubular support over 40 metres in height used to carry four wide diameter flu pipes. GME won the job and co-ordinated with all the different trade’s requirements to produce a pre-welded and finished structure in two parts.

Once again, our fabricators accuracy paid off. The base plate had 64 holes in it, with a corresponding holding down bolt cast in the base. On the day the plate and bolts matched perfectly and the assembly was completed fully within one day.