Tag Archive for: Safestand Access Systems

BBC HQ in Cardiff is Taking Shape

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The building currently under construction in Cardiff city centre is being built by ISG who have subcontracted the brick and blockwork package to Reussir Ltd, the building works are expected to be finished in spring 2018. Reussir have once again chosen to use Safestand® Access Systems as their preferred low level internal access system.

The finished building will be five storeys high, totalling 180,000 sq ft There will be 4,000 sq ft of retail space on the ground floor, this element will be owned by Rightacres Property – the Cardiff-based property development company behind the wider Central Square scheme.

Partnership with HSE and WWT In The Midlands

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17.06.2014 – On Tuesday 17th June 2014 SafeStand® Ltd attended the Working At Height  SHAD (Safety & Health Awareness Day) at Broadstreet Rugby Club, Coventry and demonstrated SafeStand® Access Systems to the attendees.

The event was organised by the local WWT (Working Well Together) and HSE teams as well as some principal contractors including Carillion. The aim of the event was to raise awareness of the safety issues surrounding work at height within the construction industry and to give practical advice on how to control and avoid risks. Presentations at the event were made by Matthew Whitaker (HSE Inspector) and Tony Hall (WWT) as well as a number of industry professionals.

Practical presentations/demonstrations of good management and practices were made by various nationwide suppliers including SafeStand® Ltd.

The event was attended by almost 100 people. The presentations were well received by the attendees and increased their awareness of potential hazards in the construction industry and ways of overcoming them.

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Safestand Tackles Complex Victoria Station Upgrade

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20.05.2014 – Transport for London are investing £700m to improve the Victoria Rail Station’s overall efficiency by refurbishing and extending Victoria Underground Station, which is served by the District and Circle lines as well as the Victoria line itself.

A 50/50 joint venture team set up between Taylor Woodrow and Bam Nuttall have secured the contract and are employing Pyramid Builders Limited to tackle the architectural brick and blockwork and associated work, including all lateral restraining of the masonry panels.  Pyramid Builders Ltd have a long standing history of using Safestand Access Systems and will be using it on all brick a block works on the project. The works include a new northern ticket hall, extended southern ticket hall and all new associated passenger links.

SafeStand® Supplies Its 10,000th Hire!!!

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09/05/2014 – SafeStand® Ltd has hit the milestone figure of 10,000 hires to customers in the United Kingdom. On 9th May 2014 we supplied BRYMOR Contractors Ltd with our SafeStand® 1200 system on their £2.9m Arqiva Crawley Data Centre contract in Winchester, Hampshire.

Arqiva are a communications infrastructure and media services company, operating at the heart of the broadcast, satellite and mobile communications markets.

BRYMOR Contractors Ltd have been using SafeStand® Access Systems for a number of years now and have found it to be a safe and cost effective low level access system.

New Leeds University Library

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08/05/2014 – Shepherd Construction secured the £16m job to build a new library for the University of Leeds.

Work started in August 2013 on the first city-fronting building that the University has commissioned for over 30 years. Cara Brickwork Ltd have won the blockwork package to construct the new undergraduate library and have chosen SafeStand as their preferred means of low level access to carry out the works.

The Library which is due to be complete at the beginning of 2015, is designed to provide flexible training rooms, community classrooms, 1 000 reader seats, space for 6 800 linear metres of shelving to accommodate core text books, 170 fixed PCs and a new café.

SafeStand® at One The Elephant

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24/03/2014 Bishop Developments Ltd have begun work on the landmark 37-storey tower comprising 284 new homes, One The Elephant. The development is the latest step in the £1.5bn regeneration of Elephant & Castle, which is being delivered by Lend Lease in partnership with Southwark Council.

Bishop Developments Ltd have chosen to use SafeStand® Access Systems as their preferred choice for low level access systems. The development is set to provide around 3,000 new homes as well as shops, restaurants, community facilities and public spaces over the next 15 years. Lend Lease is delivering the regeneration using its integrated property model. As well as funding and developing the homes, it is also acting as the main contractor. The first new homes are scheduled for completion in autumn 2015. Lend Lease is also delivering the International Quarter, a new £2bn commercial district at Stratford City in the Olympic Park which will include 350 new homes.

Safestand Used on Gower College, Swansea

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07.02.2014  Safestand is being erected on Kier Constructions Gower College project in Swansea. Gower College plans to extend the college, utilising adjoining land to the north of the campus for further accommodation and associated traffic and infrastructure upgrades.  Safestand is proud to be a part of the Gower College project and continue its long standing history supplying Low Level Access Systems to the Kier Group throughout the country.

The Swansea and Gorseinon Colleges comprise 30 buildings ranging from the listed Victorian Sketty Hall to some recent 21st century construction on the Gorseinon campus, work is to planned for completion for 2015.

Safestand® at Theatre Royal, Portsmouth

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27.01.2014 Roberts Brothers Construction Ltd have been appointed by ISG Plc to start work on the New Theatre Royal in Portsmouth –a joint venture between the theatre and University of Portsmouth. The £16 million redevelopment of the New Theatre will see the reinstatement of a 30m fly tower at the rear, some 40 years after the stage house burned down and was subsequently demolished.

The transformation of the New Theatre Royal includes the extension of the original building to provide a range of new facilities that will support the theatre’s ambitions to create its own productions and become an important creative space for film, television and drama students from the university. ISG will deliver a new double-height studio theatre and television studio, each with its own control room, as well as flexible teaching space, music practice rooms and office areas. The project is scheduled for completion in summer 2014.

Roberts Brothers Construction Ltd continue their working relationship with ISG including further contracts at Bedfont Lake, Feltham and Bisham Abbey, Marlow.

SafeStand® Used on Jaguar Land Rover at Castle Bromwich.

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22/01/2014 Phoenix Brickwork (UK) Ltd have chosen to use SafeStand® Access Systems on the Interserve Jaguar Land Rover at Castle Bromwich. Jaguar Land Rover are investing around £200 million on the expansion of its plant factory at Castle Bromwich, which is set to build new Jaguar models such as the F-Type Sports Car.

The expansion of the plant is set to increase production levels mainly thanks to exports of the luxury cars to the East where demand has been growing. This demand should see an exponential increase in the number of jobs in the local area.

SafeStand® is being used by Phoenix Brickwork (UK) Ltd who have been contracted by Interserve to construct the plant room and other various works on the site. The SafeStand® 1200 system with staircase access is being used to construct the blockwork walls. The feed-back from site so far has been positive and SafeStand has been well received by all parties.

Safestand Redeveloping Wardour Street

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17.12.2013 Safestand continues it’s repeat business work with Grangewood Brickwork Services and is being used on a mixed-use development at the Ampersand Scheme at 180 Wardour Street, headed by McLaren Construction.

The Ampersand project is a refurbishment of an existing mixed-use office block and will include four storeys of office space, aimed at occupiers from London’s creative sector, with an additional two floors of high-specification residential space, including a combination of duplex and single-storey apartments, each with terraces providing views over Oxford Street.

Finishes to the apartments will include natural stone, bronze detailing, bespoke kitchen installations and state-of-the-art fixtures and fittings.

Construction will include the demolition of the top floor, with alterations to the existing building structure.
Major modifications will include the installation of a new three-story structural steel frame and the reorientation of the main entrance, relocated to the corner of Wardour Street and Hollen Street. The remainder of the ground floor will continue as live retail throughout the construction period with one occupier being relocated as part of the redesign of the office entrance.

Conservation work will also be carried out on the Oxford Street façade, which dates back to 1885, to clean and retain the original features of the building. The project is due for completion in September 2014.