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Jacking, Shoring & Structural Propping Wembley Stadium

Wembley Stadium Lift first floor Slab When there was a problem with suspended concrete slab Levels dropping after the famous arch was raised. E P Rothwell and Sons were asked to first prop and shore the unsupported areas.Hydraulic Jacking up the floors to the correct level. This was suscessfully completed

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Historic Brickwork Facade Retained.

Facade Retention at Canterbury Cathedral Design We were asked to look at this facade which was held in place by a scaffold tube system. One of the disadvantages of this method is that it does not allow much space for the builder of the new construction to work with. We

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Structural Propping, Heavy and Needling under The Painted Hall

The Painted Hall Client Coniston Construction Old Royal Naval College Greenwich When James Bullen of Coniston Consrtruction approached EPR to advise on cost and then install this difficult and Prestigious project. We were very excited. We worked with the Contract team to establish a monitoring Criteria and help to decide

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Structual Propping and Needling Oxford church

Structural Propping Temporary Works for Beard Construction Careful design required. When Beard had to refurbish a beautiful church with the least distuburance to this architectiually signigifcant building. They asked us to disign the temporary works and to install them. We prouduced a sensitive temporary works design using a Needling system

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Facade Retention and Structural Propping Supreme Court

Supreme Court Refurbishment Temporary works Design E P Rothwell(EPR) were asked to come up with temporary works design for the support of this wonderful building Tim Griffiths our temporary Design engineer set to work designing a Facade Retention in RMD Megashor and Superslim (Slimshore)Which was further supported with Propping using

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Structural Steel beams support The Painted Hall

Structural Propping and Permanent Steels After successfully completing a temporary works project in Wimpole street for Coniston.Which involved basement support and RMD Superslim propping internally with Alshor plus Propping system used on higher levels. Structural propping was provided for heavy crane lift from wimpole street on to roof of the

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Structural Propping & Shoring Castlepoint

Emergency propping and shoring Kier required urgent Temporary works design,shoring and propping to the iconic Castlepoint carpark. Which was closed due to structural problems at great cost. They appointed EPR we were able to start on site within 24 hours. We installed one thousand two hundred tons of RMD Megashor

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Hampton Court Palace Structural Propping

Hampton Court Palace Jubilee Celebration Memorial E P Rothwell and Sons were very honoured when Hampton court approached us to design and install the reinforced concrete flower bed for Her Majestey the Queen’s jubilee celibration. Formwork was supported using rmd Superslim soldiers (Slimshore) as well as Push pull props at

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Structural Propping Royal Ascot Racecourse

Shoring and Structural Propping for Royal Ascot Grandstand New Royal Ascot Grandstand Propping. When the new grandstand was built a problem occured in the basement and stuctural capacity had to be added in the basement. E P Rothwell were asked to do a temporary works design and then install RMD

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Facade Retention, Propping and Jacking London N3

RMD Megashor Facade Retention, Structural Propping and Needling. This innovative temporary works design allowed the street to stay open and produced the maxiumum wind resistance.This architectural important building was retained on three sides. While a 13 metre deep excavation inside the footprint of external walls took place. Structural propping against

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Structural Propping

Basement Shoring West London Temporary Works Design,Propping.Facade Retention,Needling,Pull out Tests,Monitoring,Diamond Drilling,Concrete and Structural Steelwork. The Client appointed E P Rothwell & Sons Ltd on this project We first conducted pull out tests in the existing Brickwork and concrete. then we set up a monitoring system to measure any movement in

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Basement Structural Propping, Shoring, and Concrete works

Marchwood Incinerator Basement Shoring, Stuctural Propping,and Concrete works EPR are proud to have designed, and installed the shoring,RMD Superslim (slimshore) We also produced the Temporary works design for the concrete works and sucessfully completed the works on site. We also installed the heavy duty shoring which had to withstand considerable

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Heavy Structural Propping RAC Pall Mall

RAC Pall Mall Kier construction appointed E P Rothwell and Sons Ltd to provide a high level Facade Retention system, With back propping to upper floors,Reinforced concrete and permanant steel. Design E P Rothwell’s Temporary works design was for a plan brace Facade retention further supported with RMD Superslim raking

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