Concrete Repair

Concrete Repairs, London

Concrete Failure

Reinforced concrete buildings have been constructed extensively since the 1960’s within London and the South East of England for residential and commercial buildings. Reinforced concrete is used due to its speed of construction and it strength and fire resistance making it an ideal building material.

Many of London’s tower blocks and tall buildings are built using a concrete frame with brick in fill panels or cladding and have been standing for over 50 years but due to weathering, poor construction etc many of these buildings are suffering from concrete failure.

Concrete Repairs
Concrete Repairs

There are various reasons that cause concrete to fail such as carbonation, corrosion of the reinforcing, honeycombing, lack of concrete cover, stray electrical current causing corrosion to name but a few.

Concrete repairs should only be carried out by suitably trained and experienced tradesmen and at Newman’s we are experienced. We carry out concrete repairs on a regular basis and are able to diagnose concrete failure design a suitable solution and instigate a lasting repair programme.

Concrete Repairs
Concrete Repairs

We use various products and techniques in order to carry out concrete repairs and utilise many hand applied repair mortars that repair failed concrete. Combining mortars and specialist coatings we are able to restore structural integrity of failed concrete by removing the defective concrete and treating any steel and applying new mortars.

Here is one of our recent concrete repair case studies, a 1960’s built commercial premises suffering from cancer of concrete and cracking caused by thermal movement.

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Categories: Concrete Repair

Rope Access Surveys & Repair

Rope Access

Newman’s are IRATA accredited rope access trained allowing us to offer a very bespoke package to our clients.

We utilise this method of access where conventional access is either impracticable, due to site conditions or the extensive cost or time implications that traditional methods such as scaffolding or cradle erection impose.

Rope Access compliments our vast array of specialist services and are extremely useful when carrying out surveys to high rise structures.

Tower Block

We are currently carrying out concrete inspection surveys and repair to the largest building in Watford, which is a 14 storey tower block, on behalf of the YMCA. Our recent rope access projects include feasibility surveys in central London, Structural Survey and Repair to 3 tower blocks in Hackney, East London and a Bridge Inspection in West London.

Rope Access Survey

With the councils budgets slashed, cost effective solutions to structural inspections and repair solutions are required in order to upkeep the integrity of these streets in the sky. Newman’s carry out surveys and repairs such as concrete repair, wall tie replacement, movement joint installation, bed joint reinforcement, brick slip repair to name but a few.

If you have a high rise structure that is in need of a survey to assess the condition of the building or the building has been surveyed and is in need of repairs be sure to contact us today.

Author: Jon Newman
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Categories: Building and Structural Repairs, Rope Access, Surveys, Wall Ties