At the end of 2011 Shay Murtagh Precast were charged with design, manufacture and delivery of Piano Overbridge Renewal by Birse Rail.

Working with Steve and the Birse Rail Team an initial value engineering exercise was carried out by the Shay Murtagh Design Team and a substantial reduction in the number of prestressing strands required in the box beams was proposed. Shay Murtagh was subsequently granted detailed design responsibility for the bridge beams, deck slab, parapet upstands and  bearing schedule.  On design completion a Design Check was completed by consultants Roughan & O’Donovan wherein the reduction in prestressing strands was verified along with the full detailed design for the structural components mentioned above. (more…)

Logistics is a key department within the Shay Murtagh Precast framework and we have spent many years building and renewing our fleet. In December 2011 and January 2012 the latest additions arrived -Two new Scania R500LA 6×4 HHZ tractor units.

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As part of a project for Network Rail the Reading Station Area Redevelopment works, Bam Nuttall contracted Shay Murtagh Precast to supply precast in the widening of an existing bridge complete with new precast deck beams – Cow Lane Underbridge. (more…)

Shay Murtagh Precast in Feb 2011 launched the new Bridge Beam Technical Manual.  This document contained the latest edition of span tables for bridge beam design calculation to Eurocode standards and became an essential tool to engineers.

As a result we are delighted to announce that we are launching Edition 2 of the Technical Manual at Infrarail 2012. (more…)

On 30^th March last the annual Irish Concrete Society Awards Evening took place in the Conrad Hotel in Dublin.  Entries ranged from private houses to motorway bridges.  The awards recognise excellence in both design and construction in concrete and Shay Murtagh Precast are delighted to receive the winning award under the Infrastructural Category. (more…)

This structure contracted Shay Murtagh Precast by Carillion PLC, consisted of the renewal of an existing masonry arch bridge as part of the infrastructure upgrade on Southampton to Basingstoke line by Network Rail. The bridge had a clear span of 9.2m and had a clear width of 6.09m. The following items were manufactured and delivered to schedule.

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Shay Murtagh Precast have been recently appointed by Carillion PLC to undertake the manufacture and supply Network Rail standard Conarch bridge structures as Part of the W10 Gauge Diversionary Programme  civil works between Southampton and Basingstoke. (more…)

Shay Murtagh Precast are delighted to announce that we will be exhibiting at Infrarail 2012. This is an exhibition dedicated to products and services for the rail infrastructure market and is taking place at Hall 3 at NEC Birmingham on 1st to 3rd May.

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Shay Murtagh Precast has a long standing working relationship with Birse Rail. Sandhills Lane in Liverpool is a project where as part of a 2011 Christmas possession Birse Rail contracted us to manufacture precast elements for the replacement of an existing steel deck bridge. Shay Murtagh Precast manufactured the following elements for the bridge reconstruction: (more…)

Following our successful completion of the Peat Stores in 2010 Shay Murtagh Precast were contracted by Roadbridge again to manufacture and deliver U-channel and cover slab units to the ‘Laggan-Tormore Development Project’ in the Shetland Islands. (more…)