Welcome to the Shay Murtagh Precast Fourth Edition of our Technical Platform for Prestressed Concrete Beams. For this edition we have moved from a print version to an interactive online digital platform, future-proofing the user with the latest most up to date information. You will have full access to BIM objects in multiple software tools, […]
The construction of a large nursing home requires specialist skills in engineering and design, which is why JNP Architects and their contractors, DHD Construction, looked to Shay Murtagh to supply the pre-cast concrete components of the luxurious building in Raheny, Dublin. This was a design and build contract, and the TLC Group, who commissioned the […]
One of the most ambitious riverside developments in London, the Barking Riverside Extension Project depends for its very existence upon the extension of the London Overground railway line from Barking itself to a new station, Barking Riverside, to be constructed at the heart of the new town. When completed, Barking Riverside will have over ten […]
Part of the huge Crossrail development, Whitechapel Station is being modernised and extended in a project that combines the apparently conflicting requirements of retaining the old façade of the station whilst giving passengers a modern, light and environmentally sustainable access to the Crossrail lines. Much of the new building has been constructed using bricks from […]
Significantly smaller than the giant Heathrow Airport, London City Airport is nevertheless an important transport hub, particularly for the financial sector of the City of London. The little airport now needs to expand in order to cater for an estimated two million per annum growth in passengers. The £480 million project involves technological advances that […]
Founded in 1874 as the Yorkshire College of Science, merged ten years later with the Leeds School of Medicine, and granted its Royal Charter in 1904 by King Edward VII, The University of Leeds is by no means the oldest educational establishment in England, but it is one of the most innovative and forward-looking, and […]
A thirty million pound contract for the improvement and expansion of a waste water treatment works at Saltend was awarded to Mott MacDonald Bentley (MMB) in 2018, and the work is due to be completed in late Autumn of this year. Yorkshire Water’s plans to modernise the water treatment process at Saltend, near Hull, is […]
Heathrow Airport is the largest and busiest in the world, so it is not surprising that upgrades and improvements large and small continue year on year. As aircraft become larger and heavier, runways and taxiways need to be extended and strengthened to take the additional strain, and the infrastructure to support the airport itself and […]
One of the biggest transport infrastructure projects of the century, Thameslink, which will when completed comprise a 115 station main-line system in South East England, has drawn together some of the finest architects, engineers, designers and construction companies in the field of civil engineering. The Cambridge depot forms a major part of the development and […]
The high rise tower blocks that are now the main feature of The Isle of Dogs sparkle with glass, steel and granite, and those blocks contain some of the most prestigious addresses in the United Kingdom. Canary Wharf is now arguably the financial centre of London, with some of the biggest names in banking and […]
