Main Contractors / PSCS on 17th August 2015 for the €9.0m HSE Special Care Unit, at Crannog Nua, Portrane. The HSE Special Care Unit, at Crannog Nua, Portrane consists of a new Special Childcare Residential Unit, with link extension between existing school and gym buildings and the refurbishment of existing 6 buildings along with external […]
Super Wideslab
Flood Precast Super Wideslab® installed at Graves Leisure Centre & NCSEM HQ Sheffield
One of the biggest sporting projects to be developed in Sheffield in more than ten years is set to place the city at the heart of the government’s Olympic legacy programme. As precast concrete suppliers we were delighted to be involved in supplying1200m2 of Super Wideslab® design, supplied and installed at Graves Leisure Centre Our design and engineering […]
Advantages of Flood Super Wideslab® used in Waltham Forest Leisure Centre
Flood Precast provided the first floor slabs to the re-development of the leisure centre. This project got underway to have Waltham Forest Leisure Centre up and running by Autumn 2016. The new facility, called Waltham Forest Leisure Centre, is being built next to the athletics track off Chingford Road, where the former Pool and Track […]
Pre-stressed Flooring Slabs for Scottish redevelopment
Flood Precast worked in partnership with contractor JD Pierce in designing and providing 3000sqm of our pre-stressed flooring slabs Flood Super Wideslab® for this development. Works officially started on Clydebank’s new state of the art leisure centre in June 2015 in the town’s historic Queen’s Quay. This development is a key part of the regeneration […]
Achieving Sustainability with Precast Concrete
Precast Concrete construction is faster, stronger, more fire resistant and has a higher sound control, which achieves more sustainability that traditional construction methods. Precast concrete is sustainable. Precast Concrete is capable of higher strength which allows for long clear spans making it especially applicable to structures requiring large open spaces. it is extremely durable. […]
School benefits from exposed soffit which provides thermal mass properties of Flood Super Wideslab®.
Flood Precast designed, supplied and installed roof slabs for this school project. Flood Super Wideslab’s® design exploits the thermal mass properties of exposed soffit, a viable option by virtue of Flood Precast’s Class B finish, which can be painted directly. The precast planks act as a heat sink, absorbing excess energy from sources such as […]
Eliminate suspended ceiling by using Flood Super Wideslab
Flood Super Wideslab® can cut costs in commercial buildings as it eliminate suspended ceiling from the project as our product is manufactured to the highest standards. Project Background Information: Nursing Home, Dublin. Sq. Metres: 6,500 of Flood Super Wideslab® and three flights of precast stairs Solutions and Recommendations: Flood Super Wideslab® and Precast Concrete Stairs. […]
Flood Super Wideslab® – Benefits for School Building Project.
Flood Precast worked in partnership with JJ Rhatigan’s to design, supply and install our Flood Super Wideslab® and Precast Stairs for this school building project. Project Information: Scoil Naisiunta Bheinin Naofa Buachalli and Cailini, Duleek, Co.Meath The proposals include the demolition and removal of the existing girls and boys schools and the construction of a new 4,832m.sq […]
BIM and Lean Construction for Revamp of Shopping Centre
This major scheme project was the first of its’ kind in the Republic of Ireland to be delivered through Building Information Modelling (BIM) and lean construction methods via a design and build contract. The project included the phased demolition of the existing Dundalk Shopping Centre whilst the construction of a Temporary 15,000 sq.ft. Store was […]
Flood Precast – Residential Developments in the UK and Ireland.
Flood Precast has been involved with a number of successful Residential developments over the years. Precast concrete products have long been used in commercial and infrastructure developments. However, when we think of residential developments, precast concrete is not the first material to come to mind. Why is this? Precast concrete products offer design […]