Clydebank Housing Associaton ProjectTuesday, December 1st, 2009 /Case Studies
A £5.1m Queens Gate Housing Project which provides the first “eco-friendly” homes in Clydebank. This landmark building with its curved façade and high quality external appearance is also the first social housing in Clydebank for 5 years. There are 40 one or two bedroom apartments over 4 storeys for social rent for Clydebank Housing Association. [...]
Dam Park College New ReceptionWednesday, November 25th, 2009 /Case Studies
Hillhouse Quarry supplied local contractor Smith Contracts with the Armour Stone needed for the focal point water feature of the new reception area at Ayrs Dam Park College. South Ayrshire Engineers visited the quarry and hand selected the 35 pieces of Armour rock needed for their water feature, these pieces ranged from 2 Tonne up [...]
Dalry Community WindfarmWednesday, November 25th, 2009 /Case Studies
Dalry Community Windfarm Project During November and December 2005 Hillhouse Quarry supplied RJ McLeod (Contractors) Ltd. over 1500m3 of concrete to this project. The project consisted of erecting 6 wind turbines capable of supplying enough energy for 13000 homes. The site for these turbines was the Wardlaw Wood hill 3 miles North West of Dalry. [...]
Ready-mixed concrete specific cost model studiesTuesday, October 20th, 2009 /Case Studies
The BMRCA has completed 3 ‘Ready-mixed concrete specific cost model studies’ in downloadable PDF format, examining ready-mixed concrete design options versus steel and precast, highlighting the cost advantages of ready-mixed concrete, the programme advantages of ready-mixed concrete and the benefits of ready-mixed concrete in terms of Cost-in-use, Acoustics, Fire, Energy efficiency and Sustainability. The pdfs can be downloaded using [...]
Best Practice Advice on the Use of ConcretesTuesday, October 20th, 2009 /Case Studies
The BRMCA has recently compiled two new documents offering best practice advice to both contractors and the DIY market in terms of utilising the correct concrete design for the job. The documents are ‘Concretes for Housing’ and ‘Concretes for Agriculture’ and can be downloaded as pdfs using the links below. (you will require Adobe Reader [...]