Royal Albert Hall

Contract Summary

Salvage of hard landscaping materials, limited demolition & alterations (of RC and Brickwork elements), groundworks including steel sheet piling, underpinning, reduce level dig and installation of temporary propping.

Construction of a three storey underground concrete frame including all waterproofing & drainage systems. Reinstatement of existing hard landscaping. Including macadam, York-stone paving and granite setts.

Realtime summary of work scope:

• Sheet piling to basement
• Underpinning to the existing foundations. Due to the depth these underpins were constructed in three vertical stages.
• Installation to two levels of temporary works as bulk excavation.
• Forming new basement reinforced concrete slab/pile caps and lift pits.
• Basement drainage and new pumping chambers.
• Forming new opening between the new structure and the existing halls.
• Reinforced concrete radius walls and columns from Basement 2 to ground floor.
• Basement waterproofing installed to a Grade 3 specification combining a Type A & B system to BS 8103:2020.
• Reinforcement concrete in-situ concrete stairs.
• Reinstatement of existing hard landscaping York stone, granite setts and macadam.

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