Sir Robert McAlpine are the main contractor of the £80m contract to redevelop the Hereford cattle market into a leisure and shopping centre. This project will bring a three-storey Debenhams department store, a Waitrose store, a six screen ODEON multiplex cinema and 20 further shops and seven restaurants. The Old Market will connect with the historic retail city centre of Hereford.

Severfield-Watson Structures Ltd, one of the UK's biggest steel contractors, are erecting the steel frame. The design by the architect included a requirement for a precast concrete floor with a high quality soffit finish to be installed by Severfield-Watson. The Pekso Precast's Lattice Plate Floor units were chosen for the smooth soffit finish that is suitable for direct decoration. The high quality of the Pekso Precast floor secured the order with Severfield-Watson to work with our Lattice Plate Floor system.


Over more than 3,000m² Lattice Plate Floor units will be installed by Severfield-Watson. Sir Robert McAlpine are working towards a completion date of the building frame by the end of August 2013.

• Partner: Herefordshire Council and British Land

• Developer/Development Manager: Stanhope

• Architect: Allies & Morrison, Leslie Jones

• Main Contractor: Sir Robert McAlpine

• Steel Contractor: Severfield-Watson Structures Ltd

• Consulting Engineers: Ramboll Ltd

• Precast Supplier: Pekso Precast (Euromin Ltd)

Pekso Precast is both the manufacturer and supplier of a range of concrete related, structural building products including foundations and flooring systems including Lattice Plate Flooring (Omnia), Box Beams, Thermobeam and Airdeck® flooring.

The factory is one of the most modern precast flooring production facilities in Europe. The Pekso Precast production facility has the capacity to produce up to 1,000,000 m² of specifically designed Lattice Plate Flooring and Airdeck® flooring to be supplied to the construction industry of the United Kingdom and Northern Europe.

As the supplier of a wide range of products with many years of experience, Pekso Precast has a detailed knowledge of the building construction industry being able to respond with innovative solutions to business partners needs.

For more information please contact the UK sales office on 01273 704970 or info@peksoprecast.co.uk or visit www.peksoprecast.co.uk.

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