MGF’S CONTINUED SUPPORT TO FLOOD DEFENCES The Boxing Day floods of 2015 sent shockwaves around Rochdale, Greater Manchester and the country. The fast-flowing water was four feet deep at the height of the flooding, leaving businesses and homes underwater. The severe impact of the floods meant that drastic action needed to be taken. The Environment […]
PROVIDING VITAL SUPPORT TO FOOTBALL STADIUM EXTENSION The Anfield Road football stadium extension for Liverpool FC was part of an £80million redevelopment project, which added. This project aimed to add an 7,000 extra seats, boosting the ground’s overall capacity to more than 61,000. Given the size and timescales of the work involved, specialist structural support […]
PROPPING THE B&M BLACKBURN ROOF The B&M Blackburn store suffered a fire overnight, contained to the stockroom. The intense heat caused damage to the roof and the main steel portal frame members to buckle in the area. This in turn created movement across the portal framed structure. Propping was required in two stages. Firstly, adjacent […]
WORKING WITH AARSLEFF GROUND ENGINEERING In October 2023, MGF supported Aarsleff Ground Engineering on a project in Forest Town, Mansfield. The project was to upgrade the wastewater facilities in the village and Aarsleff Ground Engineering’s role was to install a temporary sheet piled cofferdam to allow excavations to take place. The collaboration between MGF and Aarsleff […]
MGF LIFT THE ROOF AT LIVERPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB STADIUM This high-profile project involved expanding the overall capacity of the Anfield Road stand at Liverpool Football Club with an extra 7,000 seats. As a result of the £80 million programme of work taking place, the ground is now capable of holding more than 61,000 people. The […]
HAMS HALL BRIDGE REMOVAL As part of a specialist bridge demolition at Hams Hall, Birmingham, MGF were asked to provide a solution to principal contractor AR Demolition. Works were due to begin in November 2022, where both MGF’s Structural Support Solutions and Lifting & Safety teams worked together to come up with a collaborative solution based on a challenging […]
Gotham City shines a new light on Leadenhall Street “40 Leadenhall Street is a 900,000 sq ft office-led development located within the City of London Financial District. The development site, known as the Leadenhall Triangle is situated within the Aldgate Ward in the Eastern portion of the City. From initial discussions with the Morrisroe Project […]
