Aggregate
Industries has supplied more than 20,000m3
of ready mix concrete for 2 Arena Central – the new HSBC UK banking
headquarters being built in the centre of Birmingham.
Aggregate Industries
was awarded the contract to supply concrete for the 10-storey development by
MPB, which required standard ready mix for slipform construction, ground works,
concrete and steel frameworks and concrete decking slabs.
To meet MPB’s
requirements, two of Aggregate Industries’ plants in Birmingham worked together
to send deliveries to site every other day, equating to approximately 3,000
lorry loads of ready mix concrete delivered to the City centre in just over 18
months.
Aggregate Industries’
standard ready mix concrete is EN 206 and BS 8500 compliant, providing
reassurance to architects and contractors that it’s concrete is produced to the
highest standards and does not contain ingredients that could affect the
durability of the concrete or corrode reinforcements.
As well as its
standard ready mix, Aggregate Industries also supplied quantities of its
Artevia concrete to MPB. With Artevia, it’s possible to create different design
textures and colours, to create a contrast with other materials or
surroundings. It is low maintenance, and naturally slip and skid resistant.
To help keep the
construction programme on track, MPB took advantage of Aggregate Industries’
Strike Now technical service. Using a digital remote sensing system, which can
measure strength gain in-situ, clients using the Strike Now service are able to
effectively monitor striking time to help meet their timescales for delivery.
The concrete aspects
of the 2 Arena Central building programme will be finished by August 2017, and
the completed building is set to be ready for HSBC UK to move its retail and
commercial business operations in by early 2018.
