Building construction

The argument for using us on a building is the same one that applies to our industrial work: the specialist scopes that normally sit outside the main contract — waterproofing, protective coatings, flooring, structural repair, insulation, MEP — are ours, so the interfaces between them are internal rather than contractual.

Scope

• Residential buildings, villas and mixed-use developments
• Commercial, industrial and other non-residential buildings
• Substructure, foundations and ground floor construction
• Reinforced concrete frame, blockwork and structural steel
• Roofing, waterproofing and thermal envelope
• Internal and external finishes
• Refurbishment, fit-out and change of use works
• Pumping station, reservoir and sewer structure civils

Specialist scopes held in-house

• Waterproofing — basements, podiums, roofs and wet areas
• Resin and industrial flooring
• Protective coatings to structural steel and concrete
• Passive fire protection to the structural frame
• Thermal insulation
• MEP packages — plumbing, electrical, HVAC and fire systems
• Concrete repair and structural strengthening on refurbishment

Groundworks

Excavation, shoring and dewatering are our own disciplines rather than a subcontract. On constrained sites in Bahrain, where the water table is shallow and neighbouring structures are close, that matters more than it does elsewhere. See sheet pile shoring and dewatering.

Standards we work to

• BS 8110
• BS EN 1992
• BS 8000
• BS EN 1996
• BS 8004