Coping Stones UK

Pier Caps On Fire

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:26:06 +0000

Pier caps on fire??
OK, not literally, that would be difficult.
I mean that sales of our precast pier caps are on fire, going through the roof etc!

Our coping stones have long been our bestselling range and they still are but our great range of pier caps is rapidly catching up the coping stones.

We make pier caps in three standard colours (grey, white and buff) and in a range of styles and sizes.

For example, you can get our pier caps in flat top versions or with a raised peak (like a low pyramid). We also make ball or sphere-topped pier caps.

See our products page for full details

Pier Caps

Pillar Caps A Top Seller

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:37:13 +0000

One of our bestselling lines is our range of precast stone Pillar Caps.

We produce a wide variety of wall and pillar caps available in sizes, finishes and edge details to fit the requirements of the architect or landscape designer. A small selection of types and sizes are shown here.

For full details of our range, please see our products page.

Flat Pillar Cap

Pillar Cap With Peak

Pillar Cap With Ball

Flat Sided Pillar Cap

Pillar Caps

South Coast Leaders In Cast Stone Use

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:49:26 +0000

The use of a combination of some 745 bespoke and thousands of standard cast stone products has given the Nova Building in Bournemouth the impact and visual appeal necessary for a prime site in the town at an affordable cost. The mixed-use building, erected on the former C&A site, utilises almost every available metre, resulting in a complex and challenging shape. The focal point is a tower above the main entrance with a rebated ‘panel’ at parapet level, which provides decorative appeal in an art deco style to match nearby existing buildings, such as the 1930’s Maples building. A wide range of cast stone products were employed including coping stones pillar caps and pier caps.

Precast Firm Wins Award

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:44:27 +0000

No 1 Coleman Street, a 20,000m2 commercial development in the City of London, has an exterior appearance that exploits the unique characteristics of the building’s form. The scheme uses polished precast concrete cladding panels configured in a geometric arrangement derived from the curvature of the building’s floor plate but expressed through a series of interlocking and alternating triangulated surfaces. In the design and construction of the façade, the complex geometric structure posed many significant challenges to Decomo, the precast concrete manufacturers, and led to many variations in the cladding details. No coping stones or pier caps were used in this unique building.

More than Pier Caps at the Natural History Museum

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:37:46 +0000

A £78M extension to London’s Natural History Museum featuring the largest sprayed concrete curved wall in Europe opens this week.

Concrete sprayed onto an expanded metal mesh was used for the central “cocoon” of the extension. The cocoon houses 17M entomology specimens and 3M botany specimens in 3.3km of cabinets.

The construction method was chosen as it reduced the cost of constructing the 60m-long, 12m-wide and eight storey high amorphous shape.

“We considered steel, precasting concrete offsite and insitu concrete but each steel mullion, precast panel or piece of formwork would have been different as there is no repetition,” said Arup associate director Ed Newman-Sanders.

See, concrete is good for lots more than making pier caps and coping stones!

British Pre-Cast Annual Review

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:32:29 +0000

British Precast has issued its 2009 Annual Review, which this year incorporates all entries from their the Best Practice Awards 2009. The review officially covers the year to May 2009 but they have taken the opportunity to add more recent news including the signing of the Affiliation agreement with the Mineral Products Association in June.

Chief Executive Martin Clarke said: “We are pleased to catalogue the successes of our member companies in this latest report. Despite the enormous difficulties placed on our members in the pre-cast concrete industry. We are determined to maintain the pace of improvement in key areas such as safety and sustainability.

“A healthy precast manufacturing base is key to the country’s future housing and infrastructure delivery programme. We are privileged to represent the best companies in our field and all staff look forward to the challenges ahead.”

Pier Caps

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:56:42 +0000

Most of our sales are shipped out to buyers all over the UK but when customers do occasionally come to our factory they are surprised to see what a wide range of different pre-cast products we manufacture from our modest premises.
Our secret is to keep our costs down on overheads whilst providing excellent service, advice, and quality products at reasonable prices.
It’s not unusual for us to see a customer come in to buy one thing but surprisingly end up buying lots more when they see our products in the flesh and visualise what else they could use in their building project.