After surveys revealed ground that was too soft to build on, Alto Construct needed to call upon our geosynthetics expertise to recommend the right products to complete the £2.5 million Newhall Road Distribution Centre.
Alto Construct was appointed as the groundworks contractor on the 12,000-square-metre speculative warehouse and distribution centre in Sheffield. The contractor was responsible for the construction of all foundations and earthworks and the construction of a ground-floor reinforced concrete slab.
However, once it was discovered that part of the ground was too soft for the intended works, we were brought on board to reinforce the 12,000 square metre area with our high quality premium geosynthetics – SX3030 Geogrid and Fastrack 609 geotextile.
Andrew Peacock, contracts director at Alto Construct, said: “We’ve worked with Geoworks a number of times before and knew that the team would reliably fix our problem with minimal fuss. We had the materials and manpower ready to progress this project, so smoothing over this speedbump quickly was important for us. We were confident it was something Geoworks could help with quickly while not having to take any shortcuts – and we were proven correct.
