Company & Reinforced Concrete Overview 

Introduction

Patrick Waldron

Richard Williams

Gill Tabern

Brian Ashton 

Managing Director 

Principal Estimator 

Commercial Manager

Contracts Manager 

Purpose

• Demonstrate Westshield's capability and suitability for RC Frame Construction and Groundworks

• Illustrate our responsive and lean culture

• Be selected as a partner on future schemes

Contents Company Overview • Our Vision, Mission & Values

• Management Structure

• Office Location

• Specialist Skills

• Strategic Development of Business

• Certifications / Accreditations & Achievements

• Reinforced Concrete Structures

Overview of Westshield • Formed in 1977 by Austin Waldron, father of our Managing Director

Patrick Waldron

• Privately owned, Limited Company

• £25+ million turnover

• Success based on customer focus & long term relationships(over 70% of turnover delivered through collaborative working, repeat Customer business is a key driver)

• NW regional coverage in reinforced concrete structures, civil engineering infrastructure and water / wastewater utilities

• In-house plant fleet

• Direct labour operating model, 150+ people

• Culture driven by strong values

Our VisionTo be recognised as the best by our customers, our people, our suppliers and the community in which we operate.

Our MissionOur Mission is to deliver best in class performance. To achieve this we;

• Understand and deliver our customers needs• Continuously seek ways to improve• Believe that each of us can make a difference

Our ValuesWe put safety at the top of every agendaGood communication is important in everything we doWe are focused on providing a high quality serviceWe enjoy an excellent team spiritWe adopt a caring approach towards people and our environmentWe take pride in what we doOur relationships are based on trust and integrity

Health & Safety Westshield’s people are our greatest asset and we are committed to ensuring their safety and wellbeing. We believe everyone involved with our projects has the right to return home safely at the end of the day.

Our people are empowered to make the right decisions. Our commitment is led from the top down, with our Business Division leaders setting the very highest of standards of health and safety performance across the business.

This approach is supported by our ISO 18001 accreditation designed specifically to help our staff to carry out their work safely. We have a comprehensive staff training matrix, which ensures that all our staff are appropriately trained and have the right skills, knowledge and competencies to do their jobs safely.

Behavioural safety is a key part of our approach, and we regularly undertake management safety tours, ‘stop and consider days’, and regular audits to ensure that this approach is an intrinsically imbedded business.

Management Team

Managing DirectorPatrick

Waldron

RC Frame EstimatorRichard Williams

Support Services

Structures Works

ManagerStevenRooney

Structures ContractsManager

Brian Ashton

Plant Manager

Steve Collins

Procurement Manger

Dave Lloyd

Commercial Manager

Gill Tabern

Finance Manager & Accounts

Janet WardHR and L&D

NancyClarkson

HSE & IMS Advisors

HSE LeadStephenMorgan

Business Development

Stuart Campbell

Strategic Development of Business• Regional Delivery Structure – Core Sectors

Environment including Water & Utilities Developments including Reinforced Concrete Frames Civil Engineering including infrastructure roads & sewers

• Grow turnover from £15m to £60m and, diversify to 50% private developer sector and 50% water utility / infrastructure

• ISO 9001, 14001 & OHSAS 18001• CHAS Accreditation – expiry 24.06.14• Achilles UVDB – Reg No 052258• Constructionline – Reg No 547• Investors in People• RoSPA – M404386293• Waste Carriers Licence

Certification / Accreditation

Westshield & Management RC Structures Experience 

Baltic View is a residential development sited within Liverpools Baltic Triangle area.The two Residential Blocks (10 & 8 Storey’s high) are designed around a landscaped central courtyard area. 

The Technical Aspect:2No lift/stair cores constructed using RMD jump formwork system RMD Airodeck soffit system utilised for the suspended slabsDouble height walls columns and soffits ground to first floorBamtec reinforcing bar system used for the suspended slabs which enabled quick and efficient installation, reducing safety hazards and reducing resource numbersPrecast stairs and landings installed with secret fixing detail

Baltic View – Crossfield Developments 

Foundations for a new 8,000 car capacity multi‐storey car park

The Technical Aspect:250 pile cap foundations complete with cast in holding down bolts for steel frame car park 12 lift/stair core bases Foundations for new office/reception building

Manchester Airport Multistorey Car Park –Galliford Try 

Llanfoist Waste Water Treatment Works is part of the Welsh Water investment under the AMP6 framework.Welsh Water needed to increase the capacity of the plant and appointed Skanska to upgrade the existing WwTW which includes sequential batch reactors/treatment tanksWestshield were appointed by Skanska to deliver the installation of the precast units and the construction of the wet concrete elements to provide the new sequencing batch reactor (SBR) structure.

The Technical Aspect:Pile cropping and pile cap constructionReinforced levelling padsInstallation of pre‐cast panelsReinforced slab construction and insitu wall stitches of the tankDeveloped a system to pour the full 7m height of wall stitches in one single pour, utilising self‐compacting concrete.Utilised Bamtec reinforcing bar system for the base slabs to allow the slab reinforcement to be delivered to site on a roll, which enabled quick and efficient installation, reducing safety hazards and reducing resource numbers.

Llanfoist Waste Water Treatment Works ‐Skanska

Skanska was appointed through the Welsh Water Alliance Framework to construct a new pumping station at Prioress Mill that would meet the requirements of the of the habitat directive and the fish & eel regulations on the existing site.

The Technical Aspect:The existing intake structure abstracts raw water directly from the River Usk and pumps forward to Llandegfedd Reservoir via a 60” pipeline approximately 4.6km in length. It was identified as a high risk asset with operational and maintenance issues based upon the reliability, age and safety of the installed M & E equipment.Constructability – The form of construction was a pre‐cast concrete wall and soffit units with continuity between each of the units provided in insitu cast reinforced concrete for both wall and slab interfaces.Foundations – Insitu cast concrete blinding and mass concrete levelling strips at various levels to found the precast concrete units forming the intake structure.Substructures – The scheme was built up over several levels, with the lower level basement forming the main intake part of the structure used for abstracting water from the River Usk. Intake structure included cells housing hi lift pumps that elevated the water to pipework supplying Llandegfedd Reservoir. Upper levels of the structure house the main body of the mechanical and electrical equipment.Temporary works – Significant temporary works designs have been undertaken in‐house and were issued to the principal contractor for all the planned insitu concrete works.Environmental – Due to a large amount of insitu concrete used the pH levels of the River Usk were constantly monitored. Water from the basement levels during the construction phase was passed through specialist equipment to assist with control of the pH prior to discharge of this water into the river.

Prioress Mill Pump Station 

advance JV was appointed by United Utilities on Ambleside WwTW. Tasked with the design and build to minimize future plant discharges of raw sewage into to lake Windermere.Westshield were appointed by advance JV to carry out the following:

The Technical Aspect:Construction of new FST tank within a sheet piled cofferdam, 15m diameter 8m deep, mass fill base 400m3 , sloped structural benching slab, internal hopper and platform for sludge bridge, insitu 5m high RC radius walls3m diameter x 5m deep RAS pumping station, associated pipework, and couplings5m deep x 4m diameter distribution chamber, including pipework, internal weir walls and mass fill for anti‐flotationSeveral large RC slabs for mounting process plantTemporary works designs for the RC works including radius walls up to 5m high, cast individually in quarters to complete the 15m diameter tank

Ambleside WwTW 

advance JV was appointed by United Utilities on the Windermere WwTW. Tasked with the design and build to minimize future plant discharges of raw sewage into to Lake Windermere,Westshield were appointed by advance JV to carry out the following:

The Technical Aspect:Phase One:7m diameter reinforced concrete sludge tank base5m x 5m x 5m deep reinforced concrete distribution chamber with internal separating weir walls and associated pipeworkPhase Two:Reinforced concrete balance tank, 45m x 18m x 5m deep with an internal sump of 10.5 x 6.5m x 3m deep sumpConstruction of the tank involved working around complex temporary works supports, and the use of single sided formwork systemsPhase Three:Reinforced concrete structures which included the construction of two number humus tank bases, humus tank distribution chamber, combined return wet well pumping station, trickling filters and new reinforced concrete tertiary feed pumping station.

Windemere WwTW 

Green Quarter, Manchester Residential‐ Block 6, Green Quarter, Manchester

This £30m residential development consisted of 18‐storey and 14‐storey blocks with three levels of underground car parking. Stair/lift cores in each block were slip formed with precast stairs in each. The substructure is a traditional reinforced concrete frame 

with post tensioned slabs within the superstructure.

Kaplan student accomodation building –Paddington Village ‐ Liverpool

12 storey RC frame with a number of cores and cantilevered slab sections

Civil Justice Centre, Manchester

The largest court complex in England and Wales for more than 100 years, the new Manchester Civil Justice Centre has 47 courtrooms and is the second largest facility in the UK ‐ We provided the substructures, including pilecaps, the 4 main cores were slipformed. The Structural frame of the building was structural steel, we placed the 

concrete and reinforcement to the suspended floors.

Media City, Manchester

Steel fixing foreman for provision 70 fixers for 3 RC Frames and 3 slipform cores for both MPB & Heyrod.