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Structural Toppings on Precast Concrete Planks

Screed or structural topping? What the drawings must answer before you price a precast plank deck, from a contractor that installs both. Nationwide.

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Floor Screeds for Schools: Making the Holiday Window Work

How to fit a school floor screed into a six week holiday window: drying time, system choice and term-time phasing, from directly employed teams.

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Screed on Beam and Block and Hollowcore Decks

What changes when the screed goes on beam and block or hollowcore: camber, joints, depth from survey and reaching upper floors without a crane.

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Precast Plank Screeds: Programme and Follow-On Trades

Where the screed sits in a precast frame programme: deck readiness, crane independence, drying dates and clean handback to follow-on trades.

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Plant and Capability

Two of only three in the UK: what track-mounted placing booms change on site

Trent runs two of the only three track-mounted concrete placing booms in the UK. What they are, why so few exist, and what they change on your pour.

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Concrete Foundations

Concrete foundations and flooring for solar farms and battery storage: what main contractors should look for

Battery storage, substations and inverter stations all sit on engineered concrete. What main contractors and developers should look for in a concrete partner.

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screed

Self-Compacting Screed vs Power Floated Concrete

Self-compacting screed or power floated concrete? A practical guide to choosing the right system for your structure, finish and floor use.

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