Construction materials
supplier Aggregate Industries, has become a trusted supplier to retirement
living specialist McCarthy & Stone, with its precast concrete products
division Charcon Construction Solutions and its Building Products team, both
completing a number of projects and orders this year alone.
McCarthy & Stone
is the UK’s leading retirement
housebuilder. The company specialises in apartments for older people, offering
independent living with a range of on-site support services.
Charcon Construction
Solutions has – to date – supplied
and installed products at 24 of its developments in 2017, with many more in the
pipeline to commence both this year and next.
With a framework agreement in place, and working on
projects across all of McCarthy & Stone’s eight English regions, the
Charcon Construction Solution team has supplied products to sites in Morpeth in
the North East to Exmouth in Devon, and Benllech in Anglesey to Ely in
Cambridgeshire – demonstrating a truly nationwide service.
Typically, Charcon Construction Solution supplies and
installs 150mm pre-stressed concrete Hollowcore flooring and precast concrete
stairs to Ground and Upper floors in each McCarthy & Stone building.
Hollowcore flooring units can offer a flexible and economic answer to flooring
challenges, due to the spans and widths of units available. Each McCarthy &
Stone development will typically consist of between 2,500 to 4,000 m2 of Hollowcore flooring.
The precast concrete stairs are
manufactured offsite to the
exact requirements at Charcon Construction Solution’s
manufacturing facility in Lound, North Nottinghamshire. This ensures a bespoke
quality product that is quick, safe and cost effective to install. Supplying McCarthy & Stone two to four staircases per project,
typically from Ground to Third floor levels, with variations depending upon
particular developments.
However, it’s not just Hollowcore flooring and access
solutions that the Aggregate Industries group supplies. It also supplies
roofing, walling and blocks from its Building Products division. The team
receives orders from senior buyers at McCarthy & Stone, as well as via
their subcontractors, architects and even merchants.
One of the most recent jobs included
supplying Bradstone reconstituted walling range for a development in Bath, a
product which is widely accepted by planners for use in sensitive areas.
The moulds which are
taken from natural stone recreate the subtle textures and characteristics of
the virgin material and the wide range of authentic shades match the
traditional originals which are now often unobtainable.
Richard
Baldry, General Manager at Charcon Construction Solutions, said: “We have
worked with McCarthy & Stone for many years now and have built a trusted
partnership. Many companies come to us because of the multi-product and
multi-discipline offering that Aggregate Industries can provide, as well as our readiness and capability to respond to our
customers’ needs.”
David
Thomas, Category Manager at McCarthy and Stone, said: “Aggregate Industries are
a valued collaborative framework partner of McCarthy and Stone and play a
critical role in ensuring our site construction programmes remain on time and
to budget. There have been numerous
examples of them going the extra mile over the last year and they have become a
valued member of our extended team.”
