Icon Management Limited

This project was in a very exposed position over 200M high with sea on three sides, it was a distribution depot for St Austell Brewery near Ilfracombe in Devon, foundations were of mass filled strip formation with holding down bolts cast in for frame erection, the structure was steel framed with composite panel cladding to the external walls and roof, there was a large yard which was formed to a level finish to allow the stacking of barrels without them becoming unstable, a reinforced concrete retaining wall was required at the rear of the building to create a level difference so that lorries could be loaded from the rear doors,

The photograph above right shows the formwork in position ready for concrete.
Because of the increasing flooding problems caused by developments loading drainage systems the rainwater on this project was retained on site in a soak away to disperse naturally, internally office's toilets and rest room facilities were constructed for the staff and specialist sub contractors provided racking and a cold room for product storage.
The project ran from September 2003 to April 2004.

This project was for SHB Hire in Exeter and was to form a new workshop and showroom together with offices, the building was in two sections, the showroom and office areas were of traditional steel frame construction with both composite and built up cladding systems, the workshop area was of pre fabricated design and made off site, this was the first and still the only build of this nature we have undertake, the building arrives 'folded up' on the back of a lorry as it is lifted the walls drop down and are secured in position, the process is repeated and the sections secured to each other as work proceeds.

This is an extremely quick system but it does rely on the raft foundation, which is the floor slab, to be level and flat, once assembled the building is secured to the raft with mechanical fixings.
The showroom section had a barrel roof of built up cladding with concealed gutters.
Oil interceptors were fitted to the yard drainage system to prevent contamination of the public storm drains and jet wash facilities provided for the cleaning of returning vehicles.
The project started in April 2004 and was completed in December 2004

This project was for Seymour Horwell, a Volvo dealership in Newton Abbott, Devon. It was to extend and adapt an existing building for their use as workshops and showroom, the extension was a steel frame on driven concrete pile foundations and reinforced concrete ground beams with composite panel walls and roof, the site was used for landfill in the 1960's and so Methane barriers were required throughout the new ground floor slab this was further complicated by the car lifting jacks which came in cassette form to be set in the floor to maintain free space for manouvering of vehicles in the workshop.

Pockets were formed in the RC floor slab for the installation of MOT Testing equipment which had very tight tolerances and a mezzanine floor was constructed for parts storage in the workshop.
The showroom area was housed in the existing building and to form vehecular access to it and make it freely visible from outside the front wall of the existing building had to be removed, this involved temporary support of the existing roof and the construction of a steel frame to carry the load below which sliding glass doors were fitted.
The project started in August 2005 and was completed in January 2006

This peoject was for West Somerset Comunity College in Minehead, it was for training students land skills, consisting largely of a barn for livestock with a classroom, office, toilets and kitchenette in a seperate linked block, all on reinforced concrete foundations the barn was steel framed, the teaching block was of block and block construction, both under fibrous cement roof sheeting, environmental elements included Photo Voltaic roof panels for electricity generation, Ground Source heat pumps for heating, Rainwater Harvesting for animal drinking and toilet flushing, the buildings were clad in localy grown Cedar planking. 04 - 11 2008