ACP Concrete Ltd

The Home of Precast Concrete Wall Panels, Floors and Stairs

ACP (Concrete) Ltd is a specialist precast concrete manufacturer of precast & prestressed wall panels, beam & block flooring and precast concrete stairs. Originally the precast activities of the Thomas Armstrong Group Est.1830), based in West Cumbria, ACP (Concrete) Ltd was established in its own right in 1986 and has well over 30 year’s manufacturing experience.

Quality
The concrete supplied by ACP’s own IS0 9001 Quality Assured concrete batching plant gives full control of all the elements of the mix design with the bulk components being supplied by Thomas Armstrong. All ACP products are CE Marked as required from 1st July 2013 by the Construction Products Regulations. Manufacturing under controlled conditions provides a known performance and better finish than traditional on site methods.

Precast Wall Systems

ACP (Concrete) Ltd is the market leader in prestressed concrete walling in the UK, designing and manufacturing precast concrete wall panels for use in industrial and agricultural construction. Prestressed concrete wall panels are manufactured off-site in factory controlled conditions and are delivered to site ready for immediate installation. Available in thicknesses of 95mm/145mm/180mm & 280mm, they are frequently used to construct retaining walls, kingpost walls, storage bunkers, bulk storage buildings, grain stores, silage clamps, warehouse and general purpose walls. The thicker 180mm and 280mm prestressed panels are suitable for push walls in waste transfer stations, MRF’s and all recycling facilities. Used above or below ground precast concrete panels can be used to construct water storage tanks, bund walls, flood defence and attenuation tanks. Frequently standard ‘off the shelf’ products can be used thereby reducing the engineering input required for a scheme with resultant cost & time saving benefits.

Where instant or portable walling is required ACP’s precast concrete Arrow Panels are ideal for dividing walls, temporary bunkers/division walls, being installed directly onto an existing floor slab.

ACP (Concrete) Ltd offer a full design and installation service using their own engineering department and an experienced team of installers. Clients include: Willmott Dixon Ltd, Rainton Construction Ltd, J N Bentley Ltd, Black & Veatch Ltd, Interserve Construction Ltd, Kier Eastern Region, Blue Group, Eric Wright Ltd, Mulcair Ltd, Mitie Group, Muir Construction Ltd, Stepnell Ltd, J Breheny Contractors Ltd, R G Carter Ltd.

Precast Beam and Block Flooring

Precast concrete beam and block provides high quality, economical concrete floor construction.

Beam and block floors (also known as beam & pot floors) are constructed using prestressed concrete ‘T’ beams supporting standard concrete blocks spanning between the beams. Beams are available in a range of sizes to suit a variety of spans and loads. Individual concrete blocks are laid between the precast beams to provide an instant floor. The concrete beams are manufactured in lengths to suit each application, and the span between the beams can be adjusted to suit anticipated loads.

ACP offer a full layout and design service for every beam and block project. 150mm concrete beams are suitable for a wide variety of construction projects such as domestic house floors, flats, nursing homes and commercial developments. Whilst the 225mm concrete beams are suitable for floors subject to greater loads and longer unsupported
spans.

ACP concrete floor beams are made for use with standard 440 x 215 x 100 concrete blocks in either 7.0N/mm2 or 3.5N/mm2 compressive strengths.

Precast Stairs

Precast concrete stairs and landings provide fast track, high quality concrete staircase construction. Precast stairs are ideally suited for the construction of high traffic stairwells such as those in commercial and industrial developments. The high quality finish gives a durable concrete staircase for long maintenance free life with excellent acoustic properties resulting from the dense precast concrete used which eliminates the sound transfer issues associated with steel and wooden staircases. Precast concrete stairs are the obvious choice for fire escape stairs.

Precast stairs offer significant benefits - rapid installation & early safe access to higher floors - during the construction phase of a project. Every precast concrete stair flight is designed in accordance with BS8110 & to suit the application and they are available in various configurations from a single stair flight to a complete precast stair well with landings.