Project Brief

Following the devastating floods in June 2007, J N Bentley were tasked with the new flood defence project. The museum shows a history of the area’s steel and cutlery industries and house’s the 12,000 horse power River Don Engine built by the Davy Brothers of Sheffield in 1905. The shocking floods of 2007 had threatened the exhibits with permanent damage and closed the museum for about 18 months.

Marshalls Civils and Drainage Solution

Marshalls Civils and Drainage's specialist precast team were assigned the role of manufacturing and delivering precast reinforced beams by builders merchants Frasers to fit between the L Shape posts to form a new retaining wall higher than the existing ground levels to improve the flood defences from the adjacent river.

Client Comments

“The purpose made precast reinforced beams were ideal for this type of project because they provided a designed structural capability. The precast teams were made of a size and mass that fitted in with the capacity of the installation machine and were quickly installed within a tight are defined by the adjacent buildings and river.”

 Ian Tupling, Marshalls Civils and Drainage's Director of Precast Operations