Reinforced concrete
Reinforced concrete from setting out to strike
Foundations, slabs, retaining walls and marine structures, formed, fixed and poured by our own gangs across the South West and South Wales. One team owns the pour from setting out to strike.
The brief
Structural concrete without the subcontract chain
On most jobs, the reinforced concrete package sets the pace for everything behind it. Miss a pour and you push the frame, the follow-on trades and the handover date with it. Main contractors buy this package to hold programme, and that only happens when the gang forming, fixing and pouring the concrete answers to the firm whose name is on the order.
That is how we work. EJ McGrath self-delivers reinforced concrete with our own engineers, steel fixers, shuttering carpenters and concrete gangs, backed by our own plant and supervision. Nothing is passed down a subcontract chain. On a typical package we take on:
- Foundations, pile caps and ground beams
- Ground-bearing and suspended slabs
- Retaining walls and basement structures
- Waterproofing, joints and precast installation
- Concrete repairs to existing structures
Every structure starts with setting out by our own engineers and finishes with a recorded pour. In between, formwork and falsework are designed, checked and inspected before any concrete arrives. Cover, mix and finish are controlled and recorded pour by pour. The QA file builds as the structure does, so there are no surprises at handover.
Concrete that has to survive the sea
Much of our RC work sits in the tidal zone, and that is where planning matters most. We have built seafront splash walls and marine lake sea walls with every pour set around the tide, rebuilt a Victorian sea wall stone by stone, and cast footbridge foundations over live watercourses.
We work for main contractors including Kier, BAM Nuttall and Galliford Try, and directly for public authorities such as North Somerset Council and Bristol City Council, across the South West of England and South Wales. EJ McGrath has been doing this work since 2007. We run every site under CDM, keep the QA file current, and much of what we pour is repeat business from clients who have used us before.
Certified to deliver
SSIP accredited
Safety Schemes in Procurement, health and safety pre-qualified.
Constructionline Gold
Verified accreditation and supply-chain assurance.
SMAS Worksafe
Recognised health and safety competency.
Cyber Essentials
Certified against common cyber threats.
Why EJ McGrath
Built for complex, self-delivered work
Poured around tides and trades
Marine and intertidal pours are planned around tide windows and weather. On dry land they are sequenced so the frame and follow-on trades start on time.
Every pour recorded
Cover, mix and finish are checked and documented on each pour, so the QA file builds as the structure does.
Temporary works under control
Formwork and falsework are designed, checked and inspected before any concrete goes in, all under a CDM-compliant safety system.
On site
How we run a concrete package
A concrete package lives or dies on sequencing. We plan pours around tides, weather windows and the trades either side of us, then hold that sequence with our own supervision on site every day. Because the steel fixers, carpenters and concrete gang are all ours, a change in one activity is re-sequenced in hours, not lost in a subcontract chain.
Temporary works get the respect they deserve. Formwork and falsework are designed and checked before erection, inspected before every pour, and struck only when the concrete is ready. All of it sits inside a CDM-compliant safety system, backed by SSIP, Constructionline Gold and SMAS Worksafe.
Interfaces are managed, not argued about. We set out from the engineer’s model, agree cast-in and holding-down positions with the frame contractor, and record cover, mix and finish on every pour so the next trade starts on time.
What we self-deliver
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