Below, showing before and after pictures of the shop expansion
Here we are about to remove the 2 old support beams supported by the centre dividing wall.	Here is a view of the area after installation of the 3 support beams holding up the flats above
Space was very limited working between the props with the two forklifts, including height restrictions. Hence the packing/cradle I built above the forklift forks to increase the height of the beam when lifting.	Here I came up with an idea to leave the 2 old support beams in place. I made a set of drawings which I presented to the engineer for his approval and submitted them to the council building regs. This saved a significant amount of cost for my client.
This is the front of the proposed new Cost Cutter shop after completion. Showing one of the 3 support beams in place after dry packing between the beam and the brickwork.	This is showing the needles coming through the wall to support the block of flats above, while we removed the old beams and replaced with the new 6 ton beam
This picture gives one an idea of the size of this beam. 550 kg per meter x 11 meters. That's 6 tons of beam. After installation, the engineers requirements was to pre-stress the beam before dry packing between the beam and the brickwork. Which meant, placing a thin 50 ton hydraulic pan cylinder between the beam and brickwork, bending the beam down by 25-30mm.	Here we are slowly edging the last beam in place. Synchronizing the two forklifts to align the beam to correspond with the two upright posts to get the fixing bolts to line up on the face plates. The posts also needed chemical anchoring on the base plates. We had to use a mag drill (magnetic base drill press) to drill 32mm holes through the face plate for the M30 bolts.

Above shows us installing one of 3 support beams weighing 6 tons each, 11 meters long, while supporting a block of flats above. This was a project to convert two adjoining shops into one large area for a new Cost Cutter outlet in Staines, London, by removing the centre dividing wall.
I was site manager and welder for this particular project. I worked closely with the engineer and communicating with the local Staines council to conform with all their requirements needed.

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Metal/Steel repairs, modifications, alterations, construction - structural welding, fabrication, water pipe welding, gas pipe welding...
Specialising in aluminium, stainless steel and wrought iron repairs/fabrication in
Cambridge, London, Luton, Huntingdon, Royston, Baldock, Bedford, Stevenage, Bishop's Stortford, Harlow, St Neots, Cambridge......

Aluminium Welder London

On site mobile welder, London and surrounding areas

I offer a mobile on-site welding services. Steel fabrication and installations in London and surrounding areas. I have worked as a sub contractor for numerous construction companies in and around London and Cambridgeshire areas including Durkan Construction.

Experienced, proficient on site mobile welder. I have over 50+ years of welding experience (I started back in 1973 at technical college learning the basics of arc welding) working on construction sites erecting/welding steel structures, to basic welding work. I have all the latest inverter technology welding equipment from MIG and TIG welders to arc/stick welder (dual voltage 110 - 240 volt machines to comply with health and safety regulations on building sites). 
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50+ years of welding experience
Reliable and friendly, mobile on site welding services
in and around north London areas

I cover a wide range in my mobile onsite welding services in and around London, plus Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and in towns/cities such as Cambridge to London, Huntingdon, Royston, Bedford, Milton Keynes, St Noets, St Ives, Stevenage, St Albans, Luton, London, South London, Staines and numerous others not mentioned.

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I have worked closely with Durkan Construction site managers on various construction sites in and around London solving a wide range of problems. Because of my extensive engineering background over the years I apply my experience in the construction industry to solve various problems.

Our company is based in Cambridge but the majority of our work is undertaken in and around London
I have been working as subcontractors for Durkan Construction in London since 2007

Deon van Rooyen, director of the company, has been involved in the construction and engineering industry since 1979 offering a wide range of Construction & Engineering Solutions - Welding experience since 1973. Stainless steel, aluminium & general welding.