Shay Murtagh Precast manufactured and delivered the precast units and precast bridge beams required for this project. Network Rail’s vision for faster, more frequent rail services between the region’s main cities. As well as plans to electrify the railway between Manchester, Liverpool, Huyton and Wigan commenced work in early January 2012.
2012 saw Shay Murtagh Precast launch Edition 2 of our Bridge Beam Technical Manual. Many of you who signed up for the Manual helped with Edition 2 in submitting further information requests to which we both replied and included as necessary. Our Senior Bridge Beam Design Engineer has covered all bases.
Joint Venture partners HOCHTIEF Solutions AG and J Murphy & Sons Limited (HMJV) have been appointed by state owned Crossrail to undertake the prestigious €220 million C310 Thames Tunnel Project. This project will see the construction of two tunnel’s with a total length of around 5.5 kilometers in southeast London. Part of which runs under […]
In 2011 Shay Murtagh Precast designed, manufactured and delivered the new Concrete Bridge Beams Project for the Piano Overbridge Renewal by Birse Rail. Working with Steve and the Birse Rail Team an initial value engineering, carried out with the Shay Murtagh Design Team. With a substantial reduction in the number of prestressing strands required in […]
This structure contracted Shay Murtagh Precast by Carillion PLC, consisted of the renewal of an existing masonry arch bridge as part of the infrastructure upgrade on Southampton to Basingstoke line by Network Rail. We provided Shay Murtagh bridge beams, among other components for the project. The bridge had a clear span of 9.2m and had […]
Shay Murtagh Precast has a long standing working relationship with Birse Rail. Sandhills Lane in Liverpool is a project where as part of a 2011 Christmas possession Birse Rail contracted us to manufacture precast elements for a bridge reconstruction. The replacement of an existing steel deck bridge . Shay Murtagh Precast were contacted to provide the precast […]
In November 2011 Shay Murtagh Precast manufactured and delivered 10 UAN concrete box culvert assemblies on behalf of RJ McLeod contractors for Inchyra Road. Each box culvert assembly consisted of an upper and lower U-section to from a 5.7m by 2.4m culvert. Each U-section weighed 13.5T and was 1.941m long. All of the box culvert units […]
2012 marks 40 years of Shay Murtagh Precast in business as Precast Concrete Manufacturers. From the very beginning, the company has been committed to continuous investment in the most modern and innovative technologies available and also in increasing our pool of talented people. Today we are very proud to say that that this investment means […]
Shay Murtagh Precast are reminding all our customers that we are exhibiting in the NEC Birmingham at the Infrastructure show which begins on Monday 17th October and finishes Wednesday 19th October.
Bridge Beams supplied for Kilmallock Overbridge Shay Murtagh Precast are long standing precast concrete suppliers to Irish Rail. In June 2011 we supplied three portal bridge frame assemblies for a new overbridge at Kilmallock, Co Limerick to the main contractor PJ Hegarty and Sons. Each portal assembly consisted of an inverted U-shaped portal bridge unit […]
