Civil Engineering at Silvery Tweed Cereals

GMC Concrete Contractors for Silvery Cereals based in Berwick upon Tweed on the Scottish Border.

Silvery Cereals based in Tweedmouth industrial estate are a specialist cereal manufacturing business, rapidly expanding with international trade. With this expansion they required additional manufacturing space to meet demand.
GMC were invited in at competitive tender stage to act as main contractor. On successful tender GMC actually worked with the project team and reduced the overall cost of the project by re-engineering the sub-structure.
As part of the project GMC acted as main contractor carrying out all C.D.M regulation work.

Silo Base foundations

Silo Base foundations

GMC are well placed to offer high value for money and expertise on any size civil engineering project, we have the plant, the workforce and management structures in place to offer a complete service.
GMC carried out all the engineering work on site including steel reinforcement work, preparing shutter and cage work before large concrete pours were executed. GMC were pouring between 110 – 140m of concrete on a regular basis.

Concrete Pour

Concrete Pour

GMC worked alongside Thorburns of Duns carrying out the steel frame erection and insulated cladding to roof and walls.
Silvery Tweed cereals continued to operate throughout the contract. The two separate businesses worked alongside each other respecting each other commitments to trade and health and safety for both businesses to strive forward during the construction phase.

Structural Concrete

Structural Concrete

GMC finished the project on time and to budget and Silvery Cereals remain a valued customer to this day.

GMC are concrete contractors serving Northumberland and Scottish Borders

Concrete Contractors

Concrete Contractors