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Kijlstra Precast Units Speed Up Kingsnorth Development

December 7, 2011

Pre-cast concrete headwalls by specialist drainage manufacturer Kijlstra have helped civil engineering contractor Volker Fitzpatrick minimise costs and reduce construction times on a business park development in Kent. The Kingsnorth Commercial Park, a 115 acre greenfield site on the Isle of Grain, is being developed by property firm Goodman to provide up to 2 million [...]

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Cost Effective Solutions from Kijlstra

December 7, 2011

Kijlstra, one of Europe’s biggest manufactures of off-site precast drainage products, is helping to provide significant cost reductions on a major water infrastructure project in the regency town of Royal Leamington Spa. Kijlstra is supplying CSO structures and river outfalls together with large valve chamber’s to framework sewerage contractor NMCNomenca, who are constructing a strategic [...]

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Kijlstra’s Precast CSO’s Lead the Way

June 8, 2011

As ever, time is money in the civil engineering industry and anything which can deliver high quality results in double-quick time is worth investigating. Hence in the specialised business of storm drainage and flood attenuation – currently a rare growth area in the industry – engineers and contractors are catching on to the considerable advantages [...]

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Kijlstra Books its Place at the Construction Oscar’s

March 30, 2011

Kijlstra, one of the leading manufacturers of precast drainage products in Europe have been shortlisted in the prestigious Construction News Awards, 2011. Nominated in the “Product Innovation” category, Kijlstra were able to demonstrate how their revolutionary precast square manhole systems are delivering real cost benefits to the construction industry. Manufactured from self-compacting concrete and poured [...]

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Kijlstra Manholes system now WRc Approved

January 31, 2011

Kijlstra is proud to announce the news that we have received the WRc Approval for our manholes system. With this approval Kijlstra has proven to manufacture products of high quality but also products which are easy to install on site with all the benefits we say it has for the contractor but also for the end [...]

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Kijlstra UK Expansion

January 28, 2011

Kijlstra’s new sales offices and training facilities in Stratford upon Avon. After a successful 2009 which seen huge growth in sales of the Kijlstra product range, Kijlstra are pleased to annouce significant investment in a new sales and training facility in Stratford upon Avon. This office will be the nerve centre for continued expansion into the UK [...]

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Kijlstra’s Precast Concrete Manholes Pioneer LABC Registration

September 6, 2010

Construction materials giant Kijlstra Precast UK has become the first concrete manhole systems manufacturer to win registration and assessment from LABC. Registration (RD540810) was granted after Kijlstra’s revolutionary square manhole base and riser system was assessed by Swansea Council under the LANTAC agreement but once this is given by one local authority it is recognised [...]

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Kijlstra’s Manholes Are Carbon-Efficient Champions

July 27, 2010

An independent report into a West Midlands company has revealed its revolutionary manhole, that can typically be installed up to 16 times quicker than traditional systems on standard units, is also up to 65% more carbon efficient. European construction materials giant Kijlstra, whose UK base is in Alderminster, commissioned the research by Carbon Clear to [...]

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