Context

After running for over 40 years, the Woodhouse Hotel in Warwickshire was demolished and a larger 40 bedroom hotel was planned for the site. HB Architects of Rugby, were engaged to design the new hotel and secure planning permission.  Anderton Concrete were contacted by Neil Carr at GHW, the structural engineers regarding three large retaining walls, in order to provide guidance and a quotation for 805m2 of 325 Stepoc.

Work undertaken

The three retaining walls would create a sub surface banqueting suite for up to 700 people with the far wall, a huge expanse of glass, looking out into open countryside.

Initial calculations indicated that using Steopc for the back wall and the two return walls was going to cost around half that of using any other method. Stepoc - with its sub 20kg block weight - could also be worked with even if only 2 men were available and several courses could be laid in a working day. 

The built walls were then infilled with poured concrete using a pump with a 75mm nozzle.

The walls were subsequently clad in brick.