At Shay Murtagh Precast, we recently coordinated a specialised transport operation through Merseyside, with the support of local police. On Friday morning (January 5), our team expertly navigated two oversized loads from Seatruck Ferries in Bootle to the M6. The journey, captured in photographs by the ECHO, featured our lorries moving along Derby Road in […]
Category: Bridge Beams
Shay Murtagh Precast manufacture prestressed concrete bridge beams, solid slab, beam, slab and voided decks to eurocode standards for rail and motorway bridges.
M25 completed
A busy weekend and completed installation of 10 no W15 33m long beams each approximately 80 ton to form the new Wisley Lane Bridge over the A3 in Surrey for our Clients Balfour Beatty. Take a look at some of the epic photos from the project See More News Here
UK Railway Structures New Safety and Installation practices
Shay Murtagh Precast paving the way in facilitating new innovative Safety and Installation practices for UK Railway Structures Shay Murtagh Precast recently constructed the Trial Erection for Bromham Road in Bedford. An impressive double span structure 21m long and over 12m wide. This unique Trial Erection was one of the first of its kind in […]
Alderton Road Bridge
As part of Network Rail’s Great Western Electrification Programme, Shay Murtagh Precast recently manufactured and delivered a number of precast concrete units for the Alderton Road Bridge reconstruction works in Alderton, Chippenham to main contractor AMCO Rail. The project is part of a larger initiative to transform the railway between London and Oxford, Newbury, Bristol […]
Win for Shay Murtagh Precast at the Irish Concrete Society Awards
On Saturday 21st March 2015, the annual Irish Concrete Society Awards took place and Shay Murtagh Precast were announced as Winners of the 3rd International Award “Reading Elevated Platform Viaduct”.
Bridge Beam Manual App Now Available
Bridge Engineers Can Now Take Their Tablets – Shay Murtagh Bridge Beam Manual Now Available for IOS and Android Engineers will now be able to consult Shay Murtagh Precast’s invaluable Bridge Beam Manual on their mobile devices whilst on site or on the move, without needing to return to their offices. This popular and well-used […]
Liam McGovern Launches Bridge Beam Technical Manual Edition 3
Liam McGovern, Shay Murtagh’s Technical Director, launched the latest Bridge Beam Technical Manual Edition 3 with BIM at the Infrarail 2014 Exhibition at Earls Court in London earlier this year. In this interview, he stresses that Shay Murtagh Precast is one of very few companies to offer not only a full range of precast concrete […]
New Edition of Bridge Beam Technical Manual – Now with BIM Launched Today
Liam McGovern, Director of Shay Murtagh Precast officially launched the 3rd edition of the Bridge Beam Technical Manual today at Infrarail 2014, Earls Court, London.
Launch of Edition 3 Bridge Beam Technical Manual
Our technical team has been working diligently over the last number of months to bring you the next stage of our Bridge Beam Manual and are delighted to announce that we will be launching it next Tuesday 20th May at the Infrarail Show in Earls Court in London.
Design Engineer Video Blog Question 13
Steve briefly explains the layout, structure and detail included for bridge beam design as based on our manual launched in 2011. He also points out significant areas to be noted such as the Designers Checklist.