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The house that foamed concrete built
As part of the regeneration of Sri Lanka’s south coast, Propump has helped develop low cost housing using foamed concrete. Built by locals in less than two weeks, the site’s

Propump helps to eliminate bottleneck
Propump Engineering Ltd has been commended for its work on the Thameslink Borough Viaduct in London. Contracted by Skanska, 400m3 of foamed concrete from Propump was used to infill arches

Foamed concrete protects T5’s vital artery
Nearly 500m3 of foamed concrete from Propump Engineering Ltd is protecting the security and integrity of one of the world’s busiest international airport terminals. With up to 35 million passengers

Propump comes to the rescue of Maid Marion Way
Following a public vote that branded it one of the worst streets in Britain, Maid Marion Way in Nottingham needed urgent modernisation and traffic control improvements. For a quick, mass

Foamed concrete reaches the Pinnacle
Some 380m3 of foamed concrete from Propump Engineering has been used to fill three Victorian arched sub-pavement vaults as part of the foundation works at the £575 million Pinnacle Tower.

The world’s largest foamed concrete pour
Thought to be the world’s largest single use of foamed concrete, Propump Engineering has helped pump a mammoth 600,000m3 underground to stabilise approximately 40 acres of historic stone mines in

An introduction to foamed concrete
Established in 1991, Propump Engineering was the UK’s first ‘foamed concrete’ specialists, at a time when the construction industry barely knew what foamed concrete was. Twenty years on and still

Propump delivers the goods at Sainsbury’s Distribution Centre
Propump Engineering’s foamed concrete was top of the list for the stabilisation of a new two-lane access road when Sainsbury’s converted its 670,000 sq ft bonded warehouse in Dartford, Kent,

Houseboat conversion is plain sailing with foamed concrete
Foamed concrete is not the first thing you think of when converting an old dredging barge into a luxury private houseboat – but the owners have proved that this is

Propump gets Station Road Bridge back on track
Propump Engineering has pumped around 450m3 of foamed concrete to strengthen and stabilise a road bridge on Station Road in Derbyshire. Derbyshire County Council needed an ultra-lightweight concrete – with