St Astier Blog

Following the partial collapse of a 5m high retaining wall onto the footpath of a nearby residential estate, urgent action was required.

St Astier recently carried out sub-sea grouting works to a broken outfall pipe.

Works have commenced on the Grade II Listed former Stable Block located within the grounds of Stewart Park. Works consist of masonry repairs, cleaning, and new natural stone dressings.

St Astier recently carried out the installation of ground anchors to a leaning retaining wall to the rear of a housing estate at Blackridge, near Edinburgh.

Due to deterioration of the sandstone structure, St Astier were engaged to carry out sympathetic restoration works to Palace Green Library which is part of the World Heritage Site.

St Astier have spent the last 12 weeks restoring the façade to Sunderland’s iconic Empire Theatre, carrying out stone restoration, window refurbishment and the installation of a state of the art external lighting system.

St Astier are to start conservation work in December on one of  the region’s two World Heritage sites, Lindisfarne Castle.

The National Trust project is expected to run until the spring of 2018.

Due to leaking expansion joints on a suspended concrete car park deck, the structure below was showing signs of deterioration. 

St John’s Church in East Witton has experienced historical issues with damp and water ingress into the internal areas of the church and subsequent natural erosion to the stonework of the external walls.