Services

We work as Principal or Specialist Contractors depending on the Clients’ project requirements and offer a range of services. Working in collaboration with our Clients from project conception to completion, our projects span across the Public, Private, Commercial and Ecclesiastical sectors.

About Us

We are an Award-winning Principal & Specialist Contractors, specialising in Building Conservation, Restoration & New Build Masonry finishes, Hard Landscaping, Internal Stone Finishes and associated specialist work.

International

Present on three continents, Stonewest draws on a strong local presence with a network of well-established local offices, as well as on the expertise of its head office.

Projects

We have served the construction industry for over 70 years, crafting modern landmark buildings and restoring historic, listed buildings for future generations. As an international business, we carry out a range of projects across the world. In the UK our work is nationwide, from London to the North West and the Southern Region. We also have offices in Hong Kong, Myanmar and the Middle East.

London Bridge Station

Case Study

Client: Network Rail

Architect: John McAslan + Partners

Principal Contractor: Constain

Specialist Contractor: Stonewest

Services Provided: Conservation, Facade Cleaning & Restoration

Project Overview

London Bridge station is a central London railway terminus, handles over 50 million passengers a year. Having opened in 1836, it’s one of the world’s oldest stations in the world. It was rebuilt in 1849 and again in 1864 to provide more services and accommodate increased capacity.

In 2013, the station underwent a total transformation to enable it to compete with other sizable station globally in the 21^st century station .

Stonewest were instructed to conserve the most sensitive areas of heritage of the Grade I* listed station buildings.

Key Successes

Carried out a façade survey and steam cleaned.
Restored/conserved and repaired masonry walls, including gauged, red-rubber, yellow, white and black brick specials and limestone carved capitals, string courses and plinths, voussoir arches, as well as moulded terracotta unit replacement.
After the cleaning process, thorough inspection of the existing was undertaken to enable production of detailed façade repair surveys, photographs and annotated elevation drawings identifying individual defects and proposed repairs.
Major works included the restoration of carved masonry, lime mortar repairs, new gauged, red-rubber, yellow, white and black special bricks and limestone carving replacement, plinths and voussoir arches to the St Thomas Street elevations in Phase I of the works.