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.

Selfridges, London

Case Study

Client: Selfridges & Co

Structural Engineer: AKS Ward / Lister Beare

Principal Contractor: Stonewest

Services Provided: Principal Contracting, Consultancy, Facade Cleaning & Restoration

Stonewest previously carried out the refurbishment and cleaning of the stonework to Selfridges, a Grade II Listed building, in 2000.

Key Successes

Loss of building fabric from high level leading to the development and erection of a bespoke designed scaffold erected off the first floor cill and cantilevered at high level to provide protection from falling materials and an inspection/working platform for further works; carried out in normal working hours over Oxford Street and the surrounding streets.
Stonework and steel work investigations at high level both internally and externally to the building. Removal of key elements of the fifth-floor cornice to examine patterns of corrosion and reasons for loss of fabric.
Following examination of the steelwork, development through trials and design of a bespoke extensive Cathodic Protection system to protect the steel work from corrosion in key areas of the fifth-floor cornice. Design of fixings to support modillion stones and design and introduction of a secondary system of steel beam supports to carry the huge cornice stones of the original 1909 section of the building where the original steels could not be guaranteed.
Major stone masonry repairs and replacement incorporating gravity grouting of voids with hydraulic lime mortars and pointing of joints.
General cleaning using Doff system and Hodge Clemco abrasive clean to decorative steel panels at high level, to investigate fixings and potential paint schemes.
Installation of new lighting scheme and provision of new lead and asphalt.