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Help for Haiti – Spiroll launch fund for ‘Fast Housing’ scheme

April 26, 2010

Following the tragic earthquake which devastated Haiti in January Spiroll has launched an appeal to help fund the urgent need to house the country’s homeless. The firm’s accountants have set up the fund ‘Fast Housing for Haiti’ which has been granted charity status. The appeal goes out to Spiroll customers and suppliers as well as the construction industry in general.

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Hollowcore Hotting Up In India

March 30, 2010

A continuous campaign to support the establishment of hollowcore in India has resulted in Spiroll securing its first Indian contract. Spiroll’s efforts came to fruition after Stephen Carr and Richard Jamison visited India in February this year for the Cemcon seminar in Pune.

In its fifteenth year, the seminar entitled ‘Redefining Mass Housing and Infrastructure in India’ was the first of its kind to focus on the country’s building needs. The event, which was jointly organised by the ICI (Indian Concrete Industry) and Cemcon, attracted companies from all over the world and proved to be an excellent showcase of precast companies as well as a demonstration of the knowledge that already exists in the country. (more…)

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Partnership Promises Affordable Housing

February 28, 2010

A partnership between two of the world’s longest established players in the precast concrete products industry is set to tackle the global need for low cost, affordable housing.

Spiroll Precast Services and the Pakistan-based Izhar Group have signed a ‘memorandum of understanding’ (MOU) to jointly pioneer an initiative designed to provide fast-track affordable housing worldwide.

The directors of both companies recognised the ongoing need for low-cost accommodation in the poorer, third-world countries of Africa, Asia, and South America. (more…)

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Spiroll Precast Lecture Spans Continents

October 7, 2009

The King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia was the venue for a recent training seminar which featured a presentation by Spiroll.

The course titled ‘Design and Construction of Precast Concrete Structures’ ran for three days from 30 May 2009. The event was organised by the Centre of Excellence for Concrete Research and Testing, Saudi Society of Civil Engineering and the American Concrete Institute Saudi Chapter.

Managing Director of Spiroll, Stephen Carr, and Dr. Howard Taylor, one of the world’s foremost experts in the design and construction of precast concrete, delivered a series of presentations on the benefits of building with precast concrete. (more…)

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