As we approach the lead up to Christmas, we would like to wish you all Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We would like to make you aware of our change in office opening times during this period. Our offices are due to close for the festive period, from midday on Thursday 21st December, returning […]
In your Elements
Doesn’t time fly… it’s hard to believe it’s over two years since the last release of SMD Elements® (version 2.4). With the developers working intensively on the new version in recent months, after lots of internal testing, version 3 is now available for download! Why version 3 and not 2.5 you might wonder? Well the [...]
Corby food warehouse doubles in size
Nestled in between the port of Felixstowe and the motorway network just outside of Corby, SMD has played its part in doubling the capacity of an existing food warehouse, providing new storage space for 75,000 pallets of frozen goods, which services the supermarket sector. The first phase of the facility was constructed using pre-cast […]
SMD GeoGuessr Challenge – Overseas
SMD GeoGuessr Challenge In 2022 SMD celebrated its 35 year anniversary in construction! We recently taken some time to look through the history books and reminisce of some contracts we have worked on over the years. How good is your geography? We’ve created some SMD related location challenges to test your knowledge - take part [...]
SMD GeoGuessr Challenge – London
SMD GeoGuessr Challenge In 2022 SMD celebrated its 35 year anniversary in construction! We recently taken some time to look through the history books and reminisce of some contracts we have worked on over the years. How good is your geography? We’ve created some SMD related location challenges to test your knowledge - take part [...]
Winners of the BSG Innovation Award 2023
Leaders in health & safety for the decking industry SMD’s Steve Orr, Mark Bell and Dan Williams were in prestigious company on the 7th June this year. Not only did they find themselves at the headquarters of the Williams Formula 1 team – they were among winners of high level health and safety awards presented [...]
Claridge’s Hotel and the most expensive penthouse in London!
Where you can book a room with a pool, a lake, a garden and a gym AND a grand piano! Now more than 200 years old, Claridge’s has an impressive history of providing luxury accommodation for the world’s celebrities. Following an ambitious seven-year redevelopment programme, the hotel can now boast a pool, spa and […]
Live CPD – Shallow Floor Deck Construction Details
Wednesday 7th September 2022 @ 12:00 GMT Presented by Jamie Turner, Technical Development Director Expected duration – 45 minutes Online Platform – Microsoft Teams We last ran this topic in December 2020 and, due to a number of recent technical queries relating to some of our details, we chose to re-run the presentation with [...]
Live CPD – Construction details when using shear studs
Thursday 19th May 2022 @ 12:00 GMT Presented by Jamie Turner, Technical Development Director and Dan Williams, Commercial Director Expected duration – 45 minutes Online Platform – Microsoft Teams We regularly publish technical blogs and it’s noticeable that those relating to shear studs are often in the highest ranked pages on the entire SMD [...]
Live CPD – Composite deck and slab design
REARRANGED DATE FOR THIS EVENT Wednesday 6th July 2022 @ 12:00 BST Presented by Jamie Turner, Technical Development Director Expected duration – 45 minutes Online Platform – Microsoft Teams Our most popular CPD, this presentation has been delivered to hundreds of engineers over the past 15 years. The CPD covers the three key stages [...]
