Sector:

Travel & Infrastructure

Whether you’re building an airport or a train terminal, our blocks can get your project on the move.

The Perfect Travel Companion

Travel and infrastructural projects need blocks with the strength and durability to cope with high levels of traffic. And they often need building materials that help to bring architects’ forward-thinking designs to life. As a result, our products can be found above and below ground, keeping some of the east of England’s busiest places moving.

From the cantilevered design at Stansted Airport to the eye-watering size of Heathrow’s Terminal 5, our products have proved to be a favourite for major airports. Strong and high-performing, they have helped to realise innovative and large-scale designs, including the UK’s largest free-standing building.

Away from airports, our work can also be seen at Paddington Station. When it was ear-marked for huge redevelopment, we provided the materials needed to get it ready for local, national and international passengers.

Commonly Used Products

Our hardest working products are best suited to this type of construction. The excellent performance of our signature Lignacite blocks and the robustness of our Lignacrete units make them ideal for the job. Within the Lignacite range, we now have ECO 50 and ECO 70 blocks, which have 50 or 70% recycled content as standard. In our Lignacrete range, our Standard, Hollow and High Strength blocks have all been used for travel-related developments.

The Blocks

5 products

Lignacite

Strengths(N/mm²)

3.6

7.3

10.4

Variants	Fair Face Concrete Block, Paint Grade Concrete Blocks
Suitable For	External Walls, Fair Faced Walls, Firebreak Walls, Internal Walls, Painted Walls, Partition Walls
Features	Medium Density Aggregate Blocks, Close Textured, Fair Face, Medium Density Concrete Blocks, Paint Grade

Lignacite ECO

Strengths(N/mm²)

3.6

7.3

Variants	Lignacite ECO 50 Fair Face Concrete Blocks, Lignacite ECO 50 and ECO 70 Paint Grade Concrete Blocks
Suitable For	External Walls, Fair Faced Walls, Firebreak Walls, Internal Walls, Painted Walls, Partition Walls
Features	Medium Density Aggregate Blocks, Close Textured, Fair Face, Medium Density Concrete Blocks, Paint Grade

Side view of a Ligncrete Standard Block.

Lignacrete Lignacrete Standard Concrete Block

Strengths(N/mm²)

7.3

10.4

Suitable For	Beam and Block Flooring, Blocks Below DPC, Blocks Below Ground, Dryline Walls, External Walls, Firebreak Walls, Foundation Blocks, Internal Walls, Party Walls, Plastered Walls, Rendered Walls
Features	Robust, Dense Aggregate Blocks, Dense Concrete Blocks, High Strength, Loadbearing Units

Lignacrete Hollow Concrete Block

Strengths(N/mm²)

7.3

10.4

Suitable For	Blocks Below DPC, Blocks Below Ground, Dryline Walls, External Walls, Firebreak Walls, Foundation Blocks, Internal Walls, Painted Walls, Partition Walls, Plastered Walls
Features	Robust, Durable, Hollow Blocks, Hollow Concrete Blocks, Vertical Reinforcement

Side view of a Lignacrete High Strength Concrete Block

Lignacrete High Strength Block

Strengths(N/mm²)

17.5

22.5

30.5

Suitable For	Blocks Below DPC, Blocks Below Ground, Dryline Walls, External Walls, Internal Walls, Plastered Walls
Features	Durable, High Strength, Robust