
Retail
Intelligent fixing design for efficient, secure construction
Retail
Intelligent fixing design for efficient, secure construction
The construction of vast shopping centres requires large areas of reinforced concrete – from foundation slabs to floors and vertical cores, as well as extensive masonry walls to help developments blend with their surroundings.
Ancon masonry fixings reinforce large areas of blockwork, as well as supporting external brick and stone cladding. Large spans are a feature of shopping centres, and Ancon shear connectors, rebar couplers and reinforcement continuity systems enable concrete floors to extend over large areas. By helping to minimise rebar congestion, these products also improve the efficiency of concrete pouring.
Related Projects

Located on a former industrial site bordering Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter Conservation Area, this unique mixed-use development delivers 390 one, two and three-bedroom apartments, commercial offices, retail outlets and a new railway ticket office, in addition to much needed new facilities for the city’s world-famous jewellery sector.
The Goodsyard, Hockley Mills, Birmingham UK

The £81m Great Eastern Quays scheme features an intricate façade framework of high quality brickwork, utilising the Nexus system to achieve flawless brick-faced soffits.
Great Eastern Quays, London

Nexus® brick faced soffit units and lintels were installed at the window heads and entrance way of this major regeneration project on the edge of the 1969 Silchester estate.
Silchester Estate, Kensington & Chelsea, London

This mixed use development, on the southern fringes of the Olympic Park, utilised the Nexus system to achieve flawless brick-faced soffits to the hundreds of door and window heads.
Bow River Village, London
Two thousand Ancon DSDQ75 Shear Load Connectors were installed in the concrete floor slabs of this retail development.
Retail Development - The Forum, Algarve
A complete masonry support, restraint and reinforcement system from Ancon was supplied to the construction of this impressive mixed-use development in central Glasgow.
Project Atlas, 185-221 Buchanan Street, Glasgow
Related Products

Concrete structures are designed with expansion and contraction joints to allow movement to take place.
Shear Load Connectors

Leviat manufactures six Ancon products which provide continuity of reinforcement at slab-to-wall construction joints in concrete.
Reinforcement Continuity Systems

Brick, block or stone cladding on steel or concrete framed structures is normally supported by stainless steel masonry support systems.
Masonry Support

Wall ties and restraint fixings are an essential element in the stability of masonry panels.
Wall Ties & Restraint Fixings
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Ask the Expert: Coupler & Continuity Systems
For our final ‘Ask the Expert’ of 2024 we sat down with Neil Loy, Commercial Manager for Rebar Splicing at Leviat to find out about reinforcement continuity systems and considerations for their use in infrastructure projects.
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Our latest white paper, authored by our team of industry experts, aims to raise awareness of the interaction between cavity barriers and masonry support systems, and provide clarity for building professionals involved in the design and detailing of such systems.
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