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1967 Name changed to Selleck Nicholls Williams (ECC) Ltd; the company were in the business of builders and developers. | 1967 Name changed to Selleck Nicholls Williams (ECC) Ltd; the company were in the business of builders and developers. | ||
1967 Two systems of industrialised housing - The "X.W. system" - it stands for cross-wall construction - and the other "R.T. construction" is a rationalised traditional system in which parts of traditional building are industrialised. 'It is the "X.W." which is most interesting. The construction uses precision made precast concrete exposed-aggregate panels two storeys high made at the Gothers works or at Crofts in Leicestershire, another subsidiary of English China Clays. The internal walls are cast on the slab which forms the floor of the downstairs rooms and are lifted into position. The space between the exterior panels is filled by prefabricated timber work including doors and windows made at John Williams works. And a great deal of the plumbing and electrical wiring is prefabricated.' Transported to the site by Heavy Transport Ltd. another subsidiary of the group.<ref>Cornish Guardian - Thursday 16 February 1967</ref> | |||
1967 Mr. J. L. Williams, managing director of Selleck Nicholls Williams Ltd.<ref>Cornish Guardian - Thursday 16 March 1967</ref> | 1967 Mr. J. L. Williams, managing director of Selleck Nicholls Williams Ltd.<ref>Cornish Guardian - Thursday 16 March 1967</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 09:50, 5 October 2024
of St. Austell
Quarrymen and suppliers of clay and minerals
formerly Selleck Nicholls and Co
1961 Name changed to Selleck Nicholls Williams Ltd
1964 Mr. J. H. Shennan, a director of Selleck Nicholls Williams Ltd.[1]
1967 Name changed to Selleck Nicholls Williams (ECC) Ltd; the company were in the business of builders and developers.
1967 Two systems of industrialised housing - The "X.W. system" - it stands for cross-wall construction - and the other "R.T. construction" is a rationalised traditional system in which parts of traditional building are industrialised. 'It is the "X.W." which is most interesting. The construction uses precision made precast concrete exposed-aggregate panels two storeys high made at the Gothers works or at Crofts in Leicestershire, another subsidiary of English China Clays. The internal walls are cast on the slab which forms the floor of the downstairs rooms and are lifted into position. The space between the exterior panels is filled by prefabricated timber work including doors and windows made at John Williams works. And a great deal of the plumbing and electrical wiring is prefabricated.' Transported to the site by Heavy Transport Ltd. another subsidiary of the group.[2]
1967 Mr. J. L. Williams, managing director of Selleck Nicholls Williams Ltd.[3]
1970 Award for split-level house.[4]
1978 Advertising Cornish Bungalows.[5]
1986 Became ECC Construction Ltd
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Sources of Information
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