CONSTRUCTION FIXINGS
CFA launches new website
The UK-based Construction Fixings Association has completely redeveloped its website and launched it at the new address of
www.the-cfa.co.uk
market. Its Approved Distributors are associate members committed to high standards of customer service, technical support and commercial integrity. CFA Approved Testers, again associate members, are equipped and trained to be competent in testing construction fixings on-site. The new website provides search facilities to contact all
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its member companies. It also hosts the CFA’s extensive range of Guidance Notes, available for free download, as well as a video library and other resources and references supporting best fixings practice. All of which makes it an invaluable, and now more user friendly, resource for any organisation involved in the specification, supply or installation of construction fixings.
www.the-cfa.co.uk
stablished in 1979 the CFA’s mission statement is emphatically: “Ensuring best fixings practice”. Full members are major manufacturers of construction fixings with a significant presence in the UK
BS 8539 Code of practice published
The BS 8539:2012 Code of practice for the selection and installation of post-installed anchors in concrete and masonry has now been published and is available from the British Standards Institute.
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ver time this British Standard is expected to change significantly the way anchors for safety critical applications are used from the specification through to commissioning and in the process to improve the level of safety and
eliminate failures. It sets out the roles and responsibilities of all involved in that process from the manufacturer through specifier and distributor to contractor, installer and tester. It includes best practice guidance on the selection and installation of fixings and also on the methods by which anchors should be tested on-site if that is needed. Further information about BS 8539 can be found at the Construction Fixings Association’s new website
www.the-cfa.co.uk While the new Code sets out the test regimes and assessment of
results, the actual detailed procedures for applying loads, monitoring movement, etc, will be described in a CFA Guidance Note: Procedures for site testing construction fixings - 2012. The CFA publishes a series of Guides for each of the four main stakeholders: Specifiers, Distributors, Contractors/Installers and Testers. BS 8539 is available at
www.shop.bsigroup.com at a cost of GB£204.
New own label services
Roberlo, founded in 1968, is a family run company that specialises in the development and manufacture of chemical anchors.
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ight from the start Roberlo says it has been characterised by its constant quest for innovation, progressive improvements to products and manufacturing methods, and constant adaptation to environmental requirements. “We developed our private label programme for the chemical anchoring market on the concept of customised solutions that guarantee maximum flexibility and the highest levels of competitiveness and innovation. With our
new own label services we commit to providing for the most demanding clients in a highly professional way with guaranteed complete confidentiality.” Five alternative resins are available in different
cartridges with Roberlo offering customers the possibility of fulfilling their exact packaging and labelling requirements, enabling them to provide a reliable and versatile range. Roberlo has a complete chemical fixings
products portfolio, all cartridge types, a variety of mixers and a wide range of approvals (ETA (CE Mark), EN-1504-6 for rebar (CE mark), Socotec, as well as Marca AENOR (N Mark)) to ensure its resins quality and performance. “Modern production and quality control facilities
and also a modern research and development department capable of response to any technological evolution will allow us to face future challenges in this market.”
98 Fastener + Fixing Magazine • Issue 78 November 2012
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