Repair, Refurb, Retrofit
Sarnafil Plus supports clients through regulation change
Clients and facilities managers required to meet the updated Construction Design and Management Regulations (CDM 2015) when embarking on a roof refurbishment need look no further than Sarnafil Plus, Sika Sarnafil’s flagship refurbishment offer.
The Sarnafil Plus service is designed to actively support the client and the principal designer - a new role created by CDM 2015 - from survey and specification through to installation and guarantee, helping to ensure the refurbishment is carried out correctly.
The principal designer takes on many of the duties of the old CDM coordinator role, such as planning, monitoring and coordinating health and safety in the pre-construction phase of a project. CDM 2015 states that clients are responsible for the competency of the principal designer and team working on the refurbishment, especially when it comes to health and safety.
The Sarnafil Plus team is made up of technical experts and dedicated surveyors to help the client through this process. Sarnafil Plus includes a detailed initial survey, as well as recommendations on complex design elements, resulting in a bespoke specification that the client can trust.
In addition, the system will be installed by a Sarnafil Plus Contractor, a refurb specialist trained and verified by Sika Sarnafil. These contractors are qualified to install Sika Sarnafil membranes in complete compliance with the most up-to-date health and safety regulations.
The Sarnafil Plus team also lends support to the principal contractor with frequent site visits and advice. A guarantee is awarded at the satisfactory completion of the refurbishment, ensuring that the client is protected against unlikely problems with the roofing system.
SIKA
Martin Bidewell, technical services manager for Single Ply Roofing at Sika, said: “CDM regulations were first introduced to improve health and safety on UK construction sites, which is incredibly important in this industry. Anything that helps to reduce accidents is to be encouraged - especially when there are still over 40 deaths annually on construction sites.
At Sika we want to support clients in meeting these regulations. More than ever, clients need to trust in the expertise of the team they hire to carry out refurbishment work, so they don’t get caught out. With Sarnafil Plus we offer an unrivalled roof refurbishment service that gives the client peace of mind and reassurance at every stage.”
To top it off, Sarnafil Plus includes a thorough final inspection, carried out by Sika’s nationwide team of highly experienced Field Technicians. Upon satisfactory evaluation using a 34 point checklist, the project is awarded a Sarnafil Plus guarantee that provides extensive cover for both the Sarnafil system and installation.
TEL: 0800 112 3863
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Iconic bridge feels the force of innovative construction technology
An iconic Scarborough bridge has been given a new lease of life following the completion of innovative structural work which has significantly strengthened it and increased its maximum load limit, all in less than four weeks.
The work on Scarborough’s Peasholm Glen Bridge was carried out by Yorkshire companies PBS Construction, structural strengthening specialist Fibrwrap Construction, a subsidiary of Aegion Corporation, and Leeds based Adept Consulting Engineers, which produced detailed engineering designs for the project.
As part of the work, more than 100 square metres of carbon fibre mixed with a high quality resin was applied to the bridge as an alternative to using traditional strengthening materials such as concrete or steel. This was done via a unique scaffold structure that Hull based Bambu Scaffolding designed underneath the bridge and over Peasholm Beck.
Erol Erturan, Managing Director at Adept, said: “Peasholm Glen Bridge opened in 1932 and was initially designed to accommodate far less traffic that it regularly receives today. As a result, its weight load limit was just 7.5 tonnes. Reinforcing the entire deck of the bridge, as well as several key loading areas has now increased the weight load limit to 40 tonnes, which is hugely impressive in such a short space of time.”
Fibrwrap Construction’s General Manager for the UK, Jamie Dempster, said: “This was a complex project due to the location of the bridge, the weather and the fact it’s over water. However, we had a highly experienced team on board and we’re delighted to complete it on time and within budget.
FIBRWRAP CONSTRUCTION
“Using carbon fibre to reinforce the bridge was an obvious solution because installing concrete or steel would have been extremely time consuming and largely unfeasible in such a challenging location. Carbon fibre remains one of the world’s most innovative materials, and I am confident it will stand the test of time on this bridge.”
Other high profile work that Fibrwrap Construction and Adept have collaborated on include a bear pit at Dudley Zoo, reinforcing floor plates on the maternity ward at Barnsley General Hospital for three new birthing pools, repairing water pipes at E.ON Energy’s power station in North Wales and strengthening floor slabs at Blackburn Cathedral.
Fibrwrap Construction operates globally and has offices in Leeds, Hull, Northampton and London.
Its 25 years of experience in structural strengthening, concrete repair and the carbon fibre strengthening industry, enables it to work on a wide range of structures including buildings, waterfront structures, industrial sites, transport infrastructure and pipelines.
TEL: 01482 425250 45
WWW.FIBRWRAP.CO.UK
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