50 STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS Structural solution helps cut costs
A survey and design exercise by a leading structural engineering practice has helped reduce costs and transform a disused mill into a luxurious new residential accommodation building. Greater Manchester-based Rhodes & Partners undertook the work on the Grade II
listed building in Derbyshire, and devised a solution which helped minimise the need for costly temporary work by utilising as much of the original structure as possible. Rhodes & Partners’ Technical Director, Peter Graham explains: “Part of the structure had suffered a high degree of deflection, but we were able to design a detailed system of cross-bracing which stabilised the building and allowed the refurbishment to proceed.”
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www.rhodesandpartners.co.uk Timber frame is re-shaping the UK
The growth of timber frame is gradually changing practices within housebuilding as the construction industry slowly but surely embraces the idea of off-site manufacture. The reduction in on-site activity means that, once the building’s foundations are installed, erection of the
main structure follows very quickly. The materials that go into a timber frame system are generally more sustainable and more energy efficient than traditional masonry. For example, Norbord’s SterlingOSB, is manufac- tured from home-grown forest ‘thinnings’. SterlingOSB is a sustainable, low-energy product with excellent physical performance characteristics.
www.norbord.co.uk Builder and plasterers essentials
One of the world’s largest construction manufacturers: Simpson Strong-Tie, has released a new catalogue of structural connectors, beads and meshes aimed squarely at the repair maintenance and improvement sector. The 2018 ‘Builder and Plasterers Essentials’ brochure includes all of the core products that the professional builder or plasterer reaches for when renovating or extending homes.
Simpsons’ Sarah Greenway explains: “We wanted to provide something more accessible to the builders merchant. We spoke to our customers and they told us what they really like to see in the catalogue (and what they don’t particularly need) and this is the result – a brochure focussed entirely on the things that matter to the RMI sector.
The lighter and easier to navigate brochure is available online from the Simpson Strong-Tie website, hard copies are available on request.
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