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Resapol at the King James project R


esapol recently worked with longstanding customer Bondcote, supplying material for the first stage


of repair work at the King James project; repairing two of the overhead rail archways and bridges. The repair was deemed essential as several sites on the project featured exposed rebar, which needed immediate protection to ensure the safety and longevity of the project. Members of the Bondcote team attended


training at a Resapol Training Academy; the session involved in depth presentations and hands on demonstrations of Sika


Monotop® -4012. This was a key influence in


their decision to trial the product for the first stage of repair work. Sika Monotop®


-4012 is a cementitious,


fibre reinforced, low shrinkage repair mortar that notably contains recycled waste materialswhich reduces the carbon footprint, making it a more sustainable product option. It is also easy to apply by either hand or wet spray application and is perfect for overhead applications as it features very low shrinkage and does not require a bonding primer, making it the perfectmaterial for this project. Tom Brown, Resapol’s regional sales


manager for Concrete Repair, was on hand throughout the process in order to offer technical advice, aswell as to arrange delivery of thematerials direct to site.The repairwork was completed September 2021 and deemed a complete success. Bondcote representatives were extremely impressed by the robust and effective nature of Sika Monotop®


project, the materials and training that you have supplied for us to carry out this first stage of work. As you can see from the photographs, these were huge structural repairs undertaken by Bondcote and the new material worked incredibly well!”


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well as the great service provided by Resapol. Pete Box the project manager at Bondcote had this to say: “Thanks again to everyone at Resapol for all of your kind help with the


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Elephant Park balcony order provides ‘jumbo’ logistics challenge


S


apphire is bringing residents of two major apartment buildings in a new London development their own bit


of ‘open space’ with offsite-manufactured balconies.


Part of Lendlease’s massive


Elephant Park redevelopment at Walworth, south of the Thames, buildings H4 and H5 were built to designs by architects Alford Hall Monaghan Morris.


Designs for H4 and H5 included balconies – 235 and 184 respectively – to be manufactured offsite. The chosen specialist manufacturer was Reading-based Sapphire Balconies,


whose products incorporate


the best in materials and technology with minimal environmental impact. The project brought interesting challenges that sparked fresh thinking and led to new solutions. Delivering


more than 400 balconies


– mostly to a standard specification, but some with variations – to two installation subcontractors


working on the adjacent buildings, meant Sapphire had to adapt its


usual central London delivery strategies. To comply with the site’s traffic management plan – and to minimise difficulties on congested local roads – Sapphire prioritised manoeuvrability over capacity and switched from articulated lorries to smaller rigid vehicles. This had the added advantage of reducing pressure on site space for holding the balconies ahead of being craned into position. For these two buildings,


Sapphire


manufactured a total of 419 Glide-On™ aluminium Cassette®


balconies, all featuring


a new extruded handrail profile and vertical bar balustrades to the architects’ specification. Most of the balconies had controlled drainage, with rainwater channelled down 400 mm soffit trays to discharge on the outer edge – preventing staining of the facade or flooding of balconies beneath. However, some of the balconies had guttters along the front to avoid splashing passers by. They were all designed originally without soffits,


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but some of these were added later where necessary to ensure compliance with updated fire safety regulations. Some balconies were also provided with privacy screens. Inset balconies were provided for a single stack on one of the buildings.


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