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Atlanta Boulevard, Romford
Crane availability problems
solved with PERI SKYDECK
For the part Housing Association development of Atlanta Boulevard, sub-contractors Toureen Mangan were awarded enabling works and groundworks contracts in addition to a £1.3 million contract to form the nine storey concrete frame. Specifying PERI as their sole formwork provider, Toureen Mangan went with a combination of SKYDECK and traditional MULTIPROP based formwork/falsework for slabs, while utilising TRIO panel wall formwork for columns and the walls of two cores.
The SKYDECK system was operated by teams containing one carpenter and two general operatives. At certain parts of the slab where the soffit cantilevered out and required a high quality concrete finish, the SKYDECK panels were overlaid with a 4 mm finishing ply. To ensure safety, Toureen Mangan successfully implemented a permit-to-work scheme to access the deck for placement of infill and edge protection. After a period of only 48 hours, the SKYDECK panels were struck and transported to the floor above.
The kitchens and bathrooms for the apartments were entirely pre-assembled as units offsite so that they could be craned in ready for use.
As they were being installed while the concrete structure was still being erected, and because all contractors on site were sharing a single crane, inevitable problems arose regarding crane availability. Placement of the SKYDECK slab formwork system was able to be continued as sub-contractors, Toureen Mangan, used specially widened service risers to manually pass deck panels and props up through the slab to the floor above.
Although the TRIO column boxes still required crane assistance, they were quickly struck and lifted to their next position. In a single day, a two man team would have ten such columns set-up and poured. Under the inclement site conditions, the two week turnaround achieved for each floor was a credit to both the resourcefulness of the site personnel and the quality equipment provided by PERI.
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SKYDECK Aluminium Panel Slab Formwork
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Peter Blain
Project Manager
“This is the first time that Toureen Mangan have been using SKYDECK and we will definitely be using it again. From a safety point of view, erection from below was a huge benefit as it minimised the amount of work that required safety harnesses to be worn. Striking was also very simple and unskilled workers could carry out most of the work with little training.”
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PERI scope 1|2008, GB
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