Omnia Flooring, Precast Stairs and Flood Super Wideslab® provided essential Exposed Soffit finish.
Project Background Information: Warwick University Business School, Coventry Campus.
Issues and Problems:
- Shaped units made in Omnia Flooring, Rectangles sections made using our Flood Super Wideslab®
- Exposed soffit type B required for floor planks & stairs.
- Some Saturday deliveries.
Solutions and Recommendations:
100mm deep Flood Super Wideslab®, 75mm deep Omnia type plank, Precast Stairs and Terrance Seating with type B finish. Both required a high quality soffit finish which could be left exposed or painted.
Information:
The building site was in a live campus and access was extremely limited. We delivered our products on trailers that were left on site to be unloaded, then did a pick & drop for the rest of install as all flooring and stairs were installed by the steel erectors that were on site.
What is Omina Flooring?
Omnia Flooring Slab is a reinforced Precast Concrete Slab which incorporates a triangular lattice girder that is attached to a lower layer of reinforcement.
The slab is wet cast on a high quality steel bed incorporating the lattice girder which is manufactured from high strength steel wire which provides rigidity to the panel. This enables it to bind easily with in-situ concrete/structural screed which is poured later on site. Ideal for forming difficult shapes where a permanent shutter with a higher quality finish than can be achieved where form work is required.
What is Flood Super Wideslab®?
This Flooring Slab is manufactured on the same steel beds as the Omnia & is wet cast to give a type B finish. The planks have pre-stressed wires running through them that give them their strength but as with the Omnia a lattice girder can be incorporated if required.
Project Team:
Contractor: Bowmer & Kirkland
Engineer: Robert West
Architect: Associated Architects
Timescale: 4 months
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