Non-propped solution of Omina Lattice Flooring and Flood Super Wideslab® which has the benefit of a high quality soffit finish provide for Cider Brewing Facility.
Project Information: Bulmer’s Cider Brewery, Hereford, UK
Project Team:
Contractor: Chalcroft
Engineer: Norder Design Associates Limited
Architect: Norder Design Associates Limited
Time Scale: Over 4 month period.
Products Supplied:
- 75mm Omnia Lattice flooring.
- 100mm Flood Super Wideslab®.
- Precast Stairs with attached & separate landings.
- 200mm Hollowcore for packing area
Issues and Problems:
- Live site.
- Brewing processing production plant.
- Limited access to site.
Solutions and Recommendations:
High quality soffit required for food production environment.
Requirement to shape the Omina flooring around the brewing vats.
Omina Lattice Flooring can accommodate irregular or complex building designs.
Soffit can be left exposed saving on additional costs for suspended ceilings. It also dispenses with site shuttering which also saves on costs. Each panel is designed and manufactured to your specific shape requirements and structural capacity.
The use of non-propped solution in Flood Super Wideslab® for the larger spans which cuts down the costs and saves time of the installation.
Flood Precast provided type B finish to all Concrete Flooring Products and to the Precast Stairs.
Omnia Flooring, Precast Stairs and Flood Super Wideslab® provided essential Exposed Soffit finish.
Information:
Hereford Bulmer’s cider plant to receive £58m investment. Heineken has announced it is investing £58m in its Bulmer’s cider plant in Hereford.
The money will be used to increase the site’s production capacity and to modernise it.
Chalcroft completed the project at HP Bulmer cider production site in Hereford, as part of a multi-million pound modernisation and capacity increase programme for parent company, HEINEKEN which was completed in January 2015.
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