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Trent Concrete - Woodland Trust HQ    

The Woodland Trust’s HQ combines a timber outer shell with the structural and thermal mas benefits of precast concrete.

The building uses a number of different systems including 81 ‘Concrete Radiators’. These radiators comprise of a simple rectangle in plan and shear fixed to the underside of the 2.4m wide timber panel. They range in length from 5-6 metres and are typically 2m wide. They follow a ribbed pattern with the ends being 250mm thick and decreasing to a thickness of 80mm where the concrete has been hollowed out. This provides enough thermal mass for night-time cooling.

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J&P Building Systems - Key 2 Concrete     

Key2concrete is an internet-based knowledge resource giving ‘best practice’ advice on the use of concrete, especially precast concrete. Information may be viewed online, and also downloaded in pdf format for hard-copy use. Users may register to receive news of new contents, and can also submit queries in confidence for a reply from the author, Cliff Billington.

The project is open-ended and will continue to grow. Future facilities include the ability to download CAD drawings of common fixing products as well as 2D and 3D drawings of typical details. These may be incorporated into users’ own details and drawings.

The service is free of cost to users and can be viewed at www.key2concrete.com.

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Beresford's Flooring - Lattice Lock

The Lattice Lock is a metal pole with a built in sprung mechanical connection hook. The lattice hook is positioned under the lattice and with a couple of hand turns locks itself securely in position. It only takes a couple of seconds to position the pole securely, and then traditional scaffold tubes can abe attached saving hours on providing edge protection.

Due to the pole being fixed to the lattice, rather than the edge of the slab, there is no interference when installing adjacent slabs or beam supports, thus eliminating he high risk activity of removal and replacement of protection fixed traditionally.

The poles can be easily connected by the slingers on the wagon and the scaffold tubes temporarily connected to the lattice and slung on the beam, so the fixing team can quickly connect the tubes to the poles, giving instant edge protection.

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Hanson Formpave - Aquaflow Thermpave Energy System    

Aquaflow ThermaPave system combines the technology of the permeable pavement with Geothermal technology by use of a patented sub-base and ground source heat pump (GSHP). Structured around engineered refrigeration technology, GSHP extract the suns renewable energy that is constantly absorbed by the ground as high volumes of low temperature heat, then converts and releases it as low volume high temperature heat.

Main benefits of Hanson Formpave’s Aquaflow Geothermal Ground Source Heat Pump System
• Save up to 70 % on annual fuel bills- presenting a payback within the first 5-6 years.
• Low Maintenance
• Low noise
• Reduces CO2 emissions by up to 50%
• Reduces land take
• Cuts water bills by an average of 50% - water stored underground can provide a supply for re-use within the home, i.e. toilets, car washing and irrigation.
• The system can play a great part in mitigating storm flood waters effect on the environment.

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ThermoneX - Speedy Beaver Concrete Flood Defence System     

The Speedy Beaver flood defence system is an innovation which has been developed by ThermoneX with some grant aid from the North West Development Agency.

The concept os a precast pavement 3m x 1m which sits on a precast base, grouted to a hardcore sub-base. The pavement can be raised by electric, hydraulic or mechanical means. The pavement can be propped and sealed with equipment stored in the recesses in the base.

The idea is a simple, de-mountable but permanent flood defence, marketed for the price of a temporary system. Everything needed to deploy the barrier for flood is on site.