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News Release from: Halfen | Subject: Halfen HIT System
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 02 December 2003
Halfen HIT System for Bournemouth
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Halfen's Hit System overcomes cold bridging in balcony reinforcement for Bournemouth Project
Aimed at overcoming the effects of cold bridging when constructing concrete balconies, Halfen's new HIT insulated balcony connection is being used for the first time in the UK on a multi-storey residential development in Bournemouth, on the south coast Specified by structural engineers Reuby and Associates for the Taylor Woodrow project at Richmond Hill, the HIT system is being installed by Bryne Brothers, the specialist reinforced concrete frame sub-contractors
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 22 Mar 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Employing an upper row of ribbed bars to provide full tension laps and a lower row of studs with forged heads to act as pressure pads for compression, HIT's reinforcement passes through a continuous 80 mm thickness of polystyrene insulation.
In this way, HIT allows structural connections to be made between external concrete balconies and internal floor slabs without interrupting the continuous thermal insulation of the external wall.
"Without it we would have to fit extra insulation above and below the floor slab, as well as behind the patio doors and elsewhere adjacent to the balconies," says Graham Bedford, structural engineer in charge of the project.
"With restraints on head height and the overall height of the building, this was just not possible," he concludes.
Project Manager for Byrne Brothers, Mick Vincent, added:"The return where the balconies wrap around the corner of the building made this a more complicated problem".
"HIT, however, offers a good solution and representatives of the Halfen technical team attended the site when we first installed to show us exactly how it should be used". Request a free brochure from Halfen ...
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