Installation
MetStructures work with the main contractor’s site team to ensure a successful build program. Tight site logistics can be catered for with just in time deliveries, but it is preferable to store panels and decking on site. Craneage is required to lift panels, beams, columns and decking into place.
Once the slab has been checked to tolerance and handed over, the panel erection begins with the perimeter walls, generally working from one corner of the building. Wall panels are placed, plumbed, temporary propped anchored into place and bolted to adjacent panels.
Site fitted beams and columns are bolted in to the adjacent columns and walls. Walls and beams come pre-fitted with ledger angles for the decking which is placed between elements and screwed into place.
Temporary propping is placed and fixed before reinforcement is then laid as required.
Once fully checked and signed off, the slab can be poured. Once adequately cured, the next floor can begin.
The walls are generally pre-boarded in the factory and therefore, by fitting the windows, a weather-tight shell is provided to allow first fix of follow on trades while the upper floors are still being built.
The MetStructures engineer and designer will visit site as required to ensure the structure is being built in accordance with the design and any site reports produced will be made available to the client.
Edge Protection System
MetStructures can now offer a full edge projection system that enables our work to progress unrestricted without the need for scaffolding.
This system eliminates the need to have multiple trades on site during the early stages of our panel installation i.e. the scaffold can follow on behind and have a better continuity of work, it also can provide more time for ground works to be completed especially on tight sites with restricted access.
Note our edge protection system can also be used on hot rolled podium structures.
