DekorBound Northern Road Bridge Case Study
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DESCRIPTION DekorGrip Resin Bound Surfacing CLIENT Portsmouth City Council LOCATION Cosham, Hampshire DATE January 2014 When the main vehicular traffic carrying bridge over the railway line in Cosham required replacing, Portsmouth City Council decided that the new bridge should be both functional and aesthetically pleasing. The main High Street areas of Cosham were already going through a regeneration process, part of which was down to the use of DekorBound, DekorGrip’s resin bound surfacing system. To give the town regeneration a unified appearance, as part of the overall goal of making; ‘…Central Cosham an even nicer place to live, shop and visit.’ The Council specified DekorGrip to be used on the pedestrian walkways either side of the bridge and for traffic islands in the centre of the road. Numerous challenges had to be planned for and overcome during the course of the project: Timing – Due to the regeneration work being undertaken in the winter months, timing was crucial for the project and the challenge was to be able to lay as much of the product as possible within the better weather periods, this was extremely challenging given that it was the wettest January on record. Organisation – With a small window of opportunity with regards the weather, both the contractor and materials needed to be at the work site at short notice. The DekorGrip surface had to go down without a hitch. Also because of the scale of the project, the work needed to take place in two phases, with the public having access as soon as the first phase was completed. DekorBound - Northern Road Bridge PROPOSAL THE CHALLENGE BEFORE AFTER
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Transcript of DekorBound Northern Road Bridge Case Study
DESCRIPTION DekorGrip Resin Bound Surfacing
CLIENT Portsmouth City Council
LOCATION Cosham, Hampshire
DATE January 2014
When the main vehicular traffic carrying bridge over the railway line in Cosham requiredreplacing, Portsmouth City Council decided that the new bridge should be both functionaland aesthetically pleasing. The main High Street areas of Cosham were already going througha regeneration process, part of which was down to the use of DekorBound, DekorGrip’sresin bound surfacing system.
To give the town regeneration a unified appearance, as part of the overall goal of making;
‘…Central Cosham an even nicer place to live, shop and visit.’
The Council specified DekorGrip to be used on the pedestrian walkways either side ofthe bridge and for traffic islands in the centre of the road.
Numerous challenges had to be planned for and overcome during the course of the project:
Timing – Due to the regeneration work being undertaken in the winter months, timing wascrucial for the project and the challenge was to be able to lay as much of the product as possiblewithin the better weather periods, this was extremely challenging given that it was the wettestJanuary on record.
Organisation – With a small window of opportunity with regards the weather, both the contractorand materials needed to be at the work site at short notice. The DekorGrip surface had to godown without a hitch. Also because of the scale of the project, the work needed to take placein two phases, with the public having access as soon as the first phase was completed.
DekorBound
- Northern Road Bridge
PROPOSAL
THE CHALLENGE
BEFORE
AFTER
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THE REQUIREMENTS
THE SOLUTION
As a pedestrian thoroughfare, a hardwearing aggregate was specified by the Council. In contrast to the industrial grey of the bridge, the aggregate needed to provide thewow factor and compliment the other areas of Cosham which were being redevelopedunder the same umbrella project (see Cosham High Street Case Study).
The contractor was also keen to find a way of guaranteeing that the time restrictionswere met and that the maximum amount of DekorBound surfacing was laid duringthe windows of opportunity when the weather was good.
Like the Cosham High Street project, the Council opted for the toughwearing – DekorBound system with a Natural Wicker aggregate, at adepth of 18mm.
To enable the work to be completed in the allotted time, the contractorswere provided with the hire of a DekorTrowel – the latest in resinsurfacing application technology. DekorTrowel is a multi-bladed trowellingmachine which compacts and shapes the resin and aggregate mix intothe desired surface with minimal hand trowelling required. One workerwith a DekorTrowel is able to lay up the same amount of surface perhour as three manual operatives. Using the DekorTrowel meant that the contractorsfinished the work in the allotted time period, keeping the re-opening of the road andbridge on schedule.
DekorGrip were also able to help with thetiming and delivery issues that the Councilcontractor faced. Through close communicationand planning, the resin, which needs to be kept in a warm place overnightto maintain pliability, was stored at the DekorGrip warehouse located nearby whilst the preparation work was done and then shipped on demand, straight to the site when the weather allowed the resin bound system to be laid.
The Council were so impressed with theadvice, service and system that they have specified the use of DekorGrip in a numberof other projects.
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