Page 5 - Under The Roof Avonside Group staff newsletter - June 2019

UNDER THE ROOF

to learn and can influence people’s performance.
To reduce their carbon footprint throughout the
project, the Cobsen-Davies team took measures to cut
the number of vehicle movements by maximising bulk
deliveries and engaging labour in Portsmouth so that
workers were local to the site. They also complied fully
with the Main Contractor’s waste management plan.

SAFE AND SOUND
Safety was maintained by using trained and competent
labour. Risk Assessment and Method Statements
(RAMS) were issued to the Main Contractor for
approval, and the operatives were subsequently
inducted into the RAMS. Operatives were made aware
of what potential risks were on the project and how
works were to be planned and carried out. The
health-and-safety process and risk management were
monitored by a combination of the Charge Hand, the
Main Contractor’s Site Manager, and Avonside’s visiting
Construction Management personnel.

Avonside Midlands’ Single Ply Roofing

for KFC

AVONSIDE MIDLANDS WERE ASKED BY CLIENT B&K GET YOURSELVES ORGANISED!
BUILDING SERVICES TO INSTALL A RENOLIT WHITE As the retail park was a large-scale project and site, the
PVC MEMBRANE SINGLE PLY SYSTEM ONTO A NEW Avonside Midlands team made sure to organise their
KFC RESTAURANT AS PART OF A LARGER NEW BUILD material delivery times so that they were coordinated
SCHEME IN WHICH LOTS OF RETAIL UNITS WERE with other trades’ delivery programmes.
BEING BUILT FOR GROVEBURY RETAIL PARK IN
LEIGHTON BUZZARD. AN EYE ON THE ENVIRONMENT
— The RENOLIT ALKORBRIGHT PVC Single Ply system that
With a total square meterage of 450m², the KFC was installed contained a white photovoltaic
restaurant was the only building to have a flat roof in membrane which, being solar-reflective, reflected the
the entire retail park. sunlight, creating eco-friendly sustainable energy.
Led again by Project Lead Matthew Savage, the Avonside Midlands also took care to minimise
RENOLIT ALKORBRIGHT membrane was mechanically waste when it came to off-cut materials.
fastened by Avonside Midlands operatives. The
thickness of the membrane was 1.5mm, whilst the
finish was a brilliant white.
Fixfast Ltd provided the fixings that were used
throughout the project. Other products that were used
included Xtratherm insulation and Firth Steels’ S5+
metal decking.

TEAMWORK
Collaboration and strong communication were needed
as Avonside Midlands’ staff were required to work
closely with the cladding Contractor of the project.
They also met regularly with the design team on-site.

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