Executive Summary
The strengthening system was developed by Scott, Wilson, Kirkpatrick & Partners using the CINTEC anchor system supplied by 'Cavity Lock' Systems Ltd and was tested by BRE using dynamic and static techniques. The anchor
system had been installed in the floors and roofs of an estate of large panel system dwellings at Basildon in Essex to improve the robustness of the construction.
A terrace of three dwellings was made available by the Commission for the New Towns for development and testing and the performance of the floors and roofs in two of the dwellings were assessed with and without the strengthening
anchors.
Finally, collapse of the two end dwellings was initiated by removing the external ground floor load bearing walls and the influence of the anchors on the mechanism of collapse was recorded and analysed.
This work was undertaken by BRE as a collaborative project for Scott, Wilson, Kirkpatrick & Partners, the Commission for the New Towns, Building Regulations Division of DOE, the Housing Directorate of DOE and Cavity Lock
Systems Ltd, manufacturers and suppliers of CINTEC Anchors. |
