Date: 10th February 2016
Time: 8.30am – 10.00am
Venue: Offices of Ward Hadaway LLP, Newcastle upon Tyne
Cost: FREE to CENE Club Members, £35+VAT Non Members (Cancellation policy is within 48 hours notice)
Constructing Excellence in the North East Club in conjunction with ORCA are delighted to bring you this morning briefing on the future of light gauge steel works.
Whilst light gauge steel is a well-tried and tested product, ORCA’s approach to its use is radically different and better, bringing together a number of factors:
• Design-led systems to maximise efficiencies in manufacture and assembly, and “designing out” problems before they arise.
• Full integration of manufacturing software with Revit, Autodesk and BIM modelling, with automated data transfer.
• Careful engineering of components and processes to reduce material content and waste.
• Simplified and smaller fabrication units generating lower fixed costs in factory and plant; and allowing mobile manufacturing on site where appropriate, simplifying the supply chain and offering just-in-time logistics.
As a result of the above factors, it can offer the advantages of:
• Accuracy – offering significant advantages in relation to airtightness and thus thermal performance.
• Speed of erection with in-house reception teams.
• Reduced requirements for plant and scaffolding during erection.
• Flexibility in both design and delivery – offering the advantages of Off Site Manufacture without the inflexibility and cost often associated with other systems.
• When using roof panel cassettes, usable loft space in houses.
• Stability – high levels of rigidity and no shrinkage.
• Reduced fire risk during construction.
• De-risking the construction process, particularly by removing bricklaying from the critical path. The shell of a house can be weather tight and available for first fix trades within 2 to 3 days. With dry rain-screen cladding, there is no need for any brickwork
To register for this event please contact Leanne McAngus on 0191 500 7880 or leanne@cene.org.uk
This event is worth 1 hours CPD.