Hadley Group supplied their shallow C-section UltraBEAM for the construction of a new mezzanine floor for the conversion of a college in West Sussex.

UltraBEAM was a key element, where an overall 150 mm depth of construction was critical as the hot rolled joists, which had originally been specified for the work on the existing educational building, could not create sufficient ceiling height.

Hadley Group’s UltraBEAM sections are engineered from high tensile steel to offer greater strength and stiffness compared to conventional alternatives, rolled with their unique stiffening ribs, either reduces the material gauge or allows an equivalent gauge span further.

In addition to offering both standard and custom lengths, the UltraBEAM sections are pre-galvanised for durability and prepunched with 14mm holes in pairs on a standard gauge line to facilitate the installation of services.

Offering a seven day turnaround, the initial direct delivery to site included a total of 75 UltraBEAM sections in lengths varying from 1.090m to 3.045m; together with 145 Long Inset Floor Beam Cleats to secure them within the webs of the main hot-rolled PFC sections.