Sapphire Balconies expert logistics overcome tight deadline at Kennet House

Sapphire Balconies expert logistics overcome tight deadline at Kennet House

A major challenge for Sapphire Balconies on the Kennet House office-to-residential refurbishment was the logistical issues posed by the river that surrounded two sides of the building.

In addition, because the project was a refurbishment of an office building anchors needed to be fixed to the existing slab, rather than cast-in. This posed the challenge of ensuring balcony rigidity while the slab strength was uncertain.

Due to delays elsewhere in the build, the timescales of the balcony install were particularly tight. This meant all the balconies needed to be installed in one day to allow residents to move in the next day.

Post-fixed brackets were chosen to connect Sapphire’s 1-piece arms to the existing slab. This meant the Glide-On™ Cassette® could be quickly and easily installed while keeping deflection to a minimum.

To meet the extremely tight project deadline installers worked into the evening to ensure the apartments would be ready for occupation. This was possible thanks to the innovative design of Sapphire’s modular Glide- On™ Cassette® balconies and offsite manufacture.

The logistical complications of the river Kennet on two sides of the building was overcome by a carefully planned delivery schedule. In addition, all balconies arrived on site prefinished minimising on-site labour needed prior to install.

Step 1 – Post-fixed brackets were fixed through the existing slab.

Step 2 – Cassette® balconies were preassembled offsite, including balustrades, decking & soffits.

Step 3 – Cassette® balconies were transported to site ready for installation upon arrival.

Step 4 - Once lifted into position, the Cassettes® simply Glide-On™ to the pre-erected support arms, before completing the simple mechanical fixings.

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