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CARBON FIBRE STRUCTURAL STRENGTHENING SERVICES

Carbon Fibre is a heavy duty strengthening system for re inforced concrete and timber.

It is used for:

Loading increases

• Increasing the live loads in warehouses
• Increased traffic volumes on bridges
• installation of heavy machinery in industrial buildings
• Vibrating structures
• Changes of building utilization

Damage to structural parts

• Ageing of construction materials
• Steel reinforcement corrosion
• Vehicle Impact
• Fire

Serviceability improvements

• Decrease in deformation
• Stress reduction in steel reinforcement
• Crack width reduction

Change in structural system

• Removal of walls or columns
• Removal of slab sections for openings

Design or construction defects

• insufficient reinforcements
• insufficient structural depth.

These products have been used widely in these areas. Typically, the
replacement costs greatly exceed the cost of repairs to structures,
and it has proved a cost effective technique.