Manufacturing Resources

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MANUFACTURING CONSULTATION

• Manufacturing guidance and best-practice.

• Bill of materials, component lists, costs analysis, budget preparation, etc.

• Access years of experience in planning of membrane structures / membrane roof elements, e.g.:

  • Consultation on costs offset, e.g., reduced maintenance, translucent roof daylight electricity savings, etc.

  • Ascertaining and selecting correct membrane materials in the interests of best performance, under a wide variety of environmental conditions, to benefit whole-of-life costs.

• Quality standards:

  • Of goods / materials chosen, suitable for purpose with design and usage-life as the primary consideration.

  • Effective inspection methods, ensuring compliance.

  • Manufacturer warranties.

  • Material property testing.

• Structural steelwork specifications.

• Surface finishes analysis and specification.

• Type and quality of fixings.

PLANNING

• Legal responsibilities for building structures under UK and EU law.

• Providing the Planning Supervisors or CDM Coordinators role, according to the CDM (Construction Design and Management) Regulations 2015 for event, civil and structural engineering projects.

• Representing you as your CDM Principal Designer, keeping in mind your commercial considerations of time and cost.

• Health & Safety / Licensing: occupancy levels, exit and entry requirements, licensing, crowd control, Local Authority and government regulations.

• Legislation, law, and liabilities relating to the outdoor event industry.

• Planning considerations.

Suitable for:

• The Temporary Event sector:

  • Festivals.

  • Event Venues.

  • Demountable Seating.

  • Exhibition Trailers.

  • Exhibition Set Design.

• The permanent Construction Industry (Architects, Structural Engineer, Builders, etc) :

  • Tensile Roofs.

  • Fabric Structure design.

  • Air Structures.

  • Cable Net structures.

  • Grid Shells.

  • Temporary works (including innovative access systems).

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