EDITOR ’ S CHOICE
SCHÖCK ISOKORB CERTAINLY FIT FOR PURPOSE AT NEW NHS HEALTH CENTRE
A new Chiswick Health Centre is being built in Fishers Lane , West London . This is an NHS upgrade on the site of the previous building . The new facility , designed by architect Allies and Morrison and under construction with Willmott Dixon , will be a key hub for 60,000 patients and provide GP consulting and examination rooms , district nurse facilities and community rooms . In a separate but associated building , sited around a landscaped central courtyard , the project will also deliver 55 affordable homes for key health workers such as nurses and physiotherapists . Balconies inevitably feature throughout the accommodation areas and to avoid any risk of thermal bridging at the various connectivity points , the design detailing required a structural thermal break with total reliability proven performance .
Specification required standard and bespoke Isokorb solutions
At the low and intermediate levels of the structure , the choice was the Schöck Isokorb T type K for concreteto-concrete . It is probably the best-selling European thermal break solution for this type of application and is manufactured using stainless steel and HTE ( High Thermal Efficiency ) modules with steel fibre reinforced UHPC ( Ultra High-Performance Concrete ). This guarantees the highest quality thermal separation of balconies and floor slabs , due to its low thermal conductivity and integral load-bearing capacity . At the top of the building , bespoke Isokorb units had to be provided for the roof level colonnade beams , which needed to be thermally broken . These ‘ specials ’ involved thermal break units with point shear-load capacity for restricted wall-over and wall-under conditions , fitting within a narrow RC ring-beam feature .
The roof level colonnade beams under construction
Due to differential thermal movement between internal and external slabs in the walkways on the project , Schöck have also provided structural steel dowels to transfer loads over the joints .
A fully compliant and dependable product range
Image courtesy of architects Allies and Morrison
The accommodation building with the new health centre in the background
A typical installation using the Isokorb T type K
Schöck offers the widest range of structural thermal break solutions from any European supplier and in the UK enables projects to meet full compliance with the necessary Building Regulations ( and the impending Future Homes Standard criteria where relevant ). In addition to the Isokorb type used on this project , there are also solutions for concrete-to-steel , steel-to-steel , renovation projects – and even a maintenance free alternative to wrapped parapets . All products have the security of independent BBA Certification , which provides NHBC approval . The temperature factor requirement ( fRSI ) used to indicate condensation risk , which must be equal to , or greater than 0.75 for residential buildings , is also easily met by incorporating the Isokorb .
Contact Schöck on 01865 290 890 ; or for full details of the Isokorb range of solutions visit : www . schoeck . com / en-gb / isokorb
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