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Innovative Ancon rebar connectors used in iconic
Russian skyscraper
Helifix adds to its vast portfolio
of Masonry Repair Details
Structural repair specialist,
Helifix, has recently made an
addition to its extensive range
of over 100 Repair Details,
which give full technical and
installation information on how
to overcome a wide variety of
structural faults.
The new Repair Detail, RD WT35,
gives guidance on how to connect
a new timber frame to an existing
masonry wall, when the new
timber stud is erected within an
existing masonry building and
there is no access to install wall
ties from the outside. This Helifix
repair detail can accommodate
large cavity width variations by
using stainless steel RetroTies.
Innovative and quick-to-install
reinforcing bar couplers from
Ancon replace time-consuming
lapped joints and minimise
reinforcement congestion
in the gigantic concrete
superstructure of Europe’s
tallest building; the 87-floor,
462m high helicoidal Lakhta
Tower in St. Petersburg.
Every repair detail features
drawings and provides details of
the required products and tooling,
specification notes and a step by
step guide on how to undertake
each repair using concealed
installation techniques.
The use of Ancon’s high-
performance mechanical rebar
coupling systems also helped
maintain build quality.
By eliminating lapped joints
and hooked bar ends, Ancon’s
couplers and headed anchors
allowed the wet concrete to
flow more effectively through
the reinforcement grid during
casting.
The full range of Repair Details
can be viewed, and individually
downloaded, on the Helifix
website at www.helifix.co.uk/
downloads.
These fixings produce a secure
mechanical connection in the
masonry wall and are bonded into
the timber frame with CrackBond
TE resin. The site also contains full Helifix
product information, brochures,
applications, case studies and
installation videos.
Resulting in no external work or
scaffolding required and the outer
face of the wall left unmarked. Tel. 020 8735 5200
Email. [email protected]
Web. www.helifix.co.uk
125,000 couplers, a
combination of Ancon CXL
threaded and MBT bolted
systems, are installed in the
tower’s immense 3.6m thick
concrete foundation raft, where
32mm diameter reinforcement
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is arranged in 15 layers. The
raft’s construction registered
as the Guinness World Record’s
largest-ever continuous
concrete pour at the time.
Contact Ancon on
0114 275 5224 to discuss the
specific requirements of your
next reinforced concrete
installation or visit
www.ancon.co.uk to review
the available product range
and major project portfolio.
Photo courtesy of
Inforceproject