IKO Polymeric and contractor FK Group have completed a roofing project for British online supermarket Ocado based in Erith, Kent.
The new fulfilment centre will be will be operational in 2017, handling 200,000 orders a week and represents £185m local investment.
The project was started in September 2015 and was completed in December of the same year, delivering several innovative solutions to complete the job with minimal waste.
Steve Hall, managing director of FK Group, said: “IKO Polymeric demonstrated its usual proactive approach with innovations such as bespoke roll lengths and specific membrane overlap positioning allowing significant efficiencies to be achieved on site.”
Standard length membrane is typically 20lm which then has to be cut or extended (by fixing additional sections on) to fit the required dimensions. IKO Polymeric manufactured its Amourplan PVC single ply membrane in bespoke rolls of 22.35lm, 19.20lm and 8.00lm to reduce waste and installation time for this project.
Another first was manufacturing half the rolls with the membrane overlap positioned on the opposite side to the other rolls. This 50/50 split meant the contractor could use two teams working simultaneously on either side of the ridge, rolling the membrane out in the same direction.
Rather than doing one roll at a time, FK Group developed a new technique for the project, welding eight rolls together to create a large (320m²) membrane ‘blanket’, rolling half back and then applying the adhesive to the area; a process that was made possible by the ability to expose IKO’s Polymeric’s PU adhesive for up to 25 minutes.
Mr Hall added: “Working alongside FK Group, IKO made a significant contribution to the success of this job. As a key part of our supply chain, they helped us to develop and deliver a bespoke solution to our client in impressive time. ”
