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December 2009
- Project Title: Coca-Cola Factory, Lisburn
The Challenge: Provide shelters with a
cutting edge design to reflect iconic new
bottling plant.
The Solution: Emtek provided bespoke
architectural shelters for this new £53M
production facility. Developed in consultation
with the clients lead architect, we manufactured
the shelters from robust steel sections that
were then galvanised and painted. Each shelter
was given a modern curve design and was covered
in durable UV protected clear polycarbonate
panels. The new facility is amongst the most
modern of bottling plant in the world and our
shelters will be providing cover to staff and
visitors for many years to come.
For further information contact our Industrial
Team:
sales@emtek.co.uk
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November 2009
- Project Title: Woodside Ferry Terminal,
Liverpool
The Challenge: Provide traditional style
bollards for new dockside pedestrian
regeneration scheme.
The Solution: Emtek provided their
versatile Shannon 01 bollards, manufactured from
a robust steel core, covered in a maintenance
free polyurethane outer moulding. This
traditional style is popular for pedestrian
areas, with its solid construction, high
visibility top band and good aesthetic appeal;
it proved the ideal choice for the dockside
project. Our Shannon range offers a variety of
design styles and bollards that can be supplied
in most RAL colours.
For further information contact our Urban Team:
sales@emtek.co.uk
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October 2009
- Project Title: N9/N10 Carlow – Kilcullen
(Phase 3)
The Challenge: Provide comprehensive
range of EN: 1317 Approved Road Restraint
Systems for the construction of a new 27.5
kilometre stretch of motorway linking Dublin to
Waterford, ensuring each product links
seamlessly one to another.
The Solution: Emtek provided their N2
Protect 365 Steel Parapets to all 24 structures
and used the newly tested VT-100 Transition to
link into their N2 Vetex Safety Barriers and P1
Terminals. By providing systems that had been
physically crash tested at MIRA there was no
risk of split liability between systems as they
were now proven to work together seamlessly. In
total over 12500m of parapet tubing was
manufactured in our production facility in Co.
Armagh under our QMS ISO 9001:2000 and National
Highway Sector Scheme Approval 5A & 5B. In
addition almost 100 No. EN: 1317 approved
transitions were installed along with over 30km
of N2 Safety Barrier and hundreds of P1
Terminals, all by our third party verified team
of installers (NHSS Approval 2B). Working
closely with the main contractor we were able to
provide cost effective solutions that ensured a
fully tested and approved family of Road
Restraint Systems.
For further information contact our Highway
Team:
sales@emtek.co.uk
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September 2009
- Project Title: Silverwood Business Park,
Co. Armagh
The Challenge: Provide speed control to
new entrance of busy industrial park.
The Solution: Emtek provided their cost
effective speed ramps which were quickly fitted
by our installation team straight onto the
existing concrete surface. Our 50mm and 75mm
high ramps are manufactured from heavy duty
recycled plastic, moulded in a quality
controlled environment ensuring consistent
modular units every time. Available in black and
yellow for increased visibility our team can
also supply a range of traffic speed restriction
signs.
For further information contact our Industrial
Team:
sales@emtek.co.uk
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August 2009
- Project Title: Ford, Co. Antrim
The Challenge: Provide elegant perimeter
protection bollards for new state of the art
Ford dealership.
The Solution: Emtek provided their
beautifully crafted City 02 bollards,
manufactured from a robust steel core with a
unique stainless steel ring detail. With 80
static bollards provided along the front of the
showroom, several quick access telescopic
bollards were also installed. Our City range of
bollards offer a modern design statement for
projects requiring high quality materials that
are cost effective and readily available, that’s
why we keep them ex-stock.
For further information contact our Urban Team:
sales@emtek.co.uk
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July 2009
- Project Title: DBFO 1, Term Maintenance
Contract, Belfast
The Challenge: Provide infrastructure
maintenance services across 60 kilometres of
road restraint systems.
The Solution: Emtek provided their
Maintain-Beam services with a rapid response
team to react to emergency repairs along the
network. Made up of traditional OBB and TCB
safety barrier systems throughout much of the
maintenance area, Emtek used their stocking
facilities of older generation systems to be
able to provide quick responses to accidents.
Whilst also updating sections of the network
with new generation EN: 1317 approved systems,
our teams are committed to providing maintenance
services to a variety of road restraint systems
across some of the busiest sections of motorway
in Ireland & UK.
For further information contact our Highway
Team:
sales@emtek.co.uk
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June 2009
- Project Title: Pollock Dock, Belfast
Harbour Commissioners
The Challenge: Provide robust protection
to cladding and structure of new distribution
centre at busy port.
The Solution: Emtek provided their
Industrial Safety Barrier’s along the perimeter
of the external cladding of the warehouse to
minimise potential damage from vehicle and fork
lift truck strikes. Additional high visibility
bollards and end caps were installed at the
roller shutter door openings and emergency
exits. Surface mounted Industrial Safety
Barriers were also fitted at the dock edge to
act as a vehicle guide during the off-loading of
goods. All our industrial components are
manufactured under strict quality controlled
environment and are hot dip galvanised to BS EN
ISO 1461.
For further information contact our Industrial
Team:
sales@emtek.co.uk
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May 2009
- Project Title: Armagh Streetscape
The Challenge: Provide BS: 7533 complaint
bedding concretes, mortars and grouts to busy
city centre regeneration project, requiring
rapid trafficking of urban precincts.
The Solution: Emtek provided their
Ultrascape cementitious materials pre-blended in
convenient 25kg bags, fully compliant to the
required BS: 7533. Ideal for areas requiring
rapid trafficking, the Ultrascape ranges are
high strength gain and rapid setting products
for both flexible and rigid paving applications.
The historical city of Armagh required the full
complement of materials, from our Pro-Prime
slurry primer and Pro-Bed HS bedding concrete,
to our Flow-Point rapid setting flowable grout
system. With much of the material delivered in
bulk loads, our ability to provide buffer stocks
of materials from our National Warehouse also
proved invaluable during busy periods of high
output paving.
For further information contact our Urban Team:
sales@emtek.co.uk
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April 2009
- Project Title: M2 Motorway, Belfast
The Challenge: Provide EN: 1317 approved
transition from Parapet to Safety Barrier on new
motorway upgrade scheme.
The Solution: Emtek provided their newly
tested VT-100 Transition, a fully compliant and
approved method of seamless transition from N2
Parapet to N2 Safety Barrier Systems. Developed
in partnership with Corus, the transition went
through stringent computer modelling simulations
before being physically crash tested at MIRA in
the UK. After a successful test the transition
was EN: 1317 approved by Highways Agency.
Manufactured from high grade steel and hot dip
galvanised to BS EN ISO 1461, our transition is
strong and durable for the modern highway
application.
For further information contact our Highway
Team:
sales@emtek.co.uk
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March 2009
- Project Title: Storm Water Attenuation,
Translink, Co. Antrim
The Challenge: Provide load bearing storm
water attenuation tanks to new bus depot ‘park &
ride’ scheme.
The Solution: Emtek provided their steel
load bearing attenuation system. A lightweight
yet extremely strong design, our helically wound
pipes and tanks proved to be both cost effective
and quick to install. A BBA Hapas approved
system, the tank was supplied with pre-fitted
shafts, access ladders, outlet and inlet valves
to allow for ease of commissioning and future
maintenance. Designed to Highways Agency
standard BD 12, our tanks offer engineers all
the benefits of a load bearing pipe, but with
the added value of excellent storm water
attenuation and control.
For further information contact our Industrial
Team:
sales@emtek.co.uk
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February 2009
- Project Title: Carrickfergus Castle
Pedestrian Walkway Regeneration, Co. Antrim
The Challenge: Provide maintenance free
pedestrian handrails to popular coastal walkway.
The Solution: Emtek provided their
Ballinderry 02 Post & Rail system, manufactured
using Ferrocast, a maintenance free polyurethane
compound moulded over a robust steel inner core.
Designed to reflect the ocean wave crashing
against the coastal wall, our Ballinderry 02
system was installed using maintenance free high
grade stainless steel chemical anchor studs,
ensuring the striking design was not compromised
by its foundation. As part of the project the
old original metal railing was dismantled by our
fitters and sent for recycling. Our Ballinderry
range of Post & Rail systems can be manufactured
to facilitate steps, raked and radius walls and
are available in any RAL colour. An ideal
solution for coastal and marine settings when
on-going annual maintenance costs can often
become unsustainable.
For further information contact our Urban Team:
sales@emtek.co.uk
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January 2009
- Project Title: Permanent Cold Lay
Surfacing Macadam Contract, Roads Service of
Northern Ireland
The Challenge: Provide high quality
bagged PCSM to regional roads depots throughout
Northern Ireland on annual framework contract.
The Solution: Emtek provided their market
leading Instant Road Repair in 25kg bags, a
permanent macadam ideal for small patch repairs
and reinstatements, particularly pot hole
repairs. BBA Hapas approved, our IRR product
proved a cost effective high quality solution to
the multiple depots and our ability to ship
finished product ex-stock direct from our
National Warehouse proved to be the winning
formula. Instant Road Repair is available with
3mm, 6mm and 10mm stone and with its unique
binder enables immediate set upon compaction of
the macadam. An ideal solution for rapid
trafficking of our busy roads.
For further information contact our Urban Team:
sales@emtek.co.uk
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