The creation of a major accommodation complex to house
workers constructing the new Hinkley Point C nuclear power station has included
the use of illbruck
ME011 Breather Membrane, together with other
products from the illbruck brand range of tremco illbruck.
Already a long-established supplier to Caledonian Modular, illbruck was selected to supply system solutions for
making almost 1,500 bedroom and living units both airtight and weathertight
before leaving the offsite specialist’s Nottinghamshire factory.
Caledonian’s contract for Laing O’Rourke
also saw the use of illbruck adhesives, while illbruck glazing sealants and
tapes were employed by a sub-contractor for window installation.
Senior
engineer for Caledonian Modular, Dave Watson, commented, “As one of our OEM
suppliers, tremco illbruck has always provided us with good technical support
and dependable deliveries. In the case of the contract for Laing O’Rourke
tremco illbruck worked on both Phase 1 and Phase 2, both of which required a UV
stable breather membrane.
“The first
phase saw the accommodation units being finished using timber cladding boards
separated by 100 mm gaps, while the Phase 2 buildings, up to three storeys
high, were finished using a Marley Eternit rainscreen cladding with 10mm gaps.
Overall the project went very well and all of the accommodation buildings are
now handed over.”
Prior to
beginning production of the 1,496 modules for Hinkley Point, Caledonian Modular
carried out exhaustive testing of a prototype unit at the world renowned CWCT
laboratories within Bath University to ensure all criteria on weather
resistance were met.
ME011 is a
highly vapour open breather membrane which can be left fully exposed to
sunlight for up to six months, and is also suited to semi-visible applications
because it has a matt black, unbranded appearance.
The membrane can be applied direct to sheathing boards or
over rigid insulation panels before being covered by rainscreen cladding and
curtain walling. It can be supplied with self-adhesive edge strips or, as in
this case, installed using illbruck
ME315 Total Protection Tape, as well as illbruck
SP525 Frame and Façade Sealant & Adhesive
