PROJECT OVERVIEW

The project entailed the stripping of the current asphalt, concrete and screed back to the structural deck and the relaying of asphalt. The building is based on top of a high-level multi-storey car park and is a school playground in a busy central location opposite domestic houses and a Sainsbury’s superstore. Our highly skilled asphalters were able to create falls in asphalt and improve drainage in the roof. Due to the position/location of roof the hot charge had to pull up on New England Street, asphalt runup by wheelbarrow on a scaffold ramp to the carpark roof. (A hot charge delivery had to be chosen as such a large quantity of 1707m²)

PROJECT CHALLENGES

Due to the size and complexity of project extensive project management was key to the running of the site. Management between the contracts manager, site supervisor Matthew Coulter who holds an SMSTS certificate as well as being Mastic Asphalt qualified for over 30 years and had Mark our third year apprentice(who has since qualified) working with him, our own NSRSWA supervisor who we specifically sent for a course of training and certification to be certified for traffic management, help from directors here at Sussex Asphalte and highways management it was vital that all these personnel worked in cohesion with each other to assist in the smooth running of the site and project. In addition, it has involved liaising with the car park management to ensure as minimal disruption to the active car park below.

PROJECT MATERIALS

Mastic Asphalt