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A handy pocket-sized booklet, giving information on the majority of the UK’s recognised concrete repair specialists.
The one-third A/4 sized CRA Members Directory includes updated information on each of the CRA’s contractor, product manufacturer, distributor and Associate members.
It has been specifically designed to be of practical, every-day use to Clients, Specifiers, Consultants, Surveyors and Local Authorities seeking established companies involved in the practice of concrete repair and allied activities.
Each CRA member’s page lists the company’s head and regional office locations, web site, email details and the names of primary contacts. It also includes a description of the company's specialist concrete repair capabilities (or products, in the case of manufacturers and distributors), as well as third party accreditations.
To facilitate company selection, when compiling tender lists for concrete repair work, each contractor’s entry includes details of contract values catered for, the company’s largest contract to date, its total turnover, the value of its concrete repair related business and its geographical area of operation.
The booklet also contains details of the Association’s technical helpline; its NVQ/CSCS related training scheme and the Codes of Practice to which each member has committed. It also provides information regarding the Association’s free CD-ROM.
To obtain a free copy to email your details.
The CRA CD-ROM contains audio-visual programmes entitled "The route to a successful concrete repair","Structural strengthening with fibre reinforced polymers" and "Electrochemical rehabilitation of steel reinforced concrete structures". It also includes copies of the CRA Advice Notes and other documents.
Since its introduction in 1997, the CD-ROM has proven a runaway success with more than 6,000 copies having been requested and issued.
To obtain a free copy
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This document emphasises the essential overall considerations to be taken into account when faced with the repair of reinforced concrete. It deals with the essential steps that need to be followed or considered before, during and after, carrying out concrete repair and provides a useful guideline to the best approach to be adopted. The programme does not delve into the intricacies of specification, or site works. Rather, by following the steps outlined, many of the pitfalls endemic in concrete repair projects of all sizes should be avoided. It also explains the ramifications of the recently introduced BS EN 1504 Standard, a framework around which clients and their consultants, or designers, can build a specification. Click here to download
A working document that clarifies the various aspects of concrete repair work, such as surface cleaning, surveying, mortar repairs, pore/blow hole filling, levelling with fairing coats, resin injection and protection coatings.
The document also takes into account time related elements, such as access and site facilities and facilitates the preparation of a comprehensive standard form of work package. Click here to download
This document provides an overview of the different types of fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) composite materials available (such as flat layers containing undirectional fibres or woven fibre fabrics embedded within a layer of light polymer matrix material) and the types of structure they are used to strengthen. The information delivered will enable the viewer to avoid basic errors when employing, specifying and/or applying such systems.
This document explains the primary causes of steel reinforcement corrosion in concrete and the various remedial options that are available. It covers design considerations and outlines possible electrochemical remedial solutions, such as realkalisation, chloride extraction, cathodic protection/prevention, sacrificial systems as well as describing new developments.
Covers preparation, application and testing with a special section of quality estimation, an area of coating application often misunderstood. Click here to download
This document was produced to coincide with the introduction, as of January 2009, of a comprehensive set of standards both for the process of concrete repair and the majority of the products it uses.
It describes the 10 parts of the Standard and explains how they impact upon manufacturers, engineers, designers and specifiers, contractors and specialist consultants. Click here to download.
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