MC Building Chemicals
Client: TAMESIDE COUNCIL
Tameside Council identified problems on the Manchester Canal Bridge with water ingressing and in winter months ice forming under the bridge presenting hazards to both pedestrian and marine traffic.
The road above was a main arterial route. Therefore traditional excavation was undesirable due to traffic disruption and the amount of identified services that would have to be navigated past in the works.
Tameside Council were enthusiastic in using an alternative undisruptive solution. However, were sold on the MC system when they learned that the system has full European drinking water approval and represented no risk to aquatic life within the canal.
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Hâ‚‚S gas is extremely acidic and will quickly degrade all alkaline based substrates such as concrete, precast concrete and pointing mortar in brickwork. M C Building Chemicals are a world renowned manufacturer of specialist Hâ‚‚S resistant coatings that are hybrid silicate based offering complete protection from Hâ‚‚S gas degradation. Ombran CPS (corrosion protection system)…
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H2S is a gas that seriously degrades all concrete and pointing mortar in brickwork. H2S is an acidic gas that is often formed in the sewage network and other process systems. The chemical attack is referred to as biogenous sulphuric acid corrosion with the live bacteria excreting sulphuric acid in the gas zone above the water line of the…
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STRUCTURAL CRACK REPAIRS IN CONCRETE Regardless of the care taken in placement concrete can often crack. The reasons can be attributed to poor reinforcement design, premature loading or simple shrinkage cracking that has occurred during the concrete curing phase. MC Building Chemicals are world leading experts in structural crack repair and have solutions for both dry and water-bearing cracks. …