Application of innovative click system: The balconies are retrofitted

The circular movement of the cantilevered balconies has considerable consequences for Smit Prefab Beton, manufacturer and supplier of the stairs, landings and balconies for Stasjon Hurdegaryp. If they attach the balconies in the traditional way - where the storey floors form a whole with the balcony floors - this requires an extreme amount of underpinning and scaffolding. Reason for choosing the innovative Schöck Isokorf® IQlick system here.

Schöck Isokorf® IQlick is still quite new. Nevertheless, the system is safe, fully developed and tested. For Smit Prefab Beton it is the second time they have worked with it. In fact, construction company Lont is so positive about the click system that it has designated Stasjon Hurdegaryp as a pilot project for the product and also wants to invest in its application.

Great precision

Working with the Schöck Isokorf® IQclick system requires great precision from both the precast concrete producer and the contractor. "The IQclick system must be cast into the balconies to two millimeters accuracy, as well as into the storey floor," says Hendrik Siegers, director/owner of Smit Prefab Concrete. "After all, the steel bolts in the click system must match the recesses in the balconies exactly. The work lacks any room to correct anything else."

Flexible, efficient, fast

Yet this precision will be amply rewarded at a later stage. With the balconies being assembled late in the construction process, this creates the space to complete the facades first. Then, using the new anchoring technique, the balconies are assembled from the crane within minutes. Long-term underpinning and intensive scaffolding work are thus a thing of the past. The contractor can work flexibly, efficiently and quickly, and the risk of damage is significantly reduced. Together, these factors result in significant time savings. "Within Smit Prefab Beton we are now great advocates of the product. On the first project we paid some learning money. Now both the design and assembly are running smoothly and flawlessly."