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High standard
Max joins the Q
chemical products Young Black has become one of the first fixings manufacturers to obtain full
Q-Mark accreditation under the UK Timber Frame Association’s (UKTFA) Q-Mark
3 Marcos - Industrias Metálicas SA, a Portuguese
scheme.
company certified to ISO TS 16949, with more than
This accreditation covers the entire MAX range of nails, brads and staples, both in
30 years experience creating fastening solutions for
buckets and Nail Fuel Packs. To achieve Q-Mark accreditation, products must conform to
the automobile and construction industries, has
the requirements of the UKTFA scheme which complies with the requirements of EN
recently added a new chemical division to its
45011, be certified by a UKAS accredited independent test house, and be manufactured
operation.
under ISO9000.
3 Marcos says that the recent addition of a chemical
Many timber frame manufacturers who themselves have achieved the Q-Mark now
department was based on the know-how acquired
require their suppliers to reach the same lev-
through the years and the reinforcement of the human
els of quality and consistency. These frame
resources with specialists in the construction chemical
manufacturers can purchase MAX fixings
area. The scope of the chemical department is to
with the peace of mind of knowing that
develop new and well fitted chemical products to
they will reach the standards of
present solutions for the construction industry,
quality and reliability set by the Q-
respecting all the environmental issues.
Mark scheme.
The investments made during the last year, lead the
Young Black has been the UK
market to request a second line of products (Premium
and Ireland’s sole supplier of the
line) which left the department with two complete
MAX range of tools, manufactured
chemical products lines, enclosing the most diverse
at a state-of-the-art facility in
families - silicones, acrylics, polyurethanes, etc…
Japan, since 1995.
This new department controls all the chemical
products to assure that the most recent technologies
are applied, guaranteeing the best performance and
the biggest respect for the environment.
3 Marcos intends to continue the investment in the
development of new products for the chemical area,
‘SCOSS’ issues
and is working at the moment in the development of
sealants and adhesives based on the new Ms-polymer
generations. fixings Alert
G&B Fissaggi
The Standing Committee on roof, and its own recent Confidential
Structural Safety is an independent Reporting on Structural Safety reports
body established by the UK’s (CROSS newsletter 10) on four
gets heavy
Institution of Civil Engineers and examples of ceiling failures “all of
Institution of Structural Engineers to which originated through failure of the
maintain a continuing review of fixings”.
SITA ACCIAIO CE 1, a steel anchor for heavy duty
building and civil engineering The Alert, says SCOSS, “is written to
fixing from G&B Fissaggi, has been
matters affecting the safety of draw attention to this situation. It
designed for structural fixing, of static
structures. It’s prime function is to applies specifically to fixings which are
type, on solid supports.
identify, in advance, those trends not formally approved via a recognised
The SITA ACCIAIO is Certified CE,
and developments, which might accreditation route e.g. British
option 1, for use in cracked and not
contribute to an increasing risk to Standard or European Technical
cracked concrete supports, and is
structural safety. Approval (ETA) which covers the
also Certified Fire resistance F120. It
In September of this year SCOSS fitness for purpose and installation,
has a high ductility, due to the special
issued an alert (SC/08/048A) in inspection and testing regimes.”
steel forged, cool pressed, that allows
relation to “The Selection and Amongst seven “suggested control
adjustment without breaking of the
Installation of Construction Fixings”. mechanisms” for safeguarding the
anchor during fastening.
The alert opens by saying, “SCOSS has selected fixings, is a clear
The anchor also features a longer
been concerned for some time at the recommendation that fixings with
and larger expansion clip, made up
use of structural fixings where these recognised approvals should be
of three sectors, granting high pull
so called ‘minor’ items have not utilised and, also, that “if changes are
out values and is available in
received the attention they deserve made appropriate procedures are
various lengths and diameters
given their safety critical nature.” It followed and that they involve
from M6 to M20. It is also
goes on to note its awareness of a competent persons acting with the
available in stainless steel AISI
number of failures “which had the same level of rigour as for the fixings
316 and with CE Certification
potential for multiple fatalities”, originally specified”.
Option 4, for use in cracked
referring to the Boston ‘Big Dig’ failure, The full text of the alert can be
and not cracked concrete
the collapse of a Swiss swimming pool downloaded from www.scoss.org.uk
supports.
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