Belzona® Rebuilds Spalled Beams

Industry:

Buildings & Structures (BSTR)

Application:

Wall Problem Areas (WPA)

Customer Location:

Stadium, Eastern England

Application Date:

February 2008

Application Situation:

Supporting beams under the grandstand.

Problem:

Spalling and cracking of concrete caused by corrosion of reinforcement bars.

Products:

Belzona® 4141 (Magma-Build)

Substrate:

Reinforced concrete

Application Method:

Application was carried out in accordance with Belzona Know-How System Leaflet WPA-4.

Belzona Facts:

After Engineers confirmed structural integrity of the stands, Architect recommended that the beams be repaired to prolong the useful life of the grandstand so Belzona were called in. The cost of repair was a fraction of the cost of any viable alternative.  Belzona repairs were to provide ongoing corrosion protection to rebar and more than 60 individual faults were fixed.

Photographs Description

1. Typical cracked area
2. Surface cleaned and prepared
3. Application in progress
4. One of many finished applications