Many passive fire protection products are claimed to be intumescent. What does this mean and when can a product be classed as intumescent? An intumescent is a substance that swells as a result of heat exposure, thus increasing in volume and decreasing in density. Intumescent materials used in fire protection will increase their volume significantly […]
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McCullough Mulvin Architects transformed a former stone hospice into a new home for the Butler Gallery and a cultural centre in Kilkenny. Galco was a one-stop-shop for all drainage systems used during the renovation. The Evans Home, a former Almshouse, has been sensitively restored and combined with contemporary interventions, in the form of two, two-storey
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The new National Children’s Hospital in Dublin continues to develop. Galco is proud to be involved in protecting the project`s steelwork against corrosion and also applying intumescent paint passive fire protection. The hospital, which is under construction at St James’s Hospital in Dublin 8, is due to open in the second half of 2024. It
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The newest Pelletstown train station on Ireland’s rail network has recently been opened in North Dublin. The steel elements were hot dip galvanized then painted with Galco’s Galvacoat paint system, the perfect way to ensure that the project will serve the community corrosion-free for decades. The Pelletstown Station is situated between Ashtown and Broombridge stations
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Recyfix Monotec drains Store Street project in Youghal. Cork County Council chose it for its lightweight, high capacity, fast installation, and monolithic drainage system. One of the biggest challenges of the project was to find the most suitable drainage solution that would solve the following issues: Strength, min D400 loading. Robustness, suitable for vans and
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A new, bigger galvanizing bath has just been installed in our Galco Waterford plant. Thanks to the new upgrade, we can now deliver an even better galvanizing service to the South East region. The new tank, which measures 6.5 m by 1.5 m by 2.65 m, increases our Waterford plant capacity by 70%. – We’ve
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Limerick is home to the largest production facility for mass biologics in Ireland. Critical medicines for the whole world are produced on an area of 37,000 m². With an investment sum of 100 million dollars, the plant is currently being enlarged. The extension will provide approximately 300 additional jobs. By 2020, the new building project
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Sperrin Galvanisers Ltd specialises in providing a high-quality Hot Dip Galvanising service in terms of both quality and turnaround. Based in Draperstown, Magherafelt we are centrally located to service customers from the engineering, construction, agricultural and private sectors. We are uniquely set up to supply a high-class collection and delivery service across Ulster and further
Local Businesses come together to deliver the ‘Draperstown Digital Inclusion Project’. A number of businesses in the Draperstown area have come together to launch an initiative to help schools tackle digital exclusion for children in the Draperstown and surrounding area. The Draperstown Digital Inclusion Project was developed when a principle in the area
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How to make steel even more durable? How can we minimize the need for maintenance of future structures made of it? Let’s find out what is a galvanizing process. In a nutshell, hot-dip galvanizing involves the process of mechanically applying a durable zinc coating to steel. The reaction between zinc and steel takes place in
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