Kemper System

This is a recent example of our Kemper system which is a liquid applied membrane. The liquid is watertight, guaranteed and weather proof.

For this or any other roofing/ guttering repairs or refurbishments call me on 01543 504127 or email me at for your free survey and quote.

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Gutter Cleaning

Are you aware the dangers of clogged or damaged gutters?

An increase in rainfall during the winter months may see overflowing allowing rainwater to flood into buildings and working areas below potentially destroying stock, office ceilings and computers. This could cause serious financial damage and company downtime. A clean or repair would allow water to flow out and prevent any damage to your building.

For a free survey and quote on any of our services please call us on 01543 504127 or email me at maria@stormindustrialroofing.co.uk

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Flat and hanger roofs

This is a job in Worcester we have recently completed. It was for a flat roof and hanger roof. The roof was stripped, cleaned and re felted with 2 layers.  The total cost was approx £60,000 with a 15 year guarantee.

For a free survey and quote on any of our services please call us on 01543 504127 or email me at maria@stormindustrialroofing.co.uk

 

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Decra-Tile Refurbishment

This is an example of our Decra-tile system. An old asbestos roof which had no insulation, leaking and unattractive. We have now insulated the roof and used our Decra-tile system which gives the building a new lease of life. The building is now fully insulated, leak free and looks like new.

For a free survey and quote on any of our services please call us on 01543 504127 or email us at maria@stormindustrialroofing.co.uk

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Specialist trained teams to now target dilapidation work through surveyors offering 10% discount

We have recently been awarded an increasing number of contracts through building surveyors in relation to improving their clients properties.

Our carefully selected and experienced teams are trained in Giromax End lap treatment, Plygene Gutter Liner installations, roof light replacement and also other liquid applied options.

Having completed those contracts successfully, well within allocated budgets and also ahead of schedule we are now actively targeting similar dilapidation, projects or planned maintenance works such as roof light replacement, gutter treatment and end lap refurbishment.

If we have not heard from you before talk to us today and give STORM Industrial Roofing an opportunity to prove it’s worth in this currently competitive environment.

Contact us using the code STORM10%OFFER on either 07715 497207 or abi@stormindustrialroofing.co.uk to get 10% discount on your next quotation.

Roof Light Replacement and End Lap Refurbishment

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Requirement for safety netting

Are your safe systems of work robust enough to avoid situations as this one below?

A builder has been fined for safety failings after an employee suffered life-changing injuries when he fell through a fragile roof light.
Bristol Crown Court heard how in August 2014 the 25-year-old employee of a Somerset company fell five meters through a fragile roof light at a farm during roofing work.
The employee suffered brain injury, a fractured spine and broken ribs.
The company in question was fined a total of ?26,000, and ordered to pay ?3,738 in costs after pleading guilty to an offence under Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.
The use of nets to protect against falls through fragile roof lights is well- established in the industry, if nets had been in place this accident would have been prevented?

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Decline of construction and trade apprentices

Recent statistics released by Direct Line for Business have revealed a decline in construction and trade apprenticeships. The breakdown of figures demonstrates that construction and trade apprenticeships made up just 7% of all apprenticeships last year, decreasing from a positive 12% in 2006. These figures were compared against other types of apprenticeships which have shown an increase in popularity, evidencing a 57% increase in the number of total apprenticeships in the last five years to 434,630 during 2013/14.

Arranged in order of the total number of apprenticeships created throughout 2013/14, only two construction and trade focused apprenticeships ranked in the top ten (construction skills at ninth and industrial applications at tenth).

This outcome is a stark contrast to 2006/07 when construction skills apprenticeships were ranked at the top with over 20,000 apprenticeships undertaken in this field.

In addition to these figures, further statistics show that the number of National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs), Scottish Vocational Qualifications (SVQs), Vocationally Related Qualifications (VRQs) and Credit Framework Qualifications (QCFs) awarded between 2013 and 2014 fell by 14% from 5,443,000 to 4,684,000.

The number of NVQs/SVQs achieved in the UK has reduced hugely over the last four years from one million in 2009/10 to 44,000 in 2013/14. Similarly, the number of VRQs achieved in the UK also decreased from two million in 2009/10 to 190,000 in 2013/14. Furthermore qualifications in construction, planning and the built environment made up only 5% of all qualifications in 2013/14 (232,200 out of 4,684,000).

Nick Breton, head of Direct Line for Business said: ?Apprenticeships are important for budding builders, plumbers and electricians to get into the workplace. With fewer people in apprenticeships there is a risk of creating a skills gap that will affect businesses and consumers alike.

?The introduction of the new ?3 billion apprenticeship levy in the Government?s Autumn Statement and the promise of three million new apprenticeships across the UK is a positive move, which we hope will make it easier for SMEs to ensure that they have access to skilled young workers.?

Courtesy of RCI Mag

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Dilapidations and Valuation Issues arise from Roof Light Case that Landlords, Tenants and Property professionals ought be aware of

Ref. Twinmar Holdings Ltd v Klarius UK Ltd & Ors [2013] EWHC 944

The Technology and Construction Court has established a precedent concerning the methods for assessing the deterioration of roof lights under a terminal dilapidations claim for a full repairing lease. With many industrial and commercial buildings incorporating dozens of roof lights, this could impact substantially not only future dilapidations claims ? but valuations, rent reviews and ratings.

The court case arose concerning a property that was constructed in 1993 and was owned by a company called Twinmar.? A company called Claris took a lease for 25 years from 29th September 1993, however, a break clause was exercised causing the lease to be determined on 28th September 2008.?

Throughout the negotiations, the original dilapidations claim was some ?400,000 plus the appropriate fees. This was then reduced to approximately ?225,000 following a tendering process.? The major issue of dispute was over the roof lights.

The Landlord claimed they were in substantial disrepair and they were entitled to cover the cost of treating the roof lights with a special coating system plus all the associated costs of scaffolding and other related works, the former tenant argued that the roof lights were not in disrepair as they were not leaking and that moss and lichen and other matters had not taken hold.?

The Judge ultimately assessed that the liability for disrepair was not to be measured on the basis of whether or not the existing condition was abstractly acceptable, but instead with regards to putting the property back into the condition it was at the commencement of the lease with further regard, as is always the case, to the class of person who would be expected to take the property at the commencement of a lease.

As these roof lights were new at the commencement of the lease, and bearing in mind that the roof lights had a life expectancy of some 20 years, some loss of translucence or light could be expected after 10 years.

Nevertheless, the amount of loss of light implied and suggested to the judge that, bearing in mind the wording of the covenant ? to keep the ?whole of the premises?. in good and substantial repair and condition? ? the roof lights ceased to be in ?good condition? once there had been a visible and significant reduction in their translucence such that the light coming through them had to be augmented by artificial light in weather conditions that would not have required artificial lighting when the roof lights were new.

The light was found to be limited substantially by the abrasion of the surfaces and the wearing away of the original gel coats. The tenant was found liable and the costs for the remedial works, including applying the new coating and all the appropriate health and safety measures, were confirmed as chargeable in the dilapidations claim.

Whilst this ruling will have huge consequences for other terminal dilapidations claims under similar material facts, this could also have potential valuation and legal knock-on issues.?

It might be surmised, for example, that when somebody is taking out a tenancy on something that is substantially lit by natural light through roof lights that are likely to degrade over a period of time, this ruling may increase the expected costs of occupancy over the buildings life span.?

If the life expectancy of these light panels in the roof are some 20 years when a typical lease may be some 15 years in length, it is highly likely that the whole cost of replacing these lights may well be required in a dilapidations case claim at the end of the lease.?

As a consequence, some new leases may end up having this aspect specifically excluded as a pre-agreed contract. For those that continue with a ?traditional? full repairing obligation, this addition to the costs of occupation may be allowed for in the valuation process either by reduced rental or some other form of compensatory basis.

It could even be argued that on a lease that has already commenced where previously this issue has not been considered, there may be grounds for a tenant helping to prevent there being or reducing any rent increase at a rent review, ceteris paribus.

If the ?putting back in its original state? argument overrules the ?reasonable wear and tear? argument there will be long term liability, legal and valuation implications that will need to considered by professionals both of a property and legal disposition.

As an interesting side note, the Judge in this instance commented obiter on the second argument raised by the claimants ? ie. that the roof lights were ?windows? and thus came under another clause of the lease ?to replace and renew and keep clean all windows at the premises?.

The Judge considered that roof lights were not to be considered windows under the material facts. It was axiomatic that windows are typically glass and it was essential that, for any other material to behave like a window, it must behave like glass. Although roof lights admit light, they are not nearly as translucent as glass and on this fact the argument was thrown out.

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New CDM Regulations 2015 published

IOSH members can view new regulations and guidance for managing safety and health in the construction industry.

The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM) have officially been published, ahead of becoming the main driver for managing the health, safety and welfare of construction projects from 6 April.

They comprise six draft industry guidance documents aimed at clients, contractors, designers, principal contractors, principal designers and workers, and an additional HSE ?L? series guide on the regulations.

The new regulations have been drawn up following a public consultation last year by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

A number of new changes will come into force under the 2015 CDM Regulations. According to the HSE, they include:

??Principal Designer (PD) ? The CDM Co-ordinator role under CDM2007 will be replaced by the new PD role. It means responsibility for coordinated the pre-construction phase will rest with a member of the design team.
??Client ? The new regulations recognise the client as the head of the supply chain and as the party best place to set standards throughout a project.

??Competence ? The detailed requirements will be replaced with a more general framework which splits ?competence? into component parts of skills, knowledge, training and experience and organisational capability.

Though ?domestic? clients are in the scope of CDM 2015, their duties will normally be transferred to other duty holders.

Projects which are already underway before 6 April will be able to comply with the 2007 CDM Regulations for a period of six months. After 6 October, all ongoing projects will have to comply with the new CDM Regulations 2015.

Paul Haxell, chair of the IOSH Construction Group said: ?There are some subtle yet very significant changes in the responsibilities of the duty holders which need to be carefully considered.

?For example, the strengthening of the client responsibilities and the explicit requirement for the PC to consult with the workforce are every bit as important as the plan, manage and monitor responsibility placed on the Principal Designer during the pre-construction phase.

?It is the latter which is receiving a lot of attention in the press. In my opinion, HSE and CONIAC have got it about right, given the huge variation in breadth which exists in the construction industry.

?There is a great new opportunity for the OSH professional to provide pragmatic advice to support implementation of the new regulations and not be seen to oversell professional services. The IOSH Construction Group is planning to plan a full part in this endeavour.?

Ref: www.iosh.co.uk

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Our New Stationary Has Arrived

This week our new stationary has landed, we have upgraded our letterheads, compliment slips and continuation paper.

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