Balcon™ Balcony Connection Systems used at Media City UK – Case Study

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Media City UK – Case Study

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Sitting on a 200 acre site on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal, Media City UK is home to over 200 businesses, including the BBC, ITV and BUPA and aims to become a ‘leading international hub for the creative and digital sectors - and a vibrant destination to work, live and play’.

As with most major developments, the requirement to provide outside space within multi-storey residential and commercial buildings means that cold-bridging features high on the list of considerations.

The project at Media City UK incorporated a number of cantilevered steel balconies in a variety of styles and shapes - all of which required connecting back to the concrete floor slabs.

J&P worked closely with Jacobs the project engineers, and Heyrod the concrete contractors to find the best solution for the project. They proposed the BALCON™ product, and provided a range of design proposals which catered for every balcony design.

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As the balconies were fixed back to the straight edges of the floor slab, the BALCON units were detailed by J&P to accommodate the varying loads of the curved balconies.

The BALCON system, which is thermally assessed by the BBA (British Board of Agrément) comprises three lengths of JORDAHL hot-rolled anchor channel; one being horizontal and plain-lipped to which are welded two lengths of ‘toothed’ channel set vertically, all with matching JORDAHL T-bolts.

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The channels have appropriate lengths of grade 500 reinforcement welded to the back and sides to provide full anchorage into the concrete floor slab.

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Shear load (up to a maximum factored value of 75.6 kN) is taken by the vertical channels which incorporate the shear-resisting teeth.

Moment load (to a maximum factored value in excess of 60 kNm) is taken by tension in the top/horizontal channel and compression against the vertical channels.

Considerable fixing adjustability is inherent in every BALCON application.

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Product descriptionThe connection of steel balconies into concrete slabs (normally by different trades) gives rise to the need for considerable adjustability in the fixing method and the need to carry high loads whilst also minimising the effects of cold-bridging.

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The J-UK BALCON™, derived of JORDAHL® channels, neatly solves this design-dilemma hat-trick. BALCON™ arrangements offer multi-directional adjustment, are bespoke to each application and can also accommodate retro-fit balcony installations (e.g. for refurbishment projects).

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J&P Building Systems Ltd Phone: +44 (0)1844 215200 Email: [email protected]

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