System Ref: F120S PJS Solutions ROBUST Severe Rated Industrial Partition System that is designed, manufactured, supplied & Installed up to 20m high throughout the United Kingdom and selected countries throughout the world. ROBUST Severe Rated Industrial Partition 62dB Acoustic Rating U-values 0.28 W/m2k Built up to 20m high Specified by Architects ROBUST Severe Rated Industrial Partition comprising of 2 x layers 12.5mm of Fermacell performance board screw fixed both sides of heavy gauge “PJS” continuous length steel studs sections with at least 75mm Rockwool Mineral Slab 45kg/m3 with 3 different grades of surface finish, sealed at all points with acoustic sealant. 10 Year System WarrantyFire CertificationStructural EngineeringAcoustic EngineeringDesign ServiceCAD Drawing ServiceStructural EngineeringInstalled By “PJS” Throughout the UKIndustrial Finish Option Saving On Costs

1. fermacell Project & Solution
Energy from Waste Facility, Exeter, UK
n Eco Recycling Facility
n Project completed 2014
n fermacell Gypsum Fibreboards

2. Energy from Waste Facility, Exeter, UK
The Project
installation, the partitions needed to be
secondary hot rolled steelwork. fermacell
The Exeter Energy from Waste facility is
installed around service ducts, trays and
Gypsum Fibreboard was used for the
based on conventional Mass Burn Incinera-
cables. With the industrial environment,
partition walls within the complex to
tion technology, and uses an oscillating kiln
the walls needed to be of the highest severe
provide the required levels of rigidity,
which ensures very thorough combustion
duty rating. Any product used was required
sound insulation and fire protection. The
of the waste. The plant will produce a total
to be strong enough to fix services, cables
system was expertly installed by PJS
of around 3.6 Megawatts of Electricity per
and trays back to the partition surface.
Solutions to give a virtually seamless
hour (MWh), and will export around 2.8
MWh of this after it has used some of the
generated electricity to power its own
operation. The Exeter Energy from Waste
facility is set to recycle 60,000 tonnes of
waste every year. The facility will enable
Devon County Council to reduce household
and commercial waste by incineration,
produce energy in the process and substantially reduce the amount of waste sent
Solution
Blockwork and standard partition options
were ruled out because of the large vertical spans. PJS Solutions and fermacell
worked with the site team from Chilworth
Construction to develop a solution of light
gauge steel C stud sections clad with
fermacell Gypsum Fibreboards, without
the need to include additional and costly
‘industrial finish’ without the need for
plastering or painting of the boards. The
2 hour fire rating was achieved and is
covered by fermacell’s Warrington Fire
Assessment (for up to 20 m high partitions)
and acoustic rating of up to 62 dB R w
achieved as demonstrated by laboratory
acoustic testing of fermacell 1 S 31 partition system.
to landfill.
Project Requirement
The project called for 2 hour fire rated internal walls of up to 11.2 m in height, with
very little structural reinforcement between the floor slab and the roof steel
structure. Owing to site sequencing of
Fermacell UK
Overview
Client
Devon County Council
Main Contractors
Chilworth Construction / Tiru
fermacell installer
PJS Solutions
2 The Courtyard
Reddicap Trading Estate
Sutton Coldfield
B75 7BU
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