Kerkstoel 2000+ is a Belgian company that produces precast concrete floor and wall products, including twin walls and wide slabs. It has over 30 years of experience and produces over 180,000 cubic meters of concrete annually. The document provides details on Kerkstoel 2000+'s product lines, production capabilities, quality standards, and references for projects in the UK, Ireland, France, Belgium, and other countries.
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Experience & know-how
Active for more than 30 years
Products : Twin Walls and Wide Slabs
Shareholders : family ‘KERKSTOEL’
Company based in Grobbendonk (B) - 120 FTE
Active in Belgium, France, the Netherlands
Projects in the United Kingdom and Ireland
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Facts and figures
180,000 m³/y concrete production
60,000 m³/y for prefab elements
200,000 m²/y twin wall capacity
600,000 m²/y slab capacity
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History
1960: start production Wide Slabs (license OMNIA)
1974: first production line ’Wide Slabs’
1977: first automation of concrete machine
1983: first production line ‘Twin Walls’
1993 : first automation of robot ‘Formwork’
1997: automation by CAD
2008 2011 2012: development of new products
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Production Units
‘Steel’ Unit : The reinforcement Steel is automatically
welded to size for each wide slab.
‘Wide Slab’ Unit => 600,000 m² / year
‘twin wall’ Unit => 200,000 m² / year
Production > 4,000 m² combined/day
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Product
Twin Wall (standard)
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Dimensions Max : 10 m x 3.50 m
Thickness: 190mm – 400mm
< 190mm on demand
> 400mm on demand
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Product
Mur Comfort ® : insulated Walls
Type of insulation
expanded polystyrene (EPS)
or
polyisocyanurate (PIR).
Type of Connection
KAPPEMA
or
SYSPRO
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Product
Twin Wall Advantages
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ECONOMICAL
• No formwork required:
• No rental, storage or investment costs
• No transport, erection, removal & cleaning costs
• Less specialists required
• Less wasted material
• Ideal for single-sided formwork or infill construction
• Not affected by settlement
• Less sealing material required
• Lower transport and craneage costs
• No mortar bed required for assembly
• No joint problems – homogeneous infill concrete
• Trouble free connection of floor and ceiling slabs
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Product
Twin Wall Advantages
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REDUCED CONSTRUCTION TIME
• Reduced financing costs
• Factory production not weather dependent
• No waiting times to remove formwork
• No edge trestle needed to support floor panels
• Components such as window/door openings, cable ducts etc.
can be installed at the factory
• Very smooth finish suitable for spray plastering
• Can be delivered ready for wall papering (on request)
• Just in time delivery
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Product
Twin Wall Advantages
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ADDED BENEFITS
• Individual customised production, geared to each project
• Good acoustic insulation
• Combine the advantages of in-situ placed concrete with
precast
• Edge formwork for floor slabs incorporated in wall
components
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Product
Wide Slabs self-supporting
No propping required
On demand : study of possibilities per project
Lattice Girder : type Montaquick
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Product
Wide Floor Advantages
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• No formwork required:
• No rental, storage or investment costs
• No transport, erection, removal & cleaning costs
• Less specialists required
• Shape – made to measure saving time on site and materials
• Reinforcement – full lower reinforcement preinstalled
• Beams and openings can also be incorporated
• Electrical, sanitary, air-conditioning and heating services can
be built in.
• Durable – Optimum fire resistance, optimum environmental
resistance
• Finish – few joints, smooth surface suitable for spray
plastering.
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Product
ACTIV® FLOOR KERKSTOEL
Solution for thermally activated building systems:
technique of concrete core activation combined
in a wide slab element
Partnership with HENCO floor systems
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LES JARDINS DE LA COURONNE - BRUSSELS (B)
Company : A.M. BPC – ENT. LOUIS DE WAELE
Twin Walls : 24,000 m²
Wide Slabs : 100,000 m²