Swantest were employed by Erith Contractors to perform a load test on the roof slab of No.35-50 Rathbone Place. The aim of this test was to determine if the reinforced concrete roof slab was capable of supporting the load of an 8 tonne excavator plus the extra load from demolition arising’s. After the roof slab was stripped of its waterproofing layer & any compressible material, we used hydraulic jacks to induce a factored load of 196k

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