Case Study
CFRP Column Strengthening
Project Profile: Westfield, London Project: CFRP Column Strengthening Client: Westfield Shopping Centre The project: Westfield shopping centre, located in Shepard’s Bush, is London’s largest shopping centre, boasting 150,000 square metres. Containing more than 300 shops and restaurants from varying backgrounds and inclusive of a 4,500-space multi-storey cark park, it’s clear to see why this centre attracts such heavy footfall. As a result, one of the retail tenants within the Westfield centre required the addition of another floor level with increased load capacity, directly above specified reinforced concrete columns located at levels 10 and 20 of the multi-storey car park. APA Concrete Repairs Ltd were therefore contracted to prepare and strengthen these reinforced col