CASE STUDY Hucknall Waste Recycling Centre Nottingham, United Kingdom Oakfield Recycling needed to update and upgrade their materials recycling centre in Hucknall Nottinghamshire. The site recycles all types of materials from concrete to reclaimed soil. The facility has heavy crushing machinery, loading shovels and articulated vehicles using the site. Challenge The challenge at the Hucknall Waste Recycling Centre was to produce a concrete slab that would meet the demands of constant use by heavy machinery, whilst also replacing the steel mesh in the original design, which in time would corrode and lead to further problems such as spalling and eventual failure of the concrete. Solution • The use of Durus macro synthetic fibres allowed the removal of the welded stee

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