SIKA AT WORK THE ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITAL, TRURO ROOFING: Sika Liquid Plastics‘ Sikalastic 650 (STP) in whiteBACKGROUND Still often referred to by its former name of Treliske Hospital, The Royal Cornwall Hospital on the outskirts of Truro is the principal provider of acute healthcare services for Cornwall and the medical training partner for Exeter University. The hospital’s estate includes two modular buildings constructed in the 1980s, which accommodate two wards: one for women recovering from giving birth and their babies and the other for oncology patients receiving cancer treatment. These single storey buildings had undergone a roof refurbishment four years earlier but the dark mineral bitumen and lack of insulation included in the specification at the time caused extremes of

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