Driving innovation in the structural roofing & decking market

Building Systems UK recently announced a suite of innovations for their ComFlor® structural steel flooring and RoofDek family – with the launch of a range of new products that reduce both the total cost of ownership & whole life carbon and increase the efficiency of installation.

“Building Systems UK continue to build on our leading innovations and these latest ComFlor® and RoofDek products bring significant changes to our structural steel family.” states Jo Evans, Director, Building Systems UK, ‘With enhanced finishes, including metallic coating and paint solutions - driven by decades of development and testing, the expanded range provides solutions for a wider range of applications and project needs.”

The new family of products includes

ComFlor® FD+ with Colorcoat Prisma® pre-finished steel developed and optimised for floor deck applications. The Colorcoat Prisma® finish provides an exceptionally durable solution for onerous environments and is backed by a multi decade guarantee. A beautiful finish for exposed soffits[DL1] it is available for use in up to C5 environments and coastal applications.

ComFlor® MZ140 & MZ310 & RoofDek MZ140 - MagiZinc® is an innovative Zinc Magnesium coating replacement for conventional galvanised steels providing superior corrosion protection even in harsh environments. Available in two coating thicknesses and with a multi decade guarantee, the finishes have a lower whole life carbon performance when compared with standard Z275 galvanised coating.

ComFlor® 80 with precision crimped closed ends - ComFlor® 80 is the big sister to ComFlor® 60 with the same round shoulder combined profile technology applied to an 80mm deep trapezoidal shape to offer longer spans. Now available with the option of precision crimped closed ends, providing excellent acoustic performance and fire protection, and a more efficient installation on site.

Jon Arnold, Technical Manager, Building Systems UK, “Supporting these innovations is the Building Systems UK technical team who conduct and oversee product testing and can provide a full range of structural design services and calculations, including fibre reinforcement and rebar design, fire performance calculations and CO₂ calculations for slab design”

Jo Evans concludes, ‘The purpose of Building Systems UK is to ‘shape the future of sustainable buildings’ and these new offerings help us to support the construction market with innovative and increasingly low emission solutions.”