PROJECT CASE STUDY

Built -Up Roofing Railway Station

Background Coventry railway station in the , which was originally built in 1840, is on the loop of the with four trains an hour passing through on the way to London Euston. The current station was completed in 1962 and is now a grade II listed building. A major project of essential works in and around the station was underway by Galliford Try and this included the refurbishment of trackside and platform roofs.

Challenge The existing builtup roof waterproofing was in such poor condition that water was ponding and penetrating the building. Splits were evident in the perimeter details which Project: had been caused by differential movement in the aluminium edge trim.

Coventry Railway Station Jam es M Green had to cope with roofs sited underneath power cables which could only Area: be worked on at night with limited access and limited scaffold space. All personnel on 3,500 m2 the project had to undergo two days of Personal Trackside Safety Training to prepare them to work alongside 25,000 volts of electricity in limited lighting conditions. Completion Date:

August 2006 Solution System: Rail wouldn't allow stripping of the existing roof as it would take too long, and Profiles System so the Profiles system was chosen so they could overlay the existing roofs e asily in Client: floodlit conditions. James M Green applied the new Profiles warm roof system, which included Icopal Main Contractor: Thermazone insulation to meet required u-value standards and was topped with Galliford Try FireSmart Profiles XL capsheet. Contractor: Parapet details were treated with Icop al’s Antrim GRP edge trims and the totally James M Green, Birmingham integrated roofing specification also included Icopal Roofguard Outlets, Telescopic Vent covers. The Profiles system is an engineered elastomeric bitumen waterproofing system supported by a 20 insurance backed guarantee. Materials were supplied on a like-for-like basis to comply with the limitations imposed by the station's listed status. Teams of eight roofers worked in 12 hour shifts, 7 days a week to complete the job, which was finished ahead of schedule at the beginning of August; completed in just one month. Ref: ICS1 013 Icopal Limited Barton Dock Road • Stretford • Manchester • M32 0YL • Tel: 0161 865 4444 • Fax: 0161 864 1178 • web: www.icopal.co.uk • email: [email protected]