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Salt Barn

St Helens Council

St Helens Council directly contacted Sutcliffe to conduct a structural survey on the roof structure of their Salt Barn, following the initial survey, St Helens Council requested a further survey on the entire barn. The Salt Barn is a storage facility for de-icing salts in preparation for snow and icy conditions.

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The Salt Barn located in St Helens is a concrete portal framed building used for storage of de-icing salts.

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St Helens Council instructed Sutcliffe to carry out a structural survey inspection on the barns roof structure.

The results of the survey found the roof perlins were in good condition with a limited amount of defects observed but defects were found under areas of damage in overlying roof sheeting.

St Helens Council requested a further inspection of the whole barn structure.

Sutcliffe delivered an inspection of the structural frame to the salt barn, covering to the structural frame, concrete retaining bays, concrete hardstanding and external hardstanding and landscaping immediately adjacent to the building.

Ensuring the Salt Barn structure is suitable to store de-icing salt is very important to St Helens Council and to the community as they have a secure storage area for de-icing salts in preparation for snow and icy conditions.

Contractor: Gallaway Construction

Completed: September 2021

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