PROJECT PROFILE
McCONNELL’S DISTILLERY, CRUMLIN ROAD GAOL, BELFAST
HIGHLIGHTING ITS CAPABILITY TO REACT AND REDESIGN AS WELL AS INSTALL, MCCONNELL’S DISTILLERY PROVED A CHALLENGING AND REWARDING INSTALLATION FOR RIDGEWAY… FLOWFORGE FLOORING
Established in 1969, Ridgeway offers a wide range of niche products and services across key sectors including construction, engineering, manufacturing, infrastructure, energy, social and community. A solutions provider, it adds value by listening to and understanding customer needs in product and supply, the integration of quality, safety and innovation and the economies of scale - ‘True Best Value’. Ridgeway’s product divisions cover a wide range of equipment and applications and contain world-class global manufacturers with proven track records and experience for its customers. Its customer base has real breadth including global corporate accounts, large-medium manufacturers, main contractors, specialist sub-contractors and local professional tradesmen and facilities maintenance organisations. The business places the utmost priority not only on its valued customers but also its staff and has an energetic, dedicated,
focused and professional team to support all its sales, hire, installation, service, delivery and training operations. Peter McMahon, Senior Sales Specialist at Ridgeway, said, “Initially we were asked by Felix O’Hare to price the supply of our open-grid steel Flowforge flooring. “The Flowforge was to be used around new tanks and pipework being installed in the landing areas on the wing. This primarily allowed access to the tanks and pipework as well as more light to the floor below. The initial design was flooring with cut outs to go in prior to any tanks/ pipework in situ. “After our site visit, we were advised that drawings etc differed from on-site fitting and there were pipework and tanks already installed, that could not be moved. “We also assisted with fitting via a subcontractor. Due to the existing pipework, the initial design drawings could not be used. We had to source stock panels as well as a local fabricator (SMP Fabrications), who could measure
on site and fabricate each panel specific to location, bearing in mind the aesthetics, that the cross bars had to line up visually. “They also had to install Kick flat and solid 10mm chequer plate floor, as the panels had to carry pedestrian load traffic over the clear span of the landing. “The added work and detailing for the flooring required the team to work around the existing pipework along with the tight time schedule. It was good to use local fabricators as they were able to react quickly to on-site requirements and changes.” Working with Felix O’Hare was a pleasure as always, with on-site staff more than accommodating and understanding of any challenges Ridegeway came up against. “This is a fantastic project which highlights our capabilities within the industry to react and redesign as well as install,” said Peter. “We offer innovative solutions that are a key aspect to our supply chain niche.”
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