SUSTAINABILITY
All SPS Technology building elements – everything we make for ships, ocean platforms, bullet & blast protection, pedestrian and vehicle bridges, as well as for building walls, floors, balconies, and stadia decking – are developed with sustainability in mind.
Choose Modern Methods of Construction.
With only two necessary components – steel and elastomer – proprietary SPS is specified to meet the demands of each project and we use only what is needed. Computer modelling helps us to prefabricate to the requirements, rather than generic components being brought to site and cut to measure. Unnecessary waste is virtually eliminated. SPS is both recyclable and renewable.
Coordinated before a job starts, SPS structural composite panels improve construction and repair programme times. Additionally, prefabricated SPS:
- Is structural and carries loads and equipment immediately (once placed and bolted to, or in the case of on-site injection, the elastomer has hardened)
- allow for easier and faster fixing of additional components, reducing the number and duration of personnel on-site
- eliminates extra waste products on-site
- allows earlier completion dates to be met.
The ‘Three Pillars of Sustainability’ in construction — environmental, economic and social considerations — drive the SPST process.
SPS – the sustainable solution for Maritime and Offshore.
Structural composites such as SPS®, Sandwich Plate System, for structural reinstatements and reinforcements are forward-looking, progressive and genuinely reinforce environmental sustainability.
Conventional ‘crop & renew’ creates a lot of waste: the corroded surface is completely removed and scrapped. Pipe runs and tanks beneath the corroded area may need to be removed or cleaned to commence a repair. Crop and renew is almost always undertaken in drydock or requires complex arrangements that add travel, expense and downtime costs.
With SPS, the corroded surface can stay in place and be used to form one side of the structural composite repair.
TRADITIONAL CROP AND RENEW:
- Requires up to 90% more labour
- Is up to 11 more expensive than SPS
- Projects are 3x slower compared with SPS
- Might need dive boats and underwater cofferdams
- Does not allow work in adjacent areas to continue in parallel
- Lengthens project schedules if services need dismantling
All of which adds up to a lot of carbon emissions.
SPS Technology’s Cold Work Solution offers more environmental benefits.
Both new build and repair with SPS are offered for the Maritime and Offshore industry. Our product is routinely used when vessels are in dry dock for other repairs and we do offer welded solutions for industrial construction.
However, SPS Technology and our partners can also offer the SPS COLD WORK Solution with onshore fabrication and offshore installation, which keeps your asset in production and your personnel on board safer.
WITH MODERN FABRICATION, SPS OFFERS:
- 55% less carbon dioxide equivalent
- 60% less new steel
- 70% less welding for typical SPS repair 100% for Cold Work
- 90% less O2 and acetylene cutting in a typical SPS repair, 100% for Cold Work
- 100% of SPS repairs generate less waste compared to traditional methods
Sandwich Plate System – Versatile, sustainable solutions using offsite construction.
Sandwich Plate System is used for both new build construction and adaptive reuse of older buildings and bridges. SPS Technology actively interfaces with the design team’s Tekla and 3D computer modelling to custom fabricate components for each project. Off-site prefabrication is undertaken in our stringently controlled setting and factory finishes applied. Compared to traditional methods, material waste and build time are greatly reduced.
Lighter than other heavy-duty building materials, SPS can be used in projects where strengthening existing foundations is difficult, further cutting scheduling time and carbon emissions.
Most importantly, SPS is proven to last. SPS stands up to corrosion and offers improved whole-life performance compared to traditional materials.
More sustainable construction practices with SPS Technology.
For maximum efficiency at the project site, SPS components are fabricated offsite, packaged and shipped sequentially. SPS is significantly lighter than concrete and a single truck can transport more components to a job site at one time. Truck movements can be reduced by up to 70%, which reduces the resulting carbon footprint.
SPS offers further carbon reductions compared to traditional construction:
- Reduced lift times and improved safety
- Reduced number of trades on-site, especially wet trades
- Quicker and easier installations by follow-on trades
- Helps eliminate waste products on-site
- Earlier completion dates can be met.
Flexibility for the future with Sandwich Plate System.
SPS is a highly versatile and thin structural composite. Its inherent structural properties work in all orientations. As such it is often used to renovate buildings and for the adaptive reuse of projects that would be impossible with other materials.
Sometimes the best sustainability position is one that lessens unnecessary demolition. Minimal demolition is a recurring response to projects where SPS is used:
- Our ‘re-profiling’ solution is a great example of how SPS is used to upgrade stadia and arena venues to current-day expectations with minimal demolition.
- Corroded plating is used as one side of a maritime repair.
- Demountable or moveable stadia decking systems have been built from SPS and reused.
And then there are the sustainability solutions using SPS that are on the drawing boards now, from our innovative partners who are always looking for novel solutions to environmental challenges.
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