Bodleian Book Storage
Project Location
SwindonMain Contractor
Mace PlusPre cast concrete company : Decomo
Project Background
A brand new book storage facility to house the lower usage items from the Bodleian Library at Oxford University. The BSF will store 8.4 million books on 153 miles of shelving, with a shelf surface area equivalent to 16.5 football pitches. The £26 million facility will store collections of books, maps, manuscripts, microfilms, periodicals and newspapers from the 18th Century onwards.
Application
Product Fireseal 400 used to create a Fireseal in Precast panel joint averaging 30mm in width and 15mm deep.
Tests were carried out on panels that were supplied to us from Decomo.