Harris brick safety system

2021年，英国建造了175,390套住房，这需要增加到每年30万套才能满足住房需求。建筑商面临的一个问题是，由于大风，在水泥凝固之前，墙体在建成之后就会脱落。这些墙必须拆除，材料处理，然后建造新的墙，增加了支出，延误了施工。为了防止这种情况发生，我正在开发BrickBud，这是一种可重复使用的支撑系统，可以在墙壁脆弱时支撑它们。没有可重复使用的墙体支撑。倒塌的墙壁每年给英国造成至少265万英镑的材料损失、替代材料和劳动力损失，平均每一百所房屋中就有一所因墙壁倒塌而受损（30年的行业经验）。这些数字是基于平均尺寸的空腔墙，大约需要550块砖，85块和2桶水泥，总成本750英镑加上每天250英镑的人工成本。这个数字只会随着建筑费率的增加而增加，而且不包括废物清除、跳车租赁或额外管理。建筑商经常使用木梁来防止倒塌，但这是无效的，而且每年还要浪费1000万英镑的木材。砖在1000℃下烧制，每平方米砖产生22.5千克的二氧化碳。根据上面的数字，473吨二氧化碳被释放出来，制造砖头和另外473吨用于制造替代品，每年总共释放946吨二氧化碳。BrickBud将通过每年减少946吨的二氧化碳排放，帮助建筑行业实现净零排放。更令人关注的是相关的健康和安全问题。如果坍塌发生时有人员在现场，则有明显的生命或严重伤害风险，导致时间损失，保险索赔和保险费增加。这个项目将允许我使用Icon塑料和TWI有限公司的服务，将我正在申请专利的BrickBud设计带到预生产原型阶段。在项目结束时，我将有一个工作原型，设计图纸，制造的确切成本加上FEA，展示支撑在最大风荷载下的应用。通过将BrickBud系统商业化，建筑行业每年可以节省约1265万英镑，并减少946吨二氧化碳的建筑碳足迹。

In 2021 the UK built 175,390 houses this needs to increase to \>300,000 per year to meet housing needs. One problem faced by builders is the loss of walls after they have been built but before the cement is set due to high winds. These walls must be removed, the materials disposed of and then new walls constructed, increasing outlay and delaying construction. To prevent this occurring I am developing BrickBud, a re-usable propping system that can support walls whilst they are vulnerable. No form of re-usable wall propping is available.Collapsed walls cost the UK at least £2.65M per annum in lost materials, replacement materials and labour, with an average of one in one hundred houses suffering from a collapsed wall (30 years industry experience). These figures are based on an average size cavity wall requiring approximately 550 bricks, 85 blocks with 2 tubs of cement, total cost £750 plus labour at £250 per day. This figure will only increase with increased construction rates and do not include waste removal, skip hire or additional management. Builders often use wooden beams to try to prevent collapse, this ineffectual and a further £10M of timber is wasted per annum.Bricks are fired at \>1000°C and 22.5 kg of CO2 is generated per m2 of brickwork. Based on the figures above 473 tons of CO2 is released making the lost bricks and a further 473 tons to make their replacements, a total of 946 tons of CO2 per annum. BrickBud will help the construction industry towards Net Zero by reducing CO2 release by 946 tons per annum.Of greater concern are the associated health and safety issues. If personnel are on site when the collapse occurs there is a clear risk to life or serious injury leading to lost time, insurance claims and increasing insurance premiums.This project will allow me to take my patent pending BrickBud designs to the pre-production prototype stage by using the services of Icon Plastics and TWI Ltd. At the end of the project I will have a working prototype, design drawings, exact costings for manufacture plus FEA demonstrating the application of the propping with maximum wind loadings.By commercialising the BrickBud system, the construction industry could save approximately £12.65M plus reduce the carbon footprint of construction by 946 tons of CO2 per annum.