Contract Installation

We have a dedicated specialist composites installation team for our high rise building products and bespoke fabrications. We invest in specialist health and safety training for all our staff, and our GRP installation operatives are IPAF and PASMA qualified.

Dura Riser Installation Steps

With over 25 years’ combined experience, our Riser Installation Team are fully equipped and trained to install our bespoke patented (GB2581388) riser safety solutions on high-rise new builds and refurbishments. The Dura Riser system can be installed without delay – offering immediate riser protection and enabling the site to be fully operational instantly. Our experienced team can help ensure that your M&E requirements are factored into the build at the specification stage to help save you time and money.

1 | COLLECT INFORMATION

Information on voids and location services will be collected by issued drawings or by measure via a site survey where safety, access and equipment requirements will also be identified.

2 | INSTALLATION DRAWINGS

Install drawings will be drafted to identify the voids to be covered, the finished height and the placement of supports required to ensure the flooring is adequately reinforced.

3 | SETTING OUT

The void will be measured from corresponding datums or gridlines, and then carefully marked to enable an accurate installation.

4 | INSTALL SUPPORTS

The Dura Riser Framework is installed into the substrate of the void using approved fixings. Support will be offset by the thickness of the grating to allow the correct finished height.

5 | INSTALL GRATING

The Dura Riser grating will be cut to size and rested upon the supports, then clipped down to prevent uplift.

6 | CUT OUT FOR SERVICES

If your installed Dura Riser flooring solution has reached the next project stage, our experienced team are on hand to assist and ensure the structural integrity of your riser solution isn’t compromised when the mechanical and electrical services are added.

Value Added Services

Dura Composites offers a structural design engineering service, both as a stand-alone design or as part of a larger integrated design scheme.

Our Dura Riser design package includes layout drawings with secondary supports, and the option of FEA simulations and service cut out reports. All covered under Dura Composites Public Liability Insurance. We also have full design capabilities, offering PI insurance for bespoke designs.

Our installation team is made up of entirely permanent staff who undergo an extensive company induction process to ensure that they share in Dura Composites’ commitment to delivering excellence.

The use of PAYE employees instead of casual workers enables us to provide continuity of staff to our end clients, so you can get to know your project team, and in turn they can get to know your specific operating environments, ways of working and key project stakeholders. All of our installation team members are passionate about the quality of their workmanship and upholding the reputation of the team and the Dura Composites brand.

We have strong staff retention levels, meaning we are able to continually invest in our team members to enhance their knowledge and skills through regular training and development initiatives.

Our highly experienced workforce embraces a “can do” attitude and our Senior Site Supervisor Brett was recently awarded Mace’s monthly safety award in recognition of his exemplary health and safety practices.

We are ISO 9001 certified – a quality management system that helps us continually monitor and manage quality in order to achieve, as well as benchmark, consistently high performance and service.

We are pleased to have gained Achilles Building Confidence Advanced membership, ensuring our compliance with CAS and SSiP standards. All installation teams are supervised by an SSSTS trained supervisor, and all operatives carry CSCS cards, so you can be confident that Dura Composites adheres to safe working practices on site.

If installation conditions are particularly challenging, we can conduct a site survey and provide additional guidance which may influence or improve the planned design.

We also have a team of CAD experts and an in-house GRP structural design resource to ensure your planned installation meets all the safety and loading requirements for your specific application.

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And don't just take our word for it... see what some of our clients have to say

Dura have been a pleasure to work with on the 20 Ropemaker site. The site team have a great attitude towards health and safety and actively participate on site initiatives regarding this. They are very knowledgeable, always keen to help and collaborate effectively and independently with the other trades on the site where required. Their main supervisors Brett, Tom and Lee are all very capable, competent, diligent, and effective supervisors who manage their workforce well and control their work areas. The GRP risers and gantries produced on site are of a very good quality and are installed to a good visual standard.

Luke Busette
Senior Project Manager at Skanska

Dura Riser proved ideal for the project as they were delivered to site ready-made for quick installation. Dura Riser negates the requirement for heavy lifting equipment and significantly reduce installation costs, as service holes can be cut in situ without the need for post fixing or hot works permits. The team at Dura Composites offer superb technical and CAD support, and we look forward to working with them on future phases of Elephant Park and on other projects

James Wibberley
Project Engineer at Morrisroe
Due to the nature and intricacy of the requirements to stabilise and re-enforce the platform steel in our services riser on all ten levels, we had to investigate the market to find an appropriate specialist that we could trust, to ensure the works were carried out correctly and properly. The comprehensive and detailed proposal we received from Dura Composites which identified the weak points in the platform structure and how to overcome them was both commercially and structurally viable, leading Dura Composites to be our preferred bidder during the tender process.

Once the contract was awarded and the Scope of Works was finalised Dura Composites mobilised within days, kept us continuously informed of their progress, and also identified any Health and Safety risks during the installation. Once the works were completed, they also identified how the additional structural supports would be monitored and maintained. In the view of the proficiency of their installed works, Dura Composites are now a valued part of our Supply Chain and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them for Riser Installation works.

Paul Petrilli
Quantity Surveyor at Briggs & Forrester Engineering Services Ltd
We have found Dura Composites to be extremely knowledgeable, informative, accommodating and professional throughout our engagement with them, on this and a number of other projects. Their design service is quick and offers good advice and an efficient scheme, which is then followed up by a professional installation team who are flexible to the changing needs of site conditions on a daily basis and most importantly are willing to work with us to deal with variations and challenges along the way.

Our end clients are also complimentary of the services Dura Composites offers from a management and Health and Safety perspective. It’s pleasing to see a forward-looking and innovative company who are investing in Research and Development to provide a service tailored to the construction industry for everyone’s benefit by reducing installation time and material costs

Paul McNamara
Contracts Manager at MH Getjar Ltd
The Dura Riser products were easy to install on this project and were delivered to site in numbered kit format already made to size, so it was simple for us to fit each one as the concrete was poured. The durable anti-slip grating prevents objects and debris falling through and has a strong, anti-slip surface, so follow on trades will benefit from a great safety solution that’s easy to work with when it comes to installing the services.

From our point of view, it was great that hot works permits weren’t required and that the Dura team gave us all the advice and support we needed to make the risers safe in an efficient and cost effective way

Danut Bojian
Construction Manager at Ardmore Construction
The platform was delivered and installed as planned. We’d like to commend your installation team for a proactive approach and professional attitude.

Andrew Gaft MSc MIET MAPM
Project Manager at J. Murphy & Sons Ltd

Our High Rise Team

Our highly experienced team offer a tried and tested one-stop-shop for Riser safety – including design, supply & install. Get in touch on 01255 446830

Ron Gibson

Sales Manager

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Contracts Sales Manager

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Sales Key Account Manager

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