PRESS RELEASE - SaltSavers


September, 2011

Base Structures in collaboration with Dome UK, the country’s No.1 supplier of Road Salt Storage Solutions, have developed a clip together sheeting system that is cheap, safe to install and re-usable.

The UK Government imports and stores around 3,000,000 tonnes of road salt per year, 50% of which ends up stored outside, uncovered.

salt pile
When rain falls on the exposed pile the salt dissolves and gets washed out eventually finding its way to natural water courses where it can suffocate the flora and fauna through over salination.

Wetted salt changes the consistency of the grit mixture which is the most common cause of breakdowns to the automatic grit spreading machinery.

Currently the solution to these problems involves covering the piles with large single sheets of fabric which are sewn together on site to stop them blowing away, but this can cause a number of problems when it comes to retrieving the salt beneath.

The new Salt Saver system is delivered to site in 3.2m roll widths and at lengths to suit each individual pile. The pieces are then simply clipped together to form one large cover which is laced with rope and weighted with salt bags.

salt cover
No matter how large the pile our modular system is designed to be installed by no more than 3 people, with no special skills, equipment or material handling experience.

When access is required to the salt, the individual sheets are very simply unclipped, rolled up and stored for re-use. By reusing the same sheets time after time, there are obvious long-term cash-flow gains and environmental benefits too!

Download the SaltSaver pdfLink

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About Base Structures

 

Founded in 2001, Base Structures is a specialist sub contractor offering a one stop shop for the design, manufacture and installation of tensile fabric structures.

Operating across Europe, Base has 50 staff and £5million turnover. Notable client projects include Heathrow Terminal 5, Manchester International Festival, Eden Project and the Mound Stand at Lords Cricket Ground.

Services include bespoke exterior and interior fabric structures plus a range of pre-designed tensile fabric products, as well as zoo mesh enclosures, biogas storage holders and the new TEXO® fabric framing system.

For media enquiries, please contact Lucinda Brook at +44 (0)117 317 7646 or email lucinda@marketingclout.co.uk. Alternatively call Kevin Hemmings on +44 (0)117 971 2229.

For further information visit www.basestructures.com