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Environment
Design
Starting on site...
Work started on site at Toxteth Food Central at the end of July with LBT Construction.
The ground was prepared and dug for the new raft slab foundation, designed to support the timber frame building above.
We chose to insulate below the slab, using a material called 'Technopor' - a recycled glass granualte. This has a few benefits - it means the slab is on the 'warm side' of the building, so all the thermal mass in within the building envelope. It means we minimise the amount of digging we need to do - as the technopr is both insulation and acting as hardcore/ binding below the slab, reducing the overall depth of the build up. And it means the insulation can simply be 'poured' into place, which is quicker than fixing lots of individual insulation boards.
