Welcome to the latest Ancon newsletter. In this issue, we discuss the new Helifix Approved Installer Scheme which has been established to ensure products are installed correctly and a new Helifix BowTie brochure which provides guidance on seismic retrofits. 

For superior workmanship, choose a Helifix Approved Installer 

Helifix now operates a nationwide network of Approved Installers on the North and South Islands.

Helifix Approved Installers undertake site surveys and ensure products are installed correctly to achieve their optimum performance.

All Approved Installers work in conjunction with Helifix who provide them with training, professional guidance and technical support. Clients can be confident that their repairs are carried out using the latest techniques to obtain an efficient, reliable, cost-effective solution.

Helifix is pleased to announce that Sansom Construction Services Ltd, based in Auckland, and Fulton Hogan, with operatives based in their Wellington and Christchurch offices, are now part of the Approved Installer network and now offer insurance-backed warranties for installation and product.

Contact Helifix for details of your local installer

New Helifix BowTie Design Guide for Seismic Upgrades

Helifix has launched a new 12 page technical brochure on its long established BowTie range, used to connect masonry walls to internal timber floor or ceiling joists.

Improving wall to floor connections is a standard procedure in the seismic retrofit of buildings. The BowTie HD has been independently tested to establish the seismic performance of the system as a wall-diaphragm anchorage.

Details on specification and testing are featured in the brochure with data on maximum achievable BowTie anchorage capacities in timber or when resin fixed into masonry. Design guidance and a design example are also featured to help the engineer determine seismic demand and calculate the capacity of a one wall-diaphragm anchor.

The BowTie system provides a cost effective, non-disruptive solution for strengthening Unreinforced Masonry (URM) buildings with flexible diaphragms.

Download the BowTie Design Guide here

LinkPro Lifting Loops for safe, efficient, precast concrete handling

New innovative, weld-free Lindapter ‘all-in-one’ steelwork clamp

Ancon BT system meets the requirements of NZTA Bridge Manual, Edition 3 

Ancon has launched a range of high strength lifting loops for the fast and safe handling of heavy precast and prestressed reinforced concrete units used in major civil engineering projects, including large bridges.

The Lindapter AAF is a new steelwork clamp for connecting steel sections that offers increased adjustability, anti-corrosion protection and a high load capacity, even in low temperature environments.

Ancon is pleased to confirm that its BT range of parallel threaded reinforcing bar couplers and anchors meets the requirements of revision three of the Bridge Manual (SP/M/022), developed by the NZ Transport Agency.

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