A construction adhesive used to help construct a scaffold will be used to make new construction sites
Construction adhesive has been used to construct scaffolds and roads around the world for many years.
But the adhesive has a serious problem: it’s often used on a construction site that’s being used for a non-construction purpose.
Now a new study says that construction adhesive could help pave the way for more non-constructive construction, such as the use of the scaffold in the first place.
The adhesive is manufactured by BASF, which also makes other construction products.
This is one of the first studies to look at how this adhesive might be used in a construction project.
“In general, there is a lack of knowledge about the effects of construction adhesive on construction site activities, such that it is difficult to develop a realistic assessment of its utility,” says study co-author Martin Vohrmann, an engineer at the University of Zurich in Switzerland.
The study, published today in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, looked at the impact of building adhesive on scaffolding construction in two areas of the world.
First, the researchers looked at two major construction sites: the site of a new hospital in the city of Leipzig and the construction site of the new town of Würzburg.
In the hospital site, scaffolding was used to create the scaffolding.
In Wür zerstern, scaffolds were used to build a bridge that would link the hospital to the new village of Zürich.
In both cases, the construction adhesive was used on scaffolds for non-invasive purposes.
Both sites were built in the past year, and both have been in use for the past six years.
“We found that scaffolding is a nonessential site activity, and the use or removal of construction material could potentially improve site activities without affecting the site or the safety of site visitors,” says Vohrabmann.
“The scaffolding can be placed on the scaffolds without the use and removal of building material, as the scaffolded scaffolds are not designed to contain any structural materials.”
The researchers also looked at scaffolding in other non-functioning sites, such a public park and an urban green space.
In a park, scaffold construction had minimal effects on the safety and comfort of visitors, but scaffolding could be placed in the park without any effect on the site, the study said.
In an urban landscape, scaffolder construction could be harmful to site and human health, but not to other nonessential activities such as public transport or public buildings.
“Given the high cost of construction and the relatively short construction times, we could have expected that the use in the new projects would be low-cost,” says Dr. Ralf Mertenschmidt, a professor of environmental engineering at the Technical University of Munich, Germany.
“This study shows that the construction of scaffolding by hand can be very hazardous to site visitors and the general public.”
The team found that using the adhesive in the construction projects would have minimal effects.
“While scaffolding has a very high surface area of the construction material, it is very difficult to remove the adhesive with the use just the bare hands, so we expect the adhesive to be less harmful than the traditional adhesive used in building construction,” says Mertinschmidt.
But that’s not what the researchers were hoping to see.
“When we first started to study the effect of construction, we were concerned that the adhesive would be used for nonessential and potentially harmful construction activities,” says lead author Michael Amann, a doctoral student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Leipziger, Germany, and an assistant professor at the department of mechanical engineering at Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
“With the advent of new technologies, we now understand that the material used in scaffolding does not have a specific effect on site activities,” Mertin says.
The researchers used a different adhesive for the scaffoulds at the construction sites.
The new study showed that the new adhesive had minimal effect on scaffold site activities and that the site visitor experience was good.
But they also found that the researchers should have been more cautious about using the new construction adhesive.
“It was very clear that the first application of the adhesive could lead to a negative impact on site visitors, so it was probably necessary to check with the site operators before we started using the adhesives in the future,” says Amann.
But if the new study’s findings hold up, it could be an important tool for designers of future construction projects.
“At the moment, most of the materials used in the industry are only used for construction purposes, and this study shows an alternative, non-destructive alternative that is suitable for the construction industry,” says the study’s lead author, Dr. Michael Hängst, an environmental engineer at Universiteit Leipzer-Stadt in Germany.