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The solution to Australia's Emergency Flood Resilience Works
Why?
Our industry faces a challenge unlike any before . We are not talking about the cyclical boom and bust that has always affected construction, we are talking about a compounding social change which is resulting in a year on year drop in the numbers of school leavers taking up construction trades while demand for housing is soaring upwards at a similar rate.
Despite generous government incentives the 2023 /24 period saw a drop in trade uptake of 23.5% while the demand for housing rose by 22%.
This skill shortage is global and will not pass unlike many an industry before has done, we cannot simply relocate our industry to developing nations where such social change has not happened yet.
How?
Identify, Reimagine, Create
ARC Innovations sole focus is on addressing the skills shortage by identifying critical elements within the construction industry
reimagining the approach then creating the solution.
Arc has a number of game changing products which will be launched in the coming months but we have decided to enter the market with a product which has an urgency even greater than that of the shortfall in the housing market.
Introducing, The EZ Arch .Culvert edition.
Patented consumable form profile.
The first true advancement in masonry Arch construction in millennia!
The EZ Arch system. Culvert edition. A consumable form product allowing single trade, rapid production of arched culverts on a flat plane answering the substantial issues soon to impact upcoming, emergency flood resilience works, lightning the load on the struggling pre-cast industry, while also reducing costs by 30-60% and construction time by over 50%.
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Industry Issues.
Cumulatively, state and federal investments in flood resilience works over the next 10 years is well in excess of $10 billion. Precast culverts make up approx. 20% of the cost and work load involved in these essential projects.
As is, the Precast industry struggles to maintain supply to industry. To
meet present demand as well as the additional demand that will be placed on it by flood resilience works the Precast industry would need to grow by between 60 and 80% in the coming years. This is an unrealistic growth rate.
Solution = EZ Arch.
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Cost Issues
The unfortunate truth is that, the $10b set aside for resilience works is likely to grow substantially over time. At this scale EZ Arch can conservatively reduce the combined Flood resilience works costs by $1b.
Solution = EZ Arch.
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Time frame Issues
The urgency for these works does not need explaining. Loss of life , property and impact on the economy grow year on year.
When wait times and transport are taken into account, particularly in remote regions, the speed of construction efficiencies of the EZ Arch over existing Precast products range in the hundreds of percent.
Solution = EZ Arch
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Transportation Issues
When terrain or logistical issues dictate that any work outside of installation works, must be done off site, transportation costs for culverts are substantial due to their shape severely impacting load capacity. Transportation costs are a substantial and ever rising element affecting Precast. As the EZ Arch is cast on a flat plane and can remain flat during transportation, associated costs are reduced, by well in excess of 50%.
Solution, = EZ Arch
EZ Arch Description & Process.
Single trade construction process.
EZ Arch profiles come vacuum packed for rigidity during transportation. Packs come in a range of primary sizes designed to match the flow capacity of its equivalent 'standard' box culvert, however each pack instructional also provides simple instruction on how to space the profiles to achieve sizes in a range higher and lower than the primary size. This allows more than enough variables on 'standard' size to cover virtually any project requirements.
The profiles have a peel away strip which expose an extremely strong adhesive which bond to there form .
A QR code provides the simple instructions for form size and profile spacing's. A form worker with mid range capability is all that is needed.
Process
- Assemble the form.
- Stick the EZ profiles at prescribed centres
- Lay in mesh which is held at the correct level (inbeded apex of triangular base) and alignment by the slotted profile Crown. Some additional chairs are required between profiles.
- Lifting points are positioned on the central Voussoirs (Arch stone). Concrete is poured between the profiles. Only the mesh travels through the profiles.
- Once cured, the edge form is removed and using the cast in lifting points simply lift and watch as gravity does the work!
- For smaller culverts acetone may be required as it's own weight may not be sufficient to compress the profile.
- Final dimensional adjustments are achieved by running a Z/tie bar through cast in penetrations positioned on the bottom voussoirs, whaler plates are then used to achieve millimetre accuracy.
- The Arch Culvert is then positioned inset downs formed the the culvert base.
Practically no size restrictions & no additional costs relating to 'non-standard' culverts.
Arches formed and cast on a flat plain!
Allow gravity do the work!
Single trade rapid construction process.
100% success in testing.
Simply could not be easier to construct!
The first true development in masonry arch construction in millennia.
COMING SOON to the ARC Innovation Group, family of revolutio
The Integrated, 'Flow Deck' Pod!
The integrated Pod. Kitchen, Bathroom & switch room edition!
The next generation pod has arrived! Bathroom, switch room and Kitchen pods. Utilising our patented 'Flow Deck' pod base these 'back end' critical path elements can be dropped seamlessly into the 'front end' critical path, slab pour, without adding time to the slab cycle.
Full project times reduced by 15-20%
The Stacker. On-site Precast!
A form racking system providing all the benefits of traditional Precast with none of the negatives.
- 1 Stacker unit facilitates pouring, finishing and stripping of 140m2 of slab or wall on the footprint of a shipping container.
- Rapid assembly. 2 men 4 hrs.
- Pour & finish. 140m2 of on-site Precast in one go.
- Stack Rack can be completely stripped
A form racking system providing all the benefits of traditional Precast with none of the negatives.
- 1 Stacker unit facilitates pouring, finishing and stripping of 140m2 of slab or wall on the footprint of a shipping container.
- Rapid assembly. 2 men 4 hrs.
- Pour & finish. 140m2 of on-site Precast in one go.
- Stack Rack can be completely stripped after early curing is reached. Stack Rack is completely removed leaving only a Stack of slabs ready for lifting into place.