Case Studies

In 2007 a decision was taken by Carrickfergus Borough Council to carry out environmental improvements to the public areas of the town including replacing the existing post and rail hand railing along the seafront which ran between the Castle and the town boundary on the Larne side. The existing railing was heavily corroded, requiring regular repainting and no longer complied with current health & safety regulations. This posed a number of problems not least of which was that hand rails were required for the four sets of steps which ran down from the promenade into the sea and which due to the tidal range would be immersed in salt water for 50% of the day.

J.P. Corry were able to offer the Ferrocast Polyurethane Llanelli 3 Rail Post & Rail System by Marshalls. This is a steel cored system coated in a 10mm coating of Polyurethane to prevent corrosion in salt water environments. This system had the added advantage of being through coloured so should any damage be sustained to the outer surface the colour runs to a depth of 10mm thereby maintaining appearances and greatly reducing maintenance costs. This coating will not rust and offers maximum resistance to chemical corrosion including saline, uric acid (human & animal) and water.

In analysis of whole life costing comparing galvanised, powder coated steel and Ferrocast, the Ferrocast system showed whole life costs less than half of those of galvanised systems & less than a third of powder coated systems.

The results speak for themselves.