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MIB Panablok structural building system

 

The MIB Panablok Building System offers the following advantages:

 

 

Speed of Build

 

The MIB Panablok Building System can reduce construction time by as much as 40%.

 

The MIB Panablok panel has very high thermal values. A single skin of MIB Panablok has an R value of 2.11m2K/W.

 

MIB Panablok's innovative construction results in airtight structures.

 

 

MIB Panablok is a structural building system

 

It can support buildings up to three storeys in height, it is immediatley loadbearing.

 

MIB Panablok is versatile; it can be used as the structural inner leaf — substituting for blockwork, timber or steel frame or as an infill panel with a steel or concrete frame construction and as the perfect base for rain screen systems or cladding.

 

MIB Panablok is dry fixed. It can be constructed in any weather. Wet trades can be reduced or eliminated.

 

Unlike steel-frame or timber frame systems MIB Panablok construction can be achieved using minimum building skill requirements.

 

The system enables a watertight external envelope to be constructed very quickly allowing all other critical path activities to be completed earlier.

 

MIB Panablok carries a British Board of Agrément Certificate and is approved by the NHBC.

 

MIB Panablok's unique benefits have lead to its use on a wide variety of developments in the UK and Ireland. These include: commerical projects, public buildings, hotels, hospitals, nursing homes, student accommodation, schools and social and private housing. MIB Panablok is also ideal for use in rennovation and refurbishment work as it forms a structural internal wall.

 

MIB Panablok can be used for a variety of facades: Brick and render, Brickwork, Panablok with concrete panel, and Terracotta rainscreen.

MIB Panablok has received the following accreditation:

 

Warranty and PI Cover
BBA Certificate no. 04/414
BBA Certificate no. 04/414

 

Approved by NHBC and Zurich
Approved by NHBC and Zurich

 

Accredited design backed by ARUP
Accredited design backed by ARUP

 

Unique estimating and design software, ARUP approved

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