We must look to fire safety professionals to specify the right products to keep residences safe for the long run. That means proper installation using strong materials with a guaranteed life cycle. BlazeMaster® CPVC is a realistic, sensible and cost effective way to achieve this.
A full cost comparison report of BlazeMaster CPVC vs traditional steel demonstrates this cost-effectiveness in numerous ways, allowing fire engineers to protect more homes around the UK, faster:
- Lower overall duration of installation
- Major reduction in man hours
- Reduced product costs
- Reduced plant costs
Summary of Savings
The following breakdown of savings are based on the supply and installation of fire protection systems in a multi-occupancy building of 11 storeys, consisting of 88 one and two bedroom tenements.
Materials
Together with supporting materials and miscellaneous consumables, BlazeMaster CPVC offered a full product solution at £14,663.83, a 24.3% difference when compared to steel. This is the equivalent to a £166.62 reduction in cost per tenement.
This reduction in product cost is made possible by more cost-effective manufacturing and distribution of BlazeMaster CPVC. Your project is more financially prepared to succeed from the very beginning.
In addition, the installation process of CPVC has paved the way for innovative technologies such as the Rapid-Seal (Tyco) and Insta Seal (Viking), which together with the solvent cement method of joining demands less of an upfront spend on consumables.
Labour
BlazeMaster CPVC costs less to install, as demonstrated by this significant difference in time and investment. The labour cost of BlazeMaster CPVC is £20,264.42, a 24.5% reduction when compared to steel.
The number of man hours saved, Blazemaster CPVC’s 1140 to steel’s 1720, demonstrates huge savings potential. A 580 hour difference to a project’s completion can, in many cases, define success or failure.
This reduction happens because BlazeMaster CPVC’s installation process takes less time, physical exertion and investment. Solvent cement joining is a much less complicated process than steel welding, and can be carried out by less people in a shorter timespan.
Plant Costs
The associated plant cost of the CPVC solution in the study, plus associated supports is £400, an £86.10% reduction in cost compared to steel.
While this figure is only a small portion of the overall savings potential of £37,400, it demonstrates a proven change in how fire safety systems can be installed to completion and the requirements for plant items in these types of installations going forward.
Extra Savings
The cost comparison report produced several key benefits, which emerged from research into material, labour and plant costs. These present even more savings potential for Fire Engineers and Installers:
- Occupied residences can be retrofitted without decanting occupants
- Less noise on site
- Electricity not required to install
- Improved sustainability scores
- Reduced embodied carbon during production cycle
- Healthier working environment (plant, lifting, hot works)
- Optimum hydraulic capability allows for reduced pipe diameter
For Fire Engineers and Installers, the savings on materials and labour are just the beginning.
Download the full report, A Cost Comparison Study of Fire Suppression Systems to find out more about this groundbreaking research.
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