Cintec™ reinforcement and anchoring system

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Advantages

The Cintec™ reinforcement and anchoring system is simple and easy to use, with fast installation and minimal cleanup. But its advantages go far beyond ease of use.

Tested and Approved Worldwide

  • Approved by engineers, government agencies and building codes worldwide
  • Laboratory-tested over a 40-year accelerated life cycle
  • Withstands freeze-thaw cycle without shrinkage or loss of strength
  • Recognized for use in world heritage, landmark and heritage structures
  • Fire Resistant Anchor Functions normally after two-hour destructive fire testing
  • Discrete and finite element analysis available where appropriate

Unfailing Quality

  • Presstec™ grout is cementitious, not an epoxy resin
  • Presstec™ is inorganic, non-absorptive and sympathetic to the substrate
  • Every batch quality-tested
  • Minimal disruption during installation
  • Reinforcement and Anchoring system creates both a mechanical and cementitious bond
  • All installers are certified with hands-on training
  • Can be concealed within the fabric of the original structure
  • Anchors can be post-tensioned

Remarkable Versatility

  • Reinforcement and anchoring systems are custom-designed for each application
  • Can be used in weak substrates
  • Can be used under water
  • Alternative to the dismantle-and-rebuild approach
  • Solution of last resort to save buildings from demolition
  • Flexibility in positioning entry points for drill holes, facilitating installation
  • Optimal system for seismic upgrading of most unreinforced masonry structures and hardening of existing buildings to resist the effects of a blast

Case Studies

Article in USA Wales-based Cintec Celebrate Further Success In North America Read Article

Structural engineering firm Cintec International, whose head office is based in Newport, has announced further success for their sister company in North America. The company has worked on various projects around North America including the Statue of Liberty, the Library of Parliament in Canada, the White House as well as projects around the world such […]

Article in UK Weigh House, French Street, Southampton Download PDF

The Weigh House is an historic building in French Street, in the Old Town, with a fascinating history. In the mid thirteenth century, it housed the royal Tron, or weigh beam, scales and weights. Known in medieval times as the Peysage or Poysage House (from the Old French ‘peser’ meaning to weigh) it was where […]

Article in UK Highcliffe Castle, Christchurch, Dorset Download PDF

Highcliffe Castle is a Grade I listed building now owned by Christchurch Council, and has been described as arguably the most important surviving house of the romantic and picturesque style of architecture, which flourished at the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century.