Building Regulations

Cellular Blocks

Cellular building blocks are proving to be a big hit with specifiers and bricklayers due to their light weight and ease of use. CBA members can provide cellular units within manual handling guidelines. Such guidance seeks to protect site workers by restricting repetitive handling and lifting of units heavier than 20kg. Aggregate concrete block producers have responded to the regulations with a range of design solutions including cellular blocks, which contain one or more formed cavities that do not fully penetrate the block, as well as hollow blocks. Depending on block size used, a typical standard dense cellular 140mm block can weigh up to 7kg less than its solid counterpart yet offers comparable structural properties.

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