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Sectional Water Storage Tank

• Introduction to FRP Sectional Water Tank

• Highlight of changes from SS245:1995 to SS245:2014

• PUB concerns

• Safety concerns

• Storage capacity concerns

• FRP Sectional Tank Specification

• Introduction to Pressed Sectional Steel Tank

• Amendments to SS22:1979

• Why SgTank?

• Advantages of SgTank
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Introduction to FRP Sectional Water Tank
Simplest definition
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A plastic pail.
Advantages:
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Space saving.
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Easy to handle.
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Easy to transport.
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Quick to install.
Disadvantages:
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Raw material quality differs.
(Good quality ingredients are not cheap)
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Requires moderate experience to
install.
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Don’t last forever.
Singapore application – it can be used for all water storage applications
except fire protection systems (ie. hosereel and sprinkler tank = No, No.
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Is it GRP or FRP? (FYI only)
http://jmccomposites.co.uk/2015/09/what-is-the-difference-between-frp-and-grp/

In practice, the vast majority of “composites” are fibre reinforced plastics, hence the term FRP.
The type of fibre could be glass, carbon, aramid etc. and the type of matrix would be resins such
as polyester, vinyl ester, epoxy. If the reinforcing fibre is glass, the composite can also be
referred to as glass reinforced plastic or “GRP”.

Although the terms ‘Composite’ and ‘FRP’ are generally synonymous, i.e. they are both taken to
mean fibre reinforced plastic or polymer, the term “composite” tends to imply the use of carbon
fibre reinforcing fibres and to be associated more with the high performance end of the market,
e.g. aerospace. “FRP” is a term more likely to be used when referring to engineering materials
used in industrial applications.

“GRP”, glass reinforced plastic, on the other hand is rarely used for high performance
applications and although can refer to true engineering composites, “GRP” is a term usually
reserved for low performance applications such as swimming pools, shower cubicles, etc.

In real world sense, “FRP” or “GRP” for sectional water tanks 3

mean the same.
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What is SS245?
Applicable to all fibreglass sectional
water tanks used for storing
Potable water, Cooling tower
makeup, Newater and Process
water in Singapore.

Revision history
SS245:1981 – First version
where it all started (by SISIR).
SS245:1995 – Second revision.
SS245:2014 – Third revision.

So what changed from 1995 to 2014

version?
No change to tank panel chemical,
mechanical or dimensional
composition and its test methods.
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SS245:2014
What changed?

Concrete Plinth Considerations

In 1981 & 1995 version,
Plinth span was not specific.
Plinth length was not specific.
Plinth leveling was not specific.

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SS245:2014
Concrete Plinth Considerations

Length = Min 300mm longer than tank

Width = Min 300mm

Height = Min 700mm

Level = Within +/- 5mm

Single direction layout

Plinth to Plinth Span = One or Two panel

width apart.

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SS245:2014
Concrete Plinth Considerations

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SS245:2014
Concrete Plinth Considerations (Odd Shape Tank)

Too short

No access
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PUB Consideration

Still SS245:1995

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PUB Consideration
CP48:2005 – Code of Practice For Water Services

Clearance requirement

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WSH Safety Considerations.
All FRP sectional tanks are not designed to act as a supporting structure or
platform. The roof loading is designed only for occasional, short-term
maintenance and cleaning jobs.

For
Illustration
only

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WSH Safety Considerations.
…..sometimes, life is really unpredictable.

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WSH Safety Considerations.

No further work done so

no need for installers to
enter tank interior after
closing last wall panel.
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WSH Safety Considerations
No hot works. No chemicals used. Only
electrical hand tools (eg. wrench, jigsaw,
drill) used.

No Confine Space concerns in our

installation as there is sufficient air
ventilation, even indoors and basement
location.

Everything is finished from the outside at

the end stage after closing last wall panel.

If required during installation stage, our

trained installers will remove adequate wall
panels to access the tank interior and not
by the manhole.

When in doubt, it is the duty of the site

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surroundings for adequate air and safety.
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SgTank panel design – No other panel design beats us in piping versatility.

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Different tank brands deploys different tie-rod system.
Our tie-rod - Minimum of 2 tie-rod. Minimum size of Ø12mm.

Others

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Gasket Sealant
We use Saint-Gobain Norseal as standard for all wall and base panel seal.
Tested to SS375.

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It’s in the quality.

Our production system:

800tonne PLC controlled (by Hirata Corpn, Japan)
hydraulic press. Can’t cheat in our process cycle.
Just added another press and production line in 2016.
Automated drill jig to ensure accurate drill positioning.

In house testing facilities. We kiasu. Our factory kiasi.

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Pressed Steel Sectional Tank

Singapore Standard
SS22:1979

Amendment No. 3 dated

December 2012

Updates all BS xxxx

standard references to
BS EN xxxxxx

Nothing else changed.

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Pressed Steel Sectional Tank
Available in Hot dipped galvanised (HDG) finish, SS304, SS316.

In Singapore,

HDG, SS304 can be used for all water storage application except potable water
for drinking purposes.
Only SS316 (and FRP sectional water tank meeting SS245) can be used for 27
storing drinking water (ref: PUB).
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Singapore first brandname FRP sectional water tank.
Singapore SISIR started SS245, now used globally by other countries to
define FRP sectional water tank for themselves. And we asked “Singapore
don’t have a tank to be proud for ourselves?”……...well, now we do.
We appoint our own SMC resin source.
Custom formulated resin to withstand hydrostatic loading of stored water.
Produced by an SMC manufacturer located in Taiwan. (OEM SMC resin
manufacturer for DaiNippon Ink Japan).
Uses Owens Cornings glass fiber.
Manufactured up to Singapore building & construction industry expectation
using Japan molding technology and hydraulic press system.
Manufactured to satisfy our own quality expectation on perfection (because
we weren’t happy with other makes)

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Supplying and installing sectional water tanks since 1994.

Professionalism. Quality Conscious. Reputation. 30

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Honest tank manufacturer + proper installation + strict CP48
maintenance regime = healthy and problem free tank.

Thank You
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