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BSR design? We're here to support you.

MAX FRANK - supporting you through BSR

Design with confidence and full compliance

Under the Building Safety Act (BSA), using certified, safety-critical components is non-negotiable:

  • MAX FRANK construction solutions exceed these demands with the required certifications, including BBA Agrément, CARES and PassivHaus, mitigating risk in high-rise projects and providing full documentation to the Building Safety Regulator (BSR), to support the ‘golden thread’ of safety information.

Designers play a critical role in ensuring both compliance and efficiency:

  • That’s why we offer complimentary design support, helping you to create a safe and fully compliant design that avoids late-stage changes and costly delays.

From groundworks to the superstructure, we’re here to support you:

  • Whether you’re looking for certified ground heave solutions and permanent formwork, or fire-compliant thermal breaks, shear dowels and fully certified punching shear reinforcement.

Partner with us to ensure your next project meets and surpasses BSR compliance and performance standards.

Are you a Specifier or a Contractor?

We provide specialised support across the following areas:

Thermal Breaks - exceed fire safety standards with Egcobox®

Egcobox® thermal breaks exceed BSR demands with BBA Agrément Certification (REI 120), mitigating fire spread risk. Whether it’s balconies or precast stone banding, our load-bearing A1 non-combustible thermal breaks are supplied with stone wool insulation as standard and ensure seamless, high-performance connections.

Egcobox® thermal break - stone wool insulation, covers removed

What are the benefits to Specifiers & Contractors?

MAX FRANK Egcobox® with stone wool insulation provides pre-tested acoustic, fire and thermal performance, allowing specifiers and contractors to submit BSR documentation with confidence while saving time and reducing on-site complexity.

Punching Shear Reinforcement - ONLY Shearail® is certified by both BBA & CARES

When safety, reliability and compliance matter, Shearail® has been trusted by engineers and contractors for decades. Shear rails are recognised across the industry as the effective solution for controlling punching shear in reinforced concrete slabs. Delivered to site as prefabricated rails, shear rails are faster and more reliable to install than shear links.

Punching shear reinforcement Shearail®

But not all shear rails are the same! If you’re specifying shear rails, Shearail® sets the standard for safety, quality and compliance. Shear rail is not just a common term – it’s the MAX FRANK brand.


What are the benefits to Specifiers & Contractors?

MAX FRANK Shearail® punching shear reinforcement provides a proven, certified and prefabricated solution that makes compliance simpler for both design and construction teams.

Shear Dowels - avoid stress cracks in expansion joints with Egcodorn®

Expansion joints are created in concrete structures to decouple components and to avoid stress cracks. MAX FRANK Egcodorn® shear dowels are connections, engineered to transfer shear loads in the slabs, cores and walls of concrete structures. The dowels are also compatible with Stremaform® concrete jointing formwork.

Egcodorn® shear dowel

What are the benefits to Specifiers & Contractors?

Contractors benefit on site through safer, simpler and more traceable installation, while specifiers benefit at design stage with proven performance, compliance documentation and easier BSR submission evidence.

Groundworks - the original Pecafil® permanent formwork & Pecavoid® for ground heave 

MAX FRANK Pecafil® is a permanent formwork solution, specially manufactured using steel mesh covered with polyethylene foil. It is designed to speed up construction of foundations, ribbed slabs and ground beams etc. and is supplied as flat sheets or preformed according to your site application. 

Pecavoid® is a ground heave protection system designed to protect foundations and slabs from ground movement in expansive soils. The cellular void former provides a compressible void below suspended slabs or beams and can be used in conjunction with Pecafil®.

Pecafil® permanent formwork
Ground heave solution Pecavoid®

What are the benefits to Specifiers & Contractors?

Both products hold a proven track record, tried and tested, with detailed technical data. Pecafil® & Pecavoid® provide the physical, technical and performance evidence for the structural, durability and ground movement parts of the compliance statement. Pecafil® can be supplied as preformed panels/shapes to reduce on-site errors and to enable faster installation with reduced risk onsite. MAX FRANK's Pecavoid® specification tool enables engineers to input project and soil details to determine guidance on the required product grade and void depth.  

MAX FRANK & the Building safety act:

Supporting you in complying with and exceeding safety standards.


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Clough Street, Hanley
Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 4AF
Staffordshire
United Kingdom

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