YOUR FRAMEWORK FOR BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE www.eos-facades.co.uk
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Fulbourne Road, Cambridge
WHY EOS? EOS Facades are pioneers in the manufacture of steel frame systems, specialising in the design, manufacture and supply of a wide range of component based and panelised solutions.
Greenwich Peninsula, London
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Advanced Building Technology Modelling and manufacturing processes have now pushed light steel frame to the forefront of fast, sustainable and high quality construction. EOS have been driving light gauge steel for offsite solutions, providing the industry with quality products through precision manufacturing, whilst delivering accurate results on time and on budget, resulting in high performance construction that is energy efficient and more predictable. Over the past ten years EOS Facades has become recognised for exceptional quality, innovative solutions and outstanding service to the construction industry. We have a proven track record in: • Steel Framing Systems • Facade Panels • Flooring and Roofing Systems • Modular Systems
How We Do It We like to get involved right from the beginning, providing advice and guidance throughout the project process. Our client and partner focus has led to a number of innovations in the design and application of light steel frame in construction. As experts in offsite engineering, we have been actively involved in a range of privately and publicly funded research and technology development projects. Our offsite steel solutions have also been used across a broad range of sectors including, healthcare, residential, leisure and education. We offer a comprehensive range of support services from pre-contract solutions and value engineering to design and structural calculations. Our in-house design and structural engineering teams work as an integral part of the clients business to deliver the most comprehensive and cost effective design solutions.
Rykneld Primary School, Staffordshire
Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, Cramlington
If you have a specific project need, or you are looking to develop a new offsite solution, then please get in touch.
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WHY USE LIGHT STEEL FRAME?
Enderby Wharf, London
There are many benefits to using offsite manufactured light steel frame compared to traditional methods of construction, these benefits include: • Manufacture in factory controlled conditions – superior quality • Speed of construction – shorter build times • Safer construction – improves onsite health and safety • Reduced site labour requirement – increases resource efficiency • Reduced wastage in manufacture and onsite – minimises the impact on the environment and disposal costs • High strength to low weight ratio – delivering reduced loading on foundations and infrastructure
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Light gauge steel is perfectly positioned to meet construction industry demands – it is future proof and future ready:
Faster Delivery - time is a critical factor in construction – as every project manager well knows – it is because of this that light steel frame has become the preferred construction method for forward-thinking building professionals. Offsite construction projects can be delivered in less than half the time compared to traditional construction, delivering radically reduced build times, leading to less time onsite and ultimately, a faster return on investment. Lower Emissions - with stretching national targets for housebuilding, stringent legalisation to reduce carbon emissions and the push for ‘zero carbon’ buildings, light gauge steel minimises the impact on the environment and offers a solution to meet and deliver these targets. Generating no onsite waste and the ability to be multicycled, light steel frame offers the prospect of a more sustainable future. Reduction in Costs - light steel frame provides a lower cost option, whilst still maintaining superior quality. Cost savings are made due to the speed of construction - the frame is installed rapidly onsite and resource efficiencies are also made due to the reduction in site labour requirement. Manufacture in exacting factory controlled conditions eradicates the risk of onsite variability, delivering safer construction and improved health and safety – these benefits combine to provide more predictable outcomes. Furthermore, the robust nature and longevity of light steel frame minimises long term costs. Steel is unaffected by shrinkage, resulting in dramatically reduced repair costs down the line.
The Newark Academy, Nottinghamshire
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OUR SERVICES EOS has three core service
EOS Facades/SFS
cassettes. These frames are supplied
offerings, with each one
EOS Facades/SFS is an innovative panel
in kits, panels or in a fully assembled
system which is fully engineered and
airframe/volumetric module. From
focusing on specialist
assembled offsite in a state-of-the-art
framing solutions to modular housing
markets;
manufacturing facility or provided in
schemes, the EOS Modular systems are
stud & track format. EOS manufacture
custom manufactured and developed
the versatile stud & track and infill
to meet your specific needs.
• EOS Facade/SFS
panels systems that is then applied to a primary structural frame. The primary
EOS Consult
• EOS Modular
structure typically consists of concrete
Delivering beyond expectations has
• EOS Consult
or hot-rolled steel and the EOS
earned EOS a reputation for reliability
solution can be integrated either as an
and dependability. We believe that it
infill walling solution or as a continuous
is essential to work closely with our
walling system, where light steel frames
customers, to always add value and
are fixed on to the outside face of the
provide the most comprehensive
main structural frame.
solution possible. EOS invest our time
The fully engineered bespoke
in helping clients meet their needs.
EOS frame solution is designed to
Our unique consultancy investment
accommodate the fixing of any type
means EOS offer support throughout
of facade panelling or curtain walling
the construction journey. With expert
system.
advisors on hand for you to contact at any point, whether it is design,
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EOS Modular
engineering, manufacturing or simply
EOS Modular solutions include factory-
a technical query - one of our experts
to-factory framing products that consist
will be on hand to assist quickly
of panelled wall sections and flooring
and efficiently.
S U S TA I N A B I L I T Y EOS use HD Z3 coil to EN 10140 S390Nmm2 proof steel G275gsm-Normalas coated Chemical Passivation. By using steel with a protective coating and design detail that eliminates prolonged exposure to moisture, we are confident in the durability of our system. In fact, research has shown that the coated steel, in these conditions, has a potential life of over 1000 years.
Cradle-to-grave lifecycle assessments
operational energy after approximately
provide a comprehensive analysis of
7 years. The ease in which insulation
the resource used and the substances
can be upgraded means that this period
emitted through a product’s whole
can be shortened further.
lifecycle. The lifecycle assessment takes more than the energy used in construction into account but also the energy used in demolition, recycling and throughout a buildings entire life. The energy use of a building throughout its lifetime is very important to its occupancy. Over a 60 year period, an occupied building’s energy use is up to 10 times greater than that used to construct it,
Steel construction provides the benefits of:• High energy efficiency • Adaptability and versatility • Low waste in construction • High recycled content • Materials and efficiency with optimum performance
with embodied energy exceeding
Illustration TATA Steel
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Waterhead Academy, Oldham
OUR SOLUTIONS As specialists in the manufacture of steel frame systems, EOS Facades offer solutions for all aspects of light steel framing. By combining strength, durability and precision engineering - the EOS portfolio offers broad parameters to explore innovative solutions and optimise value engineering. Our design and technical teams will work with you to ensure specifications are accurate and that the system fits first time.
Waterhead Academy, Oldham
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The EOS Facades product portfolio includes:
Century House, London
EOS Stud & Track - custom-
placed individually or as floor cassettes.
manufactured to exacting requirements
Pre-assembled floor cassettes are
to meet the client’s bespoke needs.
manufactured to stringent factory
Suitable for all types of infill panels into
tolerances and can be bolted into the
primary framed hot rolled steel and
structure as a complete unit, providing
in-situ concrete framed buildings. The
a secure platform that can take a load
EOS stud & track system is supplied as
straight away - significantly speeding
cold-rolled U and C sections produced
up the building process and ensuring
to the client’s specific dimensions
precise accuracy. Light gauge steel
which reduces cost and generates
flooring joists and cassettes offer a
minimum onsite waste. The frame
real alternative to timber flooring and
can carry aesthetic external cladding
joists, and there is no risk of shrinkage
and accommodate complex design
or movement - eliminating squeaking
features such as ribbon windows
floors or popping nails.
or curved walls. EOS Roof Systems - formed using
The EOS Factory, County Durham
EOS Facade Panels - innovative
steel lattice beams or frames, the
panel systems which are fully
systems are lightweight and offer a high
engineered and assembled offsite in a
strength to weight ratio that makes
state-of-the-art manufacturing facility.
them ideal for reducing the pressure
The framed solution is designed to
exerted on the primary structure,
accommodate fixings of any type of
whilst supporting the roof with its
facade panelling or curtain walling
robust strength. The roofing systems
system. EOS facade panels are entirely
support the creation of energy-
manufactured offsite, arriving pre-
efficient, well insulated buildings that
insulated (if required) as a complete
outperform traditional methods.
unitised system, minimising variability and enabling rapid construction onsite,
Offsite - from panellised solutions to
thereby supporting efficient project
pods and modular housing schemes,
management and meaning a weather
EOS modular systems are bespoke
tight envelope can be constructed
and developed to meet client specific
much quicker.
needs. Offsite solutions include factoryto-factory framing products consisting
The Barn, University of Nottingham
EOS Flooring Systems - offer a
of panelled wall sections and flooring
wide variety of applications - from
cassettes. The modules can be supplied
lattice beam solutions to fully
in kits, panels or as a fully assembled
panellised flooring systems. Suitable
volumetric airframe.
for all types of load bearing floors from intermediate separating floors to bespoke mezzanine flooring solutions. Flooring applications can be supplied as C or lattice cross-section joists, to be
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PUSHING BOUNDARIES WITH LIGHT STEEL FRAME Research & Development
the factory pre-assembled. This is a flexible service
At EOS Facades, we are constantly striving to improve
and should the client require the product to arrive
the way we work and the resulting benefits are passed
unassembled, EOS will pre-punch in the factory, ghost
on to our customers. Research and development is a
assemble and supply, together with providing all the
core focus of the business and it is not just down to one
necessary screws and special drill bits, for assembly
specific team, at EOS everybody is encouraged to put
and installation onsite.
recommendations forward, whether this is a process or a development of a product – that way every part of our
Corporate Social Responsibility
business can be enhanced.
EOS Facades uphold sustainable development principles, both within the manufacturing and construction industry
Quality Products
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EOS Facades only use minimum S390Nmm G275gsm
sustainable solutions in line with internationally
steel - higher grades and coatings are available on
recognised standards.
request. By only using steel with a protective coating and design detailing that eliminates prolonged exposure, EOS
As a responsible company we recognise that we
are confident in the durability of the systems. Research
have a key role to play in influencing the industry, the
has shown that coated steel has a potential life of over
government and the wider community, to adopt more
1000 years. Customers can also have confidence that
sustainable policies and working practices.
all products are CE Marked under the Construction Products Regulations – EN 1090-1: 2009 + AL: 2011.
EOS Facades will continue to collaborate with external organisations to ensure that we address the key areas
All Inclusive Packages
of sustainability. The organisation will embrace and
EOS Facades also offer all-inclusive fixed price packages
apply best practice principles in all activities over and
that are supplied with proprietary brackets and fixings
above legislative requirements - setting clear strategies,
required, plus we are now offering all double studs/
ensuring open and transparent reporting structures.
opening jambs/DSL lintels and sills dispatched from
Hexham Hospital, Northumberland
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Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, Cramlington Hendon Metropolitan Police Station, Northumberland The Shard, London Shoreditch Square Two, London Amenities Building at Nottingham University, Nottingham Glasgow Southern General Hospital, Glasgow Lincoln Gateway, Lincoln Victoria Halls, London
A SNAPSHOT OF OUR WORK EOS has worked on projects across all construction sectors, including Education, Healthcare, Leisure, Commercial and Residential.
Our portfolio of successfully completed projects and track record stretches back nearly 10 years, so clients will benefit from a wealth of experience and expertise.
For examples of past projects view the case studies at www.eos-facades.co.uk/case-studies
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For detailed up to date information, to book a CPD session or to arrange a meeting please contact: EOS Facades Ltd Heighington Lane Aycliffe Industrial Park Newton Aycliffe County Durham DL5 6QG T: 01325 303 030 E: enquiries@eosuk.org W: eos-facades.co.uk EOS_Facades
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