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Simonswerk RIBA Approved CPD
Dow Building Solutions Becomes Passivhaus Trust Member
SIMONSWERK have launched its first RIBA-approved CPD which will provide Architects with the technical knowledge for specifying the correct hinge for the right application. The presentation offers guidance on Door Specification, Legislation, Building Regulations, Fire & Safety in use, CE marking – MANDEC and the Equality Act. SIMONSWERK have over 30 years experience in the manufacture of top quality brass, aluminium and stainless steel hinges for doors, windows & conservatories. Ranges include the outstanding fully concealed TECTUS system and the increasingly popular TRITECH solid brass hinge with concealed bearings and load capacity to 160kg. www.simonswerk.co.uk
Dow Building Solutions - manufacturer of STYROFOAM-A and XENERGY extruded polystyrene (XPS) insulation - has become a member of the Passivhaus Trust in recognition of the role its products can play in Passivhaus construction. The Passivhaus Trust is an independent, nonprofit organisation that aims to promote the principles of Passivhaus as a highly effective way of reducing energy use and carbon emissions from buildings in the UK, as well as providing high standards of comfort and building health. Passivhaus standard buildings retain heat created within them as well as generating passive solar gain, eliminating the need for central heating and reducing fuel costs. The Passivhaus standard requires, amongst other things, very high levels of insulation (in order to meet U-values of below 0.15 W/m2K for walls, roof and floor), a design that makes the most of solar energy and superb sealing throughout. www.styrofoam.co.uk www.passivhaustrust.org.uk Enquiry No. 2
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Ancon Brings Low Energy Fixing Innovation To Ecobuild 2013
Green G12 Win For IndustryLeading VEKA The industry-leading team at VEKA plc enjoyed a celebratory evening at the recent G12 Awards where the Burnleybased company was presented with the 'Energy Efficiency Initiative of the Year' Award. The trophy was presented to the team at the glittering Awards Presentation and Gala Dinner, hosted by comedian Patrick Kielty at London's Hilton Hotel on 23rd November. VEKA was shortlisted for the award thanks to a cost-effective, simple system for achieving U-values of 0.8, without the need for ultra expensive krypton-filled sealed units. The G Award completed VEKA hat-trick as tehy also won the 'Deal of the Year' Award at the Lancashire Telegraph Business Awards just one week previously. www.vekauk.com Enquiry No. 4
2012 Queen’s Award Winner, Ancon, has chosen Ecobuild to showcase the latest innovative structural fixing solutions that are helping to change the way that sustainable low energy buildings are designed and constructed. Solutions on show will include low thermal conductivity cavity wall ties, such as the Ancon TeploTie, an innovative basalt-fibre tie used in many groundbreaking low-energy developments; and new Staifix RT2 275mm, the first high thermal performance Type 2 stainless steel wall tie to enable the use of 150mm wide insulated cavities in multi-storey low energy construction. Also featured will be a range of Ancon Thermal Breaks, designed to reduce thermal bridging at balcony connections, brickwork support brackets and other areas where thermal continuity of the building envelope is typically compromised. Completing the displays will be Ancon’s more established solutions, including support angles, windposts and masonry reinforcement. www.ancon.co.uk Enquiry No. 3 www.at-b.co.uk/card
Remmers Win FeRFA Award With Shades Of Grey Remmers have been awarded the prestigious FeRFA Large Project of the Year Award for the 600m2 flooring specification in the new purpose built, state of the art Audi car centre in Leicester. A designer showroom in need of designer flooring; this project involved the installation of unique vertical design with just one construction joint sweeping into the main showroom floor area. Specially coated aggregates to exact granule sizing and colour were applied and installed by Phoenix Specialist Flooring Contractors, to produce a decorative and contemporary resin finish. Steel trims were sourced and powder coated to the exact same colour as the floor to hide any transitions giving the floor and wall the appearance of one sweeping finish. www.remmers.co.uk Enquiry No. 5
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Schueco UK Opens New London Showroom
Kee Safety Video Fits The Bill
Architects, contractors and home-owners based in and around London now have easy access to actual examples of Schueco’s aluminium and steel systems following the opening of Schueco UK’s first London Showroom in the Business Design Centre, Islington. Located in the company’s Technical Services London Office, the showroom contains displays of Schueco FW 50+ façade systems, AWS windows, ADS doors and ASS sliding/folding doors, as well as Schueco Jansen steel systems such as Jansen Arte. The technical services provided by the office are aimed mainly, but not exclusively, at architects. They include Uv calculations, design support such as preliminary static calculations and interface details etc, together with general information on technical matters. The permanent staff at the office also visit architectural practices and construction sites to give expert, on-thespot advice as and when required. The Schueco London Showroom is in The Business Design Centre, 52 Upper Street, Islington, London N1 0QH. Visitors are welcome to look round the Showroom during office hours; those who wish to make an appointment can do so by e-mailing mkinfobox@scheuco.com www.schueco.com
Kee Safety has created an informative video to highlight the benefits of using standard fittings to construct handrailing. The short film compares good and bad railing installations, and illustrates the durability of systems which have been installed with Kee Klamp® fittings, when compared to fabricated structures. The video clearly highlights how fittings provide high quality, reliable and long lasting structures. As the film illustrates, a welded barrier is prone to corrosion and often becomes a danger itself. Installing a Kee Klamp® system provides a galvanised structure that is corrosion resistant. The repair and maintenance element of working with fittings is quick and easy, as the damaged section is simply removed and replaced immediately. When rectifying a damaged welded handrail, the fabrication has to be completed off site, resulting in a more costly and time consuming process. To watch the video, visit the Kee Safety website http://keesafety.co.uk/downloads/category/safety_barrier_systems http://vimeo.com/keesafety/fittingsvsfabuk Enquiry No. 7
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Rainwater Systems From Alumasc – Quality And Innovation In Next To No Time In another development aimed at benefitting contractors and merchants, Alumasc is undergoing a ‘service revolution’ leading to dramatic improvements in delivery times across its range of trusted Rainwater products. Alumasc has long enjoyed its unique position as manufacturer of the most comprehensive range of Rainwater Systems in the UK. However, following his appointment in 2010, Paul Hetherington, Managing Director of Alumasc Rainwater and Harmer Drainage, has spearheaded a complete transformation in product lead times. Aluminium and Cast Iron rainwater systems were first to experience a service overhaul, with the most popular products being made available ex-stock with an unrivalled lead time of 3 days – and Express Next Day delivery for urgent projects. This has now been followed by much faster delivery times for Alumasc’s Skyline fascia soffit systems. With immediate effect, standard ‘made to order’ items such as Skyline flashings and copings with simple design requirements, are available within 10 working days rather than the previous 25. Alumasc Skyline fascia soffit components give architects great scope in design and specification, for traditional and contemporary projects, whilst providing contractors with simple, well proven fixing methods and concealed bracketry to ensure speed and economy of installation. Finished in a BBA approved polyester powder coating, Skyline is available in any standard RAL colour. www.alumascrainwater.co.uk Enquiry No. 8
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Automatic Choice For Architects
Lonza Launch CPD Portal To Architects And Specifiers
GEZE UK has published two new brochures to provide architects and specifiers with a comprehensive and clear overview of its marketleading range of automatic sliding, telescopic and folding door systems, and its swing door systems. The guides cover the roles and uses of each of GEZE’s highly functional automatic systems, and include easy-toread comparison charts and installation drawings for every door drive. These multi-purpose brochures provide an excellent reference for each stage of design and specification. Clear descriptions and diagrams of each variant provide important extra information about their use and benefits, while all the supplementary accessories are listed, from manual and automatic actuation to safety sensors and locking systems. As a result, the new brochures are an ideal reference point when considering fire safety, accessibility and efficiency. www.geze.co.uk
Lonza Wood Protection has officially launched its new Continuing Professional Development (CPD) portal. Architects are required to complete 35 hours of CPD in order to retain their chartered status with the Royal Institute of British Architects. The new Lonza CPD portal gives specifiers the opportunity to complete RIBA accredited CPD from the comfort of their workstation or home computer. One seminar will initially be available, with more to follow that will mirror Lonza's face to face CPD curricula. Users watch the seminar and complete the following short examination successfully in order to receive their certificate. Individual courses are worth 1 hour of Continuing Professional Development and allow specifiers to obtain study hours within RIBA’s Core Curriculum under the ‘Designing and Building It’ topic. This first CPD seminar is available free of charge to registered users of the Lonza Wood Protection CPD portal at www.lonzawoodcpd.com
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York Handmade Claims Hat-Trick Of Awards At Brick Oscars The York Handmade Brick Company, one of the leading independent brickmakers in the country, has won three categories in the prestigious 2012 Brick Awards. York Handmade, based at Alne, near Easingwold, in North Yorkshire, won the Best Single House, the Best Craftsmanship and Specialist Brickwork Contractor categories. The awards were presented at a glittering ceremony at the Marriott Grosvenor Square Hotel in London’s West End. Chairman David Armitage said: “We are particularly proud to be involved in three fantastic projects this year, all of which have been honoured in the Brick Awards. This is our best result ever in these awards.” Mr Armitage added “Huge thanks are due to the management team and employees at York Handmade for their imagination, enterprise and hard work, which all combined to make this success possible,”. The buildings which won the awards for York Handmade were: Four Oaks in Little Bedwyn, Wilts (Best Single House); Tupgill Cellar, near Middleham, North Yorkshire (Best Craftsmanship); and Chetham’s School of Music, Manchester (Specialist Brickwork Contractor). York Handmade has a remarkable record in the Brick Awards during the past decade. These national awards, run by the Brick Development Association in conjunction with Building magazine, are the brick industry’s Oscars. www.yorkhandmade.co.uk Enquiry No. 11
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Sika-Trocal Launches New ‘Technical Bible’
Smart To Showcase Sustainable Systems At Ecobuild
Sika-Trocal, leading supplier of single ply roof membranes, has launched its new and updated Technical Manual. Designed to be a ‘Technical Bible’ for specifiers and architects, the new manual combines comprehensive information on all of the Sika-Trocal single ply membranes in one publication. The Technical Manual has also been updated to include all of Sika-Trocal’s latest products – including the self-adhesive vapour control layer Svap 5000E SA, Sika-Trocal lightning conductor clips, and new rigid PVC scuppers and outlets. Latest industry standards and good practice are also included within the manual, making it an invaluable document that is not only easy to use but filled with vital technical information on single ply membranes. www.sikatrocal.co.uk
Commercial systems specialist Smart Architectural Aluminium is to showcase a number of new products at this year’s Ecobuild exhibition, as well as presenting its sustainability credentials. The company will use the exhibition to unveil its drive to become a carbon neutral business including plans to be energy self-sufficient. Smart will also be showcasing a number of new systems. At the heart of the company’s stand will be a 4 metre by 6 metre run of MC600 Smart Wall curtain walling, complete with a new Smart Wall commercial door. Another new door is an extension to the proven Evolution range, a suite of products developed for refurbishment projects where traditional steel doors and windows need to be replaced. The Visoglide Plus sliding door completes the company’s new door display. Amongst the company’s new window systems on display will be the Alitherm 700 and Eco Futural ranges. Also on the stand will be the Slide 2000 horizontal sliding window, developed specifically for high volume, light commercial applications. www.smartsystems.co.uk
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New Updated And Expanded Product Range ‘E-Brochure’ From Encasement A new range e-brochure has been launched by Encasement, which not only provides fully updated information on its entire product range, but has also been expanded to include the company’s latest Vista range of bespoke commercial furniture and display systems. Available for download from Encasement’s website, the new PDF brochure provides architects, specifiers and contractors with core information on every product in the company’s range, which is grouped together in dedicated sections covering pipe boxing, column casings and interior wall linings as well as retail solutions, furniture and display. New project images have also been incorporated into the brochure to provide an up to date reference of product installations, while demonstrating the diverse scope of applications. Every product within the new range brochure is fully supported by Encasement’s comprehensive website, which provides detailed information on dimensions and material specifications together with extensive project case studies and gallery pages. A detailed ‘Tech info’ section is also available, which provides access to a range of downloads including PDF and DWG format product drawings, materials and finish information as well as specification clauses and downloadable brochures. Encasement specialises in the supply of decorative casings, protection solutions and sustainable products for the architectural, contracting and construction sectors. Further information on every product in the Encasement range can be obtained from www.encasement.co.uk Enquiry No. 14
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AUTOMATIC DOOR SYSTEMS SYNONYMOUS WITH BANKING SECURITY www.recorduk.co.uk
The UK’s banking sector has been through an unprecedented period of turbulence due to the global liquidity crisis and subsequent setbacks in respects of remuneration levels for top traders, and negative publicity surrounding stories such as the Libor rate rigging; yet the public’s satisfaction with the high street branches they use, as places to do business, and to feel comfortable with visiting, remains as high as ever. This perception is due mainly to the high levels of investment the major banks have made in fitting out their premises as attractive venues to conduct transactions or discuss broader services, while still maintaining very high levels of security, as well as accessibility for those with special needs. It is a balance to which high specification door systems, the majority of which are now automatically operated, make a considerable contribution. Banks and building societies in fact face a different combination of risks and commercial pressures compared to, say, a jewellers or an art gallery, and therefore the level of customer satisfaction with the environment created is a considerable achievement. Though it does present both the financial institutions’ facilities mangers and their security consultants with considerable challenges in terms of design and on-going maintenance. The hours of opening and the often very large throughput of customers means that breakdown rates must be kept to an absolute minimum. Banks therefore choose to work with manufacturers and contractors offering only high specification products and innovative solutions, as well as outstanding levels of response cover. Achieving a feeling of openness will of course normally involve extensive use of glass which generates special requirements for its enhancement for banking hall applications. Where double glazed units might suffice in other locations, vision panels in bank doors are likely to contain three or even four leafs. And the glass itself will be of ‘bandit resistant’ construction with two tough interlayers permeating an 11.5 mm thick section of laminate.
a timed basis, with override options. It is also possible to interface the door locking with a building management system; which is one of the reasons the door supplier’s maintenance engineers must be multi-skilled - trained in electronics rather than just oiling hinges. They are also likely to be adjusting automatic operator speeds, and ensuring that back-up battery systems are ready to respond to power cuts and or emergency situations. A feature of many more modern bank branches is the provision of an outer lobby which not only serves to keep out the weather – and walked-in dirt – but that is also accessible to customers wanting to use the ATMs out of hours. In this case the bank provides the reader which verifies the identity of customer’s debit or credit cards, and the door company links this to the locking mechanism release. The secondary entrance to the main banking hall is then often guarded by a folding or bi-parting door which has to remain equally resistant to forced entry. There are, of course, also applications for non-security doors within high street branches: as was the case with a series of installations carried out recently for RBS where the bank wanted to create a series of consulting rooms with glazed entrances, within which customers could discuss details of mortgages and other products. Furthermore there are activities, such as receiving post and packages or security company strongboxes, which have seen design solutions transplanted into banks from other areas of the business community. These include the socalled ‘pharmacy lock’ which allows sliding or folding doors to be opened just 200 mm for items to be passed through without there being the risk of an person pushing their way in. This simple feature has been made possible thanks to the strength and versatility of the Swiss made operator chosen, which is effectively parked and acts as the braking mechanism against forced entry. In addition to physical security, banks are also very conscious of their responsibility for the health and well-being of their customers. For this reason, any automatic door will be fitted with the most up to date safety Author: Andy Smith, Record UK
Retained by the right gaskets, tapes and mechanical clamps within metal frames, such glazed assemblies can resist assaults using sledge hammers and other tools for considerable periods.
features possible; ensuring that if a person is caught within – or perhaps has fallen beside – an automatic door, that any moving part will be covered by sensors that prevent injury occurring.
The locking mechanisms used for bank doors will also be amongst the strongest available, while an electric lock offering multiple control functionalities is normally installed along with purely mechanical, dead-locking device.
Equal consideration has been given to the provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act, ensuring that all customers, from wheelchair users to parents with cumbersome push-chairs, can enjoy easy access to banking services. Since 2005 more than a million doors across the banking sector have been uprated or replaced to facilitate such needs.
The electric lock facilitates what is referred to as a ‘traffic-light’ system, where staff within the branch are able to set the front door to admit customers on 10
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SAFE VENTILATION IN COMMERCIAL KITCHENS www.ledaire.com Working in a busy commercial kitchen when emotions and temperatures are both running high is guaranteed to get the adrenalin flowing. But while slaving over a hot stove can produce good results, there are many health and safety risks associated with working in a hot, steamy and grease-laden environment. To deliver good results consistently you need a safe, comfortable working environment – and that requires efficient ventilation to expel fumes and bringing in fresh, clean air.
addressed, it provides a breeding ground for bacteria and insects and also accelerates fires. Many grease filtration options are available, and filter replacement and easy cleaning are key considerations – fire suppression systems can be built into hoods. Filtration is only fully effective in conjunction with regular maintenance and performance can be enhanced with choice of hood type. A basic hood will extract a given volume of fume-laden air, together with its heat whereas induction hoods partly separate fume extraction from ventilation. They draw in fresh air for high-velocity discharge into the hood, creating a low-pressure zone over the work area which helps to extract fumes via the hood and filters. With an induction hood only 20% of extracted air comes from the kitchen, so energy is conserved, although inducted air can also be used for ventilation as required. Using atmospheric air in this way improves filtration efficiency as the bulk gas temperature is lowered, helping suspended grease condense on filter elements.
Inadequate ventilation is dangerous. Without it, there is a risk of fire, contamination, vermin infestation and food poisoning. Fresh air is also essential for a healthy environment; kitchens burn a lot of fuel, combustion of which produces large volumes of carbon dioxide. In a poorly ventilated kitchen, CO2 concentrations can quickly reach 1000ppm, above which level people start to suffer headaches, drowsiness and loss of concentration. And of course, incomplete combustion in badly regulated burners will produce poisonous carbon monoxide – with potentially fatal results if those fumes are allowed to accumulate. Not surprisingly, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) regards adequate ventilation as fundamental to achieving control of health and safety risks in the kitchen, as well as general hygiene and food safety. And yet it estimates that as many as 65% of commercial kitchens are not ventilated adequately. The most basic ventilation requirement is the removal of hot air and the provision of clean cool air - and that must be done in a controlled way with a proper balanced ventilation system. HSE Catering Information Sheet No. 10 (Ventilation of Kitchens in Catering Establishments) gives extensive advice on good ventilation practice, advising that removal of stale air and fumes must be balanced by introducing fresh air, which itself must come from clean areas and cause no uncomfortable draughts. It makes sense for hot air, fumes and odours to be removed as close to the source as possible so the bulk of extraction should be via hoods above the cooking appliances. Hoods need to be carefully designed to ensure optimum extraction. The HSE recommends canopy overhangs of 250 to 300mm for island extractors and, for wall-mounted extractors, 250mm at the front and 150mm either side. However, ranges vary and we regularly advise greater overhangs in very hot zones.
The components of the system should be designed to avoid areas where fat residues and water can gather. The design should also ensure there is no risk of condensation dripping from the canopy onto the surface below. Stainless steel is the preferred material for both ductwork and canopies, being noncombustible and easy to keep clean. Easy access to grease filters for cleaning and replacement is also essential. When installing new equipment, it’s worth making sure that each appliance’s required air extraction rates can be obtained. Then by adding up the air velocity requirements for each appliance, a total air movement requirement can be calculated for the hood. The HSE guidelines however, provide some air flow rate estimations for different work capacities. A good balance of incoming and extracted air, together with removal of hot vapours at source, should help prevent kitchens becoming too hot and the replacement air inlets can be positioned to provide cooling air over any hotter work positions.
Author: Steve Leonard, Managing Director, Ledaire Fabrications
Systems must also comply with British Standard BS6173:2009, which requires interlocking of mechanical ventilation systems and gas supplies for all types of commercial kitchen appliance, preventing a gas appliance from being switched on before the ventilation system is operating. Besides extracting fumes, ventilation systems need to avoid a build-up of grease in ducting. Prevention of grease accumulation is very important, because if not
Air induction hoods provide a good long-term energy efficiency measure. They save on electricity bills over the years by using the natural flow of air created by convection within the hood. Induction hoods are the best for filtering grease, which in turn reduces the fire risk. With a good induction hood, all the HSE recommendations can be met in a system that will also save on running costs. 11
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Custom Glass Mosaics From Your Own Artwork Custom glass tile mosaics, providing modern interpretations of classic mosaic art, are now available from Trend GB. Drawing upon more than 300 colours of Italian glass mosaic tiles and three different tesserae formats, the Kent-based company is able to work with interior designers and architects on translating any artwork, design, photograph or fabric sample into a gorgeous hardwearing mosaic surface that will last a lifetime. Employing advanced CAD software, Trend’s Italian studio is able to create a precise digital interpretation of any source design, with the pixelated properties of mosaic glass tiles enabling the artistic replication of virtually any image. Careful selection of the correct tile sizes, whether 1cm, 1.5cm or 2cm square formats or hand-cut mosaics, enable the computer-aided designs to be scaled according to the required installation area and pattern repeat specifications. Impervious to water and stains, frost proof, resistant to fading, discolouration and chemical damage, and highly durable, Trend custom glass mosaics are ideal for building facades, reception areas, upscale restaurants, decorative panels in public rooms and for swimming pool surrounds, with scope for reproducing symbols, logos and crests adding to their design potential. In the home, glass tiled kitchen splashbacks, alcove features, showers, wetrooms and outdoor water features spring to mind. Glass mosaic artworks date back as far as 2500BC and were first popularised for interior décor in the late 19th century, Trend contributing directly to this new design direction through its historic Orsoni furnace. Now the Italian tilemaker is marrying modern technology with an age-old decorative form, creating limitless opportunities for customised mosaics, from feature panels to complete interior and exterior installations. It is also extending this customised theme to its distinctive Shading Blends and exclusive Wallpaper Collection, enabling original studio designs to be recoloured to match client requirements. To create what Trend terms ‘an artistic elaboration’, the studio needs a jpeg, tiff, bitmap, painting or fabric sample, together with an AutoCad or DWG file or scale drawing providing the height, width and layout of the area to be covered. Trend’s CAD software then arranges full-size tiles to replicate the original art source, calibrating for the scale and proportions of the installation. Where the design necessitates both geometric and organic forms, a combination of CAD and tessellatum hand-cutting techniques are used to recreate flowing lines and curves. Trend has also created a series of customisable Shading Blends, featuring a progressive gradation of tile colours from light to dark, in both 1.5cm and 2cm square formats. Combining specific percentages of harmonious colours creates the different blends and these effects can be customised by varying the different tile percentages or even changing the basic colour choice. There is similar scope for tailoring Trend’s exclusive Wallpaper Collection, which combines the repeat pattern structure of classic wallcoverings with the tactile texture of hand-cut mosaic tiles. It comprises a choice of 64 patterns in four distinct design themes, each of which has three different colour interpretations, including a graphic monochrome rendition. The customising option allows any or all tile colours to be changed, creating an exclusive Wallpaper pattern, based around the original studio design. Depending on size and format, Trend custom glass mosaics are supplied in film- or polyurethane web-based modules, with the tiles ready positioned for fixing direct to vertical or horizontal surfaces like a giant jigsaw. Delivery from initial receipt of artwork is typically around six weeks and prices are quoted per job. www.trend-group.com Enquiry No. 15
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Qualicoat - An Association With A Passion For Sustainability The word ‘Sustainability’ is widely used in building construction today and, whilst we have a general view of the its meaning, it is very difficult to use the word in relation to any single product or service as it has a very wide scope.
For example, Architectural Aluminium, which is used in the external envelope, 'Sustainability' of the installation crucially covers three prime areas; all items within the complete supply chain, the installations working life and importantly it's end of life recycling and reuse. All three are equally important to achieving a sustainable installation, but whilst we currently become obsessed with the supply chain and to a lesser extent, the end of life recycling, we tend to ignore the installations working life. There is definitely a culture of 'fit and forget' in the UK as far as the external envelope is concerned. Window cleaning is generally only undertaken a few times a year (and in some cases not even that) and aluminium frames and sheeting rarely get cleaned at all. Planned cleaning should always be coupled with preventative maintenance, this will ensure that minor issues such as aluminium damage and loose weather seals, etc. are repaired before they lead to more serious problems within the facade. Adopting a cleaning and maintenance regime on this level can quite easily double a facades life expectancy and importantly keep the building looking better for longer. One of the most crucial elements in a facades working life is its finish. If the finish is not specified correctly then ongoing maintenance costs could be high and will no doubt lead to the facade needing replacing sooner. So quality of the initially applied finishes and planned cleaning and maintenance on the
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building envelope is crucial for a very long and importantly a trouble free life. The Qualicoat Association, with it's head office based in Zurich, formed over 25 years ago, have been working within the powder coating supply chain to ensure consistent quality finishes are supplied to the construction industry. Today the association is truly global with many country associations making up the Qualicoat membership. One of the key USP’s for Qualicoat is that the complete supply chain is independently inspected at regular intervals to ensure conformance with the current Qualicoat standard. More recently, the Qualicoat label has begun to support the low VOC liquid coatings which are now widely available for many products including architectural and building products. Here in the UK and Ireland, the ‘Qualicoat UK and Ireland’ association currently have 29 members who meet on a frequent basis to work together to further the understanding of powder coating and the high quality and consistency that the label offers in conjunction with Qualicoat head office based in Zurich. Qualicoat completes the supply chain to finished product by offering Approvals to powder manufacturers and metal pre-treatment suppliers as well as licensing powder coat applicators to ensure consistent quality. One of the quality management measures required by Qualicoat for powder coat applicators is twice yearly random visits by an independent test house, Exova in the UK, to
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review an applicator’s operations, quality procedures and records. What is also little known is that powders themselves can be supplied in various grades of durability to suit a project application. These premium powder compositions use more expensive and robust materials to offer life expectancies well beyond 30 years and often similar to the life expectancy of the building itself. The vast majority of powder coating undertaken in the UK and Ireland from Qualicoat members and independent powder coaters meet what is known under the Qualicoat Specification (13th edition) as ‘Class 1’. These powders are high quality and offer excellent weathering and life expectancy. However, there are projects and situations where even higher durability coatings are required by the specifier. Using ‘Qualicoat’ powder coating, the method of pre-treatment and powder coat application is tightly monitored and the chances of coatings failing due to corrosion or adhesion during its expected life are virtually eliminated. All powder coatings, however, will age over time and using higher durability powders will ensure that the surface finish looks better for longer. Higher durability powders can be used on high rise applications, or other places where access could be difficult, or where there is a particularly harsh environment. Powders for architectural coatings fall into three basic classes; Class 1 is a one year ‘Florida’ weather exposure category, Class 2 is a three year ‘Florida’ weather exposure category and Class 3 is a ten year ‘Florida’ weather exposure category. There is a fourth category which is being used in some countries which is known as Class 1.5, which is a higher specification for for some harsh environments. In Class 1 the samples tested must retain at least 50% of its original gloss level at the end of the test, whereas for Class 2 powders they must retain at least 75% and Class 3 powders at least 90% over the same period of exposure. Colour variation over time is similarly more stringent on Classes 2 and 3. As a specifier, should higher durability finishes be required, contact a Qualicoat member and discuss the project requirements in greater detail. Pretreatment and powder application is virtually the same for Classes 2 and 3, the only change is the formulation of the powder which uses enhanced resin systems and higher grade pigments and stabilisers.
The Qualicoat organisation, located in Zurich, continue to co-ordinate the method of application and the various country working groups to ensure that the Qualicoat label remains the number one choice for specifiers. A specification for Qualicoat by a UK specifier will be fully understood and implemented in various countries around the globe, irrespective of the lack of local standards. Qualicoat UK & Ireland are holding their second technical conference in the UK on the 4th October in Belfast. The conference showcases how the Qualicoat standard has evolved over the last few years into being the global standard we see today. Together with an introduction to Qualicoat, Speakers will cover the three prime areas of powder coating, powder manufacture, metal pre-treatment and the finishing process itself. In each of these areas, advancements have been made which has made powder coating the prime finish for architectural aluminium. The conference will detail each of these and offer specifiers of powder coating the information to specify the correct coating for the correct project and exposure. One area which has developed quickly over the last few years is that of powder formulation. These are more resilient compounds in the powder coating, finishes can be provided with some exceptionally long life expectancies and lower cleaning cycles and are perfect for today’s sustainable buildings. These will be explained in detail. The vast majority of powder coaters in the UK are Qualicoat approved and to ensure that specifiers get ‘Qualicoat’ powder coating, Qualicoat recommend just adding the name ‘Qualicoat’ approved to your material specifications. There are limited numbers of spaces at the Conference, if you would like to receive an invitation please contact Qualicoat UK and Ireland on the telephone number below for more details. Copies of the Qualicoat standard are available through the UK association website together with an up to date list of manufacturers and applicators at www.qualicoatuki.org. Printed literature and telephone support is available from Qualicoat UK & Ireland’s Head Office in Birmingham on 0121 601 6746. Enquiry No. 16
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New High Efficiency Small Circulators From January 2013…
PIGMENTO Brown: The New Colour Of VMZINC
From 1 January 2013, once the supply on the merchants’ shelves has been exhausted, old design, uncontrolled small circulating pumps will be banned from the market in the UK with only high efficiency small circulators allowed to be sold and installed. The reason is simple: these pumps consume too much energy, meaning that they do not meet the strict efficiency requirements of a new EU regulation under the European ErP (Ecodesign) Directive which came into effect on 1st January 2013. Leading pump specialist Wilo UK has a full range of high-efficiency glandless pumps ready to respond to the requirements of the new Directive. The Wilo-Yonos PICO and Wilo-Stratos PICO series for domestic properties and the Wilo-Stratos series for larger properties are already labelled "ErP-ready". www.wilo.co.uk
Building on the success of the PIGMENTO zinc colour range, VMZINC has introduced PIGMENTO Brown which combines the texture of pre-weathered, grey QUARTZZINC with a delicate hint of brown. Its subtle, yet distinctive appearance, provides a combination of durability and scratch resistance for facade and roofing systems which will last for years. The colour has been launched for use in projects of all types but particularly those in rural environments. It offers further design scope both in terms of the use of zinc and its combination with other building materials. PIGMENTO Brown is truly unique and combines the natural grained texture of pre-weathered VMZINC systems with subtle colour achieved through use of pigments which are chromate-free. www.vmzinc.co.uk
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Rainwater Harvesting – From The Experts
Stelrad Unveils Radical Stelrad Radiators, the UK’s leading radiator manufacturer, has seen huge interest during 2012 for its brand new Radical radiator. Radical is the first genuinely energy efficient radiator on the marketplace, offering a 10.5% gas saving compared to radiators on a standard heating system, a fact independently confirmed by KIWA - and includes some very clever technology that makes it stand apart from the crowd. It’s the first ‘serial feed’ radiator on the UK market place and it’s an ideal companion to lower temperature renewable heating systems, with the return flow from the heating system to the boiler being at a lower temperature, ensuring that the condensing boiler is actually able to condense efficiently. www.stelrad.com Enquiry No. 20
Rainwater harvesting is fast becoming a standard feature in new build designs. The design and construction industry understands the integral part rainwater harvesting plays in creating sustainable buildings. Polypipe’s Rainstream systems are predominantly targeted at domestic installations but can be used in light commercial applications too. Rain harvesting can replace up to 50% of household mains water consumption, and up to 85% on commercial installations. One third of all water used in the home gets flushed down the toilet. The roof on an average 4-bed family home captures more than 100,000 litres of rainwater each year – most of which currently goes down the drain. www.polypipe.com/building-products/products/water-management-sustainable-solutions/rainstream Enquiry No. 19
Trend Quartz Worksurfaces From Compac TREND is an innovative technological quartz worksurface from COMPAC involving a new design approach where simplicity and purity are its hallmarks. COMPAC believe their TREND range is ecologically superior in its manufacture and composition to any other quartz worksurface on the market. The company’s renowned engineering skills have achieved a virtually zero porosity surface without the need for antibacterial chemicals, to deliver a completely healthy and easy to clean and maintain worksurface. TREND is available in five beautiful and timeless cool colours which can complement each other beautifully when used together or as separate worksurfaces, either way the effect is simply stunning. www.compac.es Enquiry No. 21
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Understanding Acoustic Access Panels With Timloc Part E of the Building Regulations refers to the need ‘to provide reasonable resistance to sound’. Building products specialist Timloc is aware that the subject of acoustics can often create confusion, leading specifiers into thinking they need products which are overly expensive or don’t actually meet their needs. As one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of access panels, Timloc has quickly recognised the industry need to officially clarify the impact of the access panel’s performance to Part E and has led it to commission Leeds University to undertake extensive acoustic product testing on its behalf. The testing was carried out in order to form a performance objective for the development of a new Timloc access panel range that could perform as a direct replacement for plasterboard layers with NO negative impact on the acoustic performance of the area, therefore meeting the requirements of Part E. However, tests concluded that Timloc’s existing range of CR slim line access panels has no effect on the overall acoustic rating to walls or ceilings, when fitted as a direct replacement to plasterboard layers and if fitted within 1% of the total area. The installed access panel also remains slim to offer maximum space in the allotted void. Timloc has further simplified the specification process by offering a service for the calculation of the weighted value of an application. All they require is the overall area of the wall or ceiling and its specific material (i.e single or double layer plasterboard), the designed dB rating of the wall or ceiling and the area of the access required. The Timloc access panel range offers practical acoustic (dB) ratings and each product now carries a weighted sound reduction value (Rw). The core CR range has slim profile designs, is fire rated, insulated, air-tightness tested and acoustic performance rated, meeting all the required criteria for most applications. www.timloc.co.uk Enquiry No. 22
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Forbo’s New Acoustic Flooring CPD Is A Sound Choice For Specifiers Forbo Flooring Systems has introduced an updated RIBA certified CPD seminar entitled “Turn Down The Volume: A guide to specifying acoustic floor coverings”. With over 50 years’ experience in the manufacture of acoustic floor coverings, selling over 4,000,000m2 worldwide per year, the manufacturer is keen to extend its expertise in this area to architects and other specifiers of interior floor coverings. The seminar examines the impact of noise pollution in working, living and learning environments and explores the vital role that acoustic flooring – resilient and textile - can play in sound reduction and the creation of more comfortable, harmonious and healthy interiors. Attendees will review the very latest Regulations and Standards that need to be considered when specifying acoustic flooring solutions, including new Scottish Building Regulations. They will also enhance their knowledge of the performance criteria to look for when specifying for both mainstream and more demanding applications such as healthcare facilities, educational establishments and other public buildings. The CPD makes reference to acoustic products found within Forbo’s extensive range of resilient and textile floor coverings, including the new Sarlon Acoustic vinyl range. It also demonstrates how enhanced acoustic performance can be combined with superior levels of appearance retention, indentation resistance, dimensional stability, increased slip resistance and antistatic control properties to meet specific location and usage requirements. Having attended this CPD seminar, which fits into the compliance section of the curriculum, attendees will be able to make more informed, effective and sustainable choices and comply with relevant Regulations and Standards whenever and wherever acoustic flooring is required. www.forbo-flooring.co.uk/cpd Enquiry No. 24
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Silent Night The integrity, stability and performance of batteries are vital to the longterm operation of smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, and they must also be robust. Kidde’s TEN-4 smoke alarm is supported by a full 10-year guarantee for both the alarm and its integral, high performance FDK (Fuji) lithium battery. The sealed-in battery is more tolerant of low ambient temperature than many others, with an operating range starting at just -20 degC. Low temperatures can drag down battery voltage, recovering when the heating comes on. With many alarms this may well induce the ‘low battery’ warning and could lead to householders taking down alarms, rendering them ineffective in practical terms. Addressing this issue, TEN-4 has a unique ‘silent night’ early warning feature for low battery level with a flashing LED - but no sound. In it’s ‘silent night’ state, TEN-4 is still operational as an alarm and will sound as normal if smoke is detected. Just one press of the ‘Test/Hush’ button resets the alarm to normal operation. After 30 days of visual warning, the alarm will then ‘chirp’ for 30 days more to reinforce its end-of-life state. These important features – and a separate base plate with tamper-proof locking option - avoid the temptation for householders to interfere with the smoke alarm in any way. Kidde’s TenYCO battery powered carbon monoxide alarm – the very first available with a 10-year guarantee - complements the TEN-4 smoke alarm. www.smoke-alarms.co.uk Enquiry No. 25
Decoflame® E-Ribbon Fire Since 2007, Decoflame has become the synonym for Danish Design and Craftsmanship on the market for bioethanol fireplaces. Comprising a large variety of both standard and made to measure bioethanol fireplace models, the decoflame® range of fires are amongst the safest and most stylish currently available. In February 2012, the Denmark-based manufacturer introduced a second generation of electronically controlled ethanol-fuelled burner – the decoflame® e-Ribbon Fire (patent pending). Featuring cutting-edge technology, this remotely controlled burner can be installed as a stand-alone drop-down unit or as part of the decoflame® made to measure built-in bioethanol fireplace models Montreal and Orlando. The decoflame® e-Ribbon Fire combines ease of installation and operation with functional safety, introducing the joy and warmth of a real open fire to domestic and commercial fireplace applications without the need for a flue or chimney. www.decoflame.com Enquiry No. 26
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Drywood Brings Warrantied Colour To Non-Com Exterior Non-Com Exterior from Lonza Wood Protection is the leading fire retardant protection for exterior cladding and construction timbers. The proven polymer based formulation of Non-Com Exterior treatment makes it the only UK Wood Protection Association Approved leach resistant fire retardant product. This allows the Non-Com Exterior treated timber to be used externally without the need for a protective coating. However, Lonza has now introduced Drywood Woodstain, a water based, high performance and warrantied coating for exclusive use on Non-Com Exterior treated timbers, giving specifiers the option to add an easy to maintain colour finish, if preferred. Drywood Woodstain from Drywood Coatings BV has been used successfully on Non-Com Exterior treated timbers within new build projects in Holland for a number of years. Available in a range of transparent, semi-opaque and fully opaque colours, it offers architects and designers a robust and reliable coating for use with Non-Com Exterior treated timbers. Drywood Woodstain exhibits excellent adhesion to Non-Com Exterior treated timber, and importantly does not compromise its fire retardant properties. Drywood Woodstain penetrates into the wood and also builds a thin film layer on the surface, reducing dirt adhesion and allowing the timber to breathe. It weathers slowly and evenly and is easily overcoated with minimum preparation for on-going maintenance. www.lonza.com Enquiry No. 27
Dallmer Renova Roof Drain - Ideal For Retrofit When re-roofing, a major problem is often the removal of existing roof drains before installing new ones and connecting them inside the building to existing drain-pipes. Dallmer’s Renova 63T Roof Drain is a product that completely overcomes this problem and therefore reduces dramatically the overall cost of roof renovation. RenovaDrain is specifically designed to push down through the existing drain and inside the existing drainpipe, creating a watertight seal via the lip-seals on the down pipe of the drain. This well conceived design is made with the precision for which the Dallmer name is respected throughout world – thousands are in use in Europe and the USA. RenovaDrain has recently been upgraded with improved, dedicated versions for use with bitumen felt – ‘DallBit’ - and TPO membranes. A version for welding to PVC remains plus the ‘standard’ version for EPDM – or any other membrane. Improvements include extended length (up to 460mm from roof level) to cater for ever thicker layers of insulation and a dome grating with a greater free area to avoid the problem of possible clogging by roof-blown rubbish. The Dallmer 84 version is smaller but just as easy to fit and is widely used where additional insulation is not being laid or remedial work with a flat grate on paved terraces. www.dallmer.com Enquiry No. 28
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Steadmans’ One-Stop Shop Supplies Products For New Glass Manufacturing Plant Steadmans has supplied materials for a new manufacturing plant at Northern Express Glass in Fleetwood, Lancashire. The roofs and walls of the building incorporate 3,400 linear metres of Steadmans AS35 insulated panels, 80mm and 60mm thick respectively, in goosewing grey. The company also supplied 1,150 linear metres of purlins and over 1,000 linear metres of flashings. Comprising two outer steel skins with an integral PIR insulation core, AS35 insulated panels are available in a wide range of colours and complement Steadmans’ broad variety of pre-engineered construction products, such as gutters, rooflights and doors. AS35 panels are manufactured in a quality process certified to ISO 9001:2008, using non-ozone depleting technology. Available in a range of thicknesses, the panels can be specified to achieve insulation U-values, aiding compliance with the latest L2 regulations. The panels are also Loss Prevention Certification Board approved. www.steadmans.co.uk
Isn’t it great when things just click...
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Conforms to BS 6180:1999 & BS 6399-1:1996
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Cembrit Flies To The Rescue With Bat Vent Bat Vent from Cembrit is an innovative slate roof accessory which allows roosting bats an uninterrupted path between the interior and exterior of a roof space. Designed in association with the Bat Conservation Trust in London, Bat Vent is compatible with many common slate finishes and sizes, and the ideal solution for contractors, architects and specifiers who work within the law on bat roosts. Bat Vent is comprised of a vacuum formed weathering cowl and injection moulded under-base to form a chamber that eases access for bats into the roof space. A factory applied non-slip surface allows bats to grip on landing, a further useful detail of the unit. www.cembrit.co.uk Enquiry No. 30
You know the correct fixing force* is applied when the TAPER-LOC® tool ‘clicks’ the glass into place. The TAPER-LOC® System is the simple way to install glass railings and balustrades†. *Nm †For toughened/toughened laminated glass from 12mm-25.52mm thick.
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Coram Showerpods NEW Granite Effect Finishes An extension to its recently introduced range of inspired colours, Coram Showerpods goes oh naturale with its newly launched range of Stone effect finishes. Offered across its entire portfolio, Coram Showerpods unlock these new and exciting possibilities without harming nature’s meagre resources! Available in a range of sizes and now new granite effects and colour options, there is the choice to create either a standard or bespoke finish with Coram Showerpods accommodating almost any RAL or suite colour. You can now opt for twelve different granite effects, in a variety of textures and colours to ensure maximum user creativity and design appeal. Amongst several unique benefits, Coram Showerpods boast the fact that they are completely leak-proof, easy to clean and virtually maintenance free. Each pod comes complete with a beautifully finished, high quality Coram shower door, a choice of high performance thermostatic mixer showers and unique patent protected ‘Waterguard’ detailing. The entire unit can be fully connected and fitted really quickly and without the need for problematic tiling, the pod is future-proofed, the ideal option to save money, plus capitalising on installation time and always reinforced by your peace of mind. www.coramshowerpods.co.uk Enquiry No. 32
Sustainable Style Style is the first UK supplier to offer moveable partitioning wall systems that are certified with the Environmental Product Declaration (EDP) in accordance with ISO 14025 and EN15804. The EPD, which applies to DORMA’s Variflex, Moveo and Varitrans products, is the pinnacle of product sustainability and is of critical importance to any specifier seeking environmentally sound solutions for BREEAM, LEED and SKA rating certification. “No-one can deny that the construction sector has been one of the hardest hit by the recession,” confirms MD for Style, Julian Sargent. “As a result, firms operating within it have had to innovate, work smarter and think differently. In 2013, the ability to meet the needs of specifiers will revolve firmly around sustainability.” In October 2012, Style unveiled the EPD for DORMA products, covering a number of key criteria including global warming potential, cumulative energy demand arising from each product’s manufacture, total weight of the product waste recycled at the pre-consumer stage and at the end of the product’s life. Skyfold, Style’s vertically rising acoustic partitioning wall system, is also constructed mainly from recycled materials, offering significant advantages and opportunities to earn LEED certification points. Style is also accredited by Bureau Veritas to a UKAS standard for ISO 14001:2004 Environmental Management System. www.style-partitions.co.uk Enquiry No. 33
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Hörmann – Design On Display At this year's Homebuilding and Renovating show Hörmann will be showcasing the latest developments from its extensive range of garage and entrance doors. A sectional garage door with integral wicket door demonstrates the engineering excellence that has established Hörmann as the market leader. Available as an option with both automatic and manually operated doors, this hinged door, within the garage door, allows easy access without the need for a separate side entrance. The attention to detail includes Hörmann's unique trip free threshold. This stainless steel threshold strip is only 5mm high at each edge rising to 10mm in the centre and features adjustable double seals to compensate for uneven floors. Innovation continues with patented finger trap protection across the wicket door, its frame and the entire sectional door. A unique wicket door function and finger trap protection are also features of the new HST side sliding door, which offers the convenience and security of a sectional door where headroom is limited. Precise and easy door travel is achieved with Hörmann's unique twin rollers that add to the stability and longevity of this door. The open ended aluminium floor rail guides the door panels securely, yet is easy to keep free from leaves and dirt, essential for both the manual and automatic versions. As well as these innovative garage doors, a timber clad garage door and the class leading RollMatic roller garage door will be on display. Unique ThermoPro, steel faced entrance doors will be shown alongside a selection of aluminium entrance door options. Visit Hörmann on stand E139 in Hall 5. www.hormann.co.uk Enquiry No. 34
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High Performance, Sustainable Roofing From Lindab Lindab’s renowned steel manufacturing capability has enabled the company to produce Seamline - a high performance and sustainable standing seam roofing system that offers; an impressively low carbon footprint, minimal thermal movement, resistance to corrosion, is virtually maintenance free and long lasting and at the end of its serviceable life, can be fully recycled. Seamline is so flexible it can be fixed down to a pitch of only 5.7 degrees, even lower in certain circumstances. A choice of 15 high build (CFC Free) polyester colours, supported with a Lindab ‘peace of mind’ 15 year warranty allows the opportunity for Seamline to be confidently specified. An Aluzinc version of Seamline which offers a 20 year warranty is also available. www.lindab.co.uk Enquiry No. 35
Latest Laminate Collection Goes On Parade ABET LAMINATI has introduced the Parade Collection, created by Giulio Iacchetti. This is an innovative and quirky range of 12 digitally printed laminate decors each available in three colour shades. Parade is made up of two major groups of decors. One comes from the study of six different units developed through a strong digital approach. The other is the result of freehand drawings subsequently scanned and processed in order to complete the graphics of the entire laminate panel. The six digital-age inspired decors are entitled ‘The Moduli family’ and include Tartan, Fishbone, Rockets, Paesemio, Knock-Out and Artichoke while the ‘Fatto A Mano family’ include Furrows, Betulla, Yayoi, Massaua, Derby and Canvas. The versatile and unique Parade Collection has been realised using ABET’s digital printing technology. www.abetuk.com Enquiry No. 36
Comar 7P.i Folding Sliding Door System (FSD)
Yeoman Shield Set To Brighten Up Interiors Always at the forefront of new ideas and designs, Yeoman Shield, one of the UK’s market leaders in wall and door protection, has launched a new range of Protection Rails, Handrails & Corner Protectors which come with a 20mm wide contrasting coloured strip. Offered in 34 colours, the contra strip can also be used as a directional guide to departments such as X-ray, colour coding areas and flagging up hazardous corners. The contra strip can also be manufactured in specific corporate colours to enhance and compliment company branding within a building. www.yeomanshield.com Enquiry No. 38
Comar Architectural Aluminium Systems have launched their thermally broken Comar 7P.i Folding Sliding Door (FSD). Comar 7P.i FSD provides a versatile moveable wall that allows space and light into any project. Even in the winter months the glazed facade offers light as well as keeping the building insulated through the trade-marked Comar 7P.i thermal break technology. By merging aesthetically pleasing features such as robust, yet slim, aluminium profiles with feature-laden operational gearing from the Comar 7P.i FSD system, you have the capability to design open-in or open-out stacking doors, folding and sliding from the top or the bottom rollers. To cater for different apertures the Comar 7P.i FSD offers from 2 to 8 sliding doors in either direction with an optional rebated door for day to day ease of entry. Due to the trade-marked P.i thermal efficiency U-values are well below the required Building Regulations targets. www.comar-alu.co.uk Enquiry No. 37
New ANCON Type 2, 275mm, Wire Wall Tie - Another Industry ‘First’ ANCON has become the first UK wall tie manufacturer to offer a Type 2 stainless steel wire tie for insulated cavities up to 150mm wide. The new ‘Staifix RT2 275mm’ wall tie has been designed to meet the growing demand for wider insulated wall cavities in multi-storey housing and commercial buildings. It is currently the only Type 2 wire wall tie available for cavity widths between 126mm and 150mm, suitable for buildings up to 15 metres high as standard and taller structures subject to calculation. www.ancon.co.uk Enquiry No. 39
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Optical Opportunity Kidde Fyrnetics is offering substantial price reductions until the end of 2012 on its hard-wired optical smoke alarms. This initiative aims to encourage greater specification and installation of optical alarms where appropriate in homes without the usual cost premium over ionisation alarms. It reflects the growing trend over several years for social housing specifiers to use optical alarms – for both practical and environmental reasons. It is also a response to continuing public sector spending cuts and aims to help housing providers with budget reductions. The offer includes both the Slick® fast-fit and Firex ranges - four optical products in all. Even after the offer ends, new clients can continue to enjoy a protected project price throughout the duration of their project. Installers and specifiers with imminent projects should ensure they reserve stocks now via Kidde’s distributor network. Without doubt, smoke alarms save lives but the very nature of fire makes it unpredictable. For this reason, it is generally recommended that both optical and ionisation alarms are used in a property for optimal protection against flaming and smouldering fires. Kidde Fyrnetics supports this recommendation and believes that this current initiative will encourage the appropriate use of optical alarms. More information on this initiative can be found at incentive. kiddefyrnetics.co.uk Enquiry No. 40
New Rail For JIS Sussex Range JIS Europe Ltd. is a leading supplier of stainless steel radiators and towel rails. Brand new additions to the JIS Sussex range are a set of three Fletching Rails, substantial towel rails especially conceived to match the modern trend towards retro-styled bathrooms. The Fletching Rails are beautifully made to a smart but chunky design that has distinct overtones of the massiveness of superior Victorian plumbing. The Fletching Rails are in top quality stainless steel in a polished finish and are available in central heating, electric and dual fuel formats. The design of the Fletching Rails is simple but effective. The smallest model is 520mm wide and 635mm high, with fixing supports at each corner and a central horizontal rail in addition to those at top and bottom. The larger sizes are also 520mm wide and 910mm high and 1185mm high respectively; the 910mm model has two unsupported horizontal rails and the largest, three. The corner supports are very simple to fix and are designed to hold the rails sufficiently far from the wall to prevent the ‘snagging’ of towels that can be so infuriating. Confidence in the permanence of the stainless steel towel rails is backed by a 25 Years JIS Guarantee. www.thecoastalrange.co.uk Enquiry No. 41
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Interior Design On Film
The ALL NEW Dataterm IHC Can Knock A Massive 25% Off Your Fuel Bill! The all new Dataterm IHC can now control up to 4 heating zones and hot water all from 1 handy control pad allowing you to be in total control of your heating and how much it costs you. So if central heating is a burden to your budget enquire about Dataterm today, after all it is the control that can pay for itself in as little as 2 years and its good for the planet too! Suitable for all heating systems, it simply replaces existing time clocks and thermostats allowing greater flexibility and control. Features include illuminated display, optimum start/stop, close temperature control, wireless sensing and an average 25% savings in fuel spend per annum. www.warmworld.co.uk Enquiry No. 42
Interior Designers can now offer their clients the opportunity to transform their existing furniture and fittings by way of a dramatic makeover thanks to Interior Film from David Clouting Ltd. Manufactured by LG Hausys, Interior Film is a self-adhesive, decorative film designed for a wide range of interior applications from hotel receptions and bars to offices, shops and leisure facilities. It’s quick and easy to install and rooms can be dramatically transformed in hours with minimum disruption. Interior Film can be applied to almost any substrate including: wood, metals, plaster board, plastics, painted surfaces and melamine. This enables interior surfaces such as walls, doors, furniture, skirting and architrave to be attractively and quickly transformed. It has excellent flexibility and adhesion properties which allows for a perfect finish even to curved areas and complex shapes. Interior Film is fire rated, easy to clean, hardwearing and remains stable when exposed to heat, humidity or low temperatures. Interior Film is available in a range of exciting designs and finishes including: Exotic woods, Leather effect, Textured metals and Natural stone. www.davidclouting.co.uk Enquiry No. 43
New Cladframe From Rigisystems CladFrame is a cladding/façade support system, which features a unique cladding rail support bracket that has been engineered to provide a universal solution to façades. The design of the bracket makes it inherently stronger than other similar systems, both in carrying capacity and in pullout strength, which enables fewer brackets to be used making the system faster and more economical to install. Two clips at the extremities of the bracket allow for simple positioning of the carrier rails prior to levelling and fixing. Having only one bracket for use either left handed or right handed, and for vertical or horizontal applications, makes designing the whole carrier system simpler, quicker and more cost-effective. CladFrame brackets are made from 3mm thick structural grade aluminium, and, if required, come complete with an integral bonded isolation pad in order to provide a thermal break between the building substructure and the façade system. The isolation pad also prevents any corrosion occurring as a result of interaction between the substructure and the aluminium bracket. The simplicity of the CladFrame system allows it to be used safely with any RigiSystems façades, including Rainscreens, as well as with other manufacturers’ own façade systems. www.rigisystems.org Enquiry No. 44
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Introducing Mast Screening And Shelving Systems From The Shopkit Group Mast is a versatile range of screens and partitions available in different heights, materials and with various fixing options to suit most interior applications including retail, exhibitions, offices, receptions, café’s and domestic installations. It is elegant and adaptable and has the unique concept of combining the strength and simplicity of rigid posts to support tensioned cables. This then allows The Mast System to provide an easy, cost effective and durable way to create fixed, freestanding and temporary screening/room dividers with a virtually limitless range of shelving and accessories. The Mast posts are available in various heights and can support single or double cable set ups on one or both sides, allowing for sophisticated combinations of screening, graphic panels and shelving that can be used as stand-alone units or as part of a multi display system and can easily incorporate Shopkit’s TZ low-
voltage lighting range. Retail units / Shop in Shops can be produced from the different Mast systems, with display shelves available in a variety of materials and finishes to co-ordinate with other elements within the retail environment. Made to Measure and Installation options available Mast offers a wide standard product range to meet most requirements and Shopkit also offer a custom design / manufacturing service to meet all other individual needs. Delivery and installation is possible on all elements quotations will be supplied on request. www.shopkit.com Enquiry No. 45
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Hauraton Channels Efforts Into Superstore Opening Architects Hadfield Cawkwell Davidson designed the Sainsbury’s Superstore at Alnwick, Northumberland. Working in collaboration with Sainsbury’s, Northumberland Estates, the Local Authority and other stakeholders, the contemporary scheme integrates beautifully with the surrounding landscape and neighbouring buildings. The store has a net sales area of about 1674m² (18,000 ft²) and a gross internal area of 3255m² (35,000 ft²) including the associated service area and a car park with 232 spaces. The works included the building of a partial culvert to an existing waterway, landscaping work and access roads from Alnwick town centre. Hauraton supplied 565 metres of their FASERFIX® SUPER KS surface water drainage channels with loading Class E600 ductile iron gratings to drain the car parks, service area, and access roads. The FASERFIX® channels featured SIDE-LOCK®, the company’s patented boltless system that allows the ductile iron gratings and covers to be removed quickly and re-fitted easily for channel cleaning. For example, 10 metres of cover can be removed in about 90 seconds with just 70 seconds to replace all 20 covers. www.hauraton.co.uk Enquiry No. 46
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Timoleon UFCH For Historic City Church St. Andrew Undershaft, once a City of London landmark, but now completely dwarfed by the notorious ‘Gherkin’, is remarkable in several ways. Apart from the extraordinary name [the ‘Undershaft’ refers to a huge Maypole that reputedly towered over the building in the 16th Century], it is one of the very few City churches to survive both the Great Fire of 1666 and German bombing in the Second World War, only to be damaged by the IRA’s attentions in the 1990s. It is now only occasionally used for services but is important to its administrator St. Helen’s Bishopsgate as a venue for meetings, Bible studies, Sunday School and evening functions. As a meeting place it was felt that greater comfort, in particular more effective central heating, had become essential and Forcia Ltd., a company with considerable experience in heritage projects, was appointed to undertake the work. Underfloor heating was the obvious choice for the church to ensure even warmth throughout the huge 330 square metres of floor space in St. Andrew Undershaft and it was decided that use of the FoilBoard system developed and made by Timoleon Limited would make installation simple and swift and ensure that heat provision would be both reliable and effective. Timoleon’s FoilBoard heating system is designed to be laid directly on any reasonably flat surface; ideal for St. Andrew Undershaft since the composition floor was in quite fair condition. The basis for the system is panels manufactured from carbon coated expanded insulation material containing extremely effective pre-bonded soft temper aluminium heat diffusers. The panels include channels for the flexible 15mm polybutylene pipe which will circulate warm water and are held in place on the floor by conventional wooden battens. The expanded insulation material is easily cut to size where necessary and is also sufficiently flexible to accommodate minor undulations in the floor below. When the panels are laid and secured it is the simplest of operations to walk the heating pipe into place from a roll. www.timoleon.co.uk Enquiry No. 47
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Yorkon Completes Off-Site Construction Project At New Academy In Birmingham Off-site construction specialist, Yorkon, has delivered a two-storey modular classroom building in a completely enclosed courtyard at Ninestiles School – an outstanding ‘convertor’ academy in Birmingham. The sub-contract package was awarded to Yorkon by principal contractor Thomas Vale Construction. This challenging project had to be delivered by Yorkon and Thomas Vale in a tight timescale in order to meet stringent funding requirements. The architects and project managers for the scheme were Ridge & Partners. The scheme involved the use of a large 350-tonne crane to lift the steel and concrete building modules over the top of the existing school building and into a totally enclosed courtyard. Working closely with Thomas Vale and the school, the installation was timed to coincide with the half-term holiday, minimising any disruption to teaching. The building has provided the school with six new classrooms to help meet the increased demand for places and has replaced an outdated facility. Features include brick cladding to the ground floor with a contrasting white finish to the upper floor; windows, doors and aluminium cladding panels in anthracite grey; a full height glazed stairwell, and a link corridor to the main school. The facility also has a high performance concrete floor throughout, which was pre-installed in the Yorkon factory to further reduce work on site. This is a robust design option for high traffic areas and to reduce sound transmission. Commenting on the project, Christine Quinn, Principal of Ninestiles School, said, “We really love the new building. Its design is fresh and modern, and the use of glass makes it light and airy. Two of the classrooms on each floor can be opened up into one large flexible space which allows more creative use of the teaching accommodation when we need it.” “We felt the off-site approach was the only solution for this project given the building’s location in a totally enclosed courtyard with no vehicular access. The installation phase was exciting and impressive, and whilst we feared a high level of disruption during construction, this actually wasn’t the case at all and school life continued unhindered. The whole construction team on this project
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has been courteous, professional and willing throughout, making it very easy. This has been a very positive experience.” Martin Hier, Project Leader at Ridge & Partners, added, “The completed building looks great. We worked closely with Yorkon to ensure the highest standard of aesthetics with all the benefits of a standardised and cost-effective building model. There was a strong team ethos throughout, particularly in ensuring the project delivery was achieved to a tight timescale.” “The off-site approach has also delivered greater cost certainty on the project and on a very difficult school site, dramatically reducing any health and safety concerns the client had.” Off-site construction was chosen by the client team for this project because of the site constraints – the building is located in the centre of a courtyard with very little access for materials and equipment. The off-site approach allowed the building structure to be prefabricated and partially fitted out in a factory environment and craned into position over the existing school in just a few days. With achievements well in excess of national standards, Ninestiles School now has academy status. It is a mixed comprehensive school catering for 1400 pupils with 60 students in the sixth form. Yorkon is part of the Portakabin Group. www.yorkon.info Enquiry No. 48
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Compulsory Automatic Door Maintenance As part of an ongoing drive to improve student and staff accessibility as well as deliver low energy access solutions, the University of Hertfordshire has nearly 180 automatic door systems installed across campus. Three years ago TORMAX UK Ltd took over the maintenance contract, streamlining repairs by offering bi-annual service checks and callout cover through their nationwide team of trained engineers. range of TORMAX entrances are installed at the University, many of which are powered by their hi-tech iMotion operators. These operators utilise an in-house designed and manufactured asynchronous motor which, thanks to advanced engineering, do not require any gears or brushes - those parts which regularly need replacing. Competitively priced, TORMAX door drives deliver a cost-effective, sustainable solution. TORMAX provides unique reference codes for each doorset, carefully logging all inspections, details of basic checks carried out, reports on repairs and new part replacements as well as any emergency call outs. www.tormax.co.uk
‘Ultimate’ Center Parcs Experience Specifies Hambleside Danelaw Valley Troughs The ‘new for 2012’ two-storey Treehouses at the Center Parcs Holiday Villages have been fitted with Hambleside Danelaw’s Dry Fix mortarless GRP Valley Troughs. Roofed using cedar wood shingles, not a common choice of roof covering in the UK, the Treehouses at Sherwood Forest and Longleat Forest are designed for families or friends who want the ‘ultimate’ Center Parcs experience. Blue Lines Roofing Ltd, with 25 years of specialist project experience, chose Hambleside Danelaw’s Dry Fix mortarless GRP Valley Troughs in conjunction with Center Parcs technical services because they complemented the Treehouses’ design and décor perfectly. Hambleside Danelaw’s Dry Fix mortarless GRP Valley Trough creates a neat close-cut appearance on new build and refurbishment projects. It is ideal for complex jobs. Available in standard lead grey colour, the unique product cuts fixing time by up to 50%. www.hambleside-danelaw.co.uk Enquiry No. 50
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GEZE UK’s Unique Entrance Graces Finsbury Circus Take a listed building at a prestigious London address in the heart of the City, add a floor made from the thick steel hull from a ship and a traditional wooden entrance lobby, then request a modern entrance which enables access and reduces heat loss. This was the challenge faced by the UK’s leading manufacturer of door and window control systems, GEZE UK, at the Grade II listed 1 Finsbury Circus. The architectural firm Gaunt Francis was behind the comprehensive redevelopment of the historic building.. At the entrance, elegant circular automatic sliding glass doors were specified to complement the ornate wooden lobby and the striking geometric floor, and GEZE UK’s discreet Slimdrive SCR was the ideal choice. But a bespoke solution was required, as it was impossible to dig into the listed, steel floor. Instead of creating a floor ring from hollow steel tubes, GEZE UK made a specially fabricated floor ring from a stainless steel sheet just 15mm thick. This was then machined on to the floor and every fixture was surface mounted. In keeping with the vast swathes of glass used throughout the development, the circular doors were given a glass roof, maximising the feeling of light and space and to reduce heat loss, a matching semi-circular heater was installed on top of the outer door. On the other side of the building, GEZE UK also installed a Slimdrive SL automatic sliding door to enable further access. Both operators are part of GEZE UK’s Slimdrive range, which means they are just 7cm high and can be mounted discreetly. They have also been designed and tested to meet the requirements of all relevant standards and regulations, including Building Bulletin 93, Approved Documents B and M, as well as assisting with the vigorous demands of the Equality Act. www.geze.co.uk Enquiry No. 51
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Glassolutions Delivers Washroom Makeover With Backpainted Glass Washrooms inside a newly refurbished 11 storey office tower in the middle of the City of London have been given a stylish and hygienic makeover with the installation of Vitrio backpainted glass walls and vanity units from GLASSOLUTIONS. The UK’s largest processor, distributor, installer and repairer of glass and glass systems won the £55,000 contract to supply and fit the white Vitrio backpainted glass in washrooms on 10 floors of the 11 storey building at 199 Bishopsgate, Broadgate. Vitrio is a range of coloured, backpainted glass for interiors and offers striking solutions for walls, surfaces and borders. It enables ultimate design flexibility in terms of application, colour, design, size and shape achieving a truly bespoke room and an environment that is safe, hygienic and easy to maintain. www.glassolutions.co.uk
Lanes High-Powered Jetter Relieves Village Flooding Risk Lanes for Drains engineers have saved a community near Bristol from the threat of flooding by cutting tonnes of calcite from a pipe taking spring water to the River Avon. They brought in a trailer-mounted jetting unit that can deliver water at up to 15,000 PSI – up to twice the pressure of a conventional HPWJ machine – to blast the mineral deposits. A 900mm concrete pipe that takes water from a nearby spring to an outfall in the River Avon had become completely blocked. This caused regular floods, as the spring water backed up and inundated the gardens of local homes and roads. Lanes for Drains used the high pressure jetter, combined with a special cutting head, to slice through the calcite which, in large deposits, can become as hard as stone. Within two days, the pressure on the pipe was relieved and within three more days, the pipe was completely clear of the deposits, allowing water to flow normally. www.lanesfordrains.co.uk Enquiry No. 53
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New Luxury Hotel Nearing Completion Construction is nearing completion on a new £10 million unique luxury hotel as part of Skelwith Leisure’s latest phase of redevelopment at the Raithwaite Hall Country Retreat in Whitby. Leeds-based contractors, Tolent Construction, are building The Keep Hotel comprising 21 luxury en-suite bedrooms, a central atrium, bar, restaurant and dog kennel facility to complement existing luxury accommodation located within the Main Hall, The Courtyard adjacent to the Hall and the self-catering cottages. Working in partnership with Leeds-based architects, Brewster Bye, and Leeds-based engineers, Bland and Swift, Tolent are also carrying out all external works, including the creation of a new car park facility, with overall completion early in 2013. Paul Ellis, Managing Director of Skelwith Leisure said: "Throughout the construction phase of the Keep we have been very pleased with how Tolent have managed to keep disruption to our hotel guests to a minimum on the busy estate. It is being delivered on time and to the high quality that we expect from a firm of Tolent's standing." Tolent’s operations director, Doug Shield, commented: “Our Central East division is delighted to be working on this prestigious boutique hotel which represents the top tier of the market. Tolent Construction are very experienced in the hotel sector - notable recent contracts include the £4 million Days Inn in Wetherby on behalf of Starboard Hotels and two refurbishment contracts at Majestic Hotel in Harrogate totalling £2.25 million.” www.tolent.co.uk Enquiry No. 54
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Iconic Stockport Brewery Transformed With Carea Cladding For the landmark £6 million conversion and new built extension of one of Stockport’s most iconic buildings, The Royal Oak Brewery, developer Equity Housing wanted to create a stunning contemporary exterior. To create a contrast between the new buildings and the existing brewery building, a modern façade was required. Carea’s cladding system met the precise requirements. Designed by TADW Architects and built by affordable housing specialist Southdale, the development is a combination of new build construction, demolition and historic conversion. Set to provide 51 affordable and high quality apartments, the development of the brewery is part of a wider regeneration of part of the town. To create a clear distinction between the original brewery building and the new extension, a range of cladding materials were specified. This included grey rainscreen cladding, white render, Terracotta tiling and Carea’s Acantha cladding. Specified in grey Rhodes matt finish, the 14mm thick Acantha cladding was installed by specialist contractor Broseley Building Services. Forming a crisp contract to the other cladding materials, the Carea cladding was used to create a base around the new extensions along with a vertical strip up the outer elevations. A key feature of Carea cladding panels is their ease of installation. Supplied with specialised horizontal rails that fit onto vertical cladding supports, the panels have precisely routed grooves on the top and bottom for a simple fix that’s totally seamless – ensuring the good looks of the project.
Developed over 30 years by the company’s expert technicians, Carea panels comprise of a cutting edge composite that contains 95% mineral elements. This means they can be recycled at the end of the usable life , making them a highly sustainable cladding solution. As well as helping to provide an outstanding look for the landmark scheme, the Carea cladding also provides excellent thermal benefits. Thanks to its high insulation properties, it helps buildings to optimise their thermal efficiency for a higher BREEAM rating. Once installed, the panels offer a range of further benefits. Most importantly for residential schemes, they hold superb acoustic performance. This ensures peace and quiet for residents. The panels are also exceptionally low maintenance. Their non-porous composition makes them resistant to climate and graffiti and they can be easily cleaned. Modern urban residential projects strive to represent the best in contemporary design. Key to this is creating a positive visual impression that elevates the area, ensuring a good atmosphere for locals. By artfully utilising Carea’s attractive cladding at this iconic development, the designers of The Royal Oak Brewery have done just this – and benefited from a host of enviable performance benefits at the same time. www.carea.uk.com Enquiry No. 55
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Technal Windows Create Façade For Light-Filled College Building Casement windows from architectural aluminium systems specialist Technal have been specified to create an elegant and contemporary façade solution for a new campus building in south west France. The College of Bessières near Toulouse is situated on the outskirts of the city in a stunning woodland location. The building was designed by architects Lanoire Courrian and Konbini Associated Architects to provide a high level of natural light and to create a visual extension of the surrounding tree-filled landscape. Around 400 of Technal’s aluminium casement windows were specified by the architects to fill the building with natural light and to minimise the use of air conditioning in summer whilst allowing occupants to benefit from the sun in the winter months. The full height windows on the main elevation are shaded from the sun with brise soleil in Douglas fir, adding a degree of warmth to the building, an aesthetic link to the woodland and controlling solar gain. The window systems feature slim sight lines to reduce the reliance on artificial lighting and were able to accommodate the full height façade with an elegance and purity of design. Technal’s casement window suite uses a technically advanced framing system with unobtrusive narrow sight lines. It is available in a range of versatile module sizes to give architects and contractors the flexibility to deliver enhanced thermal efficiency and to meet project-specific requirements such as aesthetics, performance, and cost. Other features include the option of single or dual colours, a common range of profiles and accessories to simplify specification, and flush EPDM gaskets to enhance the appearance of the window. The suite can be supplied in a full range of configurations, including fixed lights, tilt/turn, top, side and bottom hung, and pivot windows. The systems can be used for punched hole, composite and ribbon window applications, and both new build and refurbishment schemes – and are fully compatible with Technal’s Geode-MX curtain walling and MODAL low rise glazing. www.technal.co.uk Enquiry No. 56
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Timoleon’s Under-Deck Heating For The Barge ‘Actief’ The Actief is a 98 foot, 78 ton Dutch Klipper Barge built in 1907. She continued her intended function of carrying bulk cargoes until 1976 when she was converted into a floating hotel carrying eleven passengers in style on Thames cruises. Now, after a brief spell of glory as a participant in the Queen’s Jubilee Pageant, she is entering a new phase of life as work nears completion to transform the Actief into a magnificent floating family home. Grovecourt, specialists in craft carpentry, luxury design and bespoke refurbishment, is undertaking the conversion in Battersea, but before detailed carpentry work could start, the matter of efficient heating had to settled. Clearly, with shipboard space at a premium, an ‘under-floor’ system that used no wall space was essential. With other considerations such as the ability to lay in odd corners, lack of mess during installation and the necessity of a system taking up minimal space, it was decided to use the LowBoard System developed and manufactured by Timoleon. LowBoard uses panels of high density wood that have a depth of only 13mm and can be laid on any reasonably flat surface. The panels have a layer of aluminium foil on the underside to ensure that heat is evenly spread over the whole surface and can be very simply sawn or cut to the required size. Once the panels are laid it is a simple matter to ‘walk’ the flexible 12mm polyethylene pipe from the roll into the pre-formed pattern on the panels. In the case of Actief, the LowBoard heating covered both decks. The lower deck, with four bedrooms [one ensuite], bathroom, two dressing rooms and a shower room required 425 metres of pipe split into six zones while the upper deck, with kitchen, dining room & lounge plus a separate office took a further 324 metres of pipe. The system provides a flow temperature of 55 degrees and a return temperature of 45 degrees, with the heat source provided by a diesel fired boiler. www.timoleon.co.uk Enquiry No. 57
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New Splashback Lights Up Isle of Wight LiteTile Ltd have supplied Isle of Wight-based kitchen company Custom with an illuminated, colour-changing glass splashback. This was fitted by LiteTile Ltd into a new kitchen designed and built by Custom. This innovative type of splashback gives Custom’s client the opportunity to have bright task lighting in the kitchen and then switch the unit to exciting mood lighting. Custom’s Chris Brennan says, “My client is absolutely delighted with his new kitchen and is very happy to be the first person on the Isle of Wight to have a LiteTile in their kitchen”. He went on to say “The colour-changing splashback completely changes the mood of the kitchen depending on which colour is selected”. LiteTile’s Director, Ian Lancaster, said “We were very excited to be working with Chris at Custom as we knew that Chris used LiteTile as a unique selling point in order to win this project”. He went on “Our splashbacks are very slim so fit neatly and easily behind a worktop or hob and are very easy to install and keep clean, as well as being energy efficient as we use the latest high output LEDs”. LiteTile, which was set up in 2011 and is based in Somerset, provide illuminated glass splashbacks that are suitable for use in both kitchens and bathrooms. Each unit is bespoke and a single unit can be made up to 3m in length. The splashbacks can either be single colour or be completely colour-changing – giving total versatility in the kitchen or bathroom. As well as supplying colour-changing splashbacks, LiteTile Ltd has a wealth of experience in the design and build of bespoke architectural lighting projects. www.litetile.co.uk Enquiry No. 58
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Reduction Of Energy Consumption On Relighting City Hall Clock Tower As part of essential maintenance and re-wiring of Bradford Council's City Hall, LITE Ltd were contracted to replace an out-of-date lighting mixture of fluorescent, sodium, mercury and metal halide lamps, illuminating City Hall’s iconic 220 ft tall clock tower, with energy saving, emission reducing LED lighting. Using LITE’s LED lighting scheme has reduced the electrical load on the clock tower from 12.8 kW to 2.4 kW. Added to this saving, the annual sunset to midnight lighting consumption has been reduced from 24,428 kWh to 3,931kWh. While increasing lamp life by a factor of 10, the LEDs have reduced annual CO2 emissions from 12,815 to 2,062 kg. LITE’s colourful LED illumination of the city’s iconic landmark has enabled the Italianate, Palazzo Vecchio inspired clock tower, which dominates the centre of Bradford, to be visible and appreciated from all parts of the city. Programmable, to provide extra functionality, including dramatic colour changes and lighting effects, LITE’s LED lighting scheme is designed to complement City Park and support special events. LITE’s all LED solution uses high level Philips Color Kinetics ColorBlasts to provide a combination of rich, saturated, wall washing colour and colour changing effects for the clock face backlighting. These are linked to the long throw, low level, ColorReach floodlights to provide split diffuser light combination ideal to highlight the four external faces. The whole LED RGB colour change lighting is co-ordinated by a DMX Pharos lighting controller, within the clock tower. www.lite-ltd.co.uk Enquiry No. 59
BSRIA Testing For Evaloc Project EVALOC – short for Evaluating Low Carbon Communities – is a three and a half year Research Councils UK (RCUK) funded research project led the Low Carbon Building Group of the Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development at Oxford Brookes University, with the Environmental Change Institute of University of Oxford. The research team is investigating six low carbon communities in terms of the impact, effectiveness and success of their changes in energy use on energy behaviours. Clearly the EVALOC team’s efforts rely on accurate measurement and recording of the energy consumed in homes within the six communities involved and that is where BSRIA comes in. BSRIA Instrument Solutions is one of the UK’s leading companies dedicated to supplying the latest testing equipment to aid in compliance with the ever more stringent regulations in the construction industry and was delighted to co-operate in ensuring the supply of accurate data for the EVALOC project. At the request of Oxford Brookes University, BSRIA has supplied and installed Wi5 systems – wireless to ensure minimal inconvenience for the householders concerned - in 30 homes spread through the six communities. These will provide ongoing data on such subjects as temperature, humidity and CO2 levels and in addition BSRIA is setting up sophisticated systems to monitor low carbon technologies – photo-voltaic, air source heat pumps, solar thermal systems etc.- in use in the communities concerned. www.evaloc.org.uk Enquiry No. 60
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Foremans Helps Sutton Primary School Meet Increasing Demand For Places – In Just 6 Weeks Demographic changes and rising birth rates across the UK have resulted in a huge increase in the demand for primary school places. As a result, many schools are turning to modular construction as a solution to expand or redevelop primary teaching accommodation.
“The classrooms are finished to a very high standard and you would never know these buildings aren’t new. We like their size and their robust, permanent feel – they are certainly completely different from the temporary classrooms of old.”
In Sutton, the Ofsted ‘outstanding’ Avenue Primary School needs to increase its capacity by around 30 per cent, from 682 to 892 pupils by 2016 to meet the growing demand for reception places. In order to accommodate an additional 88 pupils for the 2012/13 academic year in the first phase in its expansion, and to provide interim classrooms for the next four years while other buildings on the site are refurbished and redeveloped, Foremans Relocatable Building Systems has supplied two teaching blocks at the school.
“Foremans made this project very straightforward. It was managed effectively and professionally, delivered to a challenging deadline and provided a solution for our capacity requirements that really worked for us.”
Foremans had to deliver the buildings to a very tight timescale – just six weeks from receipt of order – in time for the start of the new school year. This was successfully achieved. The buildings were refurbished Portakabin buildings – two double classroom blocks purchased from a school in the North West. They were broken down to their modular components, reassembled and refurbished at the Foremans production centre in East Yorkshire, before being installed at Avenue Primary School. Commenting on the project, Alex Clark, Head Teacher at Avenue Primary School said, “We needed four interim classrooms for the phased expansion of our school. Foremans was actually the only company which could deliver this project in the required timescale. Their approach also appealed to us because it is more sustainable as the building modules are recycled and refurbished and making it more cost effective.”
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Foremans specialises in refurbishing Portakabin buildings. In order to meet individual project requirements and budgets, the buildings can be supplied decorated or fully refurbished with new windows, wall linings, partitions, mechanical and electrical services, doors, flooring, and cladding, to create high quality accommodation for a wide variety of interim and permanent education applications. The advantages of this approach include: Programme times reduced by up to 70 per cent A highly cost-effective alternative to new build The buildings can easily be expanded, reconfigured or removed for complete flexibility should local requirements change Off-site working is maximised for safer, quieter and cleaner sites and reduced disruption to teaching during construction High quality steel-framed modular buildings are built to last The buildings require fewer ground works than site-based construction – further reducing cost, disruption and programme times. www.foremansbuildings.info Enquiry No. 61
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Howe Green’s Tree Pit Covers Keep The Wintergarden Growing Greener Bluewater’s new social dining experience at The Wintergarden is open for business. Featuring different seating areas created with an intelligent blend of materials, colours and finishes, the contemporary new dining space designed by Leslie Jones incorporates seven ornamental trees to add to the aesthetics and help bring a touch of the outside in. Howe Green, leading manufacturer of access cover solutions, designed and supplied made-to measure- tree pit covers in stainless steel for the project. These bespoke panels and frames facilitate access to the root chamber and make for straightforward maintenance of the highly valuable trees. They also enable the 4,000m2 area of Limestone and Travertine flooring in The Wintergarden to continue uninterrupted to within just millimetres of the tree trunks for a seamless and monolithic effect. Made from 304-grade stainless steel, each was manufactured to individual size specifications to fit with the tile grid, accommodate light fittings and the tree pit void underneath. Resistant to rust and corrosion, they are also double sealed to prevent moisture or dirt ingress, helping to further protect the tree and keep soil free from contamination. Howe Green is a customer-focused company and many of their existing access covers have been developed as the result of a request for a solution to a particular access problem or situation. Tree pit covers were originally developed to answer such a need but have since been specified for many prestigious interior and exterior landscape projects including One Hyde Park and Heathrow’s T5. www.howegreen.com Enquiry No. 62
Howe Green Has The Wintergarden Covered UK manufacturer Howe Green has supplied its high quality 5000 and 7500 Series stainless steel access covers for The Wintergarden, Bluewater’s newly re-designed food village. Having undergone a multi-million pound redevelopment, The Wintergarden re-opened to shoppers this month with a new 3,900 sq ft restaurant served by seven big brand food concessions and providing the centre with 50 per cent more covers. The Howe Green access panels give The Wintergarden an easy and reliable method of accessing the essential building services that supply the new contemporary dining spaces and food preparation areas. Specialist flooring contractor DMC Group carried out the 4,000m2 tiling programme and fitted 20 Howe Green covers using a combination of light duty 5000 Series and heavier duty 7500 Series stainless steel access covers in single and multipart configurations. For an excellent aesthetic finish, they inlaid the access cover frames with Travertine and Limestone tiles to match the surrounding flooring. Designed to sit perfectly flush, the covers pose no trip hazard and are industry proven to withstand heavy foot traffic. 7500 Series covers can also accommodate a load bearing of up to 5 tonne pneumatic tyre wheel loads, ideal where cars and light delivery vehicles need passage. They are resistant to rust and corrosion and double sealed to prevent water ingress and dirt trapping and provide a more hygienic solution with the added peace of mind of trouble- free maintenance and a cleaner floor. A hinged HSE 75 access cover with gas springs and internal and external release latches was also installed above a machine room in one of the main approaches to the concessions. www.howegreen.com Enquiry No. 63
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Howe Green Access Covers Keep The Tramshed On Track Howe Green’s access covers were chosen for The Tramshed EC2, the latest Mark Hix venture, offering diners a simple but ultimately trendy steak and chicken experience in an impressive post-industrial space. Interiors specialists, Tekne Shopfitting Limited carried out the refurbishment of the Grade II listed building, once home to electricity generators powering local trams at the turn-of-the-century. Designed by Waugh Thistleton Architects, the striking scheme respects the heritage of the towering building and introduces contemporary materials within an Edwardian glazed brick interior, which was painstakingly preserved. Tekne’s remit also included creating a glazed ceiling for additional soundproofing and a bespoke steel framework for the elevated Damien Hirst cow and cockerel in formaldehyde, which takes centre stage in the 180-cover restaurant. Howe Green’s 5000 Series aluminium access covers provide a reliable route to the essential under-floor building services in the Tramshed’s smart public washrooms and busy kitchens.
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To ensure an excellent aesthetic finish, Tekne fitted four covers and inlaid each frame with a resin flooring to match the surrounding area. Double-sealed for use over foul drainage, with a third seal fitted to help prevent dirt ingress between the cover and frame, Howe Green’s access covers were the ideal solution in areas where easy maintenance is essential and optimum hygiene paramount. Made to order with no price premium to pay or additional lead times required, the covers are industry proven to withstand heavy foot traffic and sit flush with the surrounding floor, posing no trip hazard to staff or diners. “We’ve used Howe Green’s access covers many times before,” said Tekne’s Project Manager John Chilvers “They are very good quality and made to order. With a 16-week window to deliver the Tramshed, we needed a supplier that could give us exactly what we needed, when we needed it and so their quick turnaround was a definite bonus”. www.howegreen.com Enquiry No. 64
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Zinc Focal Point For Hurlingham Club The Hurlingham Club’s new outdoor pool and buildings have replaced facilities which were over eighty years old. They have been integrated sensitively into the picturesque landscaped grounds and are said to draw on the rhythm and scale of the original buildings with materials, proportions, details and accessories in a similar pitched roof timberframed style. The lido building roof is lifted clear of the changing room façade allowing daylight to permeate the interior through clerestory windows. A distinctive, undulating standing seam system in preweathered VM Quartz-zinc® has been used to create the illusion of hulls of upturned boats. The series of elegant, metal-clad vaults ‘float’ at a constant height providing a focal point above blue-painted clapboard changing room walls and white cubicle doors. The design is by Olympic water polo arena architect David Morley Architects’ and involved construction of a new children’s pool, café, remote water treatment store and pavilion as well as improvement works to hard and soft landscaping. VM Zinc standing seam systems can be used on pitches of 3° or more in widths from 60 - 600 mm. They are ideal for use on timber, concrete or metal decks and can be specified in a compact, warm roof build-up. This system, VM Zinc Plus®, enables the standing seam to be installed without underside ventilation on either cellular glass (Foamglas®), mineral wool or PIR insulation.
up to 13 metres in length are installed without use of penetrating fastenings on pitches up to 60°. Using Foamglas, VM Zinc Plus can be used in conditions of extreme humidity such as swimming pools, where chemicals can cause damage as they evaporate. Other projects in which it has been used include Eric Parry Architects’ design of a rooftop spa at the Four Seasons Hotel in Park Lane where an additional floor with a distinctive zinc pitched roof was built over the existing flat roof. For vented zinc standing seam systems on boards, a 40mm air gap is provided beneath the boards. Pitches of up to 90° can be accommodated, with a breather membrane installed on the cold side of the insulation and a vapour control layer on the warm side. Standing seam horizontal and vertical panel cladding systems are also available together with interlocking, overlapping and composite multi-layer panels. www.vmzinc.co.uk Enquiry No. 65
It is BBA certified, with 0.7 mm thick panels available in either straight or curved profile in zinc’s natural finish as well as pre-weathered Quartzzinc® (mid-grey), Anthra-zinc® (black), green, blue and red. Sheets
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Yeoman Rainguard Adds Finishing Touches To Scottish Isles House Yeoman Rainguard has been hailed as a great success by Richard & Sue Titterington, owners of a recently constructed house on the Scottish Isle of Islay. Richard explained: “We needed a guttering system which would meet the unique requirements of the property (including two semi circles at the front and the back) and would stand up to being exposed to the rigours of the weather and sea salt. Yeoman Rainguard supplied 130 x 100mm DFHR XL Gutters along with 75mm diameter XL rainwater pipe on the straight runs and a GRP Radius Gutter to match the XL profile on the two large radius sections. All products were supplied in Slate Grey to closely match the tiled roof. www.rainguard.co.uk
Futuristic House Built On Sika Watertight Concrete A modern, futuristic self-build home in County Durham has recently been completed using the Sika® Watertight Concrete System, chosen to ensure the basement areas remain dry and habitable. One of the reasons that the owner chose watertight concrete was that the 350m2 house was to be built in a difficult location set into a hill on the side of a river. He was particularly looking for ease of construction in the wet, dirty conditions, and so chose the Sika® Watertight Concrete System. The Sika admixtures within the concrete mix work firstly by reducing the water cement ratio, producing a highly workable concrete that aids placement and compaction, and secondly, by blocking the remaining capillary pores. This produces an extremely effective watertight concrete solution which meets the requirements of BS 8102 Grade 2 (Habitable space). www.sikawatertightconcrete.co.uk Enquiry No. 67
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An Education On Acoustics Troldtekt acoustic ceiling tiles have been specified by Architype architects for Oakmeadow School, Wolverhampton, one of the UK’s first Passivhaus primary schools. A major contribution to the comfort of pupils and staff is the use of Troldtekt ceiling tiles in the classrooms and sports hall. The tiles not offer high performance sound absorption in the study areas which need to be quiet, calm and healthy and the play areas which are traditionally very noisy. Danish manufactured Troldtekt tiles are made from 100% natural wood fibres mixed with cement. Their benefits are high sound absorption, high durability, natural breathability, low cost life cycle performance and sustainability. Available in various sizes and three grades from ultrafine to coarse, they can be left unpainted or painted in virtually any RAL colour. wwwtroldtekt.co.uk Enquiry No. 68
JS Air Curtains Beautiful At Beaufort House The aesthetic design and high quality performance of the Rund air curtain from JS Air Curtains made it the ideal choice to complement the imposing blend of traditional and contemporary architecture at Beaufort House, in the City of London. The constant use of the double door elliptical air pod made the drafty reception area cold and uncomfortable. Four, two metre high, Rund air curtains were installed vertically at either side of the doors, to heat the air in the pod and create a barrier against cold air entering the building. The air curtains at Beaufort House are economically heated with low temperature hot water but electrically heated and air only models are also available. The Rund air curtain has an extremely attractive, cylindrical design and can be fitted with many different mounting or suspension options to tie-in with an entrance’s architecture. Beaufort House selected the stainless steel option although the Rund is offered in any RAL colour. www.jsaircurtains.com Enquiry No. 69
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Yeoman Shield ‘Ticks All The Boxes’ For Community School Yeoman Shield, market leaders in wall and door protection has been voted an outstanding success by Old Trafford Community School, Manchester. Jane Walker, the school’s caretaker, explained: “We first used Yeoman Shield wall protection over three years ago in the large main dining hall and had no hesitation in choosing it once again to protect vulnerable areas in our reception class dining area.” Yeoman Shield Wave top pattern FalmouthEx in multi colours have been fitted to the walls of the dining area along with MDF Core skirting in Smooth White. Jane added: “I am a huge fan of Yeoman Shield and hope to fit more around the school in the future. www.yeomanshield.com Enquiry No. 70
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Below Ground Waterproofing – Prevention Better Than Cure It is widely recognised that water is the most common cause of damage to buildings, with approximately 75% of failures attributed to water ingress. And with 95% of untreated basements suffering these effects, the threat of water intrusion in below ground structures must be taken seriously by architects, specifiers, contractors and clients. For below ground waterproofing, prevention is certainly better than cure as repairs can be costly, time consuming and inconvenient – without taking into account the potential destruction or damage to personal property. If you get the specification right first time with a high performance waterproofing solution that meets and exceeds industry best practice, then you will benefit from a watertight basement that is protected for many years to come. Design for life As part of the collaborative waterproofing process detailed in the updated BS 8102:2009 – Code of practice for protection of below ground structures against water from the ground, it is crucial to use waterproofing contractors who are familiar and experienced with the specified system. The new guidelines state that a “waterproofing specialist should be included as part of the design team so that an integrated waterproofing solution is created.” By including the waterproofing product manufacturer or supplier in the design process, this ensures all potential issues involving the product, application or long term performance are considered and prevented where possible. Defects can be avoided through design, planning and a skilled application, and the waterproofing specialist can offer expert specification advice and therefore minimise risk. Sika, global building product manufacturer with more than 100 years of waterproofing experience, offers a Registered Contractor Scheme which provides this reassurance and offers total quality control – from superior products and unrivalled service to high quality installation.
Versatile performance A basement at the world’s most iconic theatrical site has been made watertight as part of the £113 million three and half year transformation of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) Stratford. With the Grade II listed home of Shakespearean theatre situated on the banks of the River Avon, the water table on the site is high. Due to the age of the building, with parts dating back to 1879, main contractor Mace was faced with a number of different substrates including stone, brick and concrete. All retaining walls had to be grit blasted prior to the application to create a solid base on to which to apply the waterproofing system. With the walls ready, 350m2 of Sika 1 Pre-Bagged Waterproofing System was applied to all basement surfaces, including walls and floor. Making the grade The project was delivered to achieve Grade Two in the revised BS 8102:2009 guidelines. Sika 1 Pre-bagged Waterproofing System can also be applied to achieve the highest waterproofing standards – Grade Three – which is suitable for all basement applications including where the water table classification is high and permanently above the underside of the base slab. The system has also been certified by the British Board of Agrément (BBA) to last the life of the building, providing exceptional standards of durability and reliability. The new-look art deco main theatre at RSC Stratford is a return to the kind of theatre Shakespeare would have been happy with more than 400 years ago. With the basement waterproofing system complete and watertight, Sika has played a vital role in securing the long term future of a Grade II listed theatre which stands as an example of why Sika products are regularly specified to provide the long term protection of buildings. www.sikaconstruction.co.uk Enquiry No. 71
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Selectaglaze On Display At Tate Liverpool Tate Liverpool is the home of the national collection of modern and contemporary art in the North of England. Attracting more than 12 million visitors since opening in 1988, Tate Liverpool is one of the most visited UK galleries outside London. The gallery is housed within a five storey Grade I Listed warehouse, converted by architect James Stirling, in the historic Albert Dock on the city’s World Heritage waterfront. Tate Liverpool’s commitment to sustainability has recently seen improvements to the gallery’s conferencing areas on the fourth floor and the fourth floor galleries which host special exhibitions and displays year-round. As part of their brief, Building Surveyors Drivers Jonas Deloitte needed to ensure that the gallery’s environmental conditions were optimised to protect the works of art on display. The large traditional single glazed windows overlooking the docks capture light throughout the day and so offer superb viewing conditions but also need to provide the required environmental conditions for the display of art works. To help find a solution, Drivers Jonas Deloitte consulted with the UK’s leading secondary glazing specialist, Selectaglaze and the company’s local partner, Fenestral. With a wealth of experience within Listed and historic buildings Selectaglaze and Fenestral were uniquely placed to understand the very special nature of Tate Liverpool’s requirements. Following trials the preferred solution was a pair of white powder painted hinged casements arched to follow the window line. With flush hinges, white gaskets and concealed locking the frames provide minimalist lines. Tate Liverpool requested special protection against damaging UV light, which was achieved with 6.8mm clear laminated glass together with an additional specialist UV film. Multipoint locking and high compression seals ensure tight seals and so help maintain temperature and humidity within the gallery. The hinged panels allow easy access for cleaning and maintenance. After a full assessment by Tate Liverpool staff who supervised the process, the work was undertaken outside gallery opening hours and caused no disruption to the art work on display. www.selectaglaze.co.uk Enquiry No. 72
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Coloured Façade Sensation At York University A stunning combination of VMZINC QUARTZ-ZINC® and PIGMENTO® vertical interlocking façade panels have been specified by architects BDP in their design of the £80 million University of York campus expansion at Heslington East. BDP was invited to masterplan and design the individual buildings, the cladding inspiration for which was explained by Project Architect Andrew Lees. “Our vision for the design was prompted by the rural surroundings and specifically by the lakeside location. We felt that the elevations should reflect colours which stemmed from flora such as bulrushes. Though we were not initially familiar with the Pigmento colour range we subsequently realised that their subtle shades of grey, green and red would enable us to create a colour palette which was visually analogous to the rhythm of multistemmed plants”. Initially the cladding specified was coloured fibrous cement panels. During the detailed design stage, however, the VMZINC system proved to be a more economical solution with the added benefit that installation could take place during winter months. 3-metre long panels in 375mm and 400mm
widths were used to suit the structural modules with a continuous 20 mm ventilated air gap behind the boarding of the entire façade. The architects are particularly pleased with the way in which the zinc responds to changing light conditions and viewing angles of the multi-facetted facades. Andrew Lees added, “A particularly satisfying feature of the zinc is the crisp shadow gap that is achieved between adjacent panels. This gives the skin of the building a textured sophistication and the ability to form a continuous ‘wrap’ around both the straight and curved sections of the façade”. Housed in two wings overlooking the existing lake and embracing a courtyard garden The first phase has undergraduate and postgraduate software laboratories and two more in which the Human-Computer Interaction research group undertakes much of its work. A fully glazed atrium connects the wings at all levels while a glass link leads to the seminar and common room pod which nestles in the centre of the courtyard as a garden pavilion. This organic timber structure acts as a counterpoint to the zinc clad wings that surround it. The last words go to fellow Project Architect Tony Robinson who said, “The VM zinc product was the making of Computer Science and Law and Management Buildings” Elizabeth Heaps, Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University added, “The buildings are absolutely stunning. They are so striking and aesthetically they are just brilliant”. www.vmzinc.co.uk Enquiry No. 73
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Keeping Line Workers On Their Feet
Stertil Stokvis Retro Dock Simplifies Multi Deck Loading
Slip resistant Crossgrip matting is being used extensively along the production line at the Jaguar Landover plant in Halewood, Liverpool. The matting, manufactured in the UK by Plastic Extruders Ltd, has been laid along both sides of the car assembly line to provide a slip resistant and antifatigue solution. Its flexible PVC construction means that it will contour over uneven surfaces, ramps and changes in level while remaining firm and in place. Crossgrip is manufactured in a roll format with an open grid construction comprising cross-directional top ribs with diamond cut slip resistant surface. This gives the matting a 14mm height profile, which is self-draining ensuring it will efficiently maintain a safe and dry standing work area. Crossgrip is supplied in 10m rolls and standard widths of 60, 91 and 122cm. It is available in black and light grey with other colours available to order. www.crossgrip.com
By converting a series of existing loading bays with the installation of its new Retro Dock, Stertil Stokvis has enabled a leading high street retailer to load and unload multi deck vehicles. The novel design of the Retro Dock system eliminates the need for any civil works to be carried out. Instead, by utilising the external skeletal frame of the dock leveller it replaces, the new platform and cylinder can be simply installed within the empty space. Each of the six docks now comprises a 6000kg capacity telescopic dock leveller, type XF 30-20, plus a WIS 300 Series inflatable dock shelter, featuring an inflatable head curtain to accommodate a wide range of vehicles from 7.5 tonne rigid lorries through to 4.8 metre-high double-deck trailers, and a set of highly durable PE dock bumpers. Finally, to ensure the safe movement of vehicles, Stertil Stokvis installed ultra-bright LED traffic lights at all of the 58 loading bays. www.stertiluk.com Enquiry No. 75
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New Goods Lift Levels Up In Sainsbury's Compact, cost-effective and easy to install, Stannah’s brand new Levelmaster low-rise platform goods lift is stepping up stock movement in the Boldmere Road branch of giant UK superstore chain Sainsbury’s in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands. Designed specifically for the movement of goods over a small change in level, the Levelmaster is making the working day safer and easier by carrying standard loads of up to 2000kg at a speed of 0.05mps over a distance of 760mm otherwise negotiated by four steps. The through-car entrance configuration allows easy movement of goods on and off the lifting platform. Available in a wide range of platform sizes with a low pit requirement and flexible location of motor controller cabinet, the Levelmaster is ideal for use in restricted spaces. Supplied in a self-supporting structure for fast, simple installation, the Levelmaster is a cost-effective solution for individual lifting requirements up to a maximum of 1500mm. Constructed with sheet steel panels, with glazed or stainless steel panelling available as an option, the enclosed platform ensures safety at all times. The platform is open with half-height sides with full-height door options available, and there is a choice of through or adjacent entrances. A range of hardwearing finishes maximises the lift’s lifetime, and constant pressure control buttons are conveniently located on the landing entrances. Compliance with European product standards and observation of all Manual Handling Regulations ensure that the Levelmaster helps Sainsbury’s maintain its market-leading status. www.stannah.com Enquiry No. 76
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Portakabin Delivers Interim Ward Solution At Watford General Hospital In Only 4 Months As a result of unprecedented increases in demand for emergency care, the existing wards at Watford General Hospital were put under severe pressure and so a requirement for a ‘surge’ ward was identified to provide additional ward capacity at peak times. A Portakabin hire solution was developed and an HTMcompliant modular ward building was delivered in just four months. The new 18-bed ward will be in use for the next three years while other changes are undertaken to allow the Trust to cater for greater patient numbers. A further two-storey ‘surge’ ward building is also being provided by Portakabin at the hospital for a five-year period. These projects illustrate how Portakabin can deliver interim building solutions to help healthcare providers meet waiting list targets and response times during peak periods and while longer-term plans for expansion are progressed. The specification for the ‘surge’ building at Watford was developed by the Trust in partnership with Portakabin and comprises two separate wards to achieve same-sex compliance and to meet all relevant HTM guidelines. It features a central core area to accommodate facilities such as clean and dirty utilities, kitchen, reception, toilets and showers, with two spacious nine-bed wards to either side. Commenting on the project, Kyle McClelland, Associate Director for Strategic Developments at West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust, said, “The timescale for getting this building on site was extremely challenging. We evaluated a number of modular building suppliers and Portakabin was the only specialist able to commit to delivery within the four months we had to complete the building, and to offer the high quality buildings we required.” “The whole process was greatly simplified because Portakabin could handle every aspect of equipping and fitting out the building, which made it possible
to complete the project so quickly. Portakabin had just four months to design, build and hand over the building – and I am pleased to report, this was achieved on time.” “The new ward has been well received by both staff and patients. The spacing of the beds is generous and the quality of the finishes meets all our requirements. The new facility has helped us manage the increased demand for our services.” The building is located on a car park, with a link corridor to the main hospital, and its modular construction meant it required no intrusive ground works, allowing the car park to be left intact. Portakabin managed the entire building installation and fit out, including foul drain connections, all reception furniture, special NHS-standard bed-heads, alarm systems, heavy-duty flooring, cabling for data communications, and climate control systems. The building installation was timed to coincide with quieter periods at the hospital, and Portakabin worked closely with the Trust to ensure that any disruption was minimised. Portakabin can deliver interim solutions for ward accommodation, recovery suites, dialysis units, diagnostic facilities, out-patient departments and treatment centres. All the hospital facilities are constructed to the latest healthcare standards, including HTM (Health Technical Memoranda), HBN (Health Building Notes), SHTM (Scottish Health Technical Memoranda) and HAI-SCRIBE (Healthcare Associated Infection System for Controlling Risk in the Built Environment). www.portanews.co.uk Enquiry No. 77
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Affordable Energy For Edgecote House Unfortunately, the priorities of early 18th century architecture did not include a requirement for energy conservation and the present owners in this age of enlightenment were looking to reduce their carbon footprint, take advantage of the government grants and subsidies available, and reduce reliance on their oil-fired heating by using an energy efficient alternative.
over to turn residual energy from the sun into heat suitable to provide spatial heat to the rooms and the energy required for hot water supply by means of heat pumps. A ground source heat pump exchanges the heat captured by the anti-freeze liquid from the water of the lake and transfers it to a refrigerant. The anti-freeze is cooled and return to the pipes in the lake to be recharged.
As a result isonergy were approached to design a system that would provide more affordable central heating and hot water, not only for Edgcote House itself but also for the five cottages in the grounds nearby. Preliminary thoughts were to use energy from the sun and stored in the ground of the huge grassed areas around the building. Solar energy stored in the ground is a very cost effective energy source, but a first site visit showed the even greater attraction of the lake fed by the River Cherwell that provides a landscape feature just 200 metres from the house.
This low temperature refrigerant passes through the heat pump where an electrical compressor compresses the refrigerant gas and raises its temperature. The energy of the high temperature refrigerant is transferred to hot water system for heating. At Edgcote House, three of the new generation of super efficient Viessmann heat pumps, each with an output of 42kW, are employed for the purpose of providing heating and hot water. The first operates to fulfil the hot water requirements of the house and the five cottages, delivering sufficient energy to supply water at a temperature at around 70 degrees Centigrade to a highly insulated 1500 litre capacity hot water tank.
Water is an even more reliable and constant conserver of solar energy than the earth, and a system was conceived involving 2700 metres of 40mm diameter pipe laid in loops across the lake and weighted to keep it at a depth below the surface. Filled with a biodegradable antifreeze solution that absorbs the heat held in the lake water, the pipe pattern circulates the warmed liquid to shore where it passes through a manifold, from here it is transferred to the utility room of the House in a larger 90mm flow and return pipe through a 120mm conduit. It was at this stage period romance became wedded to renewable energy. Preliminary probes to establish the best position for the manifold disclosed the mouth of a forgotten secret passage, believed to link to a priest hole in Edgecote House. Investigations showed the passage to be in surprisingly good condition and able to carry the pipe up to the house, saving considerable excavation work and disturbance to the well- trimmed lawns that complement the vista over the lake. It is here that the most modern of technology takes
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The other two pumps, in a master and slave configuration, provide hot water to the radiators of the central heating systems and they feed into a 1,000 litre hot water tank linked to a 1,500 litres buffer tank which promote efficiency of the system. Since the lake-sourced heat pumps work at an efficiency that delivers a heat output of well over four times the electrical energy put into the system to power the heat pumps, the first indications are for an extremely substantial saving of around 70% in fuel costs against the original oil-fired boiler. www.iso.co.uk Enquiry No. 78
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Variety Of Island Uses For Marley Eternit’s Fibre Cement Slate Two highly diverse residential projects on the Isle of Man have recently demonstrated how Marley Eternit’s fibre cement slates can provide the flexibility to satisfy a range of roofing and cladding requirements. Due to the adverse weather conditions associated with its Irish Sea location, the specification of roofing materials on the Isle of Man has historically been driven by the need for durability. In Castletown, the historic former capital on the south coast of the island, for example, natural slate is one of the most prevalent roofing materials of choice, having become the ‘go-to’ product for specifiers and contractors due to its proven resilience. However, as the following two projects demonstrate, Marley Eternit’s Rivendale fibre cement slate is able to provide an affordable solution for those looking to achieve the heritage aesthetic associated with natural slate, without having to compromise on performance credentials. Knock Rushen The site of Knock Rushen in Castletown, due to its coastal location, was very sensitive and to reflect this, high quality products along with aesthetically pleasing designs were demanded by planning officers in an effort to mirror the local character of the town. The successful property development company, Hartford Homes, therefore needed to carefully select products that would complement the beautiful surrounding coastal countryside. After more than a decade of thought, design and planning, a unique collection of 45 luxury homes, made up of three, four and five bedroom designs, all of which have been finished with Marley Eternit’s Rivendale fibre cement slates in blue/black, was completed by developers, Hartford Homes. Paul Brew, architectural technician at Hartford Homes, explains what made Marley Eternit’s fibre cement slate their number one choice: “Because this site is located by the sea in such an exposed area, we sought robust slates that we were confident would withstand the force of the natural elements. We were also looking for a cost-effective product that seamlessly blended in with the local environment. Houses in Castletown are predominantly finished with natural slate roofs but we were confident that fibre cement would enable us to create a finish that would be sympathetic to the local surroundings.”
cement at Knock Rushen, just a stone’s throw away, the very same slate was specified by the Government architects as both a roofing and cladding solution at Janet’s Corner. John Wilkinson, Department of Infrastructure architect, Isle of Man Government, explains: “We felt confident this product would perfectly suit our needs. We were looking for a flexible product that could not only be used on curved roofs but which also reflected the local vernacular. Some of the properties had authentic features such as hanging slates to the upper floor and we wanted to retain as much of this original design as possible, which is why we were looking for a product that could also be used as a cladding solution. The Rivendale fibre cement slates were a durable and economically suitable choice for this affordable housing project and we were delighted about how closely the end result matched the natural slate.” Rivendale slate also offered this housing project excellent environmental credentials to sit alongside its aesthetic strengths. Manufactured in the UK, all of Marley Eternit’s fibre cement slates can achieve an A+ rating in the BRE Green Guide to Specification and are accredited to BES 6001 Responsible Sourcing helping to make a significant contribution towards achieving the highest ratings under the Code for Sustainable Homes. The Rivendale fibre cement slate features a finely detailed textured surface and dressed edge. As well as blue/black, the Rivendale is also available in green and heather, helping to satisfy a broad range of planning requirements. www.marleyeternit.co.uk You can also follow ME on Twitter @MarleyEternit. Enquiry No. 79
Janet’s Corner Estate Meanwhile, on the edge of Castletown, an existing social housing estate was in need of significant modernisation. Janet’s Corner Estate was built immediately after World War II on the site of the barracks used by the Flight Air Arm who operated from RAF Ronaldsway. Having witnessed the successful use of fibre
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Wicona Develops Bespoke Unitised Façade Solution For New 50-Storey Tower In Frankfurt A new 50-storey office scheme in Frankfurt – now Germany’s fourth tallest building – incorporates 3,000 opening vents and two bespoke aluminium façade solutions developed by Wicona. Tower 185 was completed on time and on budget and has since been awarded LEED gold certification – the internationally-recognised standard for sustainable construction. Designed by architect Christoph Mäckler, the oval-shaped development is located in the heart of the city’s financial district. It provides 100,000sqm of office accommodation and comprises two halves with glass and aluminium façades that are joined by a central fully glazed tower. The 27,000sqm Wicona facade was fabricated and installed by FKN. Its design had to take account of the structural requirements of a building that is over 200m tall and provide high levels of thermal and acoustic performance to meet the scheme’s stringent sustainability criteria and occupier comfort. The building envelope had to be installed on a very constrained city centre site and to a fast track programme of just over a year which would include work through the harsh winter months. Two specially-designed unitised façade solutions were developed by Wicona and FKN to meet the specification criteria and the site and programme challenges. The glazed panels were prefabricated off site in a controlled factory environment which was not subject to the weather and so ensured consistently high quality standards. Highly efficient logistics were then planned to accommodate delivery and installation on site without the need for material storage.
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Around 50 per cent of the high-rise façade is glass and the glazed tower is oriented to the north, reducing energy for heating and cooling. Full height glazed panels maintain a high level of natural light inside the building and allow eight corner offices and more than 50 desks on each floor to be positioned at a window. A significant innovation for the façade was its method of installation. An assembly robot was developed for the project which moved each unitised panel through its structural opening to the exterior of the building, turned it to the correct position and then installed it. This allowed up to 20 façade panels, each measuring around 7sqm and weighing half a tonne, to be installed every day despite difficult wind and weather conditions. The Wicona façade solutions for this project exceeded the thermal performance specification for the project, achieving a Ucw value of 1.3W/m2K. The acoustic performance requirements for airborne sound were also exceeded in both the glazed rotunda (37 dB) and the two aluminium and glass façades (38 dB). To view a video of the façade installation without scaffolding, see www.youtube.com/user/WiconaUK?feature=guide www.wicona.co.uk Enquiry No. 80
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Dressed In Style Set on the clifftops of Sandsend near Whitby, Raithwaite Hall has been redeveloped into a luxurious country retreat by property and leisure group Skelwith. The 19th century manor house and estate once belonged to a local shipping magnate but, following Skelwith’s £30 million redevelopment, Raithwaite Hall now offers luxurious hotel accommodation to anyone visiting the North Yorkshire Moors National Park or the historic Whitby coast. Raithwaite Hall offers 45 superbly appointed bedrooms, a state-ofthe-art spa, a fine dining restaurant and luxury bar, as well as a conference and function area to seat up to 180 people. Depa, the world-renowned interior contractor whose UK projects include London’s Savoy, Waldorf and Grosvenor House hotels, were the designers of Raithwaite Hall’s sumptuous and stylish interiors. 150 of Vicaima’s Classic doors were supplied for this redevelopment, complete with primed frames. All doors were finished in oak and included FD30 fire rating and 31db sound reduction performance options. www.vicaima.com Enquiry No. 81
Kemper System Is Top Of The Class For Liquid Waterproofing Kemper System’s ‘Stratex’ warm roof system was the ideal solution for Castle Contractors when it recently completed the refurbishment of a high school assembly hall roof. Matthew Moss High School in Rochdale had benefitted from a wide ranging internal refurbishment of the school’s main hall as part of an extensive build programme. In order to upgrade the building to Part L building regulation standards the school decided to upgrade the roof too. The Kemper System solution was chosen for its performance, speed of installation and the 25 year BBA certified expected working life of the Kemperol waterproofing membrane. Castle Contractors began by preparing the original felt roof and then bonding 120mm tongue & groove Kempertherm insulation board directly onto the existing waterproofing. The insulation was then primed using Kemper System’s Kemperol ‘D’ Primer and, once the primer had cured, the team was able to apply the Kemperol V210 waterproofing. Kemperol liquid waterproofing is laid in a single process saturating a reinforcement fleece which cannot delaminate and cures to form a seamless, hard wearing, elastomeric membrane. The Kempertherm insulation board successfully enhanced the building’s thermal performance in line with current Part L requirements to achieve a u-value of 0.18W/m2K. www.kempersystem.co.uk Enquiry No. 82
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The Manser Practice Clads Second Hilton Hotel With Shackerley’s Ceramic Granite Gleaming black polished ceramic granite ventilated facades supplied by Shackerley have provided a stunning appearance and a high performance outer envelope for the new Hilton London Wembley Hotel, overlooking Wembley Stadium and Wembley Arena. The Manser Practice delivered the luxury 361-bedroomed hotel as part of the wider Wembley Masterplan. The hotel’s monolithic polished black facades and flush glazing reflect the striking imagery of the surrounding buildings and provide a vivid contrast with the dramatic white concrete of the Arena. The Manser Practice was one of the very first architectural practices in the UK to recognise the aesthetic and technical benefits of Shackerley’s ceramic granite ventilated facades a decade ago, opting to clad the exteriors of the £26million extension to the Hilton London Gatwick Airport with the Lancashire manufacturer’s large format ceramic granite panels back in 2002. Since then the practice has gone on to specify Shackerley’s Queen’s Award winning Sureclad ceramic granite ventilated cladding system to enhance and protect other standout buildings in the hotel, health and general commercial sectors, including this second luxury Hilton development. Over 3400m2 of polished black ceramic granite was supplied in a 1200 x 600mm format for the exterior hotel elevations. The facades were erected using Shackerley’s Sureclad Hang On system and the ‘installation ready’ panels were
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pre-assembled at works prior to delivery to site, with hanging brackets secured by a patented stainless steel undercut anchorage system. All prefabrication work was carried out at Shackerley’s ISO 9001 accredited production facilities, minimising the preparatory work that needed to be carried out on site by Prater, subcontracted to install the facades by main contractor John Sisk & Son on behalf of Quintain Estates & Developments. A further 100m2 of ceramic granite panelling was installed in the hotel reception area, on a modified shallow zone Sureclad system of brackets and rails, to provide visual continuity with the exterior and create high quality wall cladding for the lofty three-storey high interiors. The hotel, which was completed in time to welcome visitors to the Olympics, has met with widespread acclaim. It has also met environmental targets, attaining a BREEAM rating of Very Good. www.shackerley.com Enquiry No. 83
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Never A Bridge Too Far For Neaco’s Aluminium Decking Neaco’s Techdek aluminium open grille system has become a popular choice for bridge applications, having been specified as decking for pedestrian or cycle ways at some of the UK’s most prestigious bridge schemes. Techdek’s T-Bar profile provides a 74 per cent contact area on the surface yet drains water efficiently and its swage-locked construction between the bars enables high structural efficiency. Those qualities - combined with a maintenance-free durability and the option of a serrated anti-slip surface for increased safety – make Techdek an ideal specification for the external conditions and high traffic demands of a bridge.
As well as offering bridge-friendly qualities, Techdek has many environmentally friendly attributes: the system is non-toxic, non-combustible, corrosive-free and 100 per cent recyclable with no downgrading of its properties and very little energy required for re-melting. Precisionmanufactured off site and easy to assemble with no welding required, Techdek is suitable for many other applications, including staging, modesty screens, solar shading, balustrade infills, maintenance galleries and roof access walkways. www.neaco.co.uk Enquiry No. 84
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Neaco’s national sales manager, Richard Richardson-Derry, comments: “Bridge developments have become a major market for our Techdek system and we are proud to have the product featured on some of the UK’s most high-profile bridge projects in recent years. In addition to its many practical qualities, Techdek provides a high architectural aesthetic that is manufactured last. Its versatile modularity can adapt to unusual angles and curvatures, allowing it to serve some of the most creative aspects seen in contemporary bridge architecture.”
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