Go Public Issue 3 2013 May/June

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M ay/J u ne 2013

modern public sector architecture & design

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The Ritblat Building, Hilden Grange Preparatory School Hilden Grange is an independent preparatory school located in the market town of Tonbridge in Kent. It is a day school for children aged three to thirteen, run by the Alpha Plus Group.

Like many preparatory schools in the UK the original school has been operating out of a Victorian building expanding into short- term

temporary classrooms as pupil numbers have grown. Hawkins\Brown was appointed in 2010 to redevelop the school’s facilities.

“The new buildings are wonderful and have quite transformed the lives of all of us who work there.”

Celine George, Senior Teacher The school is located on a steeply sloping site within a conservation area and is surrounded by mature trees. The original Victorian building is located on the highest point of the school grounds commanding impressive views of the Kent Weald.

The new scheme restores views of the surrounding countryside, which had been obscured by the addition of temporary classrooms.

It makes an asset of the topography of the site by placing landscape at the heart of the estate. External play spaces and circulation form a central spine with wings of accommodation on either side. A sunken centralised dining/assembly hall large enough to accommodate the whole school connects the two wings. Full height curtain wall glazing and doors allow direct access onto external dining areas and outdoor amphitheatre.

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Photography: Tim Crocke

www.hawkinsbrown.co.uk

With a pitched roof the west wing is redolent of the Victorian building but is contemporary in its use of materials - cedar shingles with matching rain- screen wall cladding. The east wing has an undulating intensive green meadow roof with vertical larch rain-screen cladding.

“The new buildings at Hilden Grange designed by Hawkins Brown have transformed our school. Children and staff now enjoy a wonderful learning environment which is innovative, attractive and sustainable. All aspects of the design are highly impressive, from the individually designed classrooms and specialist areas to the excellent use of the topography and provision of play and communal space between the wings of the building. The attention to detail is also outstanding with a carefully thought out internal and external colour scheme that compliments the buildings educational purpose.

At every stage of the project Hawkins Brown were a delight to work with and their involvement also included extensive consultation and liaison with teachers and students to ensure the right outcomes for all concerned.’’

John Withers, Headmaster New facilities include specialist art and science classrooms and a library which is organised over several floors accommodating different key stages on separate tiers with external learning and play

‘terraces’ tailored to each age group. Colour is used boldly throughout the scheme to denote different key stage areas and to create an attractive environment to inspire learning. With the exception of the new assembly/dining hall, which is built from blockwork and concrete, all other new facilities are constructed from Prefabricated Cross Laminated Timber, a modern method of construction which creates well insulated naturally ventilated rooms using a sustainable material.

The construction process is highly efficient, with components being manufactured offsite ensuring that the works could be completed in a single academic year with minimal disruption to the normal school routine. The Cross Laminated Timber is exposed internally allowing the pupils of the school to understand the structure and materialisation of the new facilities.

The new facilities are named the Ritblat Building after Sir John Ritblat, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Alpha Plus Group. Pupils took occupation at the start of the academic year 2012-13 and the transformative impact has already been acknowledged by teachers of the school.

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www.cantifix.co.uk

Cantifix ProvidesLight Relief For North London School Cantifix worked alongside Marianne Davys Architects to create this angled glass enclosure at Arnold House School in north London, as part of a roof alteration project. Providing a glazed link between two parts of the building, the enclosure sits above a staircase and acts as a light well – bringing maximum natural light into the floors below.

The enclosure is structurally glazed, with a gentle ridge at the centre of the roof – as well as shaped side panels.

All these angles made this a tricky job to fit – but with some careful organisation and teamwork it was installed without a hitch.

The roof of the enclosure is supported by a glass beam, which is nearly 4 metres long. The beam is made up of three layers of toughened safety glass, laminated together – a great way to support a roof without impacting on its transparency. Cantifix also installed a glass balustrade and a fire-rated window to complete the new stairwell.

Enquiry No 1

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www.filachim.com

Fila Surface Care Regime Specified At The Hive A Fila surface care regime has been specified at The Hive - a partnership between Worcestershire County Council and the University of Worcester, and Europe's first joint university and public library. Located on a former derelict site, in Worcester city centre, the landmark building was designed by F Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, for Galliford Try. It provides 10,000m² of public space, over five floors, and is acclaimed for its eco-friendly design. Locally-sourced Royal Forest Pennant brushed sandstone was installed, by W B Simpson & Sons (MIDLANDS) Ltd, throughout the main public floor - and was also specified externally. Stone treatments specified, as part of the Fila regime, included Fila Cleaner; LEED-compliant Fila W68 - a water-based stain-proofing protector - and Fila PS87, for ongoing deep cleaning.

The Fila regime commenced after installation, when Fila Cleaner was used to carry out an initial wash of all sandstone surfaces. The highly concentrated water-based formula is pH-neutral, leaves no residue and can safely be used on all natural surfaces. The stone was then treated with LEED-compliant Fila W68 – a stain-proofing protector which is designed for internal and exterior porous surfaces. The water-based treatment is non film-forming and seals and protects without altering appearance.

For ongoing maintenance, Fila Cleaner was specified once again, along with Fila PS87 for periodic deep cleaning. Fila PS87 is a 3-in-1 cleaner, stain and wax remover, which also removes epoxy grout residues. It’s designed to thoroughly clean stone, ceramic, terracotta and concrete, without compromising the natural surface in any way.

Enquiry No 2

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Green acoustics in Greenland

Heradesign Brings Creativity And Acoustic Intelligence To New Schools

The new Atuarfik Hans Lynge School, near Qinngorput in Greenland, is a stunning example of how architecture and materials can reflect their environment. This school nestles into the side of a hill surrounded by stark countryside.

With tall entrances, long runs of window and dashes of colour, the school creates a dramatic perception of cohesion and identity.

Importantly, it also displays environmentally sensitive specification by using natural materials both inside and out. A good example is the ceilings which have been clad with Troldtekt acoustic panels. These not only absorb sound in a potentially very noisy environment but their rustic appearance complements the extensive use of wood and other natural materials in the school’s very rural and rugged location.

Troldtekt acoustic panels are made from 100% natural wood fibres mixed with cement. Their benefits include high sound absorption, high durability, natural breathability, low cost life cycle performance and sustainability. www.troldtekt.co.uk

Heradesign has been installed in two new school buildings located in the Birmingham area, to meet a variety of acoustic and aesthetic requirements. St Albans Academy boasts some of the best design technology and engineering facilities. Moseley School has a new purpose built £20 million building equipped with outstanding facilities.

Around 500m2 Heradesign tiles were chosen for the Academy’s covered entrance and central atrium. The tiles provide significant acoustic benefits to an otherwise hard, reverberant space.

Around 480m2 Hera Superfine in a natural colour finish has been installed in six classrooms at Moseley School. The excellent acoustic properties of Heradesign benefit these large classrooms. Heradesign is a range of wood wool ceilings manufactured using sustainable materials and technologies, including wood fibres from PEFC certified sources, which offer outstanding sound absorption and impact resistance. Different thicknesses of wood wool fibres give a distinctive surface finish to each panel in the range, with fibres ranging from just 1mm thick in Heradesign Superfine to 3mm in Heradesign Macro. www.amfceilings.co.uk

Enquiry No 3

Enquiry No 4

Modern University Divdes Lecture Theatre With Skyfold Working with architect, Arup Associates and contractor, Vinci Construction UK, Style was specified to sub-divide the new lecture theatre at Coventry University using the technologically advanced, automatic Skyfold vertical-folding partition. This innovative and unique acoustic partitioning wall system offers a high acoustic rating, delivering exceptional privacy to users on either side. In addition, floor space is maximised as the entire unit folds neatly into the ceiling cavity when not in use.

A showcase feature of the University is the round lecture theatre in the new engineering and computing building. Arranged with contemporary seating in a steep circle around the central lecture stands, the space can be divided into two discreet areas by lowering the automatic vertical-folding Skyfold partition. Only available in the UK from partitioning experts Style, Skyfold is a phenomenal solution for dividing an area combining fast room reconfiguration with impressive acoustic performance of up to Rw56dB. “We’re seeing a real acceleration in the number of Skyfold specifications,” said Mike Fine, Style’s director for the Midlands, “and it’s of no surprise when you see this incredible moveable wall in action.

When open, you would never even know a partitioning wall was in the room. But once activated it glides silently into place creating a stunning, acoustic divide enabling the University to maximise the use of space, and vary the use of the lecture theatre, at the touch of a button.” www.style-partitions.co.uk Enquiry No 5

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Kährs Joins Top Spec At Hartlepool’s Transformational School Two wood flooring products, from Kährs award-winning range, have been installed at Jesmond Gardens Primary School. Designed by ADP for Hartlepool Borough Council, Jesmond Gardens is a new 2,055m² school designed around principles of transformational learning.

Kährs Oak Siena and Reflex Oak Activity Floor, by Kährs were specified and installed, by Reflex Sports, throughout the main hall and open plan ‘class bases’.

ADP’s design incorporates a common central hub and flexible class bases, with dividing acoustic curtains. Abundant natural daylight, along with modern, quality furnishings and Kährs tactile wood flooring provide a fluid, welcoming and airy learning environment.

Each Kährs product was chosen for its specific performance features.

Reflex Oak Activity is a DIN and EN compliant sports floor that has integral shock-absorption and reinforcement properties and which features Kährs glueless Woodloc® joint. The FSC-mix boards were installed directly onto the school hall’s subfloor, eliminating the need for additional battens and fittings.

Kährs Oak Siena, which was laid throughout the central hub and class bases, is a three-strip wood floor with an even grain and a durable satin lacquer prefinish. It features an eco-friendly multi-layered construction, which provides enhanced stability as well as additional acoustic benefits. www.kahrs.co.uk Enquiry No 6

SipBuild UK Delivers School Extension In Five Week Lead Time SipBuild UK manufactured and built a new classroom and series of extensions at Meadowside CP School in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, in just five weeks using Structurally Insulated Panels (SIPs). Meadowside CP School needed to increase the capacity of its classrooms to meet the demand for places created by the credit crunch baby-boom without disrupting term-time activities.

SipBuild UK managing director Chris Duckworth said: “This was an ideal project for SIPs and the results have been amazing. We were on site within five weeks and built an entirely new classroom within five days. This allowed other contractors to get on site and complete the roofing, rendering, wiring and plumbing without disrupting the school calendar. Extensions to existing buildings, to provide integral cloakroom and toilet facilities for each year were completed over a further four build periods as the classrooms became available around the school holidays. SIPs are a great way to increase classroom capacity quickly while ensuring a quality-build and reducing heating bills.”

The classrooms are colour co-ordinated using a shot through render system fixed onto battens and the SIPS wall panels. www.sipbuilduk.co.uk Enquiry No 7

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www.foremansbuildings.info

Foremans Supplies Interim Classrooms To Help Meet Increasing Demand For Primary School Places In London Foremans Relocatable Building Systems, the UK’s largest supplier of pre-owned Portakabin buildings, has supplied two interim teaching buildings to primary schools in the London Borough of Newham, just eight weeks from receipt of order.

North Beckton Primary and Colegrave School each had a need for two self-contained temporary classrooms while redevelopment works are carried out to meet the rising demand for school places. North Beckton Primary has been taken from two to three form entry, increasing the number of places from 60 to 90. A double classroom block is now in use for the next two years until a new permanent building is constructed.

Commenting on the project, Manjit Rai, Head Teacher at North Beckton Primary, said, “Feedback about the interim classrooms from teaching staff and the parents of children in year four who are now using them has been very positive. Everyone is happy with their accommodation and we would recommend the approach to other schools with similar needs.”

The Building Surveyor at the London Borough of Newham, added “Foremans was recommended to us from another authority who had a similar requirement for good quality interim primary school teaching accommodation. We are very pleased with both buildings, which certainly don’t look or feel second hand, and are a cost-effective alternative to new. I am pleased to report the buildings’ installation was also safe, controlled and problem-free.”

The buildings for both schools were delivered just eight weeks from receipt of order and were installed outside term-time to avoid any disruption to teaching. Each building comprises two classrooms, which were delivered to site around 70 per cent complete, further reducing time and disruption to local residents.

Established in 1992, North Beckton Primary is a county co-educational primary school, taking children from the ages of three to 11. There are two classes in each age group, apart from reception which now has three forms to meet changing local demographic needs.

Foremans specialises in refurbishing Portakabin modular 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.

Enquiry No 8

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www.technal.co.uk/MODAL

Award-Winning Application Of Technal’s Revolutionary Low Rise Glazing System One of the first applications of the innovative new low rise glazing system from Technal has won a string of awards for design and architecture.

Forest Park School is a visionary new primary school in Hampshire for children with learning difficulties. Designed by Hampshire County Council’s in-house architects and constructed by Morgan Sindall, the new building has created an inspirational childcentred facility which has now been acclaimed with a series of awards and accolades.

The school, which features extensive use of the revolutionary MODAL façade system, has won a top award at the Solent Design Awards which recognise the best designed buildings in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

Commenting at the awards ceremony, the judges praised the building as “a highly specialised environment that avoided any institutional feel…. creating a wonderful and uplifting school where architecture and landscaping coalesce beautifully. This is a terrific resolution to a complex brief where the attention to detail has been superb.”

The school has also received a Civic Trust Award and an RIBA award which was presented for the project’s ‘high architectural quality and contribution to the local environment’.

In announcing the awards, the RIBA judges said, “…a school cannot just be about facilities, it must engender a sense of wellbeing, even pride

among pupils and staff. The architects have created an extraordinary place in which pupils feel special… in which the children’s needs are primary to the design.”

The Forest Park scheme is a collection of low rise buildings interlinked by a series of canopies and arranged around a number of courtyards.

The outer walls are constructed of brick with inner façades of dark timber and glass, and a combination of dual and mono-pitched zinc roofs. The site’s landscaping was inspired by the heathland that characterises much of the New Forest National Park.

Technal’s MODAL low rise façade system was used extensively throughout, installed by glazing fabricator, Glassolutions Installation.

Finished in dark brown with contrasting bronze doors, MODAL is used as fixed light glazing and with FXi65 windows. Sound attenuated louvres provide additional natural ventilation, and the GXi sliding patio door, which is fully integrated with MODAL, was also specified, together with Technal’s CD commercial door.

MODAL is a rapid-build low rise façade system – and the first in the UK to offer integral opening vents. It has an innovative modular design, which gives specifiers a much wider choice of configuration options.

The new school, which has been created following the amalgamation of two existing schools, provides accommodation for 72 children with special educational needs, aged between two and 11 years. Facilities include a library, IT suite, hydrotherapy pool, hall, children’s kitchen for cookery activities, therapy room, office, dining room, soft play room, light room, specialist art room and extensive external play areas.

Enquiry No 9

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www.wicona.co.uk

Wicona Roof Glazing Contributes To Stunning Performing Arts Auditorium At Yarm School One of the most impressive performing arts centres to be built at a school in the UK features a bespoke roof glazing solution from Wicona.

Designed by Associated Architects and built by Miller Construction, the Performing Arts Centre at Yarm School in the North East is a major component of the redevelopment of this co-educational private school. The new facilities include a double height entrance foyer with stunning views over the River Tees, a large fan-shaped centre for dance and drama, and a fully flexible auditorium capable of accommodating up to 800 people. Here, retractable seating allows this space to be used for a variety of functions, from examinations to concert performances.

The roof to the auditorium has a combination of square and shaped glass panels constructed using Wicona’s WICTEC 50 aluminium roof glazing system, creating a smooth radius of roof lights.

The WICTEC 50 roof glazing option has been engineered to create large unsupported spans and complex shapes such as domes, facets and pyramids on challenging and high specification architectural schemes.

The system was developed to be simple to fabricate and install, saving time on site, and has highly efficient drainage, whether the requirement is for sloped glazing or more complex 3D glass roof constructions. A key design feature is that it uses penetrating

transoms to achieve more effective drainage and avoid pooling of water which can result in water ingress.

The WICTEC 50 system is also sufficiently robust to meet projectspecific requirements for glazed roofs such as wind and snow loads.

It is a dry glazed system for water tightness without the need for sealants, and the WICTEC 50 FP option has a fire rating to 30 minutes.

Other options for the system include structural glazing to give the roof construction the appearance of uninterrupted spans of glass, and integrated flush pressure plates which are less visible for further aesthetic appeal.

With more than two decades of experience in complex and bespoke aluminium façades and 10 years’ on-site experience in the UK and Ireland, Wicona offers a range of technically advanced façade systems which now includes unitised and stick curtain walling, structural and roof glazing, highly insulated window systems and heavy duty doors.

Enquiry No 10

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Brett Landscaping Seals Its Excellence At London 2012 Brett Landscaping was a supplier of paving and kerbing (Olympic venues) to the London 2012 Games, delivering containment and bus boarding kerbs around the Olympic Park as well as block paving at the Olympic Sailing Village in Porchester, Dorchester. In addition to assisting the smooth running of the Games’ transportation network, Brett’s solutions – built for long-term durability and aesthetics – underline the legacy elements of the historic event. Brett designed and supplied over 300 bespoke Trief Containment Kerbs to provide containment for emergency vehicles using the main stadium emergency road to enhance site safety. The unique Trief profile optimises traffic safety by trapping the tyre of impacting vehicles to ensure that they do not leave the carriageway. This was dramatically proven in 2012 when the product gained EN 1317 (N1) approval following independent testing by the Transport Research Laboratory. Around 200 Kassel Bus Boarding Kerbs were used in the main visitor drop-off areas by the main stadium and the Velodrome. The Brett Kassel system is specifically designed to allow bus drivers to confidently position their vehicle incredibly close to the kerb for fast, safe and easy passenger access, without tyre damage.

Outside London, a significant volume of Alpha Antique, Omega and Beta block paving was installed in the Olympic Sailing Village in Porchester, Dorchester to provide robust and eye-catching paving both during and after the Games. www.brettpaving.co.uk Enquiry No 11

Perfect Focus On Lee Valley White Water Centre Through Reynaers Aluminium Systems When Lee Valley White Water Centre opened its doors for the Olympic canoe and kayak slalom events last July those doors were Reynaers Aluminium Vision 50, designed for the highest levels of performance.

In order to provide uninterrupted views across the venue FaulknerBrowns Architects designed a building that readily opens up with runs of Reynaers high insulation CW50-HI curtain walling looking out onto an expansive viewing deck. Access to the deck is via Vision 50 doors , in double door configuration, as is the main entrance and ground floor access points. CS68 tilt & turn windows are fitted throughout for enhanced ventilation.

Offering the optimum combination of high insulation levels and optimal safety, Reynaers CS68, threechamber, thermally insulated windows provide superior wind and water tightness. The Vision 50 doors are suitable for all installations where high volumes of usage are a necessity such as sports stadia, shopping centres, terminal buildings etc.

Designed to provide all the necessary facilities for the venue, the centre’s building contains a reception, café, changing rooms, shop, offices, spectator viewing areas, equipment storage and water pump/filtration plant. www.reynaers.co.uk Enquiry No 12

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www.sikaconstruction.co.uk

New £430 Million Southmead Hospital Gets Sika Seal Of Approval A high performance joint sealant from Sika is providing critical weatherproofing whilst retaining the striking aesthetic of a new stone cladding façade at Southmead Hospital – Bristol’s new £430 million super hospital.

Currently being built by support services and construction company Carillion for the North Bristol NHS Trust, when complete in 2014 the new 800 bed facility will provide state-of-theart facilities to a local population of around half a million residents.

As part of the building’s stylish aesthetic, Weston-super-Mare based The Marble Mosaic Company has supplied reconstructed stone cladding to 50% of the exterior face of the building. To ensure a virtually invisible seal was achieved to the 20mm joints between each precast concrete panel, specialist sealant applicator MHD Group applied some 7,500 linear metres of the Sika joint sealant.

Limited access due to the number of trades on site led MHD to utilise abseil access for the majority of the sealant application. The one component, ready to use system provided exceptional ease of use – making it ideal for the roped access solution.

Available in a range of colours, the joint sealant was supplied in Light Ivory to blend seamlessly with the sand coloured cladding panels to the ward block ensuring the seal was not only watertight, but virtually invisible. With high workability, this ensured the application process was smooth. Its low modulus and yet durable finish, comes from the use of polyurethane technology and provides a movement capability of 25% in accordance with the highest level of sealant standards, ISO 11600. It has been further tested to + / - 70% in accordance with BS EN 9047 – the standard for determination of adhesion / cohesion properties of sealants at variable temperatures.

Although representing just 1% of a typical build cost, sealants are crucial to structural integrity and their specification and application is a crucial stage in the build process. Sika sealants provide specifiers with the reassurance of longevity and cost effectiveness – outperforming other inferior grades of sealants, which are prone to failure and result in costly building maintenance.

To assist architects, contractors and clients, Sika’s online specification tool – www.sikaspec.co.uk – offers the functionality to create high performance sealant specifications. Easy to use, the system is designed to offer an efficient, accurate and reliable method of producing specifications for a variety of projects where sealants are required.

Enquiry No 13

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www.treebox.co.uk

Living Hoarding Helps Hospital Become NHS Sustainability Champion Urban greening company Treebox has installed a living hoarding at Guy’s Hospital in London to help the hospital minimise its carbon footprint and achieve its ambition of being a sustainability leader in the NHS. Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust asked Treebox to install the ivy hoarding around the building site for its new King’s Health Partners Cancer Centre, which will open in 2016.

Armando Raish, Managing Director of Treebox, commented: “Green hoardings are increasingly being used to improve the appearance of building sites and we are delighted to be working with Guy’s and St Thomas’s NHS Foundation Trust. As this example shows, living hoardings are a great way for public sector organisations to meet and exceed their sustainability goals.

The green hoarding is in keeping with the Trust’s sustainability strategy and improves air quality for patients, staff and the local community.

The ivy hoarding is also more aesthetically pleasing than a traditional hoarding, and helps reduce the noise from the construction site.

“The use of a green hoarding at a hospital is particularly appropriate because greenery helps reduce the amounts of microscopic pollutants in the air, thereby improving respiratory health.”

Although the building project will end in three years, the green hoarding’s use will not end then. One of the reasons the Trust chose to have a living hoarding was the opportunity to recycle it, either by planting the ivy on one of its two hospital sites for patients, staff and visitors to enjoy, or by working with the community to replant the ivy into a local park or garden.

Deirdre Conn, Senior Project Manager for the new Cancer Centre at Guy’s and St Thomas’, said: “Throughout the planning of the King’s Health Partners Cancer Centre the views of our community have played a vital role. To address the impact of the construction on the immediate neighbourhood we have installed a green ivy hoarding. The green hoarding will reduce noise, dust and provide visual interest to the neighbourhood.

The Trust believes the Treebox hoarding will help it fulfil its goal of become a sustainability leader within the NHS.

“We aspire to be a sustainability leader within the NHS and the use of Treebox’s green hoarding will help us to achieve this.”

As part of the project, the Trust had to demolish two existing smaller buildings as well as the surrounding gardens. The Trust wanted to reintroduce this greenery immediately rather than waiting until the project was completed, and so approached Treebox about installing an ivy hoarding.

Enquiry No 14

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Hush Acoustics – Healthcare Soundproofing

Outstanding Modern Design With Marley Eternit Fibre Cement Slate Marley Eternit has recently had its Rivendale fibre cement slate specified for Oakland Village, a £20 million state of the art care community in South Derbyshire. Marley Eternit’s Rivendale slates provide an engineered, consistently-sized product which reduces installation time as no sorting or grading is required on-site. These lightweight, yet incredibly strong, slates can also be installed at pitches as low as 20 degrees, providing contractors and specifiers with additional flexibility in terms of design and installation. www.marleyeternit.co.uk/slates Enquiry No 15

Part of the Hush Acoustics range of products includes acoustic materials for floors, walls and ceilings in health care projects. It is important to ensure that surfaces and materials are easy to keep clean and free of germs so conventional sound reduction solutions may not always be appropriate. One solution is Hush slab 100 sound absorber - a product that can be incorporated within walls to reduce sound transfer. Hush has also developed acoustic floor solutions that sit beneath all floor finishes and are used in healthcare environments. Healthcare facilities often have large areas of hard surfaces such as tiled walls and hard floors both of which reflect sound waves and increase ambient noise. A loud environment can be distressing for patients and it can stop them from getting rest that is vital for recovery. Patients’ confidentiality and privacy may also be compromised by insufficient sound reduction. All Hush products and systems are sourced responsibly from sustainable and recycled raw materials. www.hushacoustics.co.uk Enquiry No 16

Altro Floors And Walls Ensure Award-Winning Ferndene Is Ideal Healing Environment

® 2011 Jill Tate

A wide selection of Altro floors and walls have been used in the award-winning Ferndene Children and Young People’s Centre to create a healing environment that is visually stunning, as well as safe, hard-wearing and hygienic.

Altro Suprema IITM safety flooring was used in kitchens, bathroom areas and back of house. In Ferndene’s ‘secure’ environments, Altro smooth flooring was used with Altro Everlay B, an acoustic cushioned underlay which reduces noise. Offering an impressive palette of 40 colours, designled Altro Suprema II creates any mood, from subtle to bold and inventive and is perfect for areas where safety flooring isn’t traditionally used.

The sparkle-free finish makes Altro Suprema II ideal for installation in dementia and mental health applications. It also incorporates Altrosan bacteriostat for enhanced hygiene. Altro smooth flooring is a decorative and hard-wearing flooring which features subtle and abstract patterns.

Altro Whiterock is a cost-effective sheet extruded from a high quality PVCu polymer. It is easy to clean, impact resistant and grout-free. With vibrant solid colours, or more natural tones in high gloss finish, Altro Whiterock Chameleon is designed to make a bold and confident statement.

Its broad palette can be used to create a variety of effects to suit any mood, either as a primary focus or as an accent to an existing wall. It is highly durable and provides a water-tight, wipe-clean smooth surface. Altro Whiterock Satins is a durable, grout-free water-tight smooth wall cladding designed to meet strict hygiene standards. The panels provide a stain-free surface with no gaps or cracks for bacteria to hide in. It is extremely impact resistant and ideal for tough areas. Altro Whiterock Illusions is a patterned extruded sheet providing a cost-effective decorative panel. Four pattern finishes combined with four coloured sheets to provide 16 subtle shades to choose from. www.altro.com Enquiry No 17

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www.yorkon.info

Yorkon Awarded Its Largest Ever Building Contract – And UK’s Biggest Health Project To Be Built Off Site Off-site construction specialist, Yorkon, has been awarded its largest ever building project, and what is believed to be the biggest and most complex healthcare scheme to be built off site in the UK. The £17.9m contract for principal contractor Kier Construction is to construct a new Women and Children's Centre at North Middlesex University Hospital.

Due for completion later this year, the scheme is part of a major reorganisation of hospital services in the boroughs of Barnet, Enfield and Haringey to increase the level of clinical activity and to help accommodate the rise in birth rates. The architects and project managers are AHP. The project, which was procured under the ProCure21+ framework, is being built off site at the Yorkon production centre in York. This approach will radically reduce disruption to patient care and the build programme to ensure the new facilities will be operational before the busy winter period.

The building will provide a larger consultant-led delivery unit with additional high dependency beds, two new obstetrics theatres, a neonatal unit, triage centre, women’s outpatient department, a midwife-led birthing unit with four birthing pool rooms, a postnatal ward with discharge lounge, and a transitional care unit to support neonatal care. A roof top plant room will be located on the second floor.

The scheme will be constructed using the new Yorkon off-site building system and will comprise 152 steel-framed modules up to 18m long and in many different sizes and configurations to suit the building’s design and site. The units will be craned into position with doors, windows, first fix electrics and plumbing, and a high performance concrete floor pre-installed.

Commenting on the project, Simon Ambler, Director at Yorkon said, “We are delighted to be working on our third project with Kier – and our second major healthcare scheme with their company. This is our largest ever contract and its complexities demonstrate just what is now achievable with an advanced off-site building system.”

“The approach will significantly reduce the programme time and any disruption during construction, to the benefit of patient care – and will result in a high quality healthcare facility built under the ProCure21+ framework.”

The external appearance of the new building will reflect the design of the adjacent facilities and will feature rendered façades, ribbon glazing around the perimeter of the first floor, a large atrium entrance spanning two storeys with light wells providing further natural daylight inside. There is also full height glazing to the stair towers on each of the two wings and large projecting window bays provide a visual contrast to the rendered finish across the building envelope.

The scheme is targeted to achieve a BREEAM ‘excellent’ rating and has a number of sustainability features including a green sedum roof to part of the first floor, photovoltaic panels above the plant room, and an energy efficient combined heat and power system.

Yorkon has an extensive track record in the healthcare sector, having completed a wide variety of bespoke off-site building projects including ward extensions, self-contained theatre blocks, emergency care units, haemodialysis centres, offices, community clinics, and complete hospitals, delivering all the advantages of off-site construction.

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DuPont™ Tyvek® FireCurb® Brings Breakthrough Technology In Safety, Performance And Sustainability To Crumlin Children’s Hospital Advanced protection for greater thermal efficiency, fire safety and comfort has been specified for an extension to a children’s hospital in Dublin, in the form of two hi-tech membranes from DuPont Building Innovations. The € 3.5 million design and build project by Clancy Construction with MOLA Architecture, in conjunction with KMD Architecture, adds a new 1500 square metre structure to the hospital, housing a 25 bedroom Cardiology intensive care unit, and is built to the highest specifications for safety and sustainability. The new flame retardant breather membrane, DuPont™ Tyvek® FireCurb® Housewrap, and DuPont™ AirGuard® Reflective air and vapour control layer both feature significantly in the new timber frame construction for Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, located in Crumlin, Dublin 12, in the Republic of Ireland.

DuPont™ AirGuard® Reflective, a high performance metallised AVCL, has been specified to the interior of the building envelope as a significantly cost-saving and easy to install solution to optimal airtightness and improved thermal performance, designed to achieve the required U-values. Furthermore, 225 square metres of DuPont™ Tyvek® FireCurb® Housewrap has been installed to the stair core of the structure.

The patented new technology incorporated in this membrane has the potential to save lives and reduce costly fire damage, while providing an environmentally-friendly breakthrough solution that delivers a hitech breather membrane for building at a competitive cost.

Adding superior flame retardant performance (up to Class B). to the renowned properties of DuPont™ Tyvek®, such as reliable longterm weather protection, effective vapour diffusion, greater energy efficiency and interior comfort, DuPont™ Tyvek® FireCurb® Housewrap potentially limits or stops the spread of fire through the external envelope using an innovative technology to reduce the flammability of polymer based substrates. DuPont™ Tyvek® FireCurb™ has a fire rating of class B-s1,d0 according to EN13501-1.

This solution does not involve the use of any halogens, rather it employs a phosphorous containing agent to promote the formation of a ‘char’ layer at the surface when it is in contact with an ignition source.

This thin layer of carbonized polymer is highly resistant to burning and forms a barrier, slowing the release of flammable materials into the flame. Starved of fuel, the flame spreads over the membrane more slowly or not at all.

The range of flame retardant flexible building membranes based on DuPont™ Tyvek® FireCurb™ technology also produce less smoke when the membrane does burn; another advantage for both firefighters and people attempting to flee a burning building.

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Tarkett Wetroom Concept Extended With 73 New Colours With close to one million Wetrooms installed worldwide to date, Tarkett’s system has proved so popular that the manufacturer is responding to demand and extending its range. Tarkett was the first European flooring manufacturer to offer a Wetroom concept, a complete and extensive system of floor and wall coverings, as well as accessories including drains, threshold strips and sleeves.

Now Tarkett is responding to market demands and introducing 73 new colours as well as an extended range of accessories.

John Devine, UK sales director at Tarkett, said: “The Wetroom concept has been hugely popular for a number of reasons. The design means that the areas have fewer joints, reducing the risk of infection spreading and making cleaning easier. They’ve also been designed to complement other existing Tarkett ranges that can be used in adjacent rooms, for a cohesive design scheme”.

The Wetrooms’ floors and walls are hot welded to provide a durable, hardwearing and watertight finish.

In addition, the flooring range includes Granit Multisafe which has class C slip resistance, the highest level on the market. For these reasons it’s been particularly successful in healthcare, sports centres, student accommodation, collective housing and hospitality sectors. In the new collections Granit Multisafe, Optima Multisafe and Granit Safe.T have all been updated with warm and vivid tones to coordinate with Aquarelle Wall HFS which has also been extended to include 4 different and vibrant patterns. www.tarkett.co.uk Enquiry No 20

NHS Surrey Reduces Carbon Emissions With Heating And Hot Water Systems Upgrade With the aim of reducing carbon emissions and improving efficiencies, NHS Surrey embarked on a programme of upgrade to their heating and hot water systems across more than twenty sites. One of the sites, Molesey Hospital, a 20 bed hospital part of the NHS Surrey PCT required a full plant room refurbishment.

Southampton based ARB Mechanical Engineering Ltd, the contractors for the project, replaced three gas fired atmospheric boilers with two Purewell VariHeat 70kW gas fired condensing boilers. Two Dorchester DR-FC Evo 30 direct fired condensing water heaters were also installed to provide highly efficient hot water generation. The three atmospheric on/ off boilers that were removed gave a total output of 123kW, with a 3:1 turndown ratio and seasonal efficiencies of 78%.

Compare this with the two new fully modulating condensing boilers that provide a total output of 140kW, 7:1 turndown ratio and seasonal efficiencies of 95% and you can clearly see the efficiency improvements and consequential carbon reduction.

The hot water for the hospital is now provided by two condensing water heaters with a total continuous output of 1,260l/h, thermal efficiencies of 98% - that far exceed the requirements of Part L Building Regulations, low NOx levels and superior controls in a compact unit. Each water heater is fitted with a top-to-bottom recirculation kit for operating during the legionella protection cycle to reduce the likelihood of legionella bacteria forming. www.hamworthy-heating.com Enquiry No 21

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Article By: Steve Browning, Marketing Manager of Trend Controls

Think In £s Not kWhs

While energy saving initiatives can enhance an organisation’s carbon reduction status they also have significant economic benefits. Steve Browning, Marketing Manager of Trend Controls, explains how Building Energy Management Systems (BEMS) can increase the bottom line.

Organisations are under increasing pressure to lower their carbon emissions and make sure that they reduce expenditure wherever and whenever possible. However, many companies are failing to ensure that energy is being used as well as it could be – and are paying the price.

Wasting energy can be like pouring money down the drain but by maximising the potential of an existing BEMS, energy savings of 10-20% are easily achievable. This could equate to a 0.1-0.4% saving on a company’s total cost base instantly increasing profitability.

Percentage points UK carbon reduction targets are tough and the long-term framework outlined by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) sets out plans for achieving the reductions stated in the Climate Change Act 2008. When compared to 1990 levels, this equates to a reduction of at least 34% by 2020 and at least 80% by 2050. As they are responsible for 17% of the UK’s carbon emissions, the nation’s 1.8 million non-domestic buildings are at the very heart of meeting this challenge.

However, energy management being on organizations radar is still something of an anomaly. One reason for this could be that for most companies the energy bill is low compared to other outgoings. Even so, for the average company, the energy bill is around 1% of its annual base; equal to the annual advertising and promotional spend.

Seeing is believing Despite the growing uncertainty surrounding the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) Energy Efficiency Scheme, in all probability it will be replaced by a similar scheme, such as a carbon tax, which could affect businesses of all sizes.

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The CRC isn’t the only driver for energy reduction – the Climate Change Levy (CCL), Air Conditioning Assessments, Display Energy Certificates (DECs) and Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) all impact upon businesses – and compliance with voluntary certification standards such as ISO 5001 puts the onus on companies to address their energy use.

On the plus side The good news is that most buildings will already have a BEMS installed. However, in many cases it will not have been properly maintained and could therefore be ineffective. When a BEMS is first commissioned it is configured around an existing building layout and occupancy patterns. These can change over time and incorrectly configured time clocks and set points, new layouts, and repartitioning can all lead to poor control and energy wastage. Failure to maintain a BEMS on an on-going basis will result in degradation of the building’s energy performance. In order to rectify this, it is advisable to undertake an audit that ascertains what can be achieved and energy saving opportunities.

Instant savings Most adjustments can be made to the operation of the BEMS that deliver immediate savings of between 5-10%. While items such as boilers, chillers, air conditioning, and pumps can be checked to make sure they are working correctly, any maintenance issues to do with the BEMS itself or the building services equipment use can also be addressed.

Regular audits are recommended, to ensure that everything is as it should be. BEMS manufacturers even offer secure monitoring service, allowing remote intervention in order to maintain energy performance. Suggestions can also be made about how to enhance the existing operation of plant by installing items such as variable speed drives. The investment can pay for itself in a matter of months; for instance a centrifugal pump or fan running at 80% speed consumes only half of the energy compared to one running at full speed.

On side It is critical to achieve stakeholder buy-in for any business enhancement programme. By using a standard web browser, software based packages are available that act as a window to a BEMS. It is also possible to access utility meter readings from a BEMS and present a continually updated record of a building’s energy consumption and carbon emissions – showing at a glance whether they are on, below or above performance targets. This software can be easily connected to a wall mounted LCD monitor, and placed in reception or other communal area and highlight the companies’ energy saving achievements to stakeholders.

Positive impact Reducing carbon emissions and lowering energy expenditure are closely linked and the savings that can be made through the use of a correctly specified and maintained energy management system are considerable. So next time the energy bill comes - don’t just accept it – remember there is a way to make cost savings that is right under your nose. www.trend-controls.com

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Modular Grille System Is A Versatile Performer Neaco’s Techdek modular aluminium grille system is gaining a reputation as one of the most versatile products on the market following its specification for a wide variety of uses in recent years, encompassing everything from solar shading to roof access walkways.

Techdek has attracted demand in a broad range of development projects which have variously utilised its unique aluminium open grille profiles in applications such as decking , screening, ventilation, bridge cycle and pedestrian ways, cladding, flooring, staging, balustrade infills and stair treads. Lightweight yet strong and durable, the system has a patented swage-locked construction between bars which enables high structural efficiency. It is also 100 per cent recyclable and easy to install with low-energy construction methods.

Neaco’s national sales manager, Richard Richardson-Derry, comments: “Techdek was launched in 1972 as Neaco’s founding product and back then its original design concept was conceived primarily as a decking

application. However, its high-performance features, versatile modular design and the natural attributes of aluminium make it suitable for much broader use. Techdek can adapt to a huge range of angles and unusual curvatures whilst certain profiles greatly reduce net heat gain of sunlight striking a clear or tinted window, making them ideal for solar shading.”

“Techdek’s environmentally friendly attributes have also added to its popularity - the system is non-toxic, non-combustible, corrosive-free, virtually maintenance-free and can be recycled with no downgrading of its properties and very little energy required for re-melting.

Modular panels are precision-manufactured off site and provide straight forward assembly with no welding required.”

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Trend Control Systems Ltd Develops Energy Microsite - An Innovative New Online Resource For Those Who Take The Subject Of Energy Seriously As part of its on-going commitment to thought leadership, knowledge provision and best practice regarding energy and its use, Trend has produced the Energy Microsite – an exciting new resource that will provide building owners and facilities managers with all the latest information on reducing energy consumption using a Building Energy Management System (BEMS).

As well as having regular news updates, Twitter feeds and links to relevant external websites, the Energy Microsite will also feature a series of 3 videos that identify the key benefits of a BEMS and how it can provide energy and cost savings.

The video ‘Out Of Control’ looks at what can happen if a building does not use a BEMS to monitor and manage its energy use, ‘Take Back Control’ examines how an energy audit can identify ways to optimise the system, and ‘In Control’ provides an overview of how to maximise the energy saving potential of a building. Designed as a comprehensive information resource, the Energy Microsite will also feature case studies, product information and blogs about the latest industry issues and developments. Please visit http://bems.trendcontrols.com to view the site.

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Recycling Carpet Helps Achieve Zero Waste Targets Recycling old carpet to help organisations achieve Zero Waste to Landfill targets was a recurring enquiry theme for Carpet Recycling UK at May’s Facilities Show. Facilities managers from diverse business and industry sectors were interested in pursuing responsible disposal options for unwanted carpet materials, according to CRUK, the industry’s association for recycling and reusing carpet.

Greater awareness of UK-wide outlets for recycling and reusing carpet materials contributed to more than 60 enquiries, including a number from education providers and construction companies, over the three-day event at Birmingham’s NEC. Afterwards, close collaboration between CRUK, Global Experience Specialists (GES) who laid the carpets and their recycling partners Green Venture UK ensured that 9,500 square metres of show carpet was recycled for use in new polypropylene products. www.carpetrecyclinguk.com Enquiry No 25

Universal Dimmer Is KNX UK Product Of The Year The Universal Dimming Actuator from KNX UK member Theben is the KNX UK Association Product of the Year 2012. It has solved the problem of designing LED lighting systems in a world where there is no agreed standard for LED drivers. One of the key challenges for KNX systems designers at the moment - and indeed for any lighting designer - is the dimming of LED lights. There is no agreed standard for the design of LED drivers, so every manufacturer is free to do what they think best. This has made specifying a universal device to control dimmable LED lighting challenging. The new Universal Dimming Actuators provide step less dimming using optimised dimming curves included in the KNX ETS configuration software, and new dimming curves can be imported via the ETS as they become available. www.knxuk.org Enquiry No 26

Leitz Tooling Thermotech Window System Seminars Sell Out – New Date For Bristol Announced Leitz will now be bringing its one-day seminar to Bristol on the 12th June at the Didac Training Centre. The company has already held one-day seminars at the Building Crafts College in East London and Leeds College of Building on ‘Thermal window production to proposed new building regulation standards for 2013’. The seminars were accredited by the BWF’s new woodworking CPD programme. Richard Jacob, British Fenestration Rating Council (BFRC) registered simulator, will present Leitz’s ThermoTech Window System and the one-day seminar will include presentations from the British Woodworking Federation (BWF) with an update on the proposed building regulations for 2013, along with machinery manufacturer Advanced Machinery Services (AMS), leading software supplier to the bespoke joinery market Joinerysoft, Accsys Technologies on Accoya Wood and Teknos Coatings. Email salesuk@leitz.org to book your place. For more information on Leitz ThermoTech Window System contact Brian Maddox on bmaddox@leitz.org. Seminar places are charged at £10 per person, which will be donated to local charities.

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Everbuild Appoint Paul Dyche As Dedicated Feb Sales Representative Everbuild Building Products are delighted to announce the appointment of Paul Dyche as Specification Manager for the Feb Construction Chemicals division of the business. Paul is already familiar with the Feb range as he began his career in the construction sector with the company. 9 years later and with Feb under new Everbuild ownership, Paul has returned fresh from Euro Polymers where he worked as a Commercial Manager looking after Below Ground Waterproofing Range Specifications, Commercial Liquid Roofing Sales and Gas Barrier Specifications for new housing developments. The decision to bring in Paul as a dedicated Feb specialist was taken in order to further grow the Feb brand and ensure that it retains its strong position in the specifier market. www.feb.uk.com Enquiry No 28

Celotex Partners With The NBS National BIM Library To Launch New BIM Objects Following government requirements that BIM is to be mandatory on all of its projects by 2016, Celotex is delighted to announce that it is the first PIR manufacturer to launch their entire product range as BIM objects. Launched on 1st May 2013, Celotex’ high performance insulation solutions – including their ‘best in class’ Celotex FR5000, which delivers better U-values and thinner solutions – now feature on the NBS National BIM Library website. All Celotex BIM objects are available in all major software formats and are IFC compatible.

Building Information Modelling (BIM), designed to reduce capital costs and carbon by 20% on all government projects is tipped as the future of the construction industry. This claim is also supported

by BIM’s aspiration to provide a process for the construction industry to work collaboratively, along with its ability to cut project costs by foreseeing and eliminating any errors in design.

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Portakabin Joins Elite 15% Of Businesses In The UK With Top Rating For Financial Stability Portakabin, the UK’s leading modular building manufacturer, has achieved the highest possible rating from Dun & Bradstreet, the world’s leading source of business information. This coveted award puts Portakabin in the top 15 per cent of all companies in the UK and Ireland for financial stability.

Dun & Bradstreet provides an independent assessment of all companies, and is an internationally-recognised indicator of the risk of failure and credit worthiness. It is a dynamic scoring system that is continuously updated and reflects the most current situation to produce one of the most comprehensive reports on a company's creditworthiness that exists anywhere in the world.

The coveted ‘rating 1’ status, which Portakabin has achieved for another year, indicates that the business is low risk and maintains its high creditworthiness. Commenting on the award, Roger Hodson, Managing Director of Dun & Bradstreet in the UK and Ireland, said, “To achieve ‘rating 1’ status in one of the worst global economic climates in recent memory, is a fantastic accomplishment, and we wholeheartedly congratulate Portakabin on its success. It is recognition that Portakabin has consistently performed at this highest level for another year.”

Derek Carter, Chief Executive of the Portakabin Group, said, “We are absolutely delighted to receive another independently verified endorsement of our business. The award of the highest Dun & Bradstreet rating demonstrates the continued financial strength of our business, giving customers and suppliers even greater confidence, peace of mind and continuity of supply when working with Portakabin – and at a time when many companies are struggling to maintain stability and performance.”

“The fact that Portakabin is now among the elite 15 per cent of all companies in the UK and Ireland is a huge credit to our staff, customers and suppliers.”

Portakabin has the reassurance of other independent accreditations which include Government Procurement Service framework; ISO 9001 for quality assurance, ISO 14001 for environmental performance, as well as Zurich, BBA, LABC, and CE approvals for its modular buildings.

In addition to its financial stability and the quality of its products, Portakabin also offers unrivalled commitments to customer service.

Over the past 10 years, it has delivered an unprecedented 99.7 per cent of buildings on time and on budget.

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Retirement Villages for Senior’s We are all growing older and living longer, a fact confirmed by the Office of National Statistics, the most common age at death in England and Wales in 2010 was 85 for men and 89 for women. Over the last 50 years (1960-2010) the average life span has increased by around 10 years for a man and 8 years for a woman. So not only do we have an ageing population, but a UK population that is expanding rapidly.

to these homes as seemingly no alternative exists. Many elderly are therefore institutionalised when they could live healthy, independent lives given the correct homes and support. To reduce the dependence on care homes, the UK needs to deliver modern homes for retirement.

New to the UK, following the lead from countries such as USA, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa, are ‘Retirement Villages’. These ‘new’ developments’ are built as new villages, surrounding a core of amenities or ‘village centre’ which includes leisure facilities, such as restaurants, bars, village hall, sports facilities, well-being centres, IT suites, craft rooms, greenhouses, allotments, to name but a few.

Rather than selling up your home and losing your possessions and taking a ‘resident’ status in a care home, people moving into a retirement village often have the option of purchasing their own home or apartment and take with them their own furniture and possessions, most provide at least one car space. When additional care is required in the future, support is available close by, all of which can be provided in various packages to suit individual needs.

Housing and housing complexes, designed specifically for the needs of todays advancing elderly generation, offers a supportive, community based environment, with the latest technological developments and care close to hand if required. Currently care homes are nearly full to capacity and, with no alternative choice, single homeowners revert

Senior Architectural Systems have been at the forefront of specification in this emerging sector with both aluminium, and timber aluminium composite, window, door and curtain wall systems. Specifiers choose these systems for their high perceived quality, high insulation, long life and total recyclability. Retired people are choosing to move to these new villages rather than succumbing to residency in a traditional, old peoples home, safe in the knowledge that they have all they will ever need close by and that they retain their own modern home and independence.

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Unlike the care home sector, retirement villages are not yet regulated in the UK, but this will only be a matter of time as more of these facilities are built across the country. Feedback from people making the move to a retirement village has been very positive. Pannel Croft Retirement Village, is a new development in Birmingham in conjunction with The ExtraCare Charitable Trust. Opened in 2012 the development uses Senior’s aluminium Systems, SPW600 casement windows & doors and SMR900 curtain walling. A low rise three storey development, the village offers a mix of 180 houses and apartments for both sale and rent. Coupled with the village centre and the amenities the development creates a real sense of community for its inhabitants.

The project is the result of a successful partnership between Birmingham City Council, The Homes and Communities Agency, who contributed £9 million, The Department of Health, who contributed £3.2 million and The ExtraCare Charitable Trust.

Oakland Village is a further new development located in Swadlincote, developed in conjunction with and supported by the charity, Trident Reach. The village accepts people aged 55 or over, and again offers both rent and purchase of property in the 88-apartment purposebuilt sheltered scheme. Glancy Nicholls Architects specified Senior’s Hybrid curtain wall and window systems on the scheme which perfectly complements the timber structure used extensively on the development. Oakland Village boasts its own hairdressers, restaurant, bar, bistro, gym, convenience store and a host of communal facilities, including landscaped gardens, allotments, a lounge, IT suite, library and a village hall-style function room.

Retirement villages and care for the elderly is a long-term growth market in the UK, as life expectancies continue to increase. This growth will create further opportunities for businesses that offer specialist care for aged-related illnesses, increase employment opportunities, importantly demand will be lead for high-quality homes and villages.

Sector specialist Key Note have forecast that the long-term care market will grow by 13.2% between 2011 and 2015 to reach £16.2bn.

We should also consider the growth in the construction refurbishment sector of care homes and retirement complexes where additional security, automation and insulation are required for new windows and doors to meet new legislation and standards.

Quality is a crucial choice when it comes to moving to a retirement village. Often moving from a 3 or 4 bedroom property, a retired couple will be looking for an individual home or apartment with the highest quality fittings and this is where Senior’s products meet these aspirations perfectly. All Senior Architectural Systems products have been tried and tested in commercial as well as residential properties for over 20 years and all have been designed specifically for the discerning UK market.

Crucial in product specification for retirement villages is early involvement with a fenestration specialist who can advise on suitable systems and necessary automation of doors and windows. Seniors offer early design guidance for architects, developers and contractors.

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Bowater Doors Boosts Capacity Through Minworth Move Bowater Doors – a company of the VEKA UK Group – has relocated its manufacturing facility from Coventry to Minworth, Sutton Coldfield, in a move that increases capacity and also reinforces the company’s position at the forefront of door manufacture in the UK. Sales over the last year have been exceptionally strong and the company has recruited extra production staff to meet the needs of its expanding customer base.

The Minworth move and the development of three distinct door ranges has led to a suite of detailed brochures being created along with a website designed specifically to generate leads. When consumers visit www.frontdoors.uk.com, they can create their own door using the site’s design facility but can only do so after they have logged in with their name, address and email address which can then be made available to authorised installers in their local area.

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Keep it safe with Securistyle Walsall Manor Hospital was recently fined £80,000 after a patient suffered a fatal fall from a first floor window. A full investigation found the trust at fault for not having fitted restrictors to the window. More recently was the tragic case of four year old Caleb Wallace who fell from the third storey window of a block of flats in Glasgow in early March. The simple measure of fitting a restrictor hinge onto windows in buildings of this nature is enough to prevent injury or loss of life from a fall. Securistyle prides itself on offering expertise and technical knowledge. In addition to friction hinges with built in restriction, the company offers a range of purpose designed individual restrictors.

The Defender Cavity Fit Restrictor, for example, is ideal for domestic installations where there is a danger of falls. The Detachable Restrictor is ideally suited for more heavy duty applications such as schools or hospitals. Finally, the Stay Open Restrictor will not only prevent the window opening past the fully restricted position, but also from closing past its ‘stay open’ position. www.securistyle.co.uk

Interior Glass CPD Seminar Receives Seal Of Approval From RIBA GLASSOLUTIONS is offering architects and designers the opportunity to advance their knowledge with its new RIBA approved CPD seminar on interior glass specification. The 45 minute seminar by the Saint-Gobain group company gives detailed information about recommended glass types, the latest regulations and numerous applications for interior glass within buildings. Real life projects illustrate how interior glass overcomes design challenges. Initially available to customers in the South East of England and the Midlands, the seminar explains the key points relating to glass specification for interior applications and covers partitions, screens, doors, cladding, balustrades, guarding, overhead glazing, floors and stairs. For further details or to book a CPD seminar contact interiorglass@glassolutions.co.uk or visit www.ribacpd.com Enquiry No 35

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New Videx Vandal Resistant Door Entry Modules Videx have introduced a new range of vandal resistant modules designed to complement the successful VR4K vandal resistant door entry panel range. The VR4K series can be used with many of the company’s door entry and access control systems. The new VR4KNP modules have a 12 gauge stainless steel fascia with a robust and visually attractive die cast frame, vandal resistant buttons and features to assist with compliance with DDA legislation. Security screws are used to attach the frame to the back box. Both low profile surface versions, 44mm deep, and flush mounting models are available, together with posts and post mount plates.

The new modules include a speaker module with call button and name plate window, as well as button modules with 2, 3 and 4 buttons all with a name plate window. The bright back lit polycarbonate name plate window is also vandal resistant since the name insert can only be removed from the inside. www.videx-security.com Enquiry No 34

Alu-Timber EFT Curtain Walling The next innovation from timber/aluminium facade supplier, Alu-Timber, is now available. Alu-Timber EFT is a 60mm curtain wall system which offers Capped, 2sided Structural Glazing with vertical or horizontal capping, and 4sided Structural Glazing. Alu-Timber EFT provides thermally efficient Larch timber with time tested aluminium for protection. The inherent properties of timber provide two advantages: high strength as well as low U- values, ensuring that partners can meet the demands of future carbon reduction plans. As standard, Alu-Timber EFT is available in Larch engineered timber.

For design flexibility, Alu-Timber offers a palette of timber species. The external aluminium can be finished in a myriad of polyester powder colours or anodising. www.alutimber.co.uk Enquiry No 36

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Stelrad Offers ‘Safe To Touch’ Radiators Stelrad’s range of low surface temperature radiators have been the LST radiators of choice for several years. Specially designed and purpose-built Low Surface Temperature radiators are designed to provide a safe, cool-touch solution to heating a building and this is the most practical way to prevent people from coming into direct contact with hot surfaces.

An LST is an emitter within a specially designed outer case, that, never gets hotter than 43°C. The case is effectively built around a standard heat emitter. The emitter still radiates and still convects heat.

The emitter does its job to heat the room but the case gets no hotter than 43°C. Convection plays a very important and safe role. It is the air gap between the emitter and the surface of the case which solves the problem and prevents the metal surface becoming too hot.

LSTs are ideal for healthcare establishments, doctors surgeries, hospitals, retirement homes, care homes, nursing homes, sheltered housing and some social housing environments and all levels of education, especially pre-school nurseries. Find out more by visiting www.stelrad.com Enquiry No 37

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Glazing Vision is the UK’s leading manufacturer of innovative glass rooflight solutions. From Fixed, Hinged and Sliding Rooflights to Bespoke Designs Glazing Vision aim to lighten your environment and improve your lifestyle.

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Metrotile Lightweight Roofing - The Durable Rooftop Solution

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Metrotile lightweight steel roofing is the rooftop problem solver, durable enough to be suitable for any roofing project.

Backed by an industry-leading forty year guarantee, Each Metrotile profile weighs up to a seventh of comparable ‘traditional’ roofing tiles, yet offers stunning aesthetics and unbeatable security against vandalism and weather. It is this range of benefits that have lead to Metrotile’s specification on an entire spectrum of projects. www.metrotile.co.uk Enquiry No 38

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Glassolutions Enhances Sustainability Credentials With Life Cycle Assessments GLASSOLUTIONS has reaffirmed its commitment to developing greener products with the smallest environmental burden to help the construction sector create more sustainable buildings. The Saint-Gobain Group company has become the first glass processor in the UK to complete Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) on a core range of products. The rigorous and comprehensive tool, based on international ISO standards, scientifically measures the ecological footprint at every stage in a product’s life by studying all environmental impacts such as CO2 emissions, energy and water consumption, air pollution and waste generation. The assessment evaluates the manufacturing process and also takes into account the impacts and benefits of products in use as well as their recyclability at their end-of-life. Once an LCA is completed the results are then independently verified, also in accordance with an ISO standard. The data is then published in an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) on the Glassolutions EPD website (epd.glassolutions. eu). www.glassolutions.co.uk

Mini Stonewold On The Dark Side Redland is introducing a new, darker grey colour to its popular Mini Stonewold product range. The existing Slate Grey colour presents a pleasing mid-grey finish that comes from the through coloured construction of the product.

However, in order to provide a solution for customers looking for a darker grey Redland is introducing Mini Stonewold in the new Charcoal Grey colour. Mini Stonewold is one of our most flexible and economical concrete slate products, featuring interlocking edges for simple construction. Mini Stonewold is a flat concrete slate that can be laid at pitches as low as 17.5o in both new build or re-roofing projects. The new Mini Stonewold Charcoal Grey is offered with a matching Half Slate Pair together with an 8.8k ThruVent, complementary Universal Angle fittings for ridges and hips as well as a RedLine Vent Tile. All the dimensions, pitch parameters and headlaps are the same as existing Mini Stonewold colours. www.redland.co.uk Enquiry No 41

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High Thermal Performance From UNILIN UNIPUR PLUS Structural Insulated Roof Panels by UNILIN, division insulation, now offer architects and specifiers 0.15W/ m2K thermal performance across a span of 4.2m, dramatically improving the thermal performance of large roofs, while cutting down on building material and speeding up installation.

Factory constructed, UNIPUR PLUS panels are available in a range of standard depths with the 192mm thick panel achieving a U-value of 0.15. More impressive, is the ability of UNIPUR PLUS to deliver this performance consistently over a 4.2m span up to a pitch of 45˙.

UNIPUR PLUS panels eradicate many of the problems of providing good thermal performance in larger buildings, while also reducing the amount of material to deliver the U-value required. Simple to install, the panels’ factory-constructed nature eliminate margins of error that can come with traditional methods, helping designs to achieve real-world performance without requiring alteration or over-engineering. UNIPUR PLUS panels comprise two timber rafters fixed to and stabilised by a rigid facing board that also forms the ceiling finish. Between the rafters, a layer of PIR foam is incorporated. The top layer consists of 3mm water-resistant chipboard and spruce counter battens. The result is an all in one roof panel that is easy to install and ready to receive the final roof covering. They create an airtight, virtually watertight warm roof in a fraction of time compared with traditional methods. www.unilininsulation.com Enquiry No 42

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New Laundry Solutions For Multi-Housing Electrolux Professional recently launched its Line 5000 range of washer extractors and tumble dryers, designed to meet the most demanding needs of the multi-housing laundry sector.

When it comes to laundries in shared housing, quality means optimal wash results, short washing times, low running costs and unfailing reliability. Line 5000’s intelligent features and unique extras offer real benefits and improvements in three crucial areas for professional clients: durability, enhanced economy, and flexibility, as well as trouble-free operation for years to come.

Durability: Line 5000 washers and dryers are built to last longer. Their heavy-duty components need less maintenance and are optimized for all kinds of operations and environments. And with Power Balance, a revolutionary unbalance detection system, washers have optimum stability: this means quieter, faster operations, better water extraction and lower drying costs.

Enhanced economy: Line 5000’s unique, new efficiency means using less water and energy for wash and dry cycles. The Automatic Saving System for washers adjusts the water level to the weight of the laundry, meaning up to 50% in water savings for half load, as well as energy savings due to less water to heat. The Residual Moisture Control for dryers measures the exact moisture content throughout the process, ensuring energy savings due to shorter drying time. And

the Efficient Dosing System is an easy-to-use, automatic calculation of the appropriate detergent amount, meaning that the laundry has the highest quality results while still protecting your skin during usage.

Ideally combined with Automatic Saving System, Efficient Dosing System can mean 50% savings in running costs.

Maximum flexibility: Ergonomics, performance, safety and labour effectiveness are key factors in Electrolux designs. Line 5000’s userfriendly new Compass Pro® interfaces are intuitive, intelligent as well as easy to use, and available in 18 languages. Compass Pro® enables Electrolux to provide customized solutions for every kind or laundry business, offering up to 55 programs, of which 15 are programmable.

It combines with the Certus Management™ Information System (CMIS) is a highly valued process monitoring system allowing users to control and document all operations. The Compass Pro® interface also features a USB port to facilitate installation of the latest software updates.

More flexibility is provided with Triangle Technology, guaranteeing the best washing and drying results for all types of textiles. Triangle Technology offers cost savings for medium soiled garments, faster time cycles for lightly soiled garments and top results for tough stains.

Other user-friendly features include Braille buttons, voice guidance to guide the entire washing and drying process, and multi-language selections.

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Mobilane Launches ‘Picture’ Worth A Thousand Breaths Leading green screen company Mobilane is breathing fresh air indoors and out with the launch of its latest innovation, LivePicture – a framed arrangement of plants that can be hung on either interior or exterior walls. The living ‘picture’ creates a striking, space-saving focal point, as well as offering a natural way to improve air quality.

Mobilane has created LivePicture to meet the increasing demand for inventive ways to use plants, which have long been valued for the health benefits and sense of wellbeing they bring but which, in traditionally planted schemes, can take up valuable space.

Each LivePicture features a specially developed nutritionally balanced mineral substrate able to support a wide variety of plant types, depending on available lighting and level of maintenance needed. Measuring 112cm wide (plus 0.5cm for the frame), by 72cm (plus 0.5cm for the frame), the frame is 10cm deep and incorporates a built-in reservoir. The picture, which weighs around 30kg, is attached to the wall with three bolts; it requires no power, no water supply or drainage system, and only needs watering once a month. For a compact product, the health benefits of LivePicture are broad. Inadequate air conditioning, ventilation, emissions from computers, printers and paint all contribute towards indoor levels of carbon dioxide and particulate pollutants, while outdoor levels of pollution can be exceptionally high in urban areas. To counteract this, plants can provide a pleasant humidity; remove carbon dioxide and particulate pollutants. In addition, research has shown that plants can reduce stress, improve mood and, in the case of indoor planting, increase productivity in the workplace. www.mobilane.co.uk Enquiry No 45

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Style And Sustainability Can Be Achieved Thanks to James Latham’s flooring brand, Bausen, maintaining an on-trend and contemporary range of quality wood flooring - which is still competitively priced - can be achieved while also adhering to strict environmental guidelines.

Bausen’s full range of solid oak flooring is now 100% FSC American White Oak and also carries the highly respected BM TRADA Q-Mark. In addition, a selection of Bausen’s most popular engineered wood flooring is also produced from 100% FSC American White Oak on a Poplar multiply core. Available directly from stock through James Latham’s 10-strong network of depots, strategically located across the UK, the American White Oak range includes Bona Lacquered, Brushed and Fiddes Wax Oiled as well as Super Matt Lacquered and Antique Hand Scraped Gold finishes.

As well as ‘on-the-ground’ technical expertise from Latham’s fully trained staff, the company also has a specialist free-phone helpline which customers can call for additional information and advice on 0800 917 7056, plus, James Latham also has a dedicated website for its range of flooring at www.bausen.co.uk Enquiry No 47

New Modular Slot Drainage Solution from Howe Green Howe Green has introduced the new HG200 Slot Drain to its popular range of linear drainage solutions. The ultra slim HG200 Slot Drain is available in either 304 or 316 austenitic stainless steel and can be installed with a wide variety of floor types including ceramic tiles, resin and hard floor finishes. With a slot width of just 10mm and sump covers for easy cleaning, the HG200 is the ideal choice for drainage in areas where aesthetics are important and a more streamlined and seamless flooring style is preferred.

The HG200 Slot Drain complements Howe Green’s HG100 Channel Drain range, which has long been established as a popular choice with architects and building services professionals due to its high quality build and performance and choice of steel or polymer grating designs.

Both the HG200 and HG100 systems provide an easy to clean, hygienic drainage solution suitable for a wide range of applications including changing rooms, shower areas, spas, surgeries and many other areas requiring reliable drainage. With constant invert or variable inverts available, Howe Green’s linear drainage systems require very little maintenance and are available as made-to-measure systems as well as in modular form. Made of stainless steel, the systems are also 100% recyclable; achieving the perfect balance of discreet design and high performance for more sustainable building. www.howegreen.co.uk Enquiry No 48

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The Extended Lifecycle Of Decking James Latham is now offering Lifecycle by UPM, a wood-plastic composite decking that has the luxurious look and feel of a real hardwood decking.

However, unlike timber decking, with the minimum of maintenance, Lifecycle will continue to look good year after year, in fact, made in the USA, it is backed by a 25-year manufacturers guarantee.

A further advantage of Lifecycle over other composite or timber decking is that it has a unique, stain resistant, ‘closed-surface’ that does not absorb oil, spills or drips – something which, after a few BBQ’s or sun-bathing sessions can often make other decks quickly look unsightly.

Lifecycle is made from recycled American red and white oak fibres plus polyethelyne with a patented process where the fibres are heat treated and encapsulated in a hard polymer shell. This produces an exceptionally solid and stable board. It’s also extremely environmentally friendly and sustainable. 95% of the materials used to manufacture the boards are recycled, including the oak fibres and plastic polymers. Plus, giving these high quality materials a second life reduces landfill and waste incineration.

Lifecycle requires no annual sanding, varnishing or staining and the embossed wood grain surface offers good friction whether wet or dry. Being splinter-free, Lifecycle is ideal for bare feet. Despite being hard wearing, the boards feel great to the touch. Available in three colours: dark Walnut, golden Tigerwood or sun-bleached Desert Sand. All the boards feature natural looking streaks and veins, making each deck a unique living surface. www.lathamtimber.co.uk Enquiry No 49

New Hauraton SERVICE Channels For Sports Venues Nowadays, an essential requirement for any venue hosting national or international events is the safe management of cables needed to facilitate multimedia communication and TV broadcasts.

The new RECYFIX® SERVICE channel series is based on channels made from 100% recycled polypropylene / polyethylene (PP-PE). The seven channel sizes offered range from 160 to 420mm wide, the largest weighing only 14.8kg, so they are easy to manhandle on-site.

The channels can be supplied with either ductile iron covers – load Class E600 or galvanised steel covers – load Class C250. The SIDE-LOCK boltless ductile iron covers are easily fitted, and removed allowing quick access to the cables.

SERVICE channel details are in the new Hauraton SPORT catalogue, available digitally on www.hauraton.co.uk The catalogue also features drainage and other safety components for IAAF approved venues, school, community athletics and other sports facilities.

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BSRIA Tests For Part ‘F’ Failure Testing of domestic ventilation systems under Approved Document F of the Building Regulations has been compulsory since October 2010.

Unfortunately it has proved a nightmare for the construction industry with a ridiculously high percentage of failures.

BSRIA Compliance, a company dedicated to testing to prove compliance to the ever more stringent requirements of the Building Regulations, lays the initial blame for these shortcomings on a mixture of poor design, but mainly a disappointingly poor standard of installation, but also points out that the testing methods originally used [and in many cases still in use] can be wildly inaccurate unless proper corrections are taken to account for the idiosyncrasies of each system and the appliances they use.

The latter contention was supported in a recent workshop organised

by Modern Built Environment, which quoted the measurement of ventilation performance as the most significant deficiency in Building Performance measurement.

BSRIA maintains that there is a domestic ventilation testing procedure that is simple, quick and accurate, using the most appropriate equipment, a Power Flow Hood.

The Hood contains a fan that rotates at a controlled speed allowing the unit to achieve a zero pressure balance usually within 4-20 seconds when placed over inlet or outlet.

This ‘unconditional’ test method overcomes the problems inherent with site-specific conditions such as fan types and adjustments, airflow direction and instrumentation characteristics. The Flow Hood is an air volume flow meter designed to eliminate back pressure and turbulent

flow effects. It is based on a zero pressure method that compensates for the resistance of the measuring instrument and the characteristics of the air distribution system.

It also senses air flow direction so that the unit can be used for supply or extract purposes without any configuration change. It sounds simple and indeed it is, providing an easy solution to what has proved a thorny problem for many builders large and small as the BSRIA team, that has been successfully testing on site for Part ‘F’ compliance throughout the UK, can confirm.

Returning to the reasons for failures in domestic ventilation systems BSRIA maintains that most problems arise poor workmanship. Although fan manufacturers design their fans to comply with Regulations these frequently fail to operate to their stated performance due to poor installation particularly when flexible pipework is used.

Part ‘F’ failure rates here have been quoted as high as 95% and in one recent case six metres of flexible pipe had been stuffed into a wall cavity predictably preventing all circulation. While this example is extreme it is symptomatic of the lack of care taken to support flexible pipe and maintain clear air flow.

BSRIA is in process of producing a guide to the accurate measurement of airflow rates and it is to be hoped that this will aid the industry in correcting the present, almost farcical, failures to comply with Approved Document F. Enquiry No 51

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Howe Green’s Hinged HSE 75 Meets German Demand For Precision Engineering An unerring reputation for excellence has always given German manufacturing the competitive edge. Their appreciation of precision engineering and quality is renowned the world over, making it all the more flattering for Howe Green products to have received such a surge of interest from the German market in recent months.

Commanding all the attention from German specifiers is , Howe Green’s aluminium hinged access cover for hard floor finishes. This high performance access cover is ideally suited for construction projects where a heavier loading combined with the need for regular access is required and health and safety is paramount.

Suitable for all hard floor finishes including ceramic tiles, marble, terrazzo, concrete, resin, wood or parquet, the HSE 75 is flexible, durable and ultimately reliable. It is manufactured to order using a unique Howe Green system and even non-standard sizes can be supplied without time delay or surcharge for bespoke manufacturing.

HSE 75 Features: • High quality hinged access cover with gas springs and internal/external release latches for frequent access to under-floor building services.

• Can be fitted quickly and unobtrusively into all types of hard floor finish including ceramic tiles, marble, terrazzo, concrete, resin, wood or parquet.

• Uniquely designed cover sections are tapered for easy removal and frame sections give a good key to bedding mortar.

• Top seal on aluminium covers helps prevent dirt, grout or grinding waste penetrating joints between the cover and frame. Double sealed option also available.

• Lifting blocks are anchored to the inner frame. Stainless steel securing bolts are stiletto heel proof • Manufactured to order with no price premium or delivery delay and to quality standard BS EN ISO9001 www.howegreen.co.uk Enquiry No 52

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www.instarmac.co.uk

Reduce The Risk Of Failure In Your Public Realm Projects Ultrascape are surprised to hear, all too often, that BS 7533 (the standard referring to the design and construction of rigid paved areas) is still being ‘considered’ and not automatically specified. Why is this? The risks and potential costs of using a non-compliant system are huge and should be instrumental in ensuring BS 7533 is specified every time. Nick Rudham, Ultrascape Brand Manager, reviews the benefits of BS 7533 compliant mortar paving systems.

In order for a system to ‘actually’ be proven BS 7533 compliant, rather than just ‘manufactured to meet’ or ‘manufactured in accordance with’, it must have undergone independent testing using UKAS methods (as the Ultrascape mortar paving system has), which in general ensures the following benefits: • Can be used to design and build schemes in excess of 1000 standard axles per day • Helps to protect professional indemnity insurance • Reduces costly failures and resulting personal injury claims • Trusted throughout the world • Tried and tested methods of construction • Removes the uncertainty of site batched mortars • Minimises potential workmanship issues • Ensures materials work in harmony Most significantly, the British Standard promotes professional results that can give a construction life in excess of 40 years. Overall, using a BS 7533 compliant system helps to protect your professional indemnity insurance by reducing the risk of costly failures during the life of the construction.

It is evident that using a compliant system is the one and only assurance against costly repercussions. Do you need any further justification?

Ultrascape offer a RIBA and RIAI approved CPD covering an understanding of BS 7533 and its importance in projects for the public realm, the cost of non-compliance, and rigid and flexible paving constructions. It offers a much greater understanding of products, materials and design possibilities that can ensure a successfully, and aesthetically pleasing regeneration project.

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London Ambulance Glazing Audits London Ambulance as responsible employers who were looking to make sure the glazing across their sites met all the required standards outlined in Regulation 14 (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, this act covers the safety of glass within the workplace.

To this end they then went looking for a company able to undertake this type of survey, reporting and carry out any remedial works necessary for compliance of the act.

Environmental Control Films Ltd were their preferred choice and so they instructed them to undertake the surveys on 83 of their sites within London, over a two month period the surveys were undertaken and the reports delivered back to London Ambulance.

The findings on the whole were very positive for London Ambulance but where glass the occasional did not meet the required standard

a polyester optically clear safety film was applied to the glass by Environmental Control Films, this film will increase the tensile strength of the glass and hold it together in the event of a breakage, it will bring standard 4 mm glass up to EN 12600 2B2 safety standard, necessitating the need and high cost to remove the existing glass and re-glaze, the film used is warranted for 10 years with a life expectancy of 15 years.

London Ambulance were very pleased with the overall service they received from Environmental Control Films, that they have now employed the FM side of the company to manage all there glazing issues from replacement of glass, window restrictors and catches to complete replacement of windows.

Enquiry No 55

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Sustainable Concrete Home Uses Bespoke Isokorb Architect Thomas Bechtold faced an interesting challenge when his client commissioned a contemporary new family home in the town of Bühl, in south western Germany. The requirement, a modern fourbedroom house with sustainable energy saving features, called for a design sympathetic with its traditional surroundings.

The house borders a monastery garden in a traditional town that sits on the fringes of the Black Forest. Its upper reaches commanding a panoramic view across the Rhine to the neighbouring Alsace region of France.

Bechtold’s approach was to design a minimalist, even-faceted building in solid construction style, using lime sand brick masonry for a high level of thermal insulation.

The ceilings are insulated reinforced concrete and the foundation plate is also insulated using 100mm thick perimeter insulating panels.

Concrete was chosen partly for its cost-effectiveness, but also for aesthetics. The minimalist demands of the design styling were met by incorporating waxed concrete flooring throughout the ground floor, complemented by exposed concrete stairs that contrast with the simple white walls.

The architecture has a particular focus on a pool to the south side of the building, which is fed from a wide intake and provides the residents with a highly aesthetic feature. The building comes to life during varying daylight conditions, as the water reflects light and shadow onto the walls and ceilings through the room-high windows. At night the water can be illuminated in different colours to create its own ambiance.

The use of large glazed areas and terraces effectively merge the interior and exterior spaces and a covered seating area with an integrated

fireplace faces west. This draws the view from the residential area to the adjacent monastery garden. One of the key criteria in the design is sustainable energy efficiency and this is achieved in large measure by means of an air-to-water heat pump system, which supplies energy to heat the underfloor system throughout the house.

Integral to this is the foundation plate, which utilises concrete core activation. The floor slabs are charged with heating or cooling energy by means of hot or cold water circulating through the integrated tube heat exchangers. As the water flows through the tube system, it transfers heating capacity or cooling capacity to the slab depending on the water temperature.

As a result the building structure itself effectively stores thermal energy and releases it when required. For optimum insulation the entire building is clad with a 160mm layer of insulation material. However, the garage attaches directly to the building façade – and in thermal bridging terms this was a potential problem. Externally the house and garage appear to be a single architectural unit, but internally the ‘cold’ garage ceiling requires thermal isolation from the ‘warm’ residential area.

The preferred solution was a specially designed version of the Schöck Isokorb thermal break module type Q – a classic load-bearing connector for the connection of reinforced concrete slabs with thicknesses between 160mm and 250mm. The Isokorb type Q type is particularly suitable for this project as it provides thermally insulated protection and at the same time transmits positive shear forces for full-length support. Consequently, by installing the units in the ceiling above the garage, they act as connectors to the outer wall of the house in the form of reinforced concrete binding beams.

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Privacy Door Sleeve – SooS Interior Design Having been approached by the Connaught Hotel to help with developing a product for their more discerning guests, the privacy door sleeve was born. The hotel was looking for a solution whereby they could cover up certain glass doors within the hotel giving guest privacy yet enabling the doors to still to be opened should they be required. The product had to be developed in a way that it did not damage the doors in anyway and could simply be put on and taken off as and when required.

The privacy door sleeve having fabric on both sides of the door simply slides on giving total privacy. The product is designed and finished in a way that makes it makes it ideal for clients such as the Connaught Hotel who having recently purchased three pairs of the product.

Soos Interiors are an interior design company working with some of the most famous hotels throughout the world.

SooS Interiors was formed in 2012 by Susan Leadbitter specialising in soft furnishing for the hotel industry.Clients include The Maybourne Group as well as a number of other five star hotels. The key to the success of the company has been down to understanding and exceeding clients expectations, as shown with the privacy sleeve product which is totally new to the market place.

Enquiry No 57

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www.hochikieurope.com

Peterborough Cathedral Sings The Praises Of Its New Hochiki Europe Life Safety System With a history dating back over 1,350 years Peterborough Cathedral is one of the UK’s top landmarks and one of the finest Norman buildings in Europe today. The cathedral is an amalgam of archaeological, architectural, cultural, musical and artistic treasures that visitors from all over the world come to discover and enjoy.

Within its rich and varied history fire has, unfortunately, been a recurring theme, dating back to 1116 when an accidental blaze destroyed large parts of the building and its contents. It was rebuilt in its present form between 1118 and 1238 and became the Cathedral of the new Diocese of Peterborough in 1541.

More recently, in 2001 it experienced another fire – believed to have been started deliberately – in plastic chairs stored in the North Choir Aisle. It was spotted by one of the vergers, which led to a swift response by emergency services, however, the oily smoke given off was particularly damaging, coating much of the building with a sticky black layer.

Not surprisingly, due to a combination of precious artefacts and the high numbers of worshippers and other visitors that use the building on a daily basis, a fire detection system is a key part of its infrastructure. It means that in the event of another fire people and property will be kept as safe as possible thanks to an early warning.

In late 2011 Peterborough Cathedral recognised that its fire detection system was coming towards the end of its life and an increasing number of highly disruptive unwanted alarms made the installation of a new one an urgent requirement.

Having had its services recommended by one of the other companies working at the Cathedral, Walsall based fire and security solutions specialist, Lyrico Systems, was invited to visit and outline its recommendations as part of a competitive tender. Lyrico Systems was awarded the contract in early 2012 and began work in the April.

The fire detection system is based around the innovative Enhanced Systems Protocol (ESP) and Jayne Dunn, Hochiki Europe’s regional sales manager, comments, ‘ESP is a total communications solution for intelligent fire detection and fully integrated systems. It has a multi-purpose structure that provides the flexibility and expansion to accommodate simple addressable systems through to building management and other safety systems. It is also highly robust and therefore perfectly suited for Peterborough Cathedral, as maximum reliability and minimum disruption from unwanted alarms are essential.’

The system comprises a wide variety of Hochiki Europe devices, including the YBO-R/3 sounder mounting base, which is coloured red for easy identification and designed specifically for use with the company’s range of wall sounders – such as the CHQ-WS2 wall sounder and the CHQ-WSB wall sounder beacon – which were used extensively throughout.

These were complemented by the use of ALG-EN optical smoke sensors that feature High Performance Chamber Technology. This minimises the differences in sensitivity experienced in flaming and smouldering fires and the result is a high performance device that is incredibly responsive and helps to reduce the possibility of unwanted alarms. In addition, Lyrico Systems specified a number of CHQ-POM powered-output modules and CHQ-AB loop powered addressable beacons.

Although there were some problems accessing and utilising the existing cabling, the ease of installation and flexibility offered by Hochiki Europe’s products helped ensure that the project was completed on time.

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Forbo Supplies Novilon Cushioned Vinyl For Yorkshire Housing Refurb Project Yorkshire Housing recently specified Forbo’s Novilon cushioned vinyl products for kitchens and bathrooms as part of a refurbishment project to ensure that its 20-property social housing scheme in Harrogate met the Decent Homes Standard.

The comprehensive portfolio of styles and designs available met the housing provider’s aesthetic needs whilst Novilon’s Diamond Seal and Noviclean features, which help guard against scratches and scuff marks, met requirements for easy cleaning, low maintenance and long term durability.

“We were thoroughly impressed with the range of colours and designs available from Forbo’s collections,” said Andy Kelham, Investment Programme Manager at Yorkshire Housing, commenting on the specification process. “With the investment being made in the refurbishment of the Harrogate properties, it was critical to specify floor coverings that would have long lasting performance as well as being hardwearing and easy to maintain - and the Novilon products easily met these needs.”

A selection of designs were specified from the contemporary Novilon Viva and Viva Fusion ranges, which comprise a sophisticated mixture

of metallic tiles and modern style wood effects.

Novilon’s Aquagrip lacquer, delivering R10 slip resistance, provided Yorkshire Housing and its tenants with peace of mind by reducing potential slip and trip hazards.

Ian Godwin Operations Manager at Able Bathing, commented on the installation: “Forbo’s Novilon product was stress free to install thanks to its flexibility, which made it easy to manoeuvre around spaces of all sizes, as well as being easy to cut on site. Overall this made an impact on the schedule of the refurbishment, meaning that all floors were finished on time resulting in happy tenants.”

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A Fresh Solution From SE Controls For Birmingham City Council Offices Birmingham City Council’s award winning office development at Woodcock Street is using an advanced natural ventilation solution from SE Controls to create a comfortable environment for staff and visitors while enhancing the building’s sustainability credentials by reducing energy consumption. SE Controls’ natural ventilation solution played an essential role in helping achieve the energy reduction targets.

SE Controls supplied, installed and commissioned the extensive natural ventilation system, which involved 562 TGCO chain and tandem type actuators together with 101 OS2 type 22 controllers to ensure the precise operation of automatically opening windows and vents within the workspace and four atria, which are managed by the building’s integrated BMS. The natural ventilation system’s operation is also enhanced by the construction methods used with the building. Using steel framed construction and steel floor beams with 200mm thick hollow cellular core concrete floor planks, the design optimises the building’s thermal mass to enable the temperature to be managed without additional external cooling. The natural ventilation system is also used to ‘night purge’ the building, allowing cooler air to enter and cool the hollow beams. www.secontrols.com Enquiry No 60

Helifix Reinforces Reputation Three 24 storey 1960’s tower blocks on the Edward Woods Estate in west London, owned by the Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, have undergone a comprehensive £12m refurbishment that will extend their life by 40 years. Structural repair specialist, Helifix Ltd, was appointed by the project engineers, Carter Clack, to undertake reinforcement of the calcium silicate brickwork in the stairwells on all three blocks to ensure that these areas were strong enough to take the weight of the external over-cladding system and render. The tower blocks are constructed with a concrete frame, brick outer skin and lightweight concrete block infill inner skin. Helifix connected the inner leaf to the main structure and the cavity wall to the slabs, provided tensile reinforcement of the external leaf and secured the inner and outer leaves with new wall ties.

The clay brick panels on the north and south elevations of all three towers were removed to allow installation of solar panels on the south elevation and insulation cladding and render to the rest of the building. The retained calcium silicate brickwork in the stairwells was reinforced using grouted stainless steel HeliBars and ResiTies.

Carter Clack designed a cost-effective and innovative scheme that involved bonding HeliBars into the mortar joints every third course on both sides of each stairwell spanning the entire width of each elevation. Then, ResiTies, pre-bent to 90o, were bonded, with HeliBond cementitious grout, into clearance holes in both the near and far leaves and ‘hooked’ over the HeliBars before the 75mm bent sections were bonded into chased-out perp ends in the near leaf. This interlocking system connected the inner leaf to the main structure and enabled the HeliBars to distribute the wall tie loads through the entire face of the outer leaf masonry to provide greater resistance to wind loadings.

Approved Installer Gunite (Eastern) Ltd, installed a total of 15,000m of HeliBar and 23,000 ResiTies in the six stairwells with a minimum of disruption to the buildings’ fabric or their residents. Once the masonry in the stairwell areas had been fully secured, connected and reinforced the external cladding and rendering was able to proceed and the upgrading of the towers could be completed. www.helifix.co.uk Enquiry No 61

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Interacting In The Crystal Two Stannah lift products are helping visitors to The Crystal appreciate a vision of urban sustainability. Located in London’s Victoria Dock, this state-of-the-art building is hosting Our Urban Future – the world’s largest exhibition on the future of sustainable cities – as well as a dedicated Centre of Competence for Sustainable Cities (COC).

Futuristic in every sense, The Crystal is a £30-million initiative from global engineering and electronics conglomerate, Siemens. One of the world’s greenest buildings, which is aiming for exemplary BREEAM and LEED accreditation, it provides an interactive exhibition hall, office space for around 100 employees, a 270-seat auditorium, shop, restaurant and café facilities.

Taking centre stage in the exhibition hall, the Midilift XLplus interacts between ground and mezzanine levels within the City Icon.

This is a 6-metre-tall, generative artwork comprising an LED ‘city grid’ screen visualising the major themes of the exhibition. It was designed by creative technology consultancy, Hirsch and Mann, in collaboration with ‘creators of compelling branded content’, Squint Opera – the visionaries behind the entire interactivity suite.

Supplied in a self-supporting structure making it quick and easy to install (no need for a load-bearing lift shaft, lifting beam or pit), the Midilift XLplus was the ideal solution for the City Icon feature – a selfsupporting structure itself! At the upper level, a bridge links both structures, the lift and its users to further interactive features.

Looking and behaving like a conventional passenger lift but at reduced running costs, the Midilift XLplus also complements the focus on sustainability.

Traction-driven at a speed of 0.15m/s over a distance of 3570mm, the Midilift XLplus carries rated loads up to 400kg. Its many standard

features include a 900mm clear opening at each entrance for optimum manoeuvrability, panoramic glazed landing doors for light-filled travel, two-tone arrival chime at each landing, surface-mounted call station with LED display and push-button control.

The 250kg Trolleylift is a floor-level service lift designed to protect staff by minimising manual handling. Located on the ground floor, it moves refreshments on trolleys at a speed of 0.17m/s between the kitchen and the 1st-floor seminar rooms.

Supplied in a structure-supported enclosure it took just 2-3 days to install and comprises a robust, easy-clean, single-entry stainless steel lift car complemented by left-hand hinged doors fitted with safety locks. A collapsible gate protects goods from falling out of the lift car whilst in motion.

The Trolleylift also features fully automatic push button control with call and send facilities at each landing entrance, ‘lift arrival’, ‘lift occupied’ and ‘lift position’ indicators at each entrance, and an audible lift arrival buzzer.

The motor is mounted at the top of the lift structure and drives a high quality reduction gearbox fitted with a traction vee-sheave. An electromagnetic disc brake is supplied, with emergency release mechanism.

The reliable controller and counter-balance drive system ensure electrical consumption is minimal.

Silke Thomson-Pottebohm, PR Manager for The Crystal, comments: “Since opening in September 2012, The Crystal has been inundated with visitors drawn to its interactive sustainability exhibition, enlightening events and thought-leadership conferences. The Stannah Midilift XLplus and 250kg Trolleylift help navigate and service our facilities, supporting our vision to educate everyone about the technologies and solutions that can help to improve urban life and sustainability.”

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RMIG Provides Elegant Solar Shading For French Château An extensive decorative sunscreen using precision perforations from RMIG is forming part of a major refurbishment of a historic château in Saint-Avertin, France, which is being converted into a ‘mediatheque’ library designed by Tours based architects Dominique Blondel Architecte.

While the château’s individual architecture and external appearance has been preserved throughout the restoration, the interior of the building has been sensitively extended, modified and re-purposed for its new role as an events centre and ‘mediatheque’ library, which revisits one of it’s former uses. The architects also incorporated an extensive sunscreen design to help provide shade and ensure thermal gain is reduced and the public areas are maintained at a comfortable temperature. RMIG France worked closely with the architects to create, prototype and develop the final perforated and laser cut patterns within the 130m2 of decorative solar shading panels, which are secured to the exterior of the building in front of the large windows, which allows natural light to enter due to the ‘netting’ effect of the perforation pattern used.

Once the final pattern was agreed, RMIG produced the design using a complex array of 15mm diameter round perforations and special laser cut shapes within 2 mm thick ‘Corten’ alloy steel. The architects chose Corten as it is designed to ‘rust’ when weathered, which was ideal for the design as it enhanced the aged and historic architecture of the château. However, although the exterior might appear to look like rust, the oxide produced actually protects the material’s substrate from further deterioration and constantly regenerates the protection under further weathering. www.rmig.com Enquiry No 63

Timoleon Under-Floor Heating Installed In Grade II Listed Country House When the present owner purchased this magnificent and imposing grade II listed country house situated in Dorset, which was originally built in the seventeenth century, his first priority was to restore the building to its original state.

However with respect to the central heating the owner decided to modernise by installing under-floor heating on the ground floor and the first floor, whilst keeping some of the old style cast iron radiators.

The ground floor had to be reconstructed as the old timber joists were past repair, so a solid concrete floor was laid. At this stage the owner called in local plumber Holton Plumbing Services Ltd. of Poole to assist with this project.

Timoleon Ltd., specialists in all aspects of underfloor heating, were asked to produce detailed designs for heating the ground and first floor; the plans submitted included Timoleon's Staple System, ideal for the new screeded ground floor and the company’s award winning LowBoard for the first floor.

The Staple system on the ground floor provided a quick, flexible method of installing under-floor heating onto a screeded floor. The Timoleon gridded insulation was laid onto the sub floor, the 18mm, PE-RT pipe, at 200mm centres, was then stapled onto the insulation with barbed staples, which can be done by hand or Stapler, following the grids clearly marked. Once the pipe work had been pressure tested, a screed was applied and the final floor coverings of carpet tiles, flagstones and timber were layed.

As on the first floor there was a need to maintain a low level, the Timoleon LowBoard was ideal, giving an overall height of only 13mm. The LowBoard panels were laid on top of 25mm plywood panels, which in turn were laid on the existing joist. The LowBoard panels are made from moisture resistance MDF with an aluminium layer on the underside, which helps spread the heat upwards into the room. The panels are prerouted enabling the installer to gently tread in the 12mm PE-RT pipe swiftly and with little effort. 6mm ply was laid on top of the LowBoard followed by carpet on the majority of the first floor. www.timoleon.co.uk Enquiry No 64

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Rainline Specified For £2.9 Million Social Housing Project Lindab’s steel based Rainline rainwater drainage system features on a £2.9 million social housing project designed by leading environmental architects Denovo Design. This new build housing development is located in a rural area of Banks, Southport, and comprises of a variety of 16 house types and 4 bungalows. The houses are either brick or a combination of brick and render. Having specified Lindab’s Rainline for previous social housing developments, Denovo Design were well aware of Rainline’s key features including its minimal movement, its durability, ease of installation and importantly, Rainline’s extremely low carbon footprint which other systems cannot match. www.lindab.co.uk Enquiry No 66

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Thermal Upgrade For Luton Orlit Houses Forty-eight houses in Luton are benefitting from the retrofit of external wall insulation (EWI) from Sto as part of the Council’s on-going refurbishment programme. Thermal insulation is provided in this project by 90mm of LambdaTherm EPS (this insulation material includes graphite to maximise the thermal properties). The system is finished with a robust silicone render, specified in a colour to match as closely as possible the original paint finish. The resulting walls have a U-value of 0.28W/m2K. With the CESP programme finishing in December 2012, further funding for refurbishment projects such as this one will come through the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) and Luton is well into the planning stages for the next tranche of refurbishment projects also designed to improve the thermal insulation of the properties. www.sto.co.uk Enquiry No 67

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Andrews Water Heaters Selected For Refurbishment At Premier Inn, Brighton City Centre In a recent refurbishment of the domestic water heating system at Premier Inn Brighton City Centre, Whitbread’s nationwide maintenance contractors, Norton Commercial Gas Services Ltd selected Andrews MAXXflo gas-fired storage water heaters to replace the existing units. It was decided to install Andrews MAXXflo high efficiency water heaters in an internal plantroom on the top floor of the building.

Norton Commercial Gas Services selected four MAXXflo CWH 120/200 units. Each water heater has a storage capacity of 200 litres, an output of 26 to 122 kW and a recovery rate of 2040 litres per hour through a temperature rise of 50oC. The MAXXflo range of condensing, stainless steel water heaters offers the optimum in self-contained, storage water heating for commercial and industrial applications with a high demand for hot water. Thanks to their fast recovery rate and innovative design, carbon footprint, NOx levels and running costs are all kept to a minimum. www.baxicommercial.co.uk

VMZINC Standing Seam For Youth Centre ‘Caterpillar’ Roof The landmark £4.7 million lottery-funded MyPlace Havering youth centre project, designed by Jacobs Architecture, is one of few buildings in the UK so far to achieve a ‘zero carbon’ rating.

Jacobs' sustainability engineers were tasked with ‘maximising the site's potential' by building it with the lowest-possible carbon footprint. They specified a standing seam VMZINC, caterpillar-shaped roof in pre-weathered Quartz-Zinc®. Due to the combination of sustainability, low maintenance and colour retention VMZINC pre-weathered roofing and façade systems are now specified for projects of extreme diversity. Complex standing seam cold or warm roofs can be created on pitches of as little as 3°. VMZINC PLUS is used to provide a compact warm roof which requires no underside ventilation. www.vmzinc.co.uk Enquiry No 69

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Waterproof Shower Under-Tile By Marmox Ten Pilates, with five studios in some of the most prestigious areas in Central and West London have just opened a new studio in Hatton Garden which offers clients a dynamic energising exercise programme in the very smartest of surroundings.

To maintain these high standards they instructed Main Contractor Boxx Projects to design and install five new shower cubicles, two for male users and three for female. Boxx’s plan for the new cubicles naturally started with basics – a means of providing a fully waterproof under-tile layer with high thermal insulation. Lightweight, easily handled Marmox Showerlay sheets perfectly answered these criteria and also offered ample strength to support the heaviest of floor tiles.

Showerlay is manufactured with a polystyrene core and a doublereinforced surface compatible with all major tile adhesives.

For the Ten Pilates contract preformed Showerlay sheets 1000mm square proved ideal and their built-in thin stainless steel sheet completely protected the centrally placed drains. The shower cubicle design at the Hatton Garden studio is delightful, with large-headed power showers set in well-appointed light coloured cubicles floored with anti-slip white mosaic tiles and the shower cubicle walls are in Newstone Beige tiles.

The shower room itself has walls in a white finish with large matching floor tiles of Rock Anthracite installed by Tilers Trade Direct. Boxx’s attention to detail is underlined by the cubicles’ stainless steel central drainage grills made by Aqua Innovations, where the design incorporates the Ten Pilates logo with ‘TEN’ in large capitals at the bottom. www.marmox.co.uk Enquiry No 70

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Micro-Fine Cement From Sika Seals Cumbrian Dam Chapel House Impounding Reservoir, which is situated near Uldale in Cumbria, is owned

by United Utilities and serves the town of Wigton, a few miles to the north. Following its 10-year inspection, it was discovered that remedial work was required to ensure the future integrity of the reservoir’s dam.

It was the interface between the two that was causing concern.

To reduce the permeability and prevent any future seepage, it was decided to construct a 102-metre long slurry wall in combination with a micro cement grout curtain, up to 23 metres deep within the dam, treating the whole dam and not just the interface. Ground engineering experts Keller Geotechnique are injecting Spinor A32 Micro-fine cement from Sika Limited to form the cement grout curtain, using the Tube-a-Manchette (TAM) system. Spinor A32 Micro-fine cement has excellent injectability and durability, with resistance to aggressive ground conditions. The Spinor A32 penetrates into the grout zone through holes drilled around the circumference of the tubes at pre-determined intervals to form a protective cement curtain within the dam. www.sika.co.uk Enquiry No 71

Air Curtain Collaboration At Drapers Gardens Air curtain specialist, JS Air Curtains, and entrance specialist, Blue Chyp, have recently supplied and installed four revolving door air curtains at Drapers Garden office complex in the City of London. Blue Chyp was called in by its partners, Boon Edam, who had installed four revolving doors at the impressive 16 floor office complex to provide front and rear access to the reception hall. Constant use of the doors was creating severe draughts through the foyer and causing discomfort to the reception staff, resident employees and the building’s many visitors. Believing air curtains could be the solution, Blue Chyp turned to JS Air Curtains. JS Air Curtains’ Rotowind range was designed to meet the specific conditions of a revolving door, which can act as a low-speed fan, forcing a mass of cold air into a room with each rotation. By combining a Rotowind with a revolving door system, cold air is prevented from entering. The main body of the Rotowind air curtain is mounted above the door with the curved air outlets creating a barrier around the inner opening of the doorway. www.jsaircurtains.com Enquiry No 72

Heckmondwike’s Carpet Scores A Hole In One A Country Club in Hertfordshire has experienced a surge in wedding bookings and an increased uptake in golf memberships after a stylish new carpet from Heckmondwike was installed as part of a complete renovation.

Following a re-design of the golf facilities at Bushey Country Club, 152m2 of Sticks & Stones Fibre Bonded carpet was specified by IDArchitecture in Charcoal to provide an attractive yet durable flooring solution for the busy golf club.

These hardwearing specialist entrance carpet tiles were used throughout the golf changing rooms, lobby, members lounge and café because it is able to withstand the wear and tear caused by heavy footfall, spiked golf shoes and dirt brought in from the golf course. Sticks & Stones is widely specified for leisure facilities because it is renowned for its durability and its ability to protect carpets by intercepting dirt and moisture trodden in from outside. The golf club will also benefit from the robust construction of fibre bonded carpet which will not ravel or fray and offers excellent thermal and acoustic properties. www.heckmondwike-fb.co.uk Enquiry No 73

Major Retailer Chooses Aluglaze Panels For New Distribution Centre Panel Systems has supplied Aluglaze insulated panels to a major supermarket retailer for a 633,500sq ft distribution centre on Kingsway Business Park in Rochdale. Over 400 light grey Aluglaze panels were supplied. Each panel was made with rigid Styrofoam insulation to achieve a U-Value of 1.0 W/ m2K in order to enhance thermal performance.

Each Aluglaze panel from Panel Systems was manufactured from a face of 1.5mm aluminium sheet vacuum bonded to a Styrofoam core, creating an overall thickness of 28mm, which was fixed directly into the aluminium glazing system. The panels were finished with a 40 micron thickness powder coating in Merlin Grey. Styrofoam was specified because of its excellent insulation properties, which will help the client to meet its targets for energy efficiency, as well as providing them with the peace of mind that their carbon footprint will be kept to a minimum. www.composite-panel.co.uk Enquiry No 74

Blanket Offers Scottish Water Comfort The A. Proctor Group recently supplied Spacetherm® Aerogel blanket to Scottish Water for maintenance carried out on the Ericht Bridge, Blairgowrie.

Working in conjunction with Morrison Construction, the A. Proctor Group developed a process that allows for water pipes to be laid at shallower depths where ground depth is restricted.

2 layers of 10mm Spacetherm® blanket was wrapped around the water pipe twice and was applied to the curved sections of pipe at our factory to save time on site. The solution significantly decreased the potential for freezing within the pipes and was considered a cost effective simple solution to Morrison Construction. Spacetherm Aerogel has been used in many applications and markets, such as building and construction (thermal laminates), maritime, automotive and rail industries. www.proctorgroup.com Enquiry No 75

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Affordable ‘Green’ Energy For The Shaftsbury Stately Home St. Giles House in Wimborne St. Giles is the main dwelling on the Shaftsbury Estate and is one of Dorset’s truly grand houses. The “first stone of my house at St. Giles” was laid in 1650 by Sir Anthony AshleyCooper, who was later to become Lord Shaftsbury on his appointment as Lord Chancellor of England. Although much altered over the years, St. Giles House remains as beautiful as it is impressive.

Unfortunately neither energy conservation nor efficient heating were priorities with 17th Century architects, so that fuel bills had become alarming in this modern age when conventionally generated energy prices spiral ever upwards and the carbon footprint for St. Giles was also approaching the size of a seven league boot. Consequently, when a major renovation of the house was planned, isoenergy, expert in all forms of renewable energy, was asked to design a system that would provide hot water and central heating more cheaply as well as being considerably more ecologically sound. isonergy’s full brief was to use renewable energy to produce heating and hot water, to reduce the house’s fossil fuel dependency and its carbon footprint, to reduce running costs substantially and to achieve these aims making optimum use of Government grants and subsidies. The company’s eventual design was for a hybrid system utilising the lake in the grounds as the prime energy source for hot water & heating boosted by solar thermal panels on the roof of the main house. In addition the house’s walled garden [those gardeners knew the sunniest places] proved the perfect site for a line of 168 photovoltaic ground mounted panels, each panel capable of producing 190Watts of electricity.

The choice of the lake as the prime energy source was a natural one since water is the most effective and reliable heat provider through the year.

A 3,000 metres closed loop energy collector containing an anti-freeze solution was sunk to a depth safe from boats and fisherman. Having absorbed heat from the lake, the liquid in the loops is passed to three manifolds on the shore and thence led up to the Plant Room in the house via a 90mm plastic pipe. Here it enters two super efficient Viessmann Vitocal Heat Pumps linked in a master/slave conformation

and each with an energy capacity of 45kW. By a sophisticated heat exchange process involving the pumps’ Compliant Scroll Compressors, the heat input is squeezed up to a temperature suitable for the house’s hot water.

The energy then passes into two linked double-skinned cylinders each of 1,000 litres capacity, one for central heating the other for hot water requirements, while the original input liquid, now at a temperature close to zero, is re-circulated back to the lake.

One of the advantages of the ISO system is that the various renewable energy elements combine effectively so that the roof mounted solar thermal panels with a surface area of 16 square metres and a potential 12kW output cuts in whenever the weather permits to increase the temperature in the hot water cylinders and reduce the requirement from the lake-fed system. The PV panels arrayed in the walled garden with a total output of 32kW, serve a different purpose. Initially fed into St. Giles House’s electrical system [including of course meeting the electrical needs of the Viessmann heat pumps] the panels then provide an income via the Feed In Tariff [FIT] of 34.5p per kilowatt hour of electricity passed into the National Grid.

The isoenergy remit to provide renewable resources for heating and hot water are clearly met and, thanks to the high efficiency rating of the heat pumps and superior insulation on the hot water cylinders, carbon emissions have also been sharply reduced. That leaves us with the energy savings to be expected when the house’s renovations are done and the system comes into full operation.

The saving in fuel costs is confidently predicted to be around £16,000 per year, mainly from the underwater sourced heat pumps. That is impressive enough but when annual subsidies [partly estimated until the Renewable Heat Incentive Phase 2 is in place] of well over £21,000 are added, the figures are truly remarkable. It is always satisfying that renewable energy can be as efficient in centuries old buildings as in modern purpose built dwellings.

Enquiry No 76

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