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Dortech recently specifiedTechnal’s MX62 curtain walling system for the University of Central Lancashire’s (UCLan) Engineering Innovation Centre (EIC). Dortech is providing a design, manufacture and installation package for all of the curtain walling on the five-storey structure. Throughout the project Dortech faced a number of technical challenges including: the building’s proximity to a very busy roundabout; the floor-to-floor heights; physical...
Fully compatible curtain walling, window and a variety of door systems from Sapa were installed on a home in Cheshire to create a seamless appearance. This contemporary style, five-bedroom detached house has a floor area of 10,000ft2 and includes an indoor swimming pool, gym and leisure facilities. The property has been constructed on raised land that slopes down to a...
The Window Company (Contracts)’ extensive experience in the schools sector helped the installer secure the replacement window contract at Loyola Preparatory School in Buckhurst Hill, Essex. Recommendations came not just from other nearby schools, but even from other subcontractors who had seen the company’s fitting teams in action and had been impressed with the standard of work. Loyola’s bursar Maria...
200 Spectus flush tilt andturn windows were specified and installed in the construction of 44 high quality social housing properties for Crawley Borough Council. The properties are situated in a high-profile location where the aesthetics of the development were vital. Spectus-approved window contractor Jade Window and Door Specialists was appointed to manage the fabrication and installation of the 200 anthracite...
Nestled in the heart of the Welsh countryside is a stylish farmhouse called Llanerch, initially used as a working dairy farm and today popularly known for its vineyard. The property is regularly visited by guests looking to wine and dineamid the beautiful landscape. As part of ongoing development work on the property, the owners were looking to significantly enhance its...
More than 500 Profile 22 Optima flush casement windows have been installed on a private housing development in Whalley Range, Manchester. The main contractor for the project was Lane End Group and the contract for the windows and doors in the development was awarded to Profile 22 approved contractor Kingfisher Windows. The site was on land formerly owned by the...
TuffXsupplied 50m2 of laminated toughened glass to a prestigious residential property in the heart of Cheltenham’s countryside. The owners of the property specified a bespoke glass balustrade to maximise the potential of an elevated terrace at the rear of the building, one that commands outstanding views over the surrounding area. The brief for the balustrade, which extends the entire length...
Specialist Glass Products (SGP) recently delivered 12mm-thick 3,200mm by 2,000mm toughened Pilkington optiwhite panels for the front entrance to the ‘Mamma Mia! The Party’ diner located at the O2, London. A specification this size would typically take double the usual time to deliver, but SGP turned it around in just five days. The glass needed to go through an extensive...
Profile 22’s Optima sculpturedwindows were specified and commissioned for 39 new build homes in Snedshill, Telford. The window specification was for a sculptured profile that could achieve an overall U-value of 1.4W/m2K. Secured by Design accreditation was a requirement as was PAS24/Part Q compliance. The site’s location near a busy road meant acoustic glazing was required on some elevations. Trickle...
AGC’s Ipasol Neutral 70/37 high-performance glass was chosen to glaze the focal point of Coal Drop’s Yard, London’s newest shopping and dining district. Located a stone’s throw from King’s Cross Station, developer Argent engaged designer Thomas Heatherwick and his studio to convert and extend two Victorian industrial buildings (former coal depositaries) and their surrounding area into a unique urban and...
The design team responsible for the visually striking redevelopment of three redundant gasholders in the Kings Cross area of London used a unitised version of Wicona’sWictec system for the facades to the apartments created. Dating from the 1880s, the ‘Triplets’ are a trio of interlocking skeletal drums that once held supplies of town gas, which have now been relocated to...
Structura UKhas completed a project renewing and refreshing a London landmark. Delta Point, the 28,500m2 former BT office building in Croydon, was overhauled as part of its transformation into 404 apartments and commercial units. Work started on complete glazing refurbishment coupled with refurbishing and refinishing the entire cladding facade. Due to the scale of this project, Structura was on site...
A project to create a high-quality meeting room and classroom within the new upper school of the École Jeannine Manuel School in London has been completed using the fire resistant, timber frame glazing system Promat SystemglasLigna. The school, which is a co-educational, French bilingual, international school for 3-18-year-olds, was established in 2015. Its new upper school occupies a Georgian building...
Architectural glazing systems by Kawneer, including two types of curtain walling, two types of window vents and two types of entrance doors, feature on a multi-award-winning new headquarters for the UK Hydrographic Office. The aluminium Kawneer systems were installed by specialist sub-contractor Dudley’s Aluminium for main contractor BAM to a design by AHR global.
An office and retail development in central London turned toGeze UK for a bespoke entrance. Four Kingdom Street is the first of two office buildings to be completed at British Land’s canal-side Paddington Central development. The nine-storey re-designed building includes more than 145,000ft2 of space near to Paddington railway station. With communal roof terraces on all floors, a roof garden...
A Victorian property in Minchinhampton, central Gloucestershire, required specialist needs during its renovation, particularly when it came to the windows and doors. In order to achieve a traditional appearance with modern performance the owners called on fabricator Roseview and Glassier Window Systems to provide high-quality and easy-to-maintain windows that would complement the traditional aesthetics and Victorian feel of their family...
Window Warehas helped one of its customers deliver safe and simple window operation to a local school science lab. KCW Windows was asked by Bedford Borough Council to tender to replace 10 windows at a local boys’ school. The team at KCW called on Window Ware to supply Caldwell folding openers for its new Smarts aluminium windows. Gemma Deegan, KCW’s...
Kommerling fabricator Lockwood Windows was recently approached by one of its first customers with a request for a new front window and high security entrance door. Karen Lowther bought a window and a panel door from Lockwood Windows in 1998 and although the kitchen window and front door are still in perfect working order, she decided it was time foran...
Two types of curtain wallingand entrance doors by Kawneer, including the first use in the UK of a new severe duty welded door, feature on an award-winning building at the heart of the dynamic redevelopment of Cardiff’s Central Square. Kawneer’s AA100 capped and zone-drained aluminium curtain wall, complemented by its structurally silicone glazed and mullion-drained sister product, have been used...
Spectus fabricator Titan Trade Windows has installed 65 Elite 70 casement windows and doorsets in the first phase of a substantial new build development with Woodall Homes in Bolsover, Derbyshire. White casement windows that meet Document Q compliance and achieve a window energy rating of 1.2 W/m²K are required for all 78 properties in the development. Ben Vowles, operations manager...