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Posted On - 04/04/2018
Windows specifically designed by Kawneer for the healthcare sector are bringing four-fold benefits to a new £40 million mental health hospital, the company has announced. Kawneer’s AA3110HW windows maximise ventilation while minimising the risk of self harming. They feature anti-ligature elements such as a wraparound gasket that breaks into harmless pieces when there is an attempt to remove it, together...
Posted On - 21/03/2018
Chewton Bespoke Homes installed four Korniche 3.6m x 2.1m roof lanterns in the Solent Suite, Marsham Court Hotel, Bournemouth, as part of a major refurbishment. Darren Crain, owner of Chewton Bespoke Homes based in Highcliffe, Dorset, enquired at Made For Trade when he was looking for an aluminium roof lantern that suited the architectural qualities of the grand ball room...
Posted On - 20/03/2018
Designed for key workers in the town, Orbit Housing’s Fordham House in Stratford-upon-Avon aims provide enhanced protection against noise, a superior maintenance and repair strategy, and additional facilities such as secure internal bike storage rooms. Much of the budget has come from the specification of Modus PVCU windows from Eurocell in place of the aluminium frames originally specified. “We saved...
Posted On - 16/03/2018
Wrightstyle has been appointed to work on a sixth Crossrail station. The contract at Paddington station will see the company fabricate bonded doors and blast-rated screens for Craft Interior. Devizes-based Wrightstyle is also supplying a range of blast and fire-rated doors, screens and curtain walling to Bond Street, Farringdon, Liverpool Street, Whitechapel and Woolwich stations on what will become the...
Posted On - 16/03/2018
Unique Window Systems recently secured a contract on new-build development in Bricket Wood, Hertfordshire. The project is a collection of two-bedroom apartments being built alongside three- and four-bedroom homes, using the WarmCore system to mirror the project’s contemporary design. WarmCore combines an aluminium exterior with a full-width, thermal PVCU core, and housebuilders including Avant Homes, Bellway Homes, Davidson Homes and...
Posted On - 15/03/2018
Reynaers’ aluminium curtain wall system for facades and roofs has created new angles for a modern office building for French company Groupama in Charters, south west of Paris. Its building was designed by Agence Franc Gérard and covers 4,400m2, with an envelope in pre-oxidised copper panels. The staggered facade curtain walling, created from Reynaers’ CW 50 multi-level product, incorporates vivid...
Posted On - 15/03/2018
A £multi-million office space, recently developed in central Reading as part of a scheme to replace a 1980s five-storey building with a new Grade A commercial building, used systems from Hueck. The new build development attains a BREEAM excellent standard for sustainability, it has been designed to blend with adjacent structures of historic significance. After being appointed by John Sisk,...
Posted On - 15/03/2018
As part of a large-scale renovation programme, The Glazerite UK Group and its Stockport-based customer Arctic Seal MCR, have supplied and installed 1,000 windows for a 260,000ft2 business community. Universal Square is an office campus based on the Piccadilly fringe of Manchester city centre, offering a professional service to more than 50 companies. As part of the refurbishment project, five...
Posted On - 15/03/2018
CMS Window Systems was involved in the creation of the new Dunfermline Carnegie Library and Galleries (DCL&G), which was crowned Scotland’s best building in the 2017 RIAS (The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland) Awards. The company was appointed to deliver the window and curtain walling contract for the £12.4 million project by Fife Council and Fife Cultural Trust. The...
Posted On - 08/03/2018
Kawneer’s AA100 zone-drained curtain walling and series 190 heavy-duty commercial entrance doors were used on the £20 million new global headquarters and R&D, training and production facility for Rayner Intraocular Lenses in Worthing, West Sussex. Rayner designs and manufactures intraocular lenses (IOL) and proprietary injection devices for use in cataract surgery, which are available in more than 80 countries. Its...
Posted On - 08/03/2018
AB Glass has been awarded a contract by Willmott Dixon to carry out works at a new school development in north Devon. Route 39 Academy is a £multi-million two-storey development that will provide 700 places for students between 11 and 18 years of age. Willmott Dixon, which claims to be the country's only carbon neutral construction company, appointed AB Glass...
Posted On - 07/03/2018
Reynaers’ aluminium curtain wall system for facades and roofs has created new angles for a modern office building for French company Groupama in Charters, south west of Paris. Its building was designed by Agence Franc Gérard and covers 4,400m2, with an envelope in pre-oxidised copper panels. The staggered facade curtain walling, created from Reynaers’ CW 50 multi-level product, incorporates vivid...
Posted On - 06/03/2018
Jack Aluminium Systems’ products have been used as part of a full renovation of the Lamborghini Showroom on Old Brompton Road. Fabricated and installed by IDF Aluminium, the project was completed in late 2017 and Jack’s systems were chosen because of their security benefits. Both the TD68 Jack Door and the JD47 non-thermal system were used as part of the...
Posted On - 28/02/2018
A floor-to-ceiling glazing installation designed, specified and delivered by Glassolutions has helped create a balance between form and function at a new multi-use development in West Yorkshire. Located to the north-west of Leeds, Number One Kirkstall Forge is part of the 57-acre, £400 million Kirkstall Forge ‘urban village’ scheme, which on completion will offer Grade A office buildings, contemporary housing,...
Posted On - 27/02/2018
Architectural glazing systems by Kawneer helped to meet the ’critical’ acoustics for Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, the first music academy to be built in the UK for 30 years. Kawneer’s AA100 zone/mullion-drained curtain walling and AA720 windows were used in the triple-height foyer and as hole-in-wall windows and rooflight alongside engineered acoustic baffles within secondary glazing reveals to further reduce sound...
Posted On - 27/02/2018
The Radisson Blu Edwardian Hampshire Hotel, which overlooks Leicester Square, is a five-star, 127-bedroom building features bespoke Crittall steel products, designed and supplied by Lightfoot Windows (Kent). The screens and doors are constructed from W20 double-glazed, polyester powder-coated components. The inherent strength of the steel makes possible the slimmest of frames and glazing beads to ensure the maximum amount of...
Posted On - 19/02/2018
Homelessness in Ealing is being alleviated thanks to homes built from former shipping containers that feature facades manufactured from Aluglaze panels. The development of 60 units, known as Meath Court, Hope Gardens, provides accommodation for nearly 290 people in Ealing. Ealing Council has 2,242 households residing in temporary accommodation and a steady decline in the availability of suitable options. Hope...
Posted On - 19/02/2018
Entec Design Services recently completed the building envelope of a new 83-bed Premier Inn in Middlesbrough using Exlabesa Building Systems’ ECW 50 curtain walling system and KSF Non Thermal Door system. Alan Clayton, technical director at Entec, has worked with Exlabesa Building Systems since the company was known as Kaye Building Systems. “[The ECW 50 curtain walling] provides a high-end...
Posted On - 15/02/2018
Entec Design Services recently installed Exlabesa Building Systems’ KSF Non Thermal Door system, which maximises the glazed area, as part of a £3 million refurbishment of a 50,000ft2 former BHS store in Middlesbrough. It has reopened as a Flannels, USC and Sports Direct store. Entec Design Services was established in 2004 and undertakes projects throughout the UK from its offices...
Posted On - 08/02/2018
Bennett Architectural has been selected to work on the Next store at Selly Oak’s new retail park. The project, which encompasses 250,000ft2, will also host various retail outlets including Sainsburys and Marks and Spencer as well as student accommodation. Bennetts will supply and install Pilkington planar solutions for the Next branch. Lionel Grant, managing director at Bennett Architectural, said: “The...
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