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Posted On - 23/01/2019
A £17 million student flat development with more than 200 bedrooms is the latest project to be completed by Kingfisher Windows. The company said it used an innovative installation method to fit Optima flush tilt and turn PVCU windows to the nine-storey high, Agard Court development in Derby. The flush tilt and turn windows were chosen as a value engineered...
Posted On - 23/01/2019
Cube Glass has won another substantial contract in the petrochemical industry, which is likely to speed its entry into new sectors and increase it product range, the company said. In a “highly technical project”, it supplied and fitted blast resistant windows, framings and doors to a new-build development for Versalis, the Italian chemical producer at Grangemouth, Scotland’s only oil refinery....
Posted On - 17/01/2019
Profile 22’s Flush Tilt and Turn windows were used in the construction of flats for 244 students at the University of Derby. The design, manufacture and installation of the windows on the project was undertaken by Profile 22 approved window contractor Kingfisher Windows. The Flush Tilt and Turn Window from Profile 22 was the best choice for optimum ventilation and...
Posted On - 17/01/2019
Profile 22’s Optima casement and tilt and turn windows, along with matching PVCU doors, were specified in the refurbishment of two tower blocks in Walsall, West Midlands. WHG, owners and managers of the Little London and Wood House tower blocks, specified Profile 22’s Optima suite for the installation of 960 new external windows and 130 balcony doors. The installation contractor...
Posted On - 17/01/2019
Architectural glazing systems by Kawneer were specified for a transport hub at the heart of the regeneration of an area of Gloucester. Kawneer's AA100 zone-drained curtain walling, AA720 thermally superior doors, and two types of windows – AA540 fixed lights and AA3110 horizontal sliders – were selected by regular Kawneer specifiers BDP architects for the £6.6 million ‘futuristic’ new Gloucester...
Posted On - 15/01/2019
Indeglas has completed its latest contract at the University of Edinburgh’s The Bayes Centre. The company has now completed projects totalling more than £840K for the university. Other contracts include complete glazed screen installations at the Joseph Black Building, James Clerk Maxwell Buildings, Charles Stewart House, Dalhousie Land, Chrystal MacMillan Building, Centre Building Easterbush, Minto Building, and New College. Jeanette...
Posted On - 14/01/2019
Kawneer’s AA100 zone-drained curtain walling and three types of doors were selected by CPMG architects for the £12.5 million Aerospace Integration Research Centre (AIRC) at Cranfield University in Bedfordshire. Cranfield is the only university in Europe to combine major aerospace research facilities such as the AIRC with an operational airport and runway. The Kawneer curtain walling panes of 3m x...
Posted On - 11/01/2019
A full suite of Jack Aluminium Systems’ products was used in a £2.59 million revamp of Strood Railway Station, part of the National Station Improvement Programme (NSIP). The 37-week refurbishment programme was part of Medway Council’s plans to regenerate the area and the new station is a bright, modern building with a new larger waiting area and booking hall. Essex-based...
Posted On - 10/01/2019
TuffX, has supplied 235 panels of precision made, 10mm clear toughened glass for use as internal balustrades on a prestigious development located in central London. Located on Lower Thames Street near Tower Bridge, Landmark Place is a development of 165 suites, and one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments and penthouses. TuffX’s managing director Graham Price said: “Large, premium developments such as...
Posted On - 18/12/2018
Solarlux has designed, delivered and installed a winter garden balcony glazing on a project at Geron Way London – a development of high-end apartments in a former Parcel Force depot in Cricklewood, north west London. The Geron Way development combines a warm brick fascia with clean contemporary glass lines, Solarlux said. The SL 45 fixed balcony glazing, combined with the...
Posted On - 17/12/2018
Work has just begun on the installation of architectural glazing systems by Kawneer on the second of three buildings at Bournemouth University. Approved dealer Leay is installing Kawneer’s AA100 zone-drained capped curtain walling, along with AA541 fixed light windows and two types of doors on the 5,000m2 Fusion 2/Poole Gateway Building designed by Atkins architects. Leay’s team of up to...
Posted On - 15/12/2018
Pilkington UK has helped to create a three-storey structural glass cube as part of a makeover and extension at Aldi’s UK headquarters. Aldi’s £70 million investment in the site has added new architectural features to the building’s exterior and created 14,000m2 of new space. Pilkington, working with Stoas Architects and Bennett Architectural, delivered the ‘glass cube’ and an external glazed...
Posted On - 10/12/2018
Profile 22’s Optima windows were chosen for the construction of 18 houses, 38 flats and two retail units as part of a regeneration scheme in Maidstone, Kent. Housing association Golding Homes invested £50 million in a three-phase regeneration project to transform and improve the former Park Wood estate in Maidstone. The scheme involved providing more than 200 new homes, mainly...
Posted On - 07/12/2018
More than 700 frames of Deceuninck’s 2500 chamfered windows have been installed in a development of luxury apartments in Southampton’s marina, Alexandra Wharf. Although aluminium profiles were originally specified, Deceuninck fabricator Dempsey Dyer worked with contractor Bouygues to customise the specification to allow the use of sustainable PVCU. The contemporary look of the 2500 chamfered series closely mimics the look...
Posted On - 03/12/2018
Dudley’s Aluminium has secured two new projects with a combined worth of close to £4 million. Colin Shorney, managing director of Dudley’s Aluminium, said: “We are delighted to have secured two more projects this year and are looking forward to working with Willmott Dixon Construction again. “We are proud to be part of two major construction projects that will benefit...
Posted On - 22/11/2018
A new University Technical College in the East End of London, specialising in the creative and health industries, is making full use of the performance benefits and design flexibility offered by the Elegance 52 curtain wall system, together with Dualframe Si 75 windows, both manufactured by Sapa Building System. Mulberry UTC was constructed by Wates, with the London-based office of...
Posted On - 21/11/2018
Architectural glazing systems by Kawneer were specified for a hat-trick of reasons for the first development in Ipswich town centre for many years. Barber Casanovas Ruffles selected Kawneer for a new £8 million BREEAM ‘Very Good’ headquarters building, Providence House. The ground floor of the 55,000ft2 building office screens comprise Kawneer's AA100 zone-drained curtain walling with series 190 heavy-duty entrance...
Posted On - 15/11/2018
Wrightstyle recently manufactured and supplied WSL60 F1 series unlatched doors, into both partitioning and fixed walls in the University of Reading library. The library not only contains thousands of paper books but has over 65,000 e-journals and 200,000 e-books, catering to the University’s more than 17,000 students. The unlatched door system is available in single or double leaf format, fully...
Posted On - 14/11/2018
A £4.6 million project by Liverpool Mutual Homes (LMH) has delivered family homes for affordable rent on a neglected brownfield site and featured Optima windows from Profile 22 as part of a series of measures to maximise energy efficiency. Leighton Dene in Fazakerley, Liverpool, was once the site of a run-down nursing home and had lain vacant for a number...
Posted On - 14/11/2018
Oldham-based D&M Windows and Doors recently completed two large commercial installations using windows and doors fabricated by The Glazerite UK Group. Veka approved installer D&M Windows was appointed by contractors Brown and Bancroft to work on the Siemens office building in Congleton, Cheshire. The transformation of the building took three months to complete and involved the installation of 200 Veka...
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