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Posted On - 06/08/2018
Bennett Architectural has been chosen to provide glazing solutions for the new Superbowl UK, based at Linkway West in St Helens. Bennetts will work alongside Orbit Developments which is the architect and contractor for the project, supplying and installing Kawneer windows, doors and curtain walling for the 24,000ft2 complex. Lionel Grant, managing director at Bennett Architectural, said: “Our team are experts...
Posted On - 18/07/2018
Kent-based Adeva Home Improvements has completed a large-scale commercial window installation with a triple glazing retrofit for a sheltered housing scheme in Whitstable, involving 279 casement windows in the Veka 70mm fully sculptured system. Veka supplied the wind load calculations, essential for installations at such height, with other technical support by Glazerite. Director Geoff Dwyer said: “The technical support from...
Posted On - 18/07/2018
Aluprof profiles were recently specified on Valentine Place, a new-build development consisting of various apartments and mews style houses located in a built-up area within Southwark. The importance of using as much available light as possible led the design team to specify the ‘MB-60 Industrial’ system. Not only does the system offer a slim sight line appearance, but the profiled...
Posted On - 12/07/2018
A member of the Steel Window Association, which specialises in the restoration of old metal windows, has completed a phased, five-year involvement with the refurbishment of Hackney Town Hall. The building is a Grade 2, art-deco style building and one of the capital’s most recognisable municipal properties, whose repair and modernisation has taken nearly a decade since planning permission and...
Posted On - 12/07/2018
The University of Lincoln has invested £19 million in the construction of the Sarah Swift Building, which is now home to the Schools of Health and Social Care and Psychology. Working with BAM Construction North East and Glasshus, Technal has supplied its MX Visible Grid curtain walling, PY 55 doors and FY 65 windows to the project. The new five-storey...
Posted On - 11/07/2018
Cornwall Glass has worked as a key supply partner to David Salisbury Commercial, in the replacement of windows and doors in Brighton’s landmark, Grand Hotel. There is no more iconic image of the English seaside than the Grand Hotel, Brighton. The centrepiece of its promenade, the Grand Hotel, was celebrated in Quadrophenia, the 1979 re-telling of the 1960s running clashes...
Posted On - 10/07/2018
Bennett Architectural has completed work on the refurbishment of Ainsdale train station in Southport. Working with Morgan Sindall and Liverpool based Owen Ellis Architects, Bennetts supplied and installed Kawneer AA100 curtain walling and Pilkington Planar systems. The £2.5 million investment in the Merseyrail station comes from the government’s National Stations Improvement Programme, and Network Rail.
Posted On - 10/07/2018
AB Glass has been contracted by Kier Construction to provide its services at a new development at Swansea University’s Bay Campus. The Impact (Innovative Materials, Processing and Numerical Technologies) building forms part of the university’s college of engineering and will deliver a high impact, transformative research environment for conducting world leading science and technology development. AB Glass will provide a...
Posted On - 03/07/2018
Two new council housing developments in Cumbernauld have been completed to give 46 new homes to local residents. Nursery Court offers 16 one and two-bedroom cottage flats, and 30 new homes have been built on Cardowan Drive. The windows and doors for the new homes were manufactured and installed by Walker Profiles. Jim Gibson, director at Walker Profiles, said: “Windows...
Posted On - 03/07/2018
Twenty weeks into its window and door replacement framework for Moat, The Window Company (Contracts) has completed its 500th installation – and presented chocolates and flowers to the lucky customer. The specialist commercial installer is working on Moat properties throughout Essex, London, Kent, Surrey and Sussex as part of the current programme, with average KPI scores on the project running...
Posted On - 03/07/2018
Crown Doors & Shutters completed the installation of curtain walling and a non-thermal shop front as part of the construction of Skelton Retail Park in Skelton, near Middlesbrough. Andrew Mersh of Crown Doors and Shutters said: “Crown won the contract thanks to its longstanding relationship and excellent track record of successful delivery with Tolent Construction. “We used Exlabesa’s ECW50 curtain...
Posted On - 03/07/2018
Good looks, a traditional appearance, and a palette of heritage finishes has enabled the Modus flush casement PVCU window system from Eurocell to persuade a Gloucestershire planning authority that it is a worthy alternative to timber windows. Bentham Green is in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty that comes under the jurisdiction of Tewkesbury Borough Council’s planning department, which uses...
Posted On - 02/07/2018
Aluminium windows, doors and curtain walling by CMS Window Systems has helped to create a world-class learning campus in the North Ayrshire town of Largs. The new £52 million, 2,000-student Largs Campus developed by North Ayrshire Council in conjunction with infrastructure partnership hub South West, is North Ayrshire Council’s largest ever investment in a single project. Designed by JM Architects,...
Posted On - 02/07/2018
Bennett Architectural has been chosen to supply and install doors and windows for the new Shooting Stars Nursery in Kings Norton. The nursery group, which already has six sites in Bromsgrove, Gloucester, Hinckley, Stourbridge, Wolverhampton and Worcester, purchased the historical Barbara Hart House for the new facility which will provide 93 places for children. Bennetts will provide Kawneer architectural framing,...
Posted On - 25/06/2018
By Velux. High levels of natural light and ventilation are the hallmarks of Tree Top Village in Newcastle, a retirement village with a design that achieves its goal through extensive use of Velux Modular Skylights. The award-winning ‘village’, designed by Architects ID Partnership, is the first of its kind in the UK and is focused on delaying the onset of...
Posted On - 19/06/2018
PatioMaster Ireland and Derryork Windows of County Londonderry recently completed an unusual project in Coleraine – the installation of five sliding patio doors in a VIP dog hotel. Ian Eccles is the owner of Alpha One Dog Hotel, which officially opened in April 2018. He says the aim was to create an upmarket dog hotel and patio doors were an...
Posted On - 18/06/2018
Cornwall Glass has supplied more than 1000 IGUs for the refurbishment of Brighton’s iconic Grand Hotel. Working with David Salisbury Commercial, which was appointed by main contractor SEH Commercial, the 18-month project involved the supply of more than 450 windows and doors. The building was originally completed in 1864 and re-built in part after the 1984 bombing, with a multitude...
Posted On - 14/06/2018
Rehau’s Geneo Alu Top windows have been specified on a new student accommodation development in Coventry. Located in the city centre and just a five-minute walk from the main Coventry University campus, the Cycle Works hall of residence was developed by Sir Robert McAlpine on behalf of the University. The 350-bedroom accommodation block was fitted with more than 500 windows...
Posted On - 14/06/2018
A sought after residential development by one of the country’s biggest developers, on-going in north west London, has used a selection of door and window products from Sapa, part of the Hydro Group. Barratt London’s Hendon Waterside development is already into its third phase, having created a series of apartment buildings that have proved extremely popular with home purchasers and...
Posted On - 14/06/2018
Bennett Architectural will supply and install doors, windows and curtain walling for the £10 million expansion of Manchester Health Academy. The Wythenshawe-based Academy was selected by Manchester City Council to expand its student population, with numbers predicted to rise from 750 to 1100 students by 2022. This expansion will see the addition of a new dining room extension, multi-use games...
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