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Posted On - 28/03/2017
Dormakaba was appointed by developer and contractor Ballymore to manufacture and install folding glass sliding wall systems at the Embassy Gardens, part of the Nine Elms development in Battersea, South London. Embassy Gardens is the residential and commercial centrepiece of the Nine Elms area regeneration, consisting of luxury apartments on a site that will offer residents a host of one-off...
Posted On - 18/03/2017
TuffX recently supplied 11.5mm of Clear Toughened Laminated glass to Oldham Leisure Centre for its swimming pool and spectator area. When the leisure centre underwent a £15 million refurbishment, the contractors contacted TuffX to explain they needed a large amount of safety glass that would be good for balconies and walk ways within a pool area. TuffX suggested that Clear...
Posted On - 18/03/2017
Enterprise Rent-a-Car’s recent renovations to its headquarters in Egham, Surrey, included a new lobby area that was sensitive to the current building’s design. Area Sq contacted Glasstec Systems to design and install the new lobby structure, which included a powder coated aluminium cantilevered roof/canopy structure, supporting steel framework, automated revolving glass door, glass panels, and other architectural metalwork. Glasstec Systems...
Posted On - 18/03/2017
Twelve Profile 22 windows were recently supplied by Profile 22 customer Framexpress for a picturesque Cotswolds cottage. “The homeowner’s brief was for a perfect visual match in relation to the style of all windows at the property, primarily to complement the area, which is recognised for its rolling hills and picture-postcard cottages,” said sales manager Ian Davis. “Requesting cream windows...
Posted On - 18/03/2017
TuffX’s processed department secured a job for a regular installer in north Wales, which requested glass for the outside of a beach front holiday home in Pwllheli. The homeowners wanted to differentiate their home from its neighbours and give it a modern finish. TuffX asked to see an image of the home beforehand so they could ensure their client was...
Posted On - 18/03/2017
SageGlass has been specified as part of a major development in London: the new Lambeth Civic Centre. Cartwright Pickard specified SageGlass, the smart tintable glass from Saint-Gobain, as part of the ‘Your New Town Hall’ project designed for the London Borough of Lambeth. Work is currently underway on the redevelopment scheme in the heart of Brixton, which will deliver a modern...
Posted On - 18/03/2017
Framexpress has supplied all the replacement products for a refurbishment project in Jersey. The installation by Competitive Windows was part of a major investment for the homeowners who wanted to upgrade their existing property rather than move to a new one. The prestigious private home, situated in one of island’s most highly sought after areas, required replacement windows throughout. The...
Posted On - 15/03/2017
KAT’s aluminium entrance doors were recently selected to upgrade a Cheshire period cottage. The owner of an 18th Century cottage in Cheshire embarked upon a refurbishment project and was looking for new entrance doors at the front and back of the house that would complement her aluminium windows, provide excellent security and weatherproofing, while remaining sympathetic to the period and...
Posted On - 09/03/2017
Planning was not a problem when a resident of one of Yorkshire’s best-known seaside conservation areas chose to replace timber windows with PVCU. Once the planners had seen frame samples, it was put through on the nod without even needing a formal planning application. The frames were in the Residence9 system fabricated by The Glazerite UK Group and the result...
Posted On - 09/03/2017
Bringing a tired 1970s landmark office building back to life, architectural aluminium systems from Technal have been installed at Nine Bond Court in Leeds to create the high specification and contemporary exterior this prestigious commercial address deserves. Located in the heart of Leeds’ Commercial Quarter, 12-storey Bond Court, which provides approximately 60,000ft2 of office accommodation, has been a city centre...
Posted On - 08/03/2017
Architectural glazing systems from Kawneer were value-engineered as a major element of the second phase of Cardiff University’s Science and Innovation campus. Three versions of Kawneer’s AA100 curtain walling, complemented by two versions of AA541 windows, and AA545 and series 190 doors feature on the £24 million Cubric (Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre) building at Maindy Road. Kawneer’s AA100...
Posted On - 03/03/2017
UV Bonding technology is being used by glass processors across a wide range of applications from furniture to retail display cases. What is notable is that there has been a definitive shift across sectors towards larger installations. “This creates an immediate challenge,” Amanda Carr, Bohle’s UV bonding specialist, said. “The pressure applied through the sheer weight of the glass used...
Posted On - 02/03/2017
Hazlemere recently completed the £2.5 million renovation of Merton Civic Centre. Working as the project’s principal contractor, Hazlemere Commercial replaced and recycled more than 2,000 of the original steel-framed single-glazed windows that were deemed unfit for purpose by an independent glass and glazing consultant. In their place, the company installed thermally efficient Sapa Dualframe top swing reversible windows across the...
Posted On - 28/02/2017
Pilkington glass was recently used on the David Attenborough building in Cambridge. The building is owned by the University of Cambridge and houses the Cambridge Conservation Initiative and the Museum and Department of Zoology. Originally completed in 1971 in the brutalist style popular at the time, the building has been celebrated by architects as an outstanding example of the period. However,...
Posted On - 27/02/2017
Four sliding PatioMaster doors have been specified as part of a large-scale renovation project on a Brethdale property. The complete project was supplied and installed by Carlisle-based World Group, which took around 12 months to complete. “The project was completed in early 2016 and due to the scale of the job it was done across various phases,” director Matthew Spooner...
Posted On - 27/02/2017
A residential care home in Stoke-on-Trent has recently been refurbished to provide state-of-the-art care facilities for its NHS patients. Main contractors Sandycroft Construction specified Kestrel Aluminium Systems’ products for all the glazing requirements, and fabricator, 5 Star Windows completed each part of the job in accordance with a tight schedule. The project required a mix of different systems: commercial doors...
Posted On - 24/02/2017
Wrightstyle is supplying advanced window systems for a prestigious mixed-use development in central London. The project at 71-77 Wigmore Street consists of four buildings, where the facades are largely being retained but with the interiors demolished and reconstructed to form basement and ground floor retail space and eight apartments. Wrightstyle is supplying 39 advanced window systems consisting of Secco Sistemi...
Posted On - 21/02/2017
By the end of 2017 Cardiff-based fabricator Dudley’s Aluminium will have installed the majority of the aluminium facade, glazing and entrance doors at the new BBC Cymru Wales Headquarters at Central Square Cardiff, as part of a contract with ISG on behalf of Rightacres Property. The project will see the local contractor install more than 800 glass panes, some of...
Posted On - 13/02/2017
AB Glass has been awarded a contract by Kier Group to complete works at a new post-16 further education college in Cornwall. AB Glass, based in Swansea, has been enlisted by the leading property, residential, construction and services company to install AA100 curtain wall screens, AA540 windows and AA190 doors, and circular pivot windows at the site in Bodmin, Cornwall,...
Posted On - 11/02/2017
West Midlands based Swish fabricator Stedek has continued to make gains in the new build housing market by supplying the windows and doors for an upmarket development of barn conversions and five bedroom, four bathroom luxury homes. The mixed development at Lower Lanes Meadow in Seisdon, south Staffordshire, required a mix of window and door sizes and styles; the windows...
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