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Posted On - 02/11/2017
When the specification for a new-build school called for a colour coding of windows with unusual bespoke reveals and cills, the solution came in a combination of PVCU windows set in made-to-order aluminium surrounds. Birkenhead-based K2 Aluminium Systems (also an established PVCU installer) suggested pressed aluminium cills and exterior reveals around Veka frames from Glazerite. Palmerston School, Liverpool, is a...
Posted On - 31/10/2017
The tenants of Barton Village, Eccles, have benefited from thousands of Veka windows and will see a drop in energy bills after the environmentally friendly £14.3 million makeover. The four 1960s tower blocks, which took a total of 12 months to refurbish, consist of 290 energy efficient homes – with many of the one and two bedroom flats now having...
Posted On - 16/10/2017
Aluminium products from Real Aluminium were used on an exclusive new property development on the edge of Bath. The selection of Real Aluminium windows, doors and a lantern roof were chosen by Bristol-based installer Panoramic to complete the £multi-million scheme, which sits south of the River Avon and close to the outstanding Beechen Cliff Boys’ School. The developer – Annexe...
Posted On - 16/10/2017
Hazlemere Commercial has helped transform the head offices of a major UK construction company on the very busy Cressex Business Park in High Wycombe. Working for office design specialists Vibe Business Interiors, Hazlemere replaced every window in the building as part of the £1.4 million renovation project. The whole refurbishment project had to be completed in just 16 weeks, in...
Posted On - 03/10/2017
Bowater Projects’ technical advice and knowledge has been critical to the success of Linc’s commitment to upgrade its residential scheme Llys Yr Efail in Blaenau Gwent, the company has reported. Llys Yr Efail is a housing scheme for older people and contains 35 self-contained one and two bedroom flats over three floors, as well as a lower ground floor comprising...
Posted On - 02/10/2017
South Cheshire Glass recently installed windows in a charming property near Nantwich in Cheshire. Graham Saunders, South Cheshire’s general manager, said: “Our customers had a delightful property but they wanted to replace the windows and doors to take the aesthetics to the next level as well as improve thermal efficiency and security.” South Cheshire Glass is a Universal Trade Frames...
Posted On - 11/09/2017
Hueck has supplied its aluminium systems for a 699-bedroom student accommodation building overlooking Olympic Way’s approach to Wembley Stadium. Unite Olympic Way is a £50m development offering en-suite and studio rooms in the regenerated area of Wembley, home to the football stadium and newly built retail outlet centre. It also offers quick links to universities, with central London less than...
Posted On - 11/09/2017
Technal fabricator Glasshus designed, manufactured and installed a major glazing package, which included a double-storey facade featuring the use of the MX SG structural glazing system, on a flagship campus for Sunderland College. The campus was completed by BAM Construction in time for the start of the current academic year. Simon Tuckwell of Glasshus said: “This was our first project...
Posted On - 11/09/2017
CDW Systems recently supplied its products for a new waterfront restaurant in Guernsey; Octopus Bar and Restaurant is located on the south side of Havelet Bay in St Peter Port. CDW Systems supplied curtain walling and wide-span sliding doors for the project, which were installed by Stainless Steel Fabrications. Sapa’s Elegance 52 offers slim sightlines while maintaining the necessary strength...
Posted On - 11/09/2017
When Manchester-based Excell Trade Frames was awarded the contract to replace the windows in a student accommodation block for the Sanctuary Group, the company set to work immediately on the fabrication of the 1,100 Rehau frames required – as well as a plan to overcome the challenge of installing them in a 17-storey building, without access from inside. Wardley House...
Posted On - 11/09/2017
Brighton Bi-folds used Jack Aluminium System’s shopfront system to create a bifold door and a bifold window at an upmarket fish and chip shop in Worthing. “Our client was looking to open up the restaurant in two ways,” Phil Bedford, managing director at Brighton Bi-folds, said. “One to the outdoor veranda where diners enjoy their posh chippy tea, and another...
Posted On - 04/09/2017
As part of the redevelopment of the original 1960s Deeside Fire Station, curtain walling, doors and windows from Sapa Building System were specified and installed. Close to the town centre of Queensferry, Flintshire, in North Wales, the original part single and part two-storey brick building was constructed in the 1960s. However, it had become tired and not functionally adequate for...
Posted On - 04/09/2017
Steel Window Association member Cotswold Casements Company recently played a part in the phased £20 million refurbishment of both private rooms and the public spaces of the newly named The Principal Hotel in Manchester. Cotswold began by tackling the restaurant and winter garden where operatives installed large screens as well as double and single doors to divide what was once...
Posted On - 10/08/2017
When Whipps Cross Hospital in East London required replacement windows that offered the benefits of new PVCU windows, but wouldn’t look out of place in the Grade II listed building, contractor SEH Commercial recommended Rehau’s Heritage range, a PVCU window with traditional sash window designs. Built just before the turn of the twentieth century as an infirmary, Whipps Cross Hospital...
Posted On - 10/08/2017
Rehau’s flush fitting casement windows were specified for the new prestigious Beaufort Park development in Hendon, north west London. Beaufort Park is one of the UK’s largest residential projects offering high-quality apartments and penthouses, surrounded by eight acres of landscaped parkland and courtyards. Developed by St George, Beaufort Park offers shops, bars, restaurants, a luxury spa and gym facilities for...
Posted On - 08/08/2017
When Apeer heard that a substantial ultra-contemporary house was being planned not far from its head office, the opportunity to showcase its Lumi system seemed too good to miss. Fortunately, the owner of the property agreed, and the finished house has surpassed all expectations. “When we began creating the Lumi concept, our mind’s eye put it in a high-value, bespoke...
Posted On - 07/08/2017
Aluprof has assisted with the refurbishment of a Grade 2 Listed building. In the 1960s, architect Richard Rogers designed and completed ‘22 Parkside’ with his then wife Su Brumwell, which he considers to be one of the best examples of his early work, and has since been granted Grade 2 listing. Lord Rogers donated the building to the Harvard Graduate...
Posted On - 04/08/2017
Rehau’s flush fitting casement windows were specified for the new prestigious Beaufort Park development in Hendon, north west London. Beaufort Park is one of the UK’s largest residential projects offering high-quality apartments and penthouses, surrounded by eight acres of landscaped parkland and courtyards. Developed by St George, Beaufort Park offers shops, bars, restaurants, a luxury spa and gym facilities for...
Posted On - 17/07/2017
Heritage colours and kerb-side appeal were among the factors that persuaded the planning authorities of Bath that Modus PVCU windows from Eurocell were the appropriate alternative to timber on a prime, exposed location near the Unesco World Heritage Site. Consisting of 136 upmarket homes selling at up to £1 million apiece, the Ensleigh estate is being developed by Bloor Homes...
Posted On - 06/07/2017
Architectural aluminium systems by Kawneer were specified on an award-winning replacement healthcare facility. Kawneer’s AA100 zone-drained curtain walling, swing doors with automatic door sets, series 190 heavy-duty entrance doors, and multi-coloured and multi-laminated glass fins were specified by architects Murphy Philipps for the £11 million Nelson Health Centre in Merton, Wimbledon, South London. A replacement for the Nelson Hospital, the...
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