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Modern Public Sector Architecture and Design #1 March 2014

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6 [ EDUCATIONAL BUILDINGS

Multi-Million Pound Sports Centre For UniversityA new University of Derby sports centre is set to open in the first half of next year (2015). Derby City Council has now approved plans for the centre – expected to cost around £10m – which will be built into the existing eight-metre high grass bank around the bottom playing field, at the University's main Kedleston Road site in Derby.

Work on the three-storey structure is scheduled to begin within the next couple of months, with the sports centre set to open by spring 2015. The sports centre will include a main hall, a fitness gym and associated strength and conditioning area, studios, squash and badminton courts, an internal climbing wall, sprint track, changing rooms, treatment rooms and a cafe.

Architects’ firm William Saunders, of Newark, designed the building, which will be a stand out feature. Currently the tenders are being evaluated and the main contractor to deliver the project will be announced soon. By building the sports centre into an existing grass bank, giving it a green-coloured curved roof and re-using any excavated material for surrounding ramps, it is hoped that its environmental and visual impact will be minimised.

The facility will be built to a BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) standard, widely used as a method to assess buildings' sustainability. Low carbon technologies are being investigated to produce its heating and lighting, and make it highly energy efficient, to reaffirm the University’s commitment to protecting the environment. The sports


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centre's primary use would be for staff and students but – as with a number of the University’s sports facilities – there will be opportunities for use by affiliated sports organisations, schools and the wider community.

Hari Punchihewa, University of Derby Deputy Chief Executive and Finance Director, said: “We are delighted that planning permission has been granted for the new sports centre.

“We are serious about sport and it is going from strength to strength at the University, through our Team Derby brand. It is important for us to have a modern, multi-purpose centre for both leisure pursuits and to aid those studying sports-related academic courses.”

Ian Willgoose, Director of Estates at the University of Derby, added: “In keeping with our previous sports facilities projects, this centre will be both state of the art and built in an environmentally responsible manner.”


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Steni Helps School Gets A New Face And CoatRainscreen cladding panels from Steni UK have helped an infants school achieve a new look and a BREEAM rating into the bargain.

Five special colours of Steni’s Colour fibreglass reinforced polymer composite panels with a smooth surface of electron beam-cured acrylic (without the use of solvents) were specified by Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council for the £1million redevelopment of Valley Infants School. The two-form entry infant school with 240 children on roll was built in 1957 over a single storey over two floor levels using a timber-framed modular system with single-glazed wooden windows and vertical painted timber board-clad uninsulated hollow walls.

As such, it was identified by the council’s primary capital programme (PCP) as being in the highest category and requiring major PCP action in terms of improving the structure and fabric to extend its design life and encouraging community use.

Three programmes of work comprised modernisation of the whole building external envelope, addition of a new attached 86m² community room and extension of the existing IT classroom from 37m² to 57m². A new 10m² secure entrance lobby was also included.

All the new-build elements were designed to achieve a BREEAM “Very good” rating, with 60% reduced carbon emissions. All of the existing timber-clad walls were stripped back to the uninsulated wooden framing for inspection and making good before installation of a vapour control layer, non-combustible board sheathing, bonded dense insulation, and Steni’s rainscreen cladding on a timber support system.

Architect Marcus Russell of Solihull MBC’s building design group said: “A progression of four harmonious colours was chosen to highlight the identity of the nursery and separate year groups. As a foil to emphasis the colours, set back elements were treated in a light neutral grey to accentuate their appearance as voids against the coloured classroom blocks.

A bright yellow was selected for the nursery while the new community room and reception class is lime green and the extended IT classroom, kitchen and main entrance/admin offices blue. The library and Year 2 classroom are orange.

Steni’s Colour range comprises 44 standard colours and three gloss levels. Completely resistant to weather, water, chemicals, impact and fire (Class O performance), Steni Colour panels also feature a 40-year working guarantee.

Parents and neighbours of Valley Infants School who attended a consultation meeting felt the new colours would reflect the vibrancy of the school but expressed concern about graffiti on the cladding panels.

They were advised that “In addition to the aesthetic improvement, the replacement cladding panels would help provide additional insulation and their glossy finish would help limit and reduce graffiti, and if graffiti was to appear it could be wiped off very easily.”

Enquiry No 2

The first category is to ensure that the structural elements of a building designed to support a load (i.e. floor joists that bear the overall floor structure), maintain their load-bearing capacity. The fire ratings required for load-bearing elements is generally measured in an amount of time that that building element is required to maintain its structural strength; commonly a 30 minute or 60 minute fire rating.

The Envirograf® product that satisfies these requirements is Product 42 - The HW Coating Range.

The second category is commonly known as ‘Spread of Flame’ protection.This is a fire-rating that is specific to how a particular substrate can prevent a fire from spreading across its surface. An untreated wooden panelled wall would have no resistance to the spread of flame across it’s surface and cause the fire to spread into the rest of the building. This rating is measured in two classifications: Class 1 or Class 0 Spread of Flame. These two categories are now being replaced with a new internationaly recognised test, now known as an SBI Rating.

The Envirograf® product that satisfies these requirements is Product 92 - The ES/VFR Coating Range and the Q/VFR Coating Range

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HW Intumescent Paint achieves Scandinavian test requirements

The Envirograf® HW02E intumescent paint system was recently used in one of the most rigorous fire tests designed for testing coating systems, known as the K210 test. The HW system was applied at 2 coats 8m² per litre per coat onto 15mm tongue and grooved pine-wood profiles, a typical surface cladding (or wooden lining) used in the Scandinavian house sector. The test is designed to evaluate the coverings ability to protect the construction behind the covering. According to regulations a K210 rating is required, ensuring that wooden linings of this type resist the fire for a full 10 minutes ensuring that more flammable material behind the covering does not ignite for that set time, in this way reducing the intensity of the fire for the first critical 10 minutes, allowing the occupants effective escape to safety.The HW system successfully passed the EN 14135 test at the Danish Institute of Fire and Security Technology (DBI) in Copenhagen, and is now being specified throughout the Scandinavian housing sector market.

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Enquiry No 3



RigiSystems Provides Finishing Touch For St Albert The Great

RigiSystems Ziplok aluminium standing seam roofing has been used to provide the crowning glory to St Albert the Great Catholic Primary School in Hemel Hempstead. The Ziplok was site rolled in single lengths from eaves to eaves, in lengths of 46m on the main roof in a combined convex and concave wave format. The roof was supported on acoustic structural decking in 0.75mm thick steel x 100mm deep trapezoidal profile, with thermal Insulation material to achieve 0.23 U value. RigiSystems Micromatt finish was used on the Ziplok to provide a pre-weathered appearance to the whole building.RigiSystems Ziplok continues to be used extensively in the education sector, where its acoustic and thermal properties, combined with recyclability and pleasing aesthetics, make it an ideal choice for the specific needs of this marketplace.The roofing was installed by Britannia Site Solutions for main contractor T&E Neville. Architect was Archial Group.www.rigisystems.org

Enquiry No 7

Versatile Partitions Delight School

Hebden Green Community Special School in Cheshire were in need of a way to separate areas of their main hall for different types of events and activities that are held there. This large folding or concertina partition supplied by Building Additions provided the perfect solution. The room divider can be very easily and quickly be opened or closed to adjust the room size and close off the corridor area behind to keep noise and distractions from the main hall area. When opened the narrow stack style takes up hardly any valuable space at all. With the noise levels of some concern, Building Additions used the Acoustic 200 (24 dB) fabric. With the colour scheme already set in the hall, the graduated colours of blue where a perfect choice. At the other end of the hall a single leaf fabric partition was installed in the same blue tones to enable that end of the hall to be opened up or closed off. This creates either one large classroom or two smaller ones according to needs. www.buildingadditions.co.uk

Enquiry No 6

Carea Cladding Fits The Bill Inside And Out At New £36M Tresham College

At Tresham College on the Corby Campus in Northamptonshire, Carea Acantha cladding created a stylish and decorative external façade and internal walling system whilst helping to deliver outstanding levels of sustainability and energy efficiency. Carea Acantha composite stone panels are designed for building ventilated facades with insulation and non-ventilated facades without insulation. Available in a range of colours, textures and sizes, the panels were supplied in speckled ‘Joal’ and two finishes – gloss and riven.www.carea.uk.com

Enquiry No 4

To deliver the best in education, schools need to constantly evolve and improve. For the design and construction of a new state-of-the-art £22.5 million building for one of the best performing grammar schools in the country, Balfour Beatty has demonstrated just how much can be achieved through a meticulous and sustainable planning, design and construction process. With a clear focus on sustainability and innovation, St Ambrose College in Hale Barns, Altrincham has been designed by architects Sheppard Robson and built by Balfour Beatty for Trafford Council to

provide a high performance school with cutting edge teaching facilities. www.balfourbeatty.com

Enquiry No 5

Balfour Beatty’s Showpiece School Set To Transform Education In Trafford

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60 minutes fire integrity to BS476 Part 21 (1987)1 coat clear primer3 coats HW02/E1 coat HW03/UV clear mattAM mastic (brown) in joints between floor boards

Clear or Coloured system allowing to upgrade Raised and Fielded Doors, existing Panelled Doors and Ledged and Braced Doors

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To keep the appearances and to be able to use upper floors at University of Bristol, the open joists and floor boards were again coated with 3 coats of HW02 at 8m² per litre per coat and brown AM mastic between joints which had shrunk over the years, giving 60 minutes integrity, insulation and load bearing.

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Clean And Bright Facilities Fit College Philosophy

The importance of clean, smart, effective WC facilities in schools and colleges and the role they play in discipline and behavior management is well-documented and this was certainly an important consideration in the design of the new Wheelers Lane Technology College in south Birmingham. Over fifty Multikwik Sanitary System concealed bathroom frames were used to create spacious, modern, and easy-to-clean WC facilities at the college.At Wheelers Lane, Multikwik Sanitary Systems frames were used to hang WCs, sinks and urinals in three separate WC facilities throughout the college. Because the sanitaryware is wall-hung, it is easy and quick to clean round and underneath, keeping WC facilities looking clean and new for longer.The Multikwik Sanitary System of concealed bathroom frames are particularly suited to these large-scale projects because they have been designed specifically to be simple to install and easy to manage on site. Each module is supplied pre-assembled making it a doddle to install and everything needed to complete the installation of each frame is supplied in the box, reducing the chances of hold ups and missing parts. There is a complete range of sanitary frames in the Multikwik portfolio that make it cost-effective, reliable and above all straightforward to install wall hung sanitaryware. The frames maximise bathroom space even the most compact bathrooms and cloakrooms and give a really modern professional finish. Add compact cisterns, sleek and stylish flush plates, water saving flush valves and new chrome compression fittings and the Multikwik range now definitely has the wow factor. www.multikwik.com

Enquiry No 12

No Shocks In Store For College

With Government statistics showing that as many as 12 young people die each week as a result of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), a college in South Yorkshire has joined the growing number of education providers who are recognising the life-saving benefits of Automated External Defibrillators (AED). Dearne Valley College in Rotherham takes its responsibilities for the welfare of its students very seriously and, to demonstrate this, invested in a Lifeline AED from Martek Medical. By providing early defibrillation, the chances of survival can be increased to as high as 75 per cent. The Lifeline AED is ideal for school environments as it is safe to use on children. The Lifeline AED is easy to use and requires no prior training, meaning that even if a trained person is not in the vicinity the patient can still be treated with life-saving defibrillation. www.martek-medical.com

Enquiry No 9

Comar Are Top of the Form

Comar Architectural Aluminium Systems, with their approved fabricator PAGE Group (Peterborough) Ltd recently completed a new build 6th Form centre at the Deepings School in Cambridgeshire. This additional building is part of an expansion programme for the original school which opened in 1958. The school is a Business & Enterprise specialist and attained its academy status in 2012. Comar 5P.i ECO casement windows, Comar 6 framing and Comar 7 Doors were selected for this project. www.comar-alu.co.uk

Enquiry No 10

Opening The Doors For Education

High Pressure Laminate with a textured finish is opening doors throughout the newly refurbished Faculty of Health & Medicine and the student and careers centres at Lancaster University. Manufactured by Abet Laminati, the Grana 2 ‘fabric effect’ matt texture makes the laminate warm to the touch while providing all the benefits of durability, impact and mark resistance. The close parallel lines create a subtle and unexpected rippling texture which is very tactile and creates an attractive surface. Grana 2 finish is part of Abet’s Colours and Textures

collection of 84 colours which have special textures applied. www.abetuk.com

Enquiry No 11



Maintenance staff at Ormesby School in Middlesbrough figured out that they could count on Yeoman Shield (the UK’s market leader in wall and door protection) to provide a long term solution to expensive and time consuming maintenance and re-decoration. Yellow Yeoman Shield FalmouthEx wall panels, which have a fine stippled surface for effectively ‘reducing’ unsightly scratches and abrasions, were installed in corridor areas along with complementary panels (in Yellow and Black) complete with inlaid room numbers to help guide pupils to their classrooms.The school’s site manager, explained: “Rather than embark on a costly repainting programme, we decided to use Yeoman Shield products.”www.yeomanshield.com

Enquiry No 13

School Counts On Yeoman Shield Wall And Door Protection

Compac’s Quartz Worksurfaces Specified For High Specification Student Accommodation Development In Manchester

Riverside House is a high specification student accommodation development in Manchester. It features 50 self-contained apartments, grouped into clusters of 3-7 rooms, with a well-appointed kitchen and common room for each cluster. COMPAC’s 20 mm thick quartz worksurfaces in Plomo and Luna finishes were specified for all the kitchen worktops, and for the building’s reception area, COMPAC’s Portora quartz worksurface was specified. COMPAC’s pioneering ‘engineered stone’ technology has enabled the company to harness the natural colours and beauty of quartz, to offer a range of quartz worksurfaces with a virtually zero porosity surface and without the need for antibacterial chemicals. www.compac.es

Enquiry No 14

Kee Systems Connects The University Of York

Kee Systems, a leading supplier of Kee Klamp® fittings, has provided the University of York with an effective safety solu-tion for a 45 year old footbridge across the largest plastic bottomed lake in Europe which links the north and south sides of its Heslington West Campus. Yorkshire based civil engineering and cabling infrastructure company, SCD Group Ltd invited Kee Systems to attend site to design, supply and install a permanent handrail system, made from galva-nised Kee Klamp® fittings. Kee Klamp® fittings are versatile and suitable for use in a variety of areas where tubular

structures or barriers are required. All fittings are available with a combination of protective coatings applied to achieve a longer life and a better corrosion resistance. www.keesystems.com

Enquiry No 15

Altro Flooring Still A Safe Bet After Fourteen Years At Norfolk College

Altro Walkway™ 20 safety flooring installed 14 years ago at East Norfolk Sixth Form, a top-performing college in the county, is still going strong and has recently passed stringent slip tests.Slip resistance was measured in a high-traffic corridor at the college using the ‘pendulum test’ method recommended by the HSE. After testing in both wet and dry conditions, the slip resistance of the Altro Walkway flooring after 14 years of use was confirmed as a pendulum value, or TRRL, of 43, well within the ‘low’ slip risk category which the HSE defines at 36 or above. Like all Altro safety flooring, Altro Walkway uses a unique construction of flexible, high-grade vinyl with slip-resistant grains embedded throughout the wear layer of the product, ensuring a durable surface that is slip-resistant for the life of the flooring. Some safety floors do not offer this level of sustained slip-resistance and can fall below the HSE’s minimum standards with use. This means that even if you choose flooring that meets the requirements when first laid, you could still find yourself facing litigation if that flooring loses slip-resistance with use.Ideal for busy heavy-traffic areas, Altro Walkway is a hugely popular, hard-wearing, 2mm safety flooring, providing lifelong slip and abrasion resistance. Additional benefits include superior chemical and indentation resistance, which adds to its excellent durability. The performance of Altro Walkway at the college has led to the product being selected again as part of an ongoing

new-build programme - alongside two other Altro safety flooring products.In addition to Altro Walkway, Altro SupremaTM II safety flooring has been laid in a new catering area in the college, with wood look safety flooring used in the new dining and serving area.Offering an impressive palette of 40 colours, design-led Altro Suprema II creates any mood, from subtle to bold and inventive and is perfect for areas where safety flooring isn’t traditionally used. Altro Suprema II incorporates Altro Easyclean MaxisTM PUR Technology for superior cleanability and colour retention. www.altro.com

Enquiry No 16


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Hochiki’s FIREscape Emergency Lighting Solution Enhances Safety Of Staff And Students At Teesside University

Teesside University has become firmly established as one of the UK’s foremost higher education establishments. Located in Middlesbrough, on the south bank of the River Tees, it began life as a technical college designed to support the region’s engineering, bridge and shipbuilding industries.

Over the last few years, Teesside University has made a £150m investment in improving its facilities. Middlesbrough Tower is the most eye-catching structure on the campus and at 11 storeys high it houses the main reception area, administrative facilities and teaching areas. As one of the oldest buildings on the site, it is currently undergoing a phased refurbishment. The building’s previous emergency lighting system had been in place since the late 1960s and for the University’s estates manager, David Newton, it was time to upgrade this important part of its life safety infrastructure.

David explains, ‘The central battery systems had become expensive to run and maintain, and took up quite a lot of space. Also, the 8W luminaires that the old system used needed to be changed on an all too frequent basis, and this took a lot of time and money to do. Therefore, I wanted to install a system that would reduce overheads, while utilising the latest energy saving technology.’

Teesside University has had a long-standing relationship with local life safety specialist, Tees Fire Systems. The company designs, supplies, installs, commissions and repairs fire detection and emergency lighting systems all over the UK and has gained an enviable reputation for its expertise. Tony Cooney is the company’s technical sales director, and comments, ‘David had very specific criteria for the new emergency lighting system and we had to suggest a solution that could meet all of them. We have worked with Hochiki Europe for many years and have always been highly impressed with the design, quality and reliability of its products. Having heard about the new FIREscape emergency lighting solution, which utilises light emitting diode (LED) technology, we believed it would be ideal for this particular application.’

Manufactured in the UK, FIREscape is an EN 50172 compliant intelligent low voltage system, which comprises an addressable emergency lighting control panel with battery back-up, and features addressable, self-contained LED luminaires and signage connected via low voltage (40V) cabling. The luminaires are also equipped with battery back-up, ensuring they will function in every situation. Tony asked Mark

Smith, Hochiki Europe’s UK sales manager, to visit the site. Mark comments, ‘When I met Tony and David, as well as talking to them about the many features of the system, I was also able to provide an accurate idea of the long-term cost savings it could offer.’

Hochiki Europe recently carried out a comparison of FIREscape compared to a traditional manual test system and identified all the costs associated with each on a 1,000 luminaire system used over a 10 year period. Smith adds, ‘It factored in maintenance labour, battery replacement, testing labour, recycling costs, energy use and initial capital outlay. We found that over this period of time FIREscape could save a massive £184,885, with a CO2 reduction of over 29.5 tonnes.’

So far, over 500 LED luminaires and have been sited and these are linked to four addressable control panels using existing cabling. Once the project is completed the control panels will be networked so that they can be monitored from a central location with the estates department. The system has been configured with two modes that are programmed via the control panels. The first is an emergency mode, where the lights operate at maximum illumination if there is a power failure. Secondly, normal or maintained mode means that the system can be used as part of the permanent lighting of the building during pre-defined periods of a day. This is currently employed in the main corridors and stairs for when the cleaners are carrying out their work in the building.

Due to its complexity, maintaining the previous system was a major problem and involved significant time, effort and money. However, with FIREscape, the estates management team can maintain it in-house and remain compliant with EN 50172, due to its use of low voltage cabling. The control panels continuously monitor and test the functionality of the system and it can also be pre-programmed to carry out specific monthly, six monthly and annual tests.

This level of in-built functionality also makes the system fully compliant with the requirements of BS 5266-1:2005, while reducing Teesside University’s operational overheads. What’s more, its long life LED technology also means that it requires only one per cent of the bulb changes required with traditional lighting, lowering costs even further.

Enquiry No 17



Coxdome Sheds New Light On Waylands Academy

The re-roofing of an education building dating from the 1950s has included the installation of nearly 70 Coxdome Trade Range Rooflights in different sizes, improving both the appearance and the thermal performance of the building while offering optimum natural daylighting to areas such as corridors and kitchens as well as classrooms.The decision to replace the 60 year old existing rooflights was taken for a number of reasons aside from their actual aged appearance, many of them leaking and offering poor security as well as little insulation.By contrast, the double-skinned polycarbonate enclosures

to the Coxdome Trade Range rooflights offers much improved thermal performance and the avoidance of condensation. In addition, while the 67 contemporary Coxdome units offer good standards or airtightness and weather resistance where the domes seal against their frame, they were specified with either trickle ventilators or manually operated vents, depending on their location. The rooflight dimensions also varied with sizes including 1050 x 1050 mm and 1000 x 2200 mm. A proportion of the new Coxdomes were supplied with kerb adaptors to assist with incorporating them into the high performance built-up felt system. The new Coxdome rooflights with their tough but low weight polycarbonate domes proved easy to handle and straightforward to fit for Faber Roofing’s operatives, while the upstands offer an ideal slope up which to dress the roof-covering. The Coxdome Trade Range comprises an ‘out-of-plane’ universal rooflight system available in a choice of shapes and sizes, as well as double, treble and quadruple skinned options. www.jet-cox.co.uk

Enquiry No 19

53 Electro Roof Windows And Blinds For Essex Academy

Two new timber buildings at Ockendon Academy have seen use of 53 FAKRO Electro roof windows with blinds. 16 were installed in the 7-classroom English block while 37 were used on the larger ‘Ockendon Studio School’, a self-contained 6th form facility for year 12 and 13 students. Cabinco, which specialises in eco building, and the construction of sustainable school buildings in particular, was main contractor for both projects.

Designs focussed heavily on the provision of large, open plan teaching areas. As a result, it was particularly important to maximise availability of natural light and with both buildings having low pitch roofs the roof windows play a crucial role. Simon Lawrence, Director of Cabinco explained their reasons for using FAKRO windows. “Selection was based on a number of factors in addition to local availability. We had specific technical issues to address including a requirement for wall operated electrical operation throughout. We received the support of FAKRO’s technical team to produce flashing details specific to the roof construction. Based on past dealings, we were already aware that the windows were of a high quality and had confidence that such requirements would be met without difficulty”. www.fakro.co.uk

Enquiry No 18



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As the name would suggest, NEACO’s Clearview glass Juliet balconies are renowned for providing an unobstructed outlook, but an office conversion project at Stirling House in Northampton required the opposite effect with a bespoke specification incorporating an orange privacy film on the toughened glass panels.The design by GSSArchitecture brings eye-catching colour to Clearview’s minimalist aesthetic, producing an attractive contemporary façade for the three-storey former offices at Cliftonville Road, which have been transformed into a new 14,000 sq ft annex to Abington Vale Primary School. Northamptonshire County Council bought Stirling House for £1.6m last year to address a shortage of primary pupil places and the completed conversion accepted its first intake of pupils in September.

Ben Asbury of GSSArchitecture said: “We chose NEACO’s Juliet balconies largely due to their elegant, clean and contemporary finish with a high level of transparency. The bespoke fixings required for our installation have worked very neatly and we are pleased with the results.”

NEACO’s national sales manager, Richard Richardson-Derry, said: “Our Clearview Juliet balconies have become a very popular alternative to heavily railed Juliet balconies and one of their best attributes is their ability to allow maximum sunlight penetration. Some projects feature the addition of bespoke etching or film on our glass panels and the Stirling House conversion is an unusual example of this as the film covers the whole panel. This particular film still allows excellent sunlight penetration.” All NEACO products come with a class-leading Lifetime Guarantee.

Enquiry No 20

Clearview Glass Balconies Take On New Film Role


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New School Opens To Meet The Severe Shortage Of Places In Barking And Dagenham Using Yorkon Building SystemA new primary school constructed using the revolutionary Yorkon building system from the Portakabin Group, has opened to help meet the severe shortage of places in Barking and Dagenham. Riverside School is the third Yorkon project to be completed by the Portakabin Group for the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Council, working with delivery partner Cornerstone Property Assets. This follows the delivery of additional classrooms at Trinity School and Robert Clack School.

David Laws, Minister of State for Schools, recently announced that 417,000 extra school places in England are urgently required by 2015 following demographic changes (source: Targeted capital funding for new school places, gov.uk). Barking and Dagenham has one of the fastest-growing school-age populations in the country and this latest project will help to address the issue.

Designed by Surface to Air Architects, the two-storey primary school is located on the site of a former city farm, and is the first stage of a complex three-stage project. The scheme has been built as a three-form entry primary school, but the Yorkon building system is sufficiently flexible to enable it to be used initially as a secondary school, pending its move to a permanent site. Phase two will revert the building back to a primary school and will include full landscaping, and construction of a multi-use games area, football pitch, flood lighting and further play areas. The final stage will accommodate a change to a five-form entry primary school, which will see the scheme doubling in size, with a sports hall linking the two buildings.

The Portakabin Group’s Yorkon building system has reduced the number of steel-framed modules by half, to only 48 18m long units, and was handed over just 14 weeks after the building arrived on site. This solution was a more flexible alternative for the Council because it allows the space to be easily reconfigured to meet the needs of both a primary and a secondary school.

Each module was delivered with a high performance concrete floor already in place providing a robust finish for a demanding education environment.Commenting on the project, Andrew Roberts, Head of Riverside School said, “We are really impressed with the finished building. It definitely exceeded our expectations and feels incredibly solid and robust. The classrooms are spacious and bright, and the corridors are very

wide so there is no need to ask students to keep to one side when going to and from lessons. We particularly like the lovely vibrant design on the outside of the building, which reflects different colours throughout the day and makes the building feel very welcoming. Overall, we are very proud of our new school building and when it reverts to a primary school, the Yorkon building system will allow us to increase capacity really easily with much less disruption to teaching.”

Tim Byles, Chief Executive for delivery partner, Cornerstone Property Assets, said, “Yorkon offers a best-in-class solution to the crisis in pupil places that is challenging local authorities right across the country. To be able to establish a brand new, high quality school within such a short time frame, and on budget is no small achievement, and we were delighted to play our part in helping Riverside School become part of the local education landscape.”

Cllr John White, Cabinet Member for Children’s Services, said, “The Portakabin Group has brought all the key ingredients of a flexible building system to meet our growing need of school places; speed of construction to get the school up and running quickly, strength and longevity to meet the demands of a school site and best value for money. “We look forward to the developments over the coming months as our borough continues to invest wisely to create much needed school places and improve the standard of education for all our young people.”

Externally, the building is finished in bronze, blue, green and grey, creating a strong identity for the new school. The campus will also include a car park, cycle store and fenced outside playing area. Facilities include 22 classrooms, configured as science laboratories, art and technology rooms and general classrooms; an ICT room, library, staff room, administrative areas, toilets, full catering kitchen, and a music room with acoustic protection.

The Yorkon building system offers the widest range of module sizes currently available from any off-site manufacturer in the UK, giving building designers, contractors and occupiers the benefit of thousands of configurations and permutations for the ultimate in design flexibility and to meet almost any building footprint.

Enquiry No 21



Shackerley’s Prefabricated Ceramic Granite Façade System Clads University Square Stratford

Shackerley’s fully prefabricated Sureclad® ceramic granite ventilated cladding system has provided a stunning outer envelope for a new £33 million university building in the heart of London’s East End.

Designed by Make Architects and delivered in a design and build contract by VolkerFitzpatrick in association with AWW Architects, University Square Stratford provides a new academic and educational hub for Birkbeck, University of London and the University of East London (UEL).

The brief called for a flexible multi-functional building providing a wide range of facilities under one roof. University Square was to bring together lecture theatres, dance spaces, music rooms, teaching rooms, large presentation rooms and open-plan spaces in one

architecturally striking and coherent building, confident of its shared purpose and with distinct place-making qualities.

Make’s bold and expressive design comprises clearly defined interlocking blocks which articulate the internal functionality and organisation of space. Single extruded cantilevers on each side and double-height roof structures add to its distinctive angular geometry.

Looking for a premium quality exterior cladding material that would give the building a feeling of permanence and longevity, the architects specified Shackerley’s Sureclad® ceramic granite ventilated façade system, employing contrasting black panels in highly polished and naturally textured finishes.



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Design Architect James Taylor commented: “We envisaged the building as a single rock-like element that has been carved to create the overall form (expressed with the textured panels) which has then had its most outer faces honed or polished (expressed with the glossy reflective panels). The addition of patinated gold coloured metal panelling acts as a relief to the ceramic granite surfaces, catching the light like flecks of precious stone within a granite rock.”

Whilst the use of Shackerley’s ceramic granite cladding met aesthetic requirements, the use of the company’s patented Sureclad® Access ventilated façade system helped the architects to deliver a practical, energy efficient outer envelope, with effective external thermal and acoustic insulation installed in the cavity behind the façade.

Achieving a BREEAM rating of ‘Excellent’, the building is a prime example of sustainable building design. Its many environmentally friendly features include over 700m2 of photovoltaic panels which were positioned in large arrays on the

roof of the building and also incorporated into the façade elevations, mounted on Shackerley’s Sureclad® substructure, in planarity with the surrounding ceramic granite panels.

James Taylor concluded: “The strong ceramic granite exteriors help to give University Square a calm and confident atmosphere. The building feels like a new landmark, almost civic in scale and character, and the cladding has helped to create this presence in a modern way.”

Enquiry No 22


www.willmottdixongroup.co.uk www.sunesisbuild.co.uk


Pupils And Staff Settle Into New School, Thanks To Scape And Willmott DixonPUPILS and staff are settling into a brand new state-of-the-art school in Lincoln, thanks to construction procurement, design and consultation specialists Scape and contractor Willmott Dixon. Lincoln Carlton Academy now has a brand new site in Carlton Boulevard in the city.

Scape and Willmott Dixon are the two companies behind Sunesis - a suite of standardised, but visually appealing designs offering time efficient, safe and cost effective delivery of new facilities in the education, leisure and care sectors. The school is the first Sunesis building in Lincoln. Sunesis schools are high quality buildings which are delivered on average 12 months faster and 30 per cent cheaper than traditional approaches.

The Lincoln new build was prompted by a shortage of primary school places in Lincoln which saw the reception year children being taught from a classroom two miles away from the new school. The new class started school at the new building last month and will be followed by a new set of pupils each September until the school is home to a full intake of four to 11-year-olds. Marie-Clare Bretherton, executive head teacher at the school, said the pupils were settling in well and were very excited about the new building. A particular strength of the school which all the pupils enjoy is its open and spacious ‘learning street’ which features break out areas

for cooking, story-telling and craft activities. Ms Bretherton said: “The children were absolutely delighted to finally move in to their new classrooms and their new school. The spacious ‘learning street’ and colourful classrooms definitely have the wow factor. Parents and children are delighted with the new building. We now have an incredible learning environment that we are so proud of. We've also been able to open our doors to the local community and have started to host courses, leadership training and conferences, welcoming over 200 guests to the school.”

Scape chief executive Mark Robinson said the success of Sunesis was based on meeting key challenges facing local authorities across the country. He said: “Lincoln Carlton Academy is a perfect example of how Sunesis is responding to the needs of local authorities. “At the moment, their focus is on making sure there is adequate provision for children at school, but this is tied up with ensuring budgets are stuck to and time frames are met. “Sunesis does just that. With Sunesis there are no compromises on quality and projects are delivered far quicker and more cost-effectively than traditionally designed and procured alternatives.”

Sunesis was established to address the growing needs of the public sector which needed to procure new facilities at fixed prices in order to maximize budgets.

Enquiry No 23


www.sarnafil.co.uk


Experienced Sika Sarnafil Contractor Ensures Success Of Newcastle’s New College RoofThe Sarnavert green roof crowning Newcastle Sixth Form College’s new £22 million facility is flourishing thanks to European Roofing System’s (ERS) expertise. ERS is an experienced Sika Sarnafil registered contractor, which enabled the team to ensure an effective single ply roof system was installed by making two key changes to the original specification to better suit the demands of this particular project.

The brand new building in the heart of the city features a 1,500sq m Sarnavert green roof. But the original specification was for a roof grown from seed that may have restricted growth due to the potential adverse weather conditions on such a high building. Seeds may have been detached from the roof and caused hazards at ground level.

ERS worked closely with main contractor BAM and persuaded the college to opt for a sedum blanket, which was installed by green roof contractor Sky Garden. ERS’ David Murphy comments: “The living element is now successfully established and, with proper maintenance, it will insulate the building as well as bringing wildlife to the city

centre and providing wider environmental benefits for years to come.” The original plans also included a 1,000sq m metal roof covering. But ERS changed this in favour of Sika Sarnafil’s S327-12EL single ply membrane in Light Grey so as to better cope with the metal standing seam detailing.

“Sika Sarnafil membrane is more flexible in its application and overcame some of the more obtrusive detailing that the metal would have caused,” David continues. “There were also a number of mechanical and electrical roof apertures and these would have required a lot of welding had metal been used. But the detailing was much more easily managed using the heat-welded Sika Sarnafil system.”

The building’s central location also meant that the move to Sika Sarnafil membrane brought a practical benefit. As David concludes: “The 11,000sq m college is right in the middle of the city, making handling materials very difficult due to the site’s restrictive nature. So having the membrane on rolls negated the need for cranes or slings, which was a big benefit. “We believe that both specification changes represent successful decisions made by a very experienced Sika Sarnafil contractor.”

Enquiry No 24



www.envirograf.com

Oxbridge Survival- Hinges On SuccessMany of our great educational establishments including Cambridge and Oxford Universities, have recognised that their proud history could disappear in an instant without proper protection being installed from the ravages of a fire. The initial fabric of a public building will have been designed in a way, that in the event of a fire, each section of the building can be compartmentalised with strong fire resistant fire doors.

These doors are our front-line soldiers in a fire and they must offer a strong resistance, however, door frames are often overlooked, and with gaps around frames being left and unsealed by fire protective mastic, the fire door could be rendered unable to fulfil its requirements.

Envirograf® have studied and assisted many educational establishments in the last thirty years to perfect a safety programme, that can offer an outstanding fire protective solution, and massively increase the survival rates of the occupants and restrict the damage in the event of a fire. Fire doors rely heavily on door closers and with the old conventional method of an external closer being fitted, these unsightly, outdated units are considered by some to be a relic of the past and and also pose a potential risk of vandalism and damage.

Envirograf® have perfected self-closing hinges which are currently being used in Cambridge and Oxford Universities and have been tested to BS476 Part 22 (1987) and to EN1634-1 (2000) for 68 minutes fire resistance and by FIRA for age, wear, and weight for 80,000 cycles at 90 degrees and 90,000 cycles at 400mm opening and closing. These hinges are CE approved and are available in a range of colours and finishes.

Doors are often painted, or even in some cases they are re-fitted due to range of issues including atmospheric conditions. Fire and smoke seals are often difficult to

remove and can be easily damaged and then discarded, which can be a very costly operation. Envirograf® have introduced the Push-Fit fire and smoke door seal, for a fast solution to the problem.T

he seal can be easily removed from the top or the bottom of the door section for essential redecorating, without the need for masking the seal, for painting purposes and can then be re-sited over and over again . This revolutionary seal offers up to 60 minutes fire protection, and simply clips in and out of the rebated groove and does not require double sided tape or pins to fix, making the operation very easy, fast and extremely cost effective.

Even in new buildings, additional services are added after completion, these services often require cabling, ducting or pipework and holes are cut into the fabric of the building with very little thought being given to fire protection. Envirograf® have developed EN/F a powerful fire protective filler kit which includes two tubes of tough resilient intumescent graphite compound that can be used around the service. The graphite will expand in a fire, and seal the service hole to provide a formidable fire protective barrier, a third tube in the kit contains white intumescent sealant which can be used as a decorative finish. Fire tested at Efectis test centre in Holland, the product achieved 120 minutes fire protection and insulation.

If our educational establishments are to be successful and to last for many years to come, then every area where a fire can spread, must be addressed, to minimise the possible impact of turning a relatively small incident into a major catastrophe , and thus ensuring the safety and survival of the building and its occupants!

Enquiry No 25



www.brettpaving.co.uk

Brett Landscaping Assists Rebirth Of Yorkshire School After FireThe ability of Brett Landscaping to provide high-quality flag paving materials in a cost-effective, value engineered solution has helped a Yorkshire school to rise from the ashes after a devastating fire.

The main building of Carleton Community High School in Pontefract burnt to the ground on 19th October 2008. While a “Portakabin city” was erected in the grounds to allow the continuation of teaching, while plans were put in place to rebuild on the original site. With the original building dating back to 1963, Carleton decided to take the opportunity to benefit from using modern techniques to create a holistic school landscape that would be highly functional but also eye-catching to provide an attractive environment for learning.

A spokesperson from the school said, “For the paving, we wanted clean lines that looked nice and were easily maintainable.” “At the same time, we were keen to incorporate exciting new elements into the design such as an outside amphitheatre for the students.”

The contractors were set a challenge by the site architect: find high-quality and attractive paving within the tight budget available for the rebuild. It was at this point that Brett Landscaping was approached thanks to its reputation for paving products which combine good value and bold aesthetics to give the end user the best of both worlds.

For the Carleton Community High School Brett proposed the use of their Yorktone style for the school’s paved areas. Their Yorktone range of flag paving offers a textured finish which can be used to help create a very durable, hardwearing surface which combines contemporary aesthetics with excellent slip resistance properties.

For the amphitheatre steps, the company manufactured a bespoke paving unit fitted with an integral visibility strip, in order to meet access regulations regarding the visually impaired.

The installation of 4,500 square metres of Yorktone paving was completed in Summer 2012, in time for the return of students for the 2012-13 school year and the new building was officially opened in December 2012 by Councillor Peter Box CBE, leader of Wakefield Council.

A year on, Carleton Community High School’s head teacher, Hellen Bolton, is happy with the choice of Brett Landscaping.

“The smart appearance of the paving, particularly around the amphitheatre, has created a dynamic look which complements the new building.” she commented.

Enquiry No 26


www.gerflor.co.uk


Gerflor’s Fast Track Eco-Fit™ Overlays Existing Wooden Sports Floors Quickly And EasilyManagement and customers at a busy community leisure centre are delighted after the installation of two Taraflex™ sports floors replaced their ageing wooden surfaces. Not only was the management committee at Whitburn Community Education Centre thrilled with the results, but delighted that Gerflor’s exclusive Eco-Fit™ System meant the new floors could be laid quickly over the old ones, reducing closure time and loss of income. Contractors from Kirkton Flooring Ltd, of Livingston, took just a week to lay 450m² of Taraflex™ Sport M Evolution in Blueberry in the main hall and 250m² of Taraflex™Multi-Use 6.2 in Wood Natural in the smaller space.

West Lothian Council, which runs the community centre, 20 miles west of Edinburgh, in conjunction with the management committee volunteers, wanted something with better shock absorption qualities than wood and which would also give users the confidence that the floor could provide the required level of safety and comfort.

International flooring specialist Gerflor has provided Taraflex™ sports floors to every Olympics Games since 1976. While wooden floors are ‘area elastic’, deemed safe for certain types of impact and loading, other impacts, particular for lighter weight users such as children, are uncomfortable due to the hard surface. Taraflex’s™ ‘point elastic’ flooring has a higher comfort factor than ‘area elastic’ floors and reduces the risk and

severity of injuries arising from falls for children and adults. The Taraflex™ Sport M Evolution in the main hall is used particularly for 5-a-side football, badminton and netball and centre coordinator Janette Wood commented: “The reaction has been fantastic. It’s still a firm surface, but there’s more ‘give’ – the footballers have said it’s gentler on the knees and much better to run on.”

And the footballers are not the only ones who’ve adapted quickly: the Taraflex™Multi-Use 6.2 is used for everything from Zumba and Judo classes to roller-discos, but some of the biggest fans of the new surface are members of the Old Time Dancing group who were used to stepping out on a wooden floor. Janette Wood added: “They were really surprised at how good it was, they found it very flexible.”

Taraflex™ Sport M Evolution is suitable for all types of sport and leisure activities. Available in 17 colours and two wood-effect designs, it has P1 category, 25 to 35 per cent, shock absorption and is 7mm thick. Available in five wood effect designs,Taraflex™Multi-Use 6.2 also has P1 category shock absorption, indentation resistance two times greater than required by EN Standard 14904, abrasion resistance three times the Standard’s requirement and excellent resistance to static and rolling heavy loads – meaning it can cope with tables, chairs and stages without extra protection.

Both surfaces are supplied with Protecsol® and Sanosol® surface treatments. Protecsol® offers safe grip, reduced risk of friction burns and easy maintenance, while Sanosol® guards against bacteria and mould.

Enquiry No 27



Styrofoam Helps Make Warm Floor For Mosque Renovation

Flexcrete System Selected for Distinguished Lancashire School

Panel Systems, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of Styrofoam insulation, has secured a major new order to upgrade the thermal performance of Shipley Educational Mosque in Bradford. 240m2 of grooved Styrofoam was required to insulate the under floor heating system, which was split into five zones to make the building warmer and to retain more heat.

Working closely with WarmFloors, a specialist underfloor heating installation company, Panel Systems supplied the Styrofoam insulation to the mosque within a very tight timeframe, ensuring there was minimal disruption to visitors to the mosque, which enabled the building to remain open throughout.A 120-year old former Methodist Church, Shipley Educational Mosque has been undergoing refurbishment for the past five years, and the central heating upgrade was part of the final phase of the renovation. Although the mosque was previously heated by radiators, the subfloor, which is constructed from suspended timber was very cold underfoot. The new under floor heating plus Styrofoam insulation will help create a more energy efficient, comfortable

space for the hundreds of visitors to the mosque each week. Styrofoam insulation is strong enough to be used in applications such as walls, roofs, ceilings and load bearing areas under the slabs and floors. The material has for a long time been renowned for its low thermal conductivity and long term durability. www.styrofoam-online.co.uk

Enquiry No 29

One of the largest independent day schools in the UK has specified a range of Flexcrete products in order to waterproof internal brickwork walls and provide years of effective protection against water ingress. Products from Flexcrete Technologies Limited have been used at Bolton School, one of the oldest schools in Lancashire with a history stretching back 500 years.The school’s current buildings were constructed between 1930-1960. The Boys’ Undercroft building connects two sections of the school and is partly located below ground. In order to provide additional classroom space, the school wished to refurbish the Undercroft, however dampness was present on the internal brickwork walls of the structure and a repair and protection system was sought which could withstand these conditions. A Flexcrete system comprising Monolevel 844SP and Cementitious Coating 851 was specified by Cassidy and Ashton, Bolton School’s Architects, to provide a full tanking system. Monolevel 844SP waterproof screed and pore filler was first applied by trowel at a thickness of 3mm to level the brickwork surface and provide a fair faced finish.Cementitious Coating 851 was then spray applied in two coats to provide exceptional waterproofing properties, being able to resist 10 bar positive and negative pressure. It also protects substrates from the effects of aggressive acid gases, moisture, chlorides and chemicals. With quick curing times, minimal time required between applications and non-toxic when cured, Flexcrete’s products allowed the work to be carried out on a fast-track basis.Fastfill, a rapid setting, single component, Portland cement-based structural repair mortar, was also applied as a waterproof fillet to the wall/floor angle. Fastfill yields a durable, high strength mortar and sets in as little as 10 minutes at 20°C. With a dense matrix able to resist 10 bar water pressure, it has very high diffusion resistance to acid gases and chloride ions. www.flexcrete.com

Enquiry No 28


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Tarkett Chosen To Help Reduce Injuries

Following trials an NHS hospital is hoping to reduce trips and falls in its dementia ward by installing Tarkett flooring. Conducted by the University of Portsmouth, the Hip-Hop Flooring Study discovered that installing Tarkett’s Omnisports flooring was likely to reduce the injuries suffered by older people when falling over due to its shock-absorbent foam backing. The Omnisports range is commonly used in sports halls but it was found that the same shock-absorbing properties that help prevent injuries to sports users also benefits dementia patients and the elderly at risk of falls.As a result of the study, Portsmouth Hospital NHS Trust has now installed 1600sqm of Tarkett’s Omnisports Training 5mm flooring in the treatment bedrooms of the hospital’s four acute wards, which care for frail, older patients. The Omnisports Training 5mm flooring also comes with an R9 slip resistance rating and the shock-absorbent foam backing reduces noise helping to create a quieter, calmer environment for dementia patients.Another important factor making the flooring ideal for hospital and care environments is its range of 32 quality designs. Portsmouth Hospital NHS Trust opted for a classic oak finish. Finance for the renovation of the wards has been provided by grant from The Department of Health.Steve Urwin, Tarkett UK Marketing Manager, said: “The Hip-Hop Flooring Study was a major, evidence led research project into the benefits of Tarkett’s slip-resistant, shock-absorbent, safety flooring. Seeing the results of that study put into practice in an excellent hospital like the Queen Alexandra run by Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust is fantastic. The potential benefits to patients and staff are huge.”Dementia care is one area Tarkett has specifically focused on and has issued a supporting guide in collaboration with health experts from across Europe. http://home.tarkett.co.uk/

Enquiry No 31

Armitage Shanks Tackles Pseudomonas With New Markwik Demountable Hospital Mixer Range With Removable Spout

Armitage Shanks, the UK’s leading manufacturer of commercial sanitaryware and fittings, has introduced a new demountable hospital mixer with a detachable spout to its Markwik range. Developed in conjunction with prominent healthcare professionals and bacteriologists, Markwik is the number one healthcare range in the market; designed to ensure maximum hospital hygiene and minimise the spread of infection, fighting bacteria in healthcare environments to reduce the risk of pseudomonas and legionella.The introduction of the demountable mixer option allows for the whole body of the fitting to be removed from the wall, as well as having a spout which can be removed. Markwik’s in-built sterilisation system already allows hot water to be flushed through all areas of the tap using a sterilisation bridge.The demountable body allows the fitting to be totally immersed for disinfection in sterilisation fluid, whilst the detachable spout can be sterilised in an auto clave device.It also offers a further option for disinfection using a bridging tube, which allows all areas of the fitting to be flushed through with hot water.On commission, a purging kit also allows the fitting to be thoroughly flushed through of any debris within the tap. The profile of the tap and inlet positions remain the same, meaning the new Markwik range can be fitted as part of a new installation or retro-fitted to existing installations. The new demountable spout is designed to offer a quick and easy way to lower infection risk where it’s needed most, enabling healthcare facility and hospital maintenance managers to maintain traditional cleaning methods, as well as new, by removing the spout for sterilisation. The additions to the Markwik range will ensure it remains fully compliant in addressing all the requirements for hospital fittings and infection control regimes, specifically in response to the addendum published for HTM 04-01* and HFN30**. www.ideal-standard.co.uk

Enquiry No 30


www.portanews.co.uk

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Portakabin Delivers Complex Interim Health Project Two Weeks Ahead Of Programme To Help Address Increasing Pressure On A&E Waiting TimesPortakabin Hire has delivered a complex interim health building for emergency care in just six weeks – and two weeks ahead of programme – to reduce the pressure on the Accident and Emergency Department at Worcestershire Royal Hospital.Reducing waiting times for treatment is one of the most urgent priorities for NHS trusts, particularly for emergency care. The new Surgical Clinical Decisions Unit (SCDU) built by Portakabin for Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust provides 24 beds in two wards and ancillary facilities including dirty and clean utilities, nurses’ base, consulting rooms and two en-suite isolation rooms, to allow patients arriving at A&E to be treated more quickly. The interim building will remain in use for around five years. The principal contractor for the scheme is Lend Lease Project Management and Construction.Other features installed by Portakabin in the new unit include a nurse call system, fire alarms, medical gases, bed-head trunking and access control. It is linked to the hospital’s existing building and there is a full climate control and an air change ventilation system.Commenting on the project delivery, Kevin Gosney, Assistant Project Manager at Lend Lease, said, “The culture of the whole Portakabin team was second to none, nothing was a problem and the project was a great success mainly due to their proactive approach and willingness to work with the other contractors on site, ourselves as principal contractor, the facilities management provider and the Trust.” “All the internal fitting out was completed by Portakabin which improved co-ordination and reduced the programme time. The modular building system used for this project was specified largely because of its superior energy efficiency, with air

tightness performance that significantly exceeds Building Regulations requirements. We were also impressed with the company’s commitment to zero waste to landfill and the team’s approach to safety on site.”“There was a great attitude from Portakabin at every stage and a willingness to get the job done on time, within budget and defect free.” The new SCDU facility at Worcestershire Royal Hospital is a specialist unit which allows A&E patients to be assessed fully before being transferred to other parts of the hospital or discharged.Portakabin provides ready-to-use and fully equipped buildings for interim use which can be delivered very quickly, sometimes in just days, enabling hospitals to meet waiting list and response time targets and to manage demand for bed spaces during peak periods such as the winter months, and while longer-term plans for expansion are progressed.Portakabin can provide interim solutions for ward accommodation, recovery suites, dialysis units, diagnostic facilities, out-patient departments and treatment centres. The buildings are constructed to the latest healthcare standards, including HTM (Health Technical Memoranda), HBN (Health Buildings Notes), SHTM (Scottish Health Technical Memoranda) and HAI-SCRIBE (Healthcare Associated Infection System for Controlling Risk in the Built Environment). Portakabin manufactures a wide range of buildings for both interim and permanent applications and has the widest hire and visitor centre network in the UK. It can deliver bespoke projects and standardised accommodation solutions in the most challenging timescales, with less disruption and less impact on the environment.

Enquiry No 32



www.hendersongreen.co.uk

Successful Delivery For Henderson GreenThe South Coast is experiencing a ‘baby boom’ as local Hospitals are giving their maternity units a new lease of life with the help of a leading engineering consultancy.

Henderson Green has been brought on board by Royal Hampshire County Hospital (RHCH) in Winchester, St Mary's Maternity Hospital in Poole and Princess Anne Hospital in Southampton to assist with new build and refurbishment projects.

At RHCH, Henderson Green's engineers worked on a two-phase project which created new birthing pool rooms with en-suite facilities and new Gynaecology theatres - all now handed over and compliant with Health Technical Memorandum.

The refurbished birthing pool rooms required the reconfiguration of the department layout and new services were provided to the pools to ensure they are more efficient in use and now have a 10 minute fill time.

Extensive electrical services were designed for the new Gynaecology Theatres at RHCH, which are now 50% bigger than the former theatres and feature new theatre ventilation plant and equipment, and a new building management system. New IPS and UPS 'clean power' electrical systems were also installed to ensure complete compliance.

A new 250kW chiller, which serves the whole maternity unit including the labour ward, SCBU, day theatres and the gynaecology theatre, has also been installed. Both schemes at RHCH required substantial work on the medical gas distribution to ensure correct capacity and service provision.

Russ Pitman, Henderson Green’s Managing Director said, “We are delighted to be working on these three highly technical maternity projects and to have successfully completed the RHCH project in Winchester. All of the projects presented their own challenges, however it's extremely rewarding to be designing state-of-the-art mechanical and electrical systems for these important and much-needed maternity units," added Russ.

Henderson Green is also working on a two-phase scheme at St Mary's Maternity Hospital in Poole. The first phase creates a one-wing specialist care birthing area which includes five birthing rooms, three of which provide birthing pool facilities. The second phase, comprises the refurbishment of the NICU and SCBU departments and will provide 20 cots in total and four isolation rooms.

Closer to home in Southampton, the Consultancy is working at the Princess Anne Hospital on the refurbishment of the Delivery Suite and in addition, M&E designs have been completed for the creation of an Early Pregnancy Unit, which is currently on-site. The unit will provide an upgrade to the existing birthing suite and will feature a new suite of rooms for treatment and assistance at an early stage of pregnancy.

Henderson Green is a Southampton and Channel Island based practice which works for an array of clients in the healthcare, education and commercial sectors including University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Universities of Southampton, Portsmouth and Winchester, Southampton Solent University, States of Jersey Health & Social Services, EDF Energy and ABP Associated British Ports.

Enquiry No 33


www.glassolutions.co.uk

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Glazing Solutions Mix Old And New At Iconic Eye Hospital To Form New Biomedical Centre Of Excellence A stunning glazed atrium, glass bridges and curtain walling are bringing together a grade II listed building with a brand new biomedical centre of excellence on the site of the former Royal Eye Hospital in Manchester. The Advanced Facades division of Saint-Gobain Group company GLASSOLUTIONS has won the £2.5m glazing design contract for the Citylabs building, which is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund.The 94,000 sq ft development will retain the heritage listed frontage whilst building new space to the rear, which has been designed to attract bio health companies to develop new products and services within BREEAM Excellent office, laboratory and networking space.The specification includes floor to ceiling Schuco curtain walling for improved thermal performance and to achieve a U-Value of 0.87 Wm2K. For a modern look and all-glass appearance a Spiderglass bolted system will be used on two elevations which form the entrance to an internal atrium. An architectural and practical feature of the development is an external maintenance walkway on each of the four storeys of the new building. An aluminium “veil” will provide access to the outside of the building and also act as brise soleil solar shading which will reduce glare and overheating in the building.Daniel Birrell, Design Leader at GLASSOLUTIONS said: “This is already a landmark building and is about to be given a new lease of life. It’s a vital building for the local economy as well as to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, which have a world class offering.”

Enquiry No 34


www.style-partitions.co.uk


Skyfold Delivers Open-Plan HealthcareReflecting trends in the US, partitioning experts Style reports a rise in enquiries from within the healthcare sector for their Skyfold vertical-folding, automatic moveable wall.

“Design of healthcare facilities is moving forward,” confirms Julian Sargent, MD for Style. “Areas as diverse as operating theatres to dental practices need to work harder. They must be capable of being quickly adapted to respond to changing requirements throughout the day.” Installed in countless healthcare environments throughout the US, Style is the exclusive UK partner for the Skyfold partitioning system which is ideally suited to the exacting demands of such facilities.

Housed within the ceiling cavity, the Skyfold unit is unique in that it requires zero floor space when not in use. It also offers a hygienic partitioning solution in that it requires no

vertical wall guides or floor tracks where germs may be harboured. Fully automatic, the moveable wall quickly descends at the touch of a button to create a firm divide that delivers outstanding privacy between the areas. In fact, Skyfold has recently achieved a new industry standard for acoustic performance of 59dB Rw making it the most advanced, fully-automatic system on the market today.

“Opportunities to deliver flexible space within operating theatres are now being incorporated into cutting-edge hospital designs,” explains Sargent. “As medical advances allow for evermore complex procedures the traditional operating theatre can become overcrowded. Skyfold units allow smaller theatres to be opened up to create a single area when a larger medical team is required.”

With electronic, pressurised rubber seals a Skyfold partition can assist in creating a sterile environment and allows areas to be separated to minimise the potential for contagion between patients. Partitioning within healthcare facilities can also improve patient comfort and consequently well-being, delivering sometimes much-needed privacy in otherwise open-plan areas.

Enquiry No 35

OPINION [ 31


WITHOUT MISSING A BEAT

ARTICLE BY: Ian Couldwell, Product Manager, Martek Medical

Ian Couldwell, Product Manager at Martek Medical, looks at how operators of public buildings are responding to the risks of sudden cardiac arrest.

“There are around 60,000 out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrests (SCA) in the UK every year. About half of these are treated by the emergency medical services. However, because what happens in the first 10 minutes is crucial to the survival of the individual, in many cases, it can be too late. Where the SCA takes place can significantly affect whether an individual lives or dies. Survival across the UK is between 2 and 12 per cent and bystander action in these cases is crucial, as is having access to the right equipment.

SCA occurs when the heart’s normal rhythm suddenly becomes chaotic, which means it can no longer pump the blood effectively and the victim collapses, stops breathing, becomes unresponsive, and has no detectable pulse. Without treatment, victims have only minutes to live. After 10 minutes, the chances of survival are extremely low. With an automated external defibrillator (AED) on-site, defibrillation can take place within the vital first three minutes and on average the chances of survival are drastically increased by up to 70%.

Many public buildings have competent first aiders, however the majority don’t have their own Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) which are the only proven method of resuscitating someone following an SCA. Survival rates drop by 10% for every minute without defibrillation. For public buildings which can host thousands of visitors per day, the chances that one day someone will experience SCA is relatively high.

In addition to this there’s the startling statistic that as many as 12 young people die each week as a result of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), this further reinforces the importance of the issue. Of those young people, 80 per cent will have shown no prior symptoms. These facts certainly alert us to the fact that heart related deaths aren’t restricted to the old and unfit, but in reality can happen to

anyone. It’s therefore critical that operators of public buildings are aware of the signs of SCA and have a clear understanding of what actions they need to take to prevent loss of life if such an event happens.

There are a number of considerations in relation to AEDs. Firstly, that the AED should be easily accessible and displayed in a prominent place, where it’s clearly visible, such as an entrance area to a library, school or sports centre.

In larger buildings or sites with multiple buildings, it’s advisable to install more than one defibrillator, to enable quick and easy access. As part of the ongoing health and safety procedure, it’s worth reminding staff on a regular basis where the defibrillator is kept.

In the event of sudden cardiac arrest, it’s essential not to delay as the chances of survival decline at a rate of around 10% with each minute that passes without defibrillation. However, if defibrillation

is delivered quickly, survival rates can be as high as 75%.

Although modern defibrillators, like the Lifeline range, are designed to be used without previous user knowledge, training should still play an important role in giving staff greater confidence in the use of the product. Defibrillators, such as the Lifeline AED, are extremely simple to use and guide users through the whole process through voiced instructions.

AEDs can be used on adults and children. One organisation that has recently taken a proactive approach to protecting its students and sports centre users is Dearne Valley College in Rotherham. The college invested in one of our Lifeline AEDs, as Shaun Woodward, Sports Centre Manager at Dearne Valley College, explains: “Fortunately, there’s never been a case of sudden cardiac arrest on our premises but we didn’t want to wait until it happened before taking action because then it’s too late and one young life lost is one too many. We decided to install the AED behind the reception desk in our sports centre, which means that, should an SCA occur, we would be able to respond within four minutes, significantly increasing chances of survival.”

Many A&E doctors have called for defibrillators to be installed in all public buildings and major campaigns of this kind have been run in countries like the USA, where AEDs are much more prevalent. Investment in an AED can mean the difference between saving and not saving a life, which is why local authorities and schools are seeing them as such a worthwhile investment.”

Martek Medical is the official UK distributor for Defibtech LLC, a leading innovator in the field of automated external defibrillators (AEDs). Martek Medical is a specialist supplier of the Lifeline range of defibrillators, which are used by both professionals and non professionals to restore a heart to a normal rhythm in the event of sudden cardiac arrest. www.martek-medical.com

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ARTICLE BY: John Howes, sales consultant for BOSS RIOpanel heating solutions

BSS BOSS THE RADIATOR

Aiding contractors and consultants in coping with increasingly tight budgets while still fulfilling the need for quality is paramount in today’s market, says John Howes, sales consultant for BOSS RIOpanel heating solutions.

Robust, good looking and discreet classically designed Scandinavian–style flat fronted radiators have become the must-have, defining look for today’s interiors in new build and existing building stock undergoing modernisation and refurbishment, and in both commercial or domestic settings.

However, budgets in all areas are under pressure but any temptation to buy solely on price for a short-term fix is emphatically not the path to follow. Buying best possible quality radiators is paramount especially in places where robust product with in-built longevity is required. For high occupancy/high traffic areas such as schools, universities, exhibition and showroom sites, student accommodation and hotels, you really need product that is built to last. Compromise on quality and you end up buying twice, and that is going to hit you in the pocket long term. Innovative heating solutions providers can help find ways of cutting costs without compromising on quality.

When it comes to choosing the right radiator for the job, buyers must be able to rely on the expertise of knowledgeable sales consultants who can do more than just arrange for a radiator to be hung on a wall. They need a company that can organise the whole process from project concept, product design and specification through to service backup and delivery. Basically, they need a provider who can take on the role of project manager.

Radiators made from high quality 2mm Scandinavian steel with different tapping solutions for flexible fixing options and a high quality paint finish have to be top of the wish list for buyers. For example, a radiator made from 2mm steel destined for installation in a hospital will withstand a good bash

with a bed while one offering 1.2mm thickness will crumple. And, the ‘fit and forget’ attributes of a quality radiator mean the installers can be confident there will be no time-wasting call backs.

A heating solutions provider who can think out of the box and is prepared to be flexible is a valuable resource for any contractor. For example, the prison service recently consulted with BOSS RIOpanel to develop a radiator with no easily detachable parts that might potentially be used as weapons. The BOSS RIOpanel Compact was re-engineered with secured side panels and top grille. and now the radiator is in demand at other prisons. BOSS RIOpanel products are exclusively available from BSS, part of the plumbing and heating division of Britain’s largest builders’ merchant group with 60 locations nationwide.

A manufacturer who never says no to unusual demands and can adapt its products to curve and angle to fit the demands of any building shape can deal with anything a client could wish for. The importance of offering the customer a choice of product as well as practical help such as organising deliveries, as and when they are needed, cannot be over-emphasised. This extends even to the point of installation, thereby cutting costs on time. Another point of interest to contractors looking to fulfill CSR requirements is that a reputable solutions provider can also help to ‘green’ deliveries for them.

A manufacturer who supplies quality items will always generate repeat business because the client is satisfied. Exceptional product and matching level of service is everything a self-respecting sales person for such a company wants to put their name to. They do not want to be associated with the ‘here today, gone tomorrow’ mentality. A good salesperson will not even entertain the thought of selling on price but will go the extra mile to find the right solution and build up solid relationships with contractors and installers for the future.

In conclusion, make the product right, provide excellent service and back up and there is no need to cut corners on product quality as the complete streamlined service effectively cuts time and money.

For more information on the BOSS RIO panel product range visit www.bssindustrial.co.uk and www.rio.dk/en


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Kidde Professional Business Manager Retires

Kidde - the world's leading smoke, heat and carbon monoxide alarm manufacturer - has announced the retirement of Gerald Jones, Business Manager for Professional and Fire Brigade Channels in the UK and Ireland. Gerald’s career was largely spent in the construction products sector, latterly in fire safety. He joined Kidde in 2000 and developed the specification-led side of the business from virtually nothing to its current position with a highly professional group of Regional Sales Managers and dedicated specification product range. Kidde Safety Europe Director Andy Burnett said: "Gerald devoted himself to the business and applied his extensive knowledge and long experience of residential fire and carbon monoxide safety to the benefit of the industry." All future sales enquiries should be emailed to: [email protected] . www.smoke-alarms.co.uk

Enquiry No 40

BDA Organises Structural Masonry Day

In collaboration with Arup, the Brick Development Association (BDA) which represents the UK Brick Industry, is organising a Structural Masonry Day on 3rd April. Leading experts in structural masonry design will be on hand to offer authoritative advice on masonry prefabrications and movement in masonry as well as case studies on innovative structural solutions. There will also be practical demonstrations on thin joint construction. The event will be held at Arup’s Symposium Room, 13 Fitzroy Street, London W1T 4BQ from 10am to 4pm. Tickets cost £75 (plus VAT) including lunch and refreshments and can be purchased by visiting the BDA’s website: www.brick.org.uk/2013/10/bda-structural-masonry-day/. www.brick.org.uk

Enquiry No 37

Leading Company Achieves ISO 14001 Environmental Management Standard

Harrison Thompson & Co., whose well-known building products include Yeoman Shield, the UK market leader in the supply and installation of wall & door protection and Yeoman Rainguard, one of the UK's

leading providers of rainwater systems, has achieved ISO 14001:2004 Environmental Management System (EMS). Speaking on behalf of Harrison Thompson, which also has Quality Assurance ISO9001:2008 accreditation, director Phil Christopher, said: “We are delighted to have achieved

the ISO 14001 Standard which demonstrates to customers and staff our commitment to reducing our environmental impact”. For further details on Yeoman Shield products visit www.yeomanshield.com, email [email protected] or Yeoman Rainguard products visit www.rainguard.co.uk or email [email protected]. or telephone 0113 279 5854.

Enquiry No 36

New Rewards Package For New And Existing Fila Club Members

Surface care specialist, Fila has launched a new rewards package for new and existing members of its Professional Installers Club. Available to all trade customers throughout the UK and Ireland, the Club helps support businesses and rewards loyalty with a wide package of rewards and benefits. New features include a brand new Rewards Catalogue, with includes a wider selection of ‘fixer-focused’ gifts. All new members will also receive a complimentary 3M Thinsulate beanie hat when they join online at www.club.filasolutions.comThe Professional Installers Club aims to support customers, promote best practice and enhance product knowledge. The Club’s incentive scheme also provides points for purchases, which can be exchanged for gifts from Fila’s Rewards Catalogue. www.club.filasolutions.com

Enquiry No 38

Trend Puts Energy Savings In Force For West Midlands Police

As the second largest police force in the country, West Midlands Police operates from a diverse range of buildings. Energy efficiency is a high priority for the organisation and it uses Building Energy Management Systems from Trend Control Systems to achieve this. Tim Pugh, a CIBSE Low Carbon Consultant, is the in-house Chartered Mechanical Engineer for West Midlands Police.After conducting one of his regular energy audits, Tim recognised that the existing boiler control strategy was not fully optimising energy use and he felt that gas consumption could be reduced with demand based control. Tim called in Trend Controls who set about developing a system called Trend Advanced Boiler Control. Tim concludes, ‘Taking the weather into account, our trials of Trend’s Advanced Boiler Control strategy have demonstrated energy savings of over 10% per cent on the gas consumption in the first 8 months of use.’ www.trendcontrols.com

Enquiry No 39

Softly, Softly In Leafy Herts!

There’s no denying the attractiveness of Hertfordshire as a place to live, apart perhaps from the hardness of the water that comes out of the water mains and untreated, can lead to significant problems from limescale build up. Tucker French Plumbing & Heating Merchants was asked by the owners of a new six bedroom property close by, to specify the fittings in the bathrooms in their new home and as well as specifying the aesthetic components that made the bathrooms look fantastic, they also specified some additional components that would keep them looking that good. In

particular, they specified a Tapworks AD15 water softener, the largest domestic water softener in the Tapworks range, selected because of the size of the property. www.tapworks.co.uk

Enquiry No 41


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Howe Green Floor Boxes For Better Safety And Lower Electricity Bills

It is a common scene these days in coffee shops, airport terminals and hotel foyers around the world; people on their laptops with a power cord stretched out dangerously to the nearest outlet. Everyone wants to be fully charged it seems and often with no regard to the safety implications or costs involved.UK access cover manufacturer Howe Green has designed a bespoke floor box solution to help prevent people plugging in where they shouldn’t and to help reduce the risk of unwanted trip hazards in public spaces. The discreet stainless steel floor boxes were originally developed for the public lounge of the Hilton Hotel at Tower Bridge. Howe Green were tasked with replacing the original floor boxes, which were damaged and in poor condition. As well as being unsightly, some posed potentially serious trip hazards with lids

and cable outlets not sitting flush with the surrounding floor. In several cases, removable box lids had been lifted by members of the public seeking power to charge laptops and mobile devices.Often, the hotels own lamps and equipment had been unplugged in the process, leaving trailing cables across the floor. Howe Green’s floor boxes were the ideal solution for highly trafficked public areas such hotels, leisure centres, libraries, airports, restaurants and café’s. They have a discreet design with minimal show edge and a series of discreet cable outlets. Most importantly, they are lockable, making them more tamper proof for increased security and safety. Suitable

for all floor finishes, the stainless steel floor boxes will accept an insert to matching their surround for a perfectly flush and uninterrupted floor finish. www.howegreen.co.uk

Enquiry No 45

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Mapei Paves The Way At Birmingham New Street

A complete system of Mapei products has been specified in the flooring build up of new public concourses within Birmingham’s New Street Station. The £600m redevelopment scheme will include a new concourse, exterior façade and entrances. On behalf of principal contractor - Mace – Grants of Shoreditch and UKS Group Ltd prepared and installed 20,000m2 of new flooring. A series of Mapei systems were chosen to enable fast installation and provide a surface suitable for exceptionally high levels of foot traffic. Phase 1 refurbishment was completed in April 2013, with overall project completion in 2015, along with further Mapei specifications. www.mapei.co.uk

Enquiry No 43Shepway Civic Centre’s Made Up With Array

Shepway Civic Centre, the offices of Shepway District Council in Folkestone, Kent, has undergone a major refurbishment, which has included specifying fibre bonded carpet tiles from Heckmondwike FB.Almost 350m2 of carpet tiles were supplied in grey from the Array range and purple from the Broadrib range to complement the council’s logo. The accent colour – purple – was selected to match the council’s corporate colours and to complement the breakout furniture and desk screens, whilst the grey Array carpet tiles provided a neutral base. The layout was designed around the desk plans, breakout space and integral partitioned meeting rooms. The purple accent colour was also used to define the walkways in the building, which was in sharp contrast to the white lockers and pale grey cupboards and workstations. Array is the latest addition to Heckmondwike FB’s creative flooring range and is proving popular for both commercial and education environments. www.heckmondwike-fb.co.uk

Enquiry No 42

FLOORMATE 300-A Insulation Awarded BBA Accreditation

FLOORMATE 300-A extruded polystyrene (XPS) insulation from Dow Building Solutions has been awarded a BBA certificate. FLOORMATE 300-A - which is a STYROFOAM-A grade manufactured in

the UK - is durable enough to be laid beneath concrete floor slabs, and can help to prevent thermal bridges at floor and wall junctions. Thermal conductivity is 0.034W/mK in a 100mm thickness; the product also offers good compressive strength of 300kPa and a high design load of 130kPa. In addition, FLOORMATE 300-A has excellent moisture resistance thanks to its closed cell structure, making it suitable for a range of external insulation applications. FLOORMATE 300-A boards are

lightweight yet robust, offering durability across a range of domestic and medium load bearing floor constructions. www.styrofoam.co.uk

Enquiry No 44


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www.forbo-flooring.com

Forbo’s Back To The Floor Announces Lower Bag ThresholdForbo’s Back to the Floor recycling scheme has lowered its collection threshold from two bulk bags to just one bag giving greater flexibility on collections of installation off-cuts of its flooring products.The new threshold of one bag – around 70m² of Forbo flooring off-cuts is needed to fill it – has been introduced in response to feedback and requests from participants

in the scheme, which recycles Forbo’s clean installation off-cuts back into new flooring products.Given that there is an estimated 10% wastage arising from each new flooring installation, each bag can hold enough off-cuts from a 700m² floor area. This calculation enables contractors to allow for sufficient bags to recycle off-cuts from any project – and especially helps those who could collect this amount over a number of smaller jobs.Back to the Floor Scheme Co-ordinator, Matt Charlton said: “By lowering the threshold to one bag, we are facilitating greater take-up of the Back to the Floor scheme across the flooring supply chain, especially for smaller

installers and retail outlets. Volumes collected from smaller projects can all go together in one bag, contributing towards their overall sustainable goals.

“The lower threshold has been warmly welcomed by collectors, particularly by those with limited storage space at their premises and who may have struggled to store more bags. It also encourages greater participation, by retailers for example, as this is ideal for their requirements.”Since its launch in November 2012, virtually the whole flooring portfolio supplied by Forbo can now be collected through its recycling initiative, thus closing the recycling loop. The addition of Tessera Carpet Tiles installation off-cuts in November 2013 widened the sustainable disposal options for flooring companies, enabling 100% of Tessera carpet trim to be reused in the UK.Back to the Floor also collects and reprocesses smooth vinyl, cushioned vinyl flooring, plus Marmoleum and Flotex installation off-cuts for recycling back into new Forbo products.Matt added: “Enabling collections from just one bag means even more flooring companies can join Back to the Floor, making it easier and more accessible for all. Collections are backhauled using the existing transport network.”Scheme members are provided with colour-coded polythene bags and bulk bags, which can be collected from site or dropped off at participating distributors when filled with the specified materials.Marmoleum is recycled into new flooring at Forbo’s plant in Kirkcaldy, Tessera off-cuts are processed at the Bamber Bridge plant near Preston, while the Flotex and vinyl flooring goes back into flooring at the Ripley site.For more information, call 0161 355 7618 or email [email protected]

Enquiry No 46


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The Perfect Boiler Pipework Cover Up For Axiom Housing Association

Easy to fit pre-formed and pre-finished boiler casings from Encasement have been chosen to conceal unattractive boiler pipework in a development of 30 new shared ownership apartments by Axiom Housing Association in Peterborough. The Anson House development at Cottesmore Close provides a choice of one and two bedroom apartments and each includes an energy efficient boiler located in the kitchen area. Encasement’s boiler casings were chosen to not only provide an aesthetic and durable solution to the installation, but also enable a consistent high quality finish to be achieved in every apartment.Manufactured from pre-formed plywood to match the boilers’ exact dimensions of 430mm wide by 200mm deep and 495mm overall height, each boiler pipework casing is pre-finished in a white Formica® laminate making them resistant to damage and easy to wipe clean.Every casing was manufactured off-site to the precise boiler specifications, enabling the contractor to fit them in a matter of minutes in each apartment, rather than wasting time and money fabricating and painting individual boxings on-site. As the casings are free standing and held in place with a mastic sealant, they are easy to remove and re-fit without damaging them, giving easy access for routine maintenance and safety inspections.Encasement specialises in the supply of decorative casings, protection solutions and sustainable products for the architectural, contracting and construction sectors. Full specifications and details for the company’s Boiler Casings are available by visitingwww.encasement.co.uk/boiler-pipe-work-casing.html

Enquiry No 50

Air Curtains At BT Newgate

JS Air Curtains has supplied two Zen air curtains and a Rotowind revolving door air curtain for use at BT’s global headquarters at Newgate Street, London. JS Air Curtains supplied two 1m electrically heated Zen air curtains for use above the pass doors. The Zen is part of JS Air Curtains’ Designer Range and has a contemporary architectural style. It can be fitted with bespoke fascia panels of different materials and any RAL colour, and also carry signage, branding or even elements such as clocks. The air curtain protecting the revolving door is a Rotowind. This air curtain was designed to meet the specific conditions of

a revolving door, which can act as a low-speed fan, forcing a mass of cold air into a room with each rotation. www.jsaircurtains.com

Enquiry No 48

Viessmann Presents Its ‘Power-To-Gas’ Method To Turn Excess Renewable Electricity Into Gas For The UK Grid

At Ecobuild 2014 Viessmann presented its power-to-gas solution for addressing the peaks in power generation from weather-dependant renewable energy sources. Viessmann believes its model for storing excess power in the gas grid can pave the way for the UK’s successful transition from conventional to renewable fuels. Viessmann will also be explaining the inherent suitability of its power to gas model to the UK due to the country’s heavy reliance on its own gas grid.At present surplus energy generated by the UK’s offshore wind farms cannot be stored or transported elsewhere, forcing the government to sometimes take the highly controversial step of paying wind farm operators to shut down. Power-to-gas involves converting excess power into hydrogen by means of electrolysis. This is followed by what is known as the methanisation stage, during which highly specialised microorganisms convert hydrogen and carbon directly into pure methane. www.viessmann.co.uk

Enquiry No 47

KAC Set For AV Growth With ENscape Launch

KAC Alarm Company, the market leading call point and AV device manufacturer, has developed ENscape, a new range of EN54-3 and EN54-23 approved conventional AV warning devices for use in fire detection systems. Offering outstanding performance, fast installation and safe evacuation for all building occupants, ENscape reduces costs for contractors and improves the effectiveness of Audible Visual Alarm Devices for end users. www.kac.co.uk

Enquiry No 49


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Vent-Axia’s Lo-Carbon Response Quietly Delivers High Pressure Efficiency

‘All Hands To The Pumps’ – For The Mary Rose Museum Stelrad Adds New Model To Leading Low Surface Temperature Range

Inta Gives Shower Range An Eco Boost

Visitors to the exciting Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, just a stone’s throw from Nelson’s flagship, HMS Victory, can’t fail to be impressed by the museum’s ‘spaceship like’ modern exterior. Every major building such as the Mary Rose museum, depends heavily on the installed specialist machinery and systems that ensure the building environment is maintained within design conservation and visitor comfort parameters. Of major importance, located in dedicated plant rooms, are the pumps. The pumps selected from the huge Wilo range were supplied via Pipe Center, Southampton. The plant room incorporates Wilo pumps for the boiler circulation, secondary heating system, secondary hot water system, for chilled water circulation and a secondary chilled water system. The design of the building incorporates a dual duty approach, with two identical pumps operating alongside each other, sharing the load, to ensure guaranteed functionality at all times. The equipment supplied by Wilo also includes two pressurisation units, in line with the design intent to reduce the risk of system failure and subsequent disruption to visitor flow. www.wilo.co.uk

Enquiry No 51

Stelrad Radiators’ sector leading low surface temperature radiator range has seen a new model – the LST i Plus – added to the LST Standard and the LST Plus options – offering the perfect solution for heating systems in buildings where vulnerable people need to be protected from the levels of surface heat emitted from a standard radiator. LST radiators can be installed in domestic, commercial and public buildings running heating systems with total public safety assured. The LST i Plus is supplied with the addition of an integral remote sensing thermostatic valve to allow adjustment of room air temperature, as well as an arthritic adaptor and additional components to discourage unauthorised tampering. Another feature of the LST i Plus is the beautifully curved casing edges which adds aesthetic appeal. www.stelrad.com

Enquiry No 52

The new Lo-Carbon Response™ from Vent-Axia is a discreet, near silent, continuous running, constant volume dMEV solution. Designed for both new build and the social housing sector, the SAP Appendix Q listed Response is ideal for both kitchen and bathroom applications. Providing excellent pressure while still maintaining high energy efficiency, the Response features an innovative digital display that confirms airflow and system pressure of the installed product. The dMEV Response’ constant volume technology provides optimum performance automatically adjusting the speed of the fan to ensure that the desired airflow is delivered. With the Response’ new silent higher pressure axial impellor the requirements of many domestic installations are met without the need to use a centrifugal fan. The Response’ new high pressure silent axial impellor enables the fan to not only develop great installed performance over duct runs, but to do this in the most energy efficient way. The fan delivers excellent pressure whilst not wasting energy on high pressure at low air volumes. In addition, as standard, the Response is designed to delay activating for 3 minutes when the bathroom light switch turns on, and if the light is switched off before 3 minutes, the fan does not come on. This removes nuisance running during the night when the householder does not want to wake others in the house. An innovative comfort control option (patent pending) has also been included which, when selected at installation, activates the fan on a reduced speed for the first 20 minutes then slowly ramps up to boost to clear steam. Thus offering households a peaceful and steam free bathroom.For social housing the Response features another attraction, a unique Datalogger which records whether a fan is active or idle. If a fan has been switched off and mould appears, the landlord will realise why and can discuss a solution with tenants. This helps landlords make homes safer for tenants by helping to avoid condensation and mould which can lead to respiratory problems and allergies.The Response is part of Vent-Axia’s Lo-Carbon™ collection. The aim of the Lo-Carbon initiative is to offer the latest low carbon ventilation technology in order to reduce building energy consumption and so carbon emissions. For further information on all products and services offered by Vent-Axia telephone 0844 856 0590 or visitwww.vent-axia.com

Enquiry No 54

Inta is furthering its water saving credentials with the introduc-tion of Eco Air Handsets across its entire shower offering. The handsets, which can reduce water consumption by as much as 30%, utilises Inta’s Eco Air technology to volumize the water run-ning through the shower body in order to maintain the optimum shower experience. The new handsets fuse stylish modern design with cutting edge innovation, making for sleek, high-performing showers that deliver considerable water and energy savings. www.intatec.co.uk

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Trent Valley Promotes The Benefits Of Assure

Nottinghamshire-based installer and Network VEKA member, Trent Valley Window & Door Company Ltd joined the Assure Competent Person Scheme last year, and as Group Managing Director, Gary McCartan explains, has found that Assure offers many benefits above and beyond other similar schemes. “We have found the specific benefits it offers both us and our customers are hard to beat. Assure offers us training that we wouldn't get with other schemes. 26 of our surveyors and fitters recently completed the MTC (Minimum Technical Competencies) training as part of our Assure membership, and everyone agreed that the training was straightforward, easy to understand, and the one day course made the whole process a lot smoother.” Gary adds: “We've definitely found Assure to be a cost-effective route to compliance.” www.veka.com

Enquiry No 56

Only Vicaima Could Answer The Challenges Of This Landmark Project

Vicaima was chosen to provide the interior door sets for the World Wildlife Fund Living Planet Centre in Woking, which is also home to the WWF. As well as being the new home of the WWF, the building is an inspirational educational resource which shows, through smart use of design, materials and technology, that it is possible to create a state-of-the-art building with minimal environmental impact. Vicaima was chosen to manufacture and supply the interior door sets throughout the building – a choice that was based on Vicaima’s robust and extensive environmental policy,

commitment to responsible sourcing of raw materials, and full FSC accreditation. Vicaima supplied a total of 46 fully finished, oversize Portaro door sets in various heights, the tallest being 2370mm for an entrance door to the auditorium, and to different widths; the maximum being 1130mm wide. The doors were finished in birch to complement the wall panelling. Portaro is an outstanding complete door system, providing the perfect partnership between door, frame and architrave, providing a fully finished door, frame, architrave and ironmongery together in one single system. Vicaima now offers this high performance door to a height of 2350mm to give a dramatic floor to ceiling look which can be further enhanced by seamlessly integrating the door – using invisible hinges – into full wall-width panels giving a stunning contemporary ‘panoramic’ look.

The Portaro range offers one of the widest number of finish options available anywhere. In addition to beautiful stained veneers, fully finished paint, laminate, foil, grooved face and inlay options, a complete Pantone matched colour spectrum is now offered which offers unlimited and exciting design possibilities. For more details about Vicaima Portaro and other door products call 01793 532333 or download a copy of the Door Kit and Set Solutions brochure by visiting www.vicaima.com and selecting brochures. Vicaima’s environmental accreditations and social responsibility statement can be viewed at www.vicaima.com/en-gb/sustainability

Enquiry No 58

Diffused Daylighting At The National Football Centre

One of the world’s largest sporting facilities to use Kalwall® with aerogel insulation technology is St George’s Park, the FA’s National Football Centre and training ground in Burton-on-Trent. Of particular interest is the full-size indoor football pitch and separate sports hall both of which are side lit by natural light using Kalwall. The cladding admits Museum-Quality Daylighting™, flooding the interior with natural diffused daylight while

eliminating glare and shadows to create perfect playing conditions. The architects have also maximised the highest levels of insulation and energy efficiency, whilst still maximising daylight, by incorporating an aerogel within 950sqm of the 2780sqm of Kalwall used on the site. This produces a remarkable insulating ‘U’ value of 0.28W/m2K, equivalent to a solid wall. www.structura-uk.com/kalwall

Enquiry No 55

SWA Member Helps Restore Brighton Station

Terminating opposite its famous beach, close by the pier stretching out into the English Channel, Brighton’s railway station is part of the resort’s most recognisable structures, and an important part of its architectural heritage. When it came to undertaking significant refurbishment work to the building, local conservation officers sought to restore the elements involved to their original splendour, which has led to a member of the Steel Window Association supplying a large number of arch topped doorsets and windows for the work. London based Govette Windows was awarded the contract. The inappropriate aluminium framed glazing which had been fitted in the early eighties could not remain. Govette surveyed all of the openings before beginning fabrication using the W20 steel sections, which were hot dip galvanized and given a white polyester powder coat paint finish. Conservation issues dictated the use of single glazing which was all cut from 6.4 mm laminated safety glass. The doorways are particularly tall and narrow which led to two different designs being used.www.steel-window-association-co.uk

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www.vmzinc.co.uk

VMZINC Provide Face Of Iconic Thameslink Viaduct London Bridge station, the capital’s oldest railway terminus, presented a major bottleneck through lack of capacity either to increase train frequency or service longer trains. Three different operating companies use it with six lines continuing to Cannon Street, Charing Cross and Blackfriars. Of 86 trains each hour only one Thameslink train could be accommodated in the face of demand for 18.A new 400 metre viaduct and 1,080-tonne, 70-metre bridge over Borough High Street was therefore built to address the congestion issue. Described by architects Jestico and Whiles as an iconic structure, its distinctive appearance is provided by 2200m2 of VMZINC curved cassette panel facades in pre-weathered QUARTZ-ZINC®. The material was fabricated by EDM Spanwall and installed by specialist architectural metalwork and façade contractor the McGrath Group. The material will retain its appearance for years to come and in doing so requires minimal cleaning and maintenance.In addition to construction of the viaduct work also included demolition of existing buildings, temporary relocation of Borough Market to adjacent land and removal, refurbishment and reconstruction of the existing cast iron market structure.

Enquiry No 59


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Get Flushed Away With Style

The newly extended Multikwik range of flush plates offers a design solution for any bathroom – from infrared sophistication to stylish glass and wood materials. From colourful bright designs for schools and nurseries to muted earthy tones and finishes that would not be out of place in the most luxury of spa bathrooms. With a choice of over fifty flush plates and many buttons, the Multikwik range offers a flush plate for any bathroom backdrop. The range also includes a comprehensive infrared range. Perfect for public facilities including urinals, these flush plates combine a vandal-resistant covering with touch free technology for improved hygiene, all allowing ample access for maintenance. www.multikwik.com

Enquiry No 60

Kemmlit Lockers Specified For Stonehenge Visitor Centre

Kemmlit’s IXOS Type P lockers have been specified for the Stonehenge exhibition and visitor centre which opened in December. Kemmlit’s IXOS Type P lockers were specified for the centre’s staff changing room

areas.This bespoke locker system features a robust, durable and flexible construction. The locker carcass and doors are constructed from 13mm melamine resin coated, solid grade laminate panels connected by aluminium profiles which have an innovative ‘plug in’ construction. There is also an option to have 8 mm toughened safety glass doors. Underpinned by a 25 year warranty, the Kemmlit IXOS Type P locker system offers resistance to impact damage, breakage and scratching. It is also water resistant, easy to clean and maintain. www.kemmlituk.com

Enquiry No 61

New Bespoke Basins Provide Coporates With Design Edge

A standard range of Miranit basins from Franke Washroom Systems have been available for specialist applications for 2 years. Now with the addition of Miranit Bespoke it is possible to have either a run of basins made to measure for use in washrooms situated in corporate receptions, for staff washroom facilities or in a board-directors personal bathroom. Miranit Bespoke provides tailored bowl choices, in a choice of Matte and High-Gloss white along with four styles of washbasins; straight, D shape, L shape and corner-convex and are available in lengths up to 3.6 metres. High Gloss white has a gelcoat surface made from 80% natural minerals and 20% unsaturated polyester resin. The smooth, non-porous surface means that lime scale and stains cannot cling – making the bowls easy and very quick to clean. The solid Matte finish is made from 2/3 aluminum hydroxide and 1/3 polyester resin and is the same material and colour right through. This means it is robust and resistant to scratches and importantly, extremely hygienic.

Franke Washroom Systems has developed a new moulded manufacturing process which allows designers and architects to specify both the size and the shape of the bowl/s. Bowls can be with or without a tap hole to allow for wall mounted or electronic taps, with or without a front apron and include a waste disposal barrel if required. Other options include; the distance between bowls, depth and width of basins and height of design.For further information about the Miranit product line-up from Franke Washroom Systems, please request a product guide, price list or individual brochure from [email protected]. Follow on Twitter @FrankeSissons.

Enquiry No 63

Non-Allergic Acoustics

Troldtekt’s acoustic ceiling panels have been awarded the coveted ‘Allergy Friendly Product Certificate’, this has been given by Allergy UK. The only ceiling panel on the market boasting such important recognition, Troldtekt acoustic panels have received the Award because they not only provide excellent sound absorption in all types of building but also a healthy indoor climate because the panels do not contain any harmful materials or potential allergens. Danish manufactured Troldtekt tiles are made from 100% natural wood fibres. www.troldtekt.co.uk

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www.shopkit.com

Introducing Trackit, A New Suspension System From The Shopkit Group

TracKit, is an extremely versatile track suspension system providing mobility and flexibility to the presentation of banners and graphics, sliding panels/room dividers, shelving and clothing displays. Trackit can facilitate different types of elements to be hung at different heights along straight or curved sections of track and repositioned easily and is proving to be a popular display solution for Receptions, Galleries, Retail interiors, Window displays, Home, Hotels and the rest of the Leisure industry.TracKit can be wall or ceiling fixed and is available with a choice of single, twin or triple tracks, enabling the design of multi-track installations, giving displays the potential for depth and innovation.This system offers static and mobile suspension options, via a roller wheel, which allows for easy re-positioning of complex displays and shelving as well as large

panels and room dividers etc, by simply sliding the roller wheels along the track. The suspension track is available in both aluminium and stainless steel and there are six different support methods that can be hung from the track, each with a vast array of accessories and Shopkit can help determine which is most suitable for each application.

Made to Measure and Installation options availableThe dimensions and material finishes of the different suspension systems and accessories can be varied to suit clients’ requirements and Shopkit can deliver and install all elements within this range - quotations will be supplied on request.

Enquiry No 64


www.lathamtimber.co.uk

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Washroom Solutions From LathamsAs part of its new range of washroom solutions, James Latham is now offering moisture resistant, high performance melamine faced chipboard (MFC) as well as a range of matching compact grade laminate (CGL).The moisture resistant MFC incorporates two decorative melamine surfaces which are bonded to both sides of the high density chipboard under high pressure and temperature. They will be offered in 10 different decors. Also available, is a selection of matching compact grade laminate (CGL) in 14 different decors. Compact grade laminate offers the ultimate performance in the most demanding environments. The panels are extremely resistant to impact and have surfaces and cores that are totally impervious to water.Both of these new range additions will be colour co-ordinated with Latham’s existing range of high pressure laminates (HPL) and 2mm thick ABS edgings.James Latham’s Group Product Champion for Melamine, Paul Morson, commented, “These latest additions, of both moisture resistant MFC and matching compact grade laminate mean that we can now offer a true ‘one-stop-shop’ washroom solutions package to our customers.” James Latham’s washroom solutions package includes: Moisture resistant MFC in panel sizes; 2800 x 2070 x 18mm, Compact Grade Laminate in sizes; 3660 x 1830 x 12mm and High Pressure Laminate in sizes; 3050 x 1310 x 0.8mm. In addition, 3660 x 1530 x 0.8 mm is now available directly from stock at all nine of James Latham’s nationwide panel depots. James Latham also offer a large range of MFC (Melamine Faced Chipboard) and MDF (Medium Density Fibreboard) to order.

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The LED Road Lighting Solution For An Optimised Investment

Urbis Schréder strengthens its position as leader in complete and cost-effective lighting solutions by launching the Ampera, an LED road luminaire. Developed using a systematic approach to evaluate the added value of each component, the Ampera provides maximum performance with only the essential technology to guarantee Urbis Schréder’s high-quality standards. The Ampera range sets a new benchmark in LED lighting with performing and flexible solutions that lead to the shortest payback time. With its tremendous efficiency and its long lifespan, the Ampera range enables you to minimise the Total Cost of Ownership of your installation.The Ampera is available in 3 sizes, to offer a complete solution for the replacement of virtually all road applications currently lit with old light sources, including pedestrian areas, bike paths, residential and commercial streets, rural or urban roads and motorways. The Ampera’s slim design allows it to blend in any type of environment. Additional features such as motion and speed detection and remote management can be included thanks to its flexible technical concept. Thanks to the low initial investment and high energy savings, the Ampera is the obvious choice for converting old lighting equipment to LED technology. www.urbis-schreder.com

Enquiry No 69

Timeguard Floods The LED Market

Timeguard have introduced a range of wide-beam floodlight designs that produce even diffused light, virtually indistinguishable from old-style and energy-guzzling halogen lamps. This overcomes installers’ reluctance to switch to LEDs for floodlighting, because Timeguard has eliminated the disadvantages of other so-called LED floodlights which emit only the focussed beam of light that is the signature of light emitting diodes. These new Timeguard lights join the NIGHTeye range which, as well as quality, unashamedly trades on its looks. Available in 10w, 20W and 30W versions, the new NIGHTeye Ultra range is equivalent in use to 135W, 180W and 250W halogen lamps and is offered with or without integrated PIR detectors for automatic switching. www.timeguard.com

Enquiry No 68

Hauraton LANDSCAPING 2014 Catalogue

The Hauraton 2014 LANDSCAPING 100 page, catalogue is now available. It includes the RECYFIX® PRO drainage channels featuring FIBRETEC® gratings and technical information on other established RECYFIX® channelling, surface reinforcement grids, edging, point drainage, slot drainage and green roof drainage systems. The e-catalogue can be downloaded from www.hauraton.co.uk

Enquiry No 67

Sika Fast-Curing Bridge Deck System Receives BBA-HAPAS Approval

Following a successful trial project at Belton Lane Bridge in Grantham, Lincolnshire, Sika has achieved BBA-HAPAS (Highway Authorities’ Product Approval Scheme) certification for its Sikalastic bridge deck waterproofing system. The Sikalastic fast-curing deck system offers a low odour application and a fast turnaround. With excellent crack-bridging properties and flexibility, even at low temperatures, the system also delivers outstanding resistance to abrasion

and wear in the most challenging and aggressive environments. Covering manufacture, specification and performance, the BBA-HAPAS approval will give highway designers quality assurance to specify the Sikalastic bridge deck waterproofing system. www.sikaconstruction.co.uk

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Company:C.R. Laurence

Project:Dundee’s Olympia Swimming And Leisure Complex

Product:Glass Balustrade System

More information:www.taper-loc.co.uk

Enquiry No 70

C.R. Laurence’s TAPER-LOC™ System has facilitated a speedy and simple installation of a new glass balustrade system at Dundee’s eagerly awaited new Olympia swimming and leisure complex.

The brand new complex features a 50 metre competition pool, wave pool, rapid river, dive pool, flumes and fitness suite. The Main Pool incorporates a movable floor and end walls to enable it to be reconfigured into a 25 metre Training Pool for clubs and public lane swimming.

The TAPER-LOC System was used to create a beautiful frameless balustrade in several areas of the pool and leisure complex. The clean lines of balustrade solution offered a simple but effective method to enclose the different types of seating and staircase arrangements.

TAPER-LOC is the simple way to install glass railings and balustrades it is 50% faster to install than traditional alternatives and as it is a totally dry glaze system there is no need for wet cement. The product is completely unique because it uses a horizontal TAPER-LOC design, which allows the system to be adjusted, dismantled and re-set easily and efficiently. The TAPER-LOC™ System conforms to BS6180:2011 and is ideal for replacing scratched and broken panels in existing applications.

Wattie Milne, of METALtech – Architectural Metalwork and Structural Glass Specialists who installed all the metalwork and the TAPER-LOC system, commented, “CRL’s range of Architectural Hardware is first-rate. In particularly, their TAPER-LOC™ System enabled a fast and efficient installation, which not only makes our job easier but keeps costs to a minimum. Their products are also backed up with an excellent Technical Support division.”

Chris Pepper, Business Development Manager for CRL commented: “This was a great project to be involved with and we are pleased the TAPER-LOC system was the preferred method for installing the balustrading. The TAPER-LOC system has been used for a number of years now on numerous high calibre projects”

For further information regarding C.R. Laurence’s TAPER-LOC Dry Glaze Balustrade System, or any other product from their extensive Architectural Hardware range, contact them on freephone 00 800 0421 6144, email [email protected], or refer to www.taper-loc.co.uk

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Stannah Modernise Car Park Lifts In Taunton

The Old Market multi-storey car park in Paul Street, in the heart of Taunton has been the subject of refurbishment that centres on the three very well-used passenger lifts. The South West England and South Wales branch of national lift company Stannah Lift Services has completed the comprehensive modernisation of a duplex of lifts adjacent to the central stairway and a single lift adjacent to the access on the opposite side of the building. Both the corresponding motor rooms were also refurbished.

All three lifts are 6-stop traction lifts, the duplex lifts each catering for 16 persons/1250kg and the single lift being a 13-person/ 975kg capacity.

Working with South West One Ltd on behalf of Taunton Deane Borough Council, Stannah won the competitive tender, removed old equipment and installed new lifts in just 18 weeks, on time and in budget.

Robert Erskine, Senior Building Surveyor with South West One, was delighted with the work of the Stannah Lift Services South West team, putting it in writing to the Managing Director:

‘This project is now completed and I wanted to make you aware of the first class service your team has given in achieving a good result on what was, a very contentious and politically sensitive site. From the outset, your sales advisor showed nothing but confidence in what your company could achieve and what the outcome would be, whilst his colleagues on site carried out the donkey work to make sure things happened in a timely manner with additional technical support in the background smoothed the way.

I visited the site almost every day and was always greeted with a smile and an air of confident, competence which was very reassuring. My special thanks must go to your supervisor who fine-tuned everything, leaving nothing for my Consultant to pick up on - a rare achievement indeed!

With no adverse complaints from the public throughout the works, my thanks go to them all and I trust our paths will cross in the future.’


www.stannahlifts.co.uk

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The scope of the work included new traction drive systems with a high performance motor gear unit for each lift, new electronic controllers and totally refurbished lift cars and landing doors. Each lift was completed simultaneously, in order to maintain sufficient public access over the six car park levels.

The duplex pair is cleverly and very neatly linked to one call button, positioned centrally between the two lifts, doing away with the usual confusion of which lift to call and where they both are. The state-of-the-art controller does all the work for you, as the pair of lifts work together to serve the user quickly, efficiently and saves energy by eliminating unnecessary travel. The lift is extremely quiet and the ride within the bright, spacious, brushed steel lift car is exceptional.

Enquiry No 71


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www.kempersystem.co.uk

Kemperol 2K-Pur Keeps Guildhall Library In Business

Kemper System’s Kemperol 2K-PUR waterproofing system has been used on a further phase refurbishment of London’s historic Guildhall, this time to provide a new roof surface for the Guildhall Business Library.The scheme follows the recent roof refurbishment of the Guildhall’s West Wing by main contractor Linbrook Services Ltd and involves overlay of a 300m2 asphalt roof featuring 56 pyramid rooflights. The brief to roofing contractor, A&L Roofing Services, was to complete the project within a six week programme, during which the library had to remain fully operational.Guildhall selected Kemper System’s Kemperol 2K-PUR system for both projects as its solvent-free formulation enables an odour-free installation, preventing any nuisance odours affecting staff or visitors to the building. The cold liquid-applied system also made it possible to apply the waterproofing membrane precisely to the upstands and drainage channels of the 56 pyramid rooflights, which are located extremely close together in the central area of the roof, whilst seamlessly incorporating the entire roof.The installation team began by cleaning and preparing the asphalt surface which had begun to blister and split. Kemper System’s Kempertec primer was then applied to stabilise the substrate and provide a chemical key for the waterproofing resin.

Once this had cured, the waterproofing membrane Kemperol 2K-PUR was installed onto the roof. Applied in a single process, the Kemperol resin saturates a non-woven reinforcement fleece and cures to form a monolithic membrane that is UV stable, extremely tough, flexible and tear resistant, that bonds directly to the substrate. Kemper System’s non-woven reinforcement fleece was cut to size and shape on site to enable the meticulous detailing and protection of the most vulnerable parts of the roof around the rooflights, outlets and upstands as well as the flat roof areas of the roof.Lee Lane from A&L Roofing Services comments: “Keeping the library open during the six week programme meant that the old rooflights had to remain in place while the job was done before being replaced with new pyramid rooflights at the end. This made for a very challenging project which could really only be delivered by a cold-liquid applied system that can be applied accurately to the multiple facets and contours of the complex detailing. The fact that the Kemperol 2K-PUR system is eco-friendly as well as odour-free was an added bonus for Guildhall, and kept the refurbishment in line with The City of London’s sustainability aims.”

Enquiry No 72


www.aurubis.com/finland/architectural

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Brass Quays

Recent renovation of the Strömkajen quayside - one of Stockholm’s most iconic and busiest areas – included a range of new terminal buildings, serving local ferries and sightseeing boats, and characterised by Nordic Brass cladding.

Swedish architects Marge Arkitekterhe designed the series of thoroughly modern, but low-key, buildings along the city centre water-front to defer to their historic surroundings and prioritise open views of the Royal Palace.

The architect’s concept involved interacting ‘cones’ - units of varying

size and number depending on each function and location, generating buildings without specific fronts or backs. Roofs and walls are clad with Nordic Brass, which harmonises well with the stone and stucco facades in the background and creates a unified, sculptural architectural expression. In addition, the Nordic Brass surfaces

were burnished by specialists and variations in surface texture achieved using a range of techniques. On this exposed quayside site, Nordic Brass also offers great corrosion resistance and durability.

In addition to Nordic Brass – which is now also available pre-weathered - copper alloys include Nordic Bronze and the innovative Nordic Royal, an alloy with a long-lasting golden colour. Other Aurubis Architectural surfaces include Nordic Standard ‘mill finish’, as well as Nordic Brown pre-oxidised copper giving either light or dark brown oxidisation that otherwise takes time to develop in the environment.

Nordic Green and Nordic Blue factory-applied patinas are also available - developed with properties and colours based on the same brochantite mineralogy found in natural patinas all over the world. Here, the process can be accurately controlled so that, as well as the solid blue or green patina colours, other intensities of patina flecks can be created revealing some of the dark oxidised background material giving a ‘living’ surface.

Enquiry No 73


www.mobilane.co.uk

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Manchester Apartment Block Gets Green FaceliftA block of flats owned by Eastlands Homes in east Manchester has been given a green facelift with the installation of a living, ivy wall that runs up the full height of the nine-storey building.

The ivy WallPlanters made by green screen company Mobilane will help to insulate the flats at Worsley Court in Rusholme as well as enhancing the look of the block, which was built in the 60s and is in the process of being refurbished by Eastlands Homes.

Importantly, the ‘green wall’ will also help to reduce pollution levels near the flats; Worsley Court is located on Wilmslow Road, a busy bus corridor with high pollutant levels. In total, nine ivy WallPlanters have been installed by Hedera Screens to cover 100 sq m of the building.

The plants will remove the same number of pollutant particulates from the air as four to five

average-sized trees, but take up a fraction of the space. Despite being 44 meters tall, the WallPlanters will be easy to maintain because of a special root zone in the planters that has been designed to give the plants an ideal environment in which to grow. A sophisticated irrigation system supplies water and nutrients as required. Julian Hammond, investment manager at Eastlands Homes, said that the ivy clad

wall was part of a project to revamp the apartment block, which forms part of a project of three multi-storey blocks owned by Eastlands Homes.

He commented: “One of our key priorities in refurbishing this building was to improve the insulation of the flats. The ivy will help to reduce heat loss from the building in winter, while in the summer months it will help to shield the building from the sun’s rays and keep the interior cool. Boosting Worsley Court’s insulation will have the knock-on effect of reducing energy consumption, helping to make the building more environmentally friendly and reduce energy bills for our customers. Cleaner air is a further bonus of the project.” Julian added that the luscious, green look of the WallPlanters was also a benefit: “We wanted to make an architectural statement. Mobilane’s WallPlanters were a cost-effective and instant way of lifting the aesthetic appeal of the building.”

Sean Farrell of Mobilane added: “Eastlands Homes emphasised the importance of sustainability in the brief for this project; they were looking for a long term solution to the problem of poor insulation which would also enhance the local area. Our extensive experience of working with public sector organisations has enabled us to deliver the right product for the job and provide the residents of Worsley Court with an appealing, environmentally sound way of improving the energy performance of their building.”

Enquiry No 74


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High Praise For Yeoman Rainguard Rainwater Systems

Damaged Victorian down pipes on the Leeds Methodist mission have been replaced with a Cast Iron rainwater system from Yeoman Rainguard. Yeoman Rainguard supplied four replacement stacks to match the original design in 100mm Dia Cast Iron, pre-painted Black. Trevor Parker, Leeds Methodist Mission property and conference manager “We were delighted with the quality of products and prompt service we received from Rainguard. Its specialist skills were very impressive and we were kept advised of progress at every stage of the job, added Trevor.” Visit www.rainguard.co.uk call 0113 2795854 or email [email protected]

Enquiry No 76

Lanes Group Engineers Help Reduce Flood Risks In Bolton

Lanes Group is helping to identify and resolve widespread potential flood problems in a town in Greater Manchester. Bolton Council has called in Lanes drainage engineers to carry out CCTV drainage surveys of culverts, followed by cleaning works. The project is being delivered in two phases. Early in 2013, Lanes engineers were commissioned to carry out CCTV drainage surveys of approximately 2,800m of culverted watercourse in 21 locations across the borough, these were selected because they are in low spots in the topography, near critical infrastructure or adjacent to property and principal routes serving the town; none had been inspected previously. www.lanesfordrains.co.uk

Enquiry No 75

Bank Is Fully Protected By Remmers

The facade of a Grade 1 listed, four storey high building in London required extensive stone and concrete restoration. Concrete & Corrosion Consultancy Practice was appointed as technical project managers for the refurbishment works.The ornate stone and cornice banding of the facade were being corroded through excessive weathering. Remmers protective coating systems were chosen to meet the highly demanding specification and multiple facade finishes including Limestone.Repairs were carried out using Betofix R2, a high build, fast curing concrete repair mortar. Remmers Restoration Mortar was also selected for its ideal restoration and reprofiling properties for masonry as well as ornamental building elements. Finally, Remmers Elastoflex Facade Paint was applied for its excellent anticarbonation characteristics, resistance to weathering and crack bridging ability. The works were completed within budget and ahead of the tight program, to the clients delight! www.remmers.co.uk

Enquiry No 78

Sika Admixtures Keep Tipton Pools Dry

The Sika Watertight Concrete system was an important ingredient in the construction of the swimming pools in the recently opened Tipton Leisure Centre, which is being run by the Sandwell Leisure Trust. A 25 metre main pool, a teaching pool and corresponding balance tanks, that were installed to maintain a constant water level in the pools, were all constructed using watertight concrete. Sika Watertight Concrete contains state-of-the-art concrete admixtures that firstly reduce the water/cement ratio, thus increasing the density of the mix and minimising the size, volume and continuity of the concrete's pores and secondly, fill the remaining pores, ensuring a completely watertight finish. The SikaSwell® jointing system, which consists of joint sealing profiles that expand on contact with water, were used to seal the joints between the concrete slabs. www.sikawatertightconcrete.co.uk

Enquiry No 77


www.bauder.co.uk

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Fulham Jetty Becomes Haven For Wildlife After Bauder Green Retrofit

Fulham Wharf is a landmark residential and retail regeneration scheme that began in 2013. Included within the approved scheme was the ecological enhancement of an abandoned jetty located on the River Thames, which had been left derelict for over 40 years. The development of this ground-breaking new jetty was designed to provide the local community with an ecological education centre together with a bio-diverse wildlife reserve.

Prior to work commencing on site the project team reviewed the structural adequacy of the existing 1,000m2 concrete jetty with a specialist marine engineering firm and subsequently decided that the jetty would need strengthening to support the new building’s columns. The roof of the new building swoops down to become a continuum with the jetty deck and is covered with a green habitat to provide three distinct environments for wildlife, one on the flat roof, one on the slope and the third on the jetty deck.

The flat roof located above the education centre was waterproofed with Bauder’s premium quality reinforced root resistant bitumen membrane before then having their patented sedum blanket installed. On the lower roof 650m2 of the Bauder Bakor hot melt structural waterproofing was installed along with a Bauder wildflower blanket, providing an instant carpet of vegetation.

One of the major challenges for this roof was installing the central sloped section, which required a lot of technical input and exceptional levels of workmanship from roofing contractor Accurate Roofing. This roofing area was waterproofed with the

same bituminous green roof system as the upper roof, however a special timber design for retaining the substrate and sedum blanket was also needed.

Despite the challenges faced throughout the project the work at Fulham Jetty was completed on time and to budget, providing the client with an innovative roof that boasts extraordinary environmental credentials.

Jamie Newborn, lead architect for the project from Fabrik Ltd, stated his delight with the finished project, “Long-term building function and sustainability were key to the architectural vision at Fulham Jetty and the roof served as an integral part of this aim. It stands as a prime example of green roofing, a benchmark for best practice and demonstrates a way of helping the city embrace and encourage its environment and wildlife. The project encountered numerous challenges but they were all solved promptly and efficiently by Bauder who deserve every accolade for this complex project, which they wholeheartedly embraced.”

Since its official opening to the public in October 2013, the lower wildflower roof has already become a haven for nesting birds and the array of river-related habitats and native plant species have also attracted a variety of different birds and insects to the jetty.

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A Winning Performance In The “Golden Mile” – Great West House, BrentfordForming part of what is known as Brentford’s “Golden Mile” business area; Great West House with its L-plan design is an iconic 1960’s tower. Dominating the skyline from the elevated M4, Great West House provides office accommodation for a number of blue-chip British and world-wide organisations, including BSkyB, Page One Communications and Air India.

Known as GW1 and GW2 the paired buildings are owned by commercial property investment company CLS Holdings plc and operated by Instant Office Ltd as a Business Centre providing fully furnished office suites, conference rooms, catering and leisure facilities.

An extensive programme of refurbishment and upgrade has ensured that the buildings provide contemporary accommodation to a high standard. However with energy performance now assuming greater importance for building owners and managers the original metal windows are also being enhanced to improve standards

of thermal insulation and comfort. The chosen solution is Selectaglaze’s bespoke Secondary Glazing with high performance seals which reduces heat loss by more than 50% and minimises air leakage. Comfort is improved and energy demand reduced. The secondary windows are fully fabricated off-site allowing rapid installation and minimal disruption to the day to day business of the building.

Thermography tests conducted by Thermascan clearly demonstrate that floors with secondary glazing perform considerably better than those with original glazing.Secondary glazing also offers significant noise insulation, typically a 45dB reduction, and is used to combat traffic and aircraft noise in offices, hotels and residential areas. Effective security can also be achieved using locks and strengthened glass.

Selectaglaze, founded in 1966 and a Royal Warrant holder since 2004 is the UK’s leading designer, manufacturer and installer of secondary glazing. Products are independently tested for thermal insulation, sound attenuation and security. Secure products have ‘Police preferred speciation’ under the Secured by Design initiative.Selectaglaze offers a free technical advisory service and a RIBA approved CPD seminar to professional designers.

For further information or literature please contact the Marketing Department on 01727 837271; e-mail [email protected] or visit the company’s comprehensive website at www.selectaglaze.co.uk

Enquiry No 80

www.selectaglaze.co.uk

Thermographic imagery demonstrates the effectiveness of secondary glazing within this 1960’s office block.Ar1 denotes the area treated with secondary glazing, showing minimum heat loss. Ar2 demonstrates the untreated area.

Comar keep all profiles in stock = market

leading delivery.

Reassurance: CWCT Tested, Audited and Certified to 3600Pa

Sequence B.

Facetted options 7.5 o convex or

concave.

Concealed vent for discrete ventilation.

comar6EFT

Comar Architectural Aluminium Systems have designed additional mullions, transoms and feature cover-caps to Comar 6EFT to launch the most comprehensive 50mm curtain wall system available today. After extensive research with our architectural and fabricator network we are pleased to offer additional high span mullions and transoms with the highest Ix and Iy values in the industry, allowing you to span further or keep the same flush box size throughout glazed areas.

From one range of profiles Comar 6EFT offers capped, 2sided structural glazing with vertical or horizontal capping and 4sided structural glazing. Comar 6EFT 4sided SG offers the slimmest structural glazing joint available today and can be either silicon or EPDM gasket sealed.

For details and downloads, take a look at www.comar-alu.co.uk today. We are pleased to offer BIM families to our architectural and contractor colleagues, please email [email protected] for further information.

Curtain Walling - Capped, 2sided SG and 4sided SGFor more information about comar6EFT please contact us:

Tel: +44(0) 20 8685 9685Email: [email protected]: www.comar-alu.co.uk

High span profiles keep same box sizes

throughout the facade with greater spanning ability.

Highest Ix and Iy values in the industry.

BIM ready Models.

Standard profiles range allows Capped, 2 or 4sided

Structural Glazing.

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