Metsec’s SFS steel framing system has helped to create a seamless finish to the façade of a new state-of-the-art custody centre and strategic policing hub for Devon and Cornwall Constabulary.

OVERVIEW

A requirement in Corstorphine Wright’s design brief was to avoid horizontal movement joints in the finished façade, which would have been the result had a traditional SFS Infill to concrete frame approach been taken. Working with Willmott Dixon at the early design stages of the contract, Metsec’s in-house design team proposed a continuous walling solution formed from SFS to support glazing and rendered elements that would form the external skin of the façade. Metsec’s solution included the use of fixing cleats to connect the SFS continuous walling to the structure’s concrete frame.

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Metsec SFS Infill Wall with Versaroc Sheathing Board, Knauf Internal Boards, Rockwool Duo Slab Insulation, Fire performance 120 min (external)

Metsec SFS Infill Wall with Glasroc X Sheathing Board, BG Internal Boards, Rockwool Duo Slab, Fire performance 120 min (non boundary)

Metsec SFS Infill Wall with Weather Defence Sheathing Board, BG Internal Boards, Knauf Rocksilk, Fire performance 120 min

Metsec SFS Infill Wall with Weather Defence Sheathing Board, Siniat Internal Boards, Knauf Rocksilk, Fire performance 60 min (non boundary)

Metsec SFS Infill Wall with Y-Wall Sheathing Board, 12.5 mm BG Internal Boards, Rockwool Duo Slab Insulation, Fire performance 120 min

Metsec SFS Infill Wall with Y-Wall Sheathing Board, 12.5 mm Knauf Internal Boards, Rockwool Duo Slab Insulation, Fire performance 120 min

Metsec SFS Infill Wall with Densglas Sheathing Board, BG Internal Boards, Fire performance 90 min (non boundary)

Metsec SFS Infill Wall with Weather Defence Sheathing Board, Knauf Internal Boards, Fire performance 90 min (non boundary)

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