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GRADE I LISTED PIECE HALL GETS THE ULTIMATE HARDSCAPE MAKEOVER
Hardscape Products Ltd
As part of a £19million conservation scheme, The Piece Hall has undergone a major transformation to revive the cultural, commercial and civic centre. Dating back to 1779, The Piece Hall was originally built to support the trading of ‘pieces’ of cloth. The historic site is one of the last remaining examples of eighteenth century architecture of its kind.
Welsh Slate helps give a London landmark a new lease of life
Welsh Slate
Roofing slates from Welsh Slate's Cwt-y-Bugail quarry were specified for the new-look Royal Pagoda.
Welsh Slate roofing slates have played a “critical” role in the award-winning renovation of one of London’s most unusual buildings.
A two-year conservation project to restore the roofs, and 80 decorative dragons, on the 18th Century Great Pagoda in the World Heritage Site of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew will give the public access to the upper floors for the first time in decades.
Exeter Grade II Listed Building Recieves New Fully Built-Up IKO UPXL System
IKO PLC
IKO provided a new fully built-up IKO Ultra Prevent System including an IKO enertherm ALU Tapered Insulation Scheme. This not only enhanced the falls to drain rainwater more effectively but also upgraded the thermal value of the roof which will save the Pre-School money on their heating bills. IKO designed a bespoke solution, in keeping with the building’s grade II listed status which also assisted with achieving the u-value upgrade required for current building regulations. The client was highly satisfied with an IKO 25 year single point warranty.
Crown Paints brings colour to life for Hull UK City of Culture project
Crown Trade, product of Crown Paints Ltd
Crown Paints has kicked-off its support for Hull UK City of Culture 2017 with a large scale outdoor art project, which puts colour, history and a passion for the city firmly on the map.
The UK paint manufacturer, which has a heritage stretching back hundreds of years in Hull, is helping to create a bright future for the area after signing-up as a Hull 2017 Business Club partner.
(Image copyright Chris Pepper)
Multiple Listed Buildings at historic site revived using Clement steel windows
Clement Windows Group
Following consultation with the city planning department, Mather & Ellis Stonemasons ordered Clement W20 steel windows for phases 3,4 and 5 of works completed during 2014. Steel windows were replaced in many of the University’s fine buildings including The Beyer Building, John Owens Building and The Christie Library.
Although the Clement W20 steel window system was used throughout, every building had individual design and installation specifications to maintain the correct appearance.
Office Lighting for a Grade II Listed CAT A Fitout. 4 Tavistock Place, London.
299 Lighting
Located on the south side of Tavistock Place, in the heart of the intellectual hub of London, the recently refurbished 4 Tavistock Place offers approximately 8077 sq ft of high specification CAT A modern office space and boasts fantastic outside space and terraces. Full lighting design and calculations alongside luminaire schedules were produced for the office space and communal areas by the team to ensure the correct light levels were achieved. The linear profile Rio Suspended was used across the scheme as the main office lighting. Several LED downlights from 299 range have been supplied for the communal areas.
A taste for the high life: Industry urged to embrace concrete innovations in high-rise building design
Aggregate Industries – Lytag
With a record number of skyscrapers under construction in the UK, Aggregate Industries is reminding contractors that innovative concrete solutions such as Lytag are proving increasingly essential to achieving world-class sustainable building design for high-rise structures.
Clement replace steel windows at landmark Grade II listed Old Marylebone Town Hall
Clement Windows Group
Clement Windows Group have replaced the original steel fenestration at the Old Marylebone Town Hall, recently leased by the London Business School from Westminster Council on a 35 year renewable contract.
In order to increase teaching facilities by 70 percent, the building has undergone a major £60m refurbishment and Wates Construction were chosen as the Main Contractors to undertake the challenge of joining the two iconic buildings in an eclectic mix of the traditional and contemporary. The new building, designed by architects Sheppard Robson, is named the Sammy Ofer Centre in honour of the late Sammy Ofer KBE.
Fixed utilitarian access system - fixed access ladder to Cheadle Life Leisure - Greater Manchester
Safety Fabrications Limited
The Ascent Aluminium fixed ladder access system was specified to create a permanent safe access route to the roof for maintenance personnel. As the ladder provided access between two membrane roofs there was a requirement to specify non-penetrative support feet at both head & base. Hoops were provided throughout for fall protection and the ladder was manufactured in accordance with CE 1090 factory production control procedures.
The National Holocaust Centre and Museum - Life-Size 3D Projection and Voice Recognition Helps Share and Immortalize the Stories of The Holocaust Survivors
Electrosonic Ltd
The National Holocaust Centre and Museum in Nottinghamshire, UK aimed to capture individual testimonies, secure artifacts and gather historical information, to bear witness to the atrocities of the Holocaust.
Bright White, an innovative and creative design consultancy, were responsible for the filming, software development and integration, with Electrosonic subcontracted to engineer, deliver and install the presentation system and a specialist interactive developer, D3t, subcontracted to deliver the speech recognition technology.
Cork Flood Screen for Cast Iron Air Bricks - an innovative and simple solution to flood defence in period properties and listed buildings
Cast Iron Air Brick Company
The cast iron flyscreen air brick has the advantage of protecting the property from insect and rodent ingress but can help stop flooding with this innovative and simple barrier.
The flood screen is a cork gasket for our single and double flyscreen air bricks and is simply inserted in the air brick when flooding is likely or imminent in place of the fly mesh. Once the danger has passed the copper fly mesh is replaced and the cork flood screen stored away safely until require again.
It is available with our 9x3 and 9x6 cast iron air bricks here
Stamford Station Refurbishment Project
Twinfix Limited
As part of the Railway Upgrade Plan, Platform 1 at Stamford Station in Lincolnshire was recently refurbished.
Careful consideration resulted in the
use of Twinfix Multi-Link-Panels Non-Fragile to replace the old curved corrugated roofing of the canopy and the end result is more in keeping with the original age and design of this elegant Grade II listed building. Passengers and staff are now all benefiting from the high levels of natural light that floods the platform.
St Mark Church Dais Staging
CPS Manufacturing Co LLP
CPS worked with the vicar and churchwarden at St Mark in the Salisbury to provide a new church dais.
Seven Alu Rapid platforms and eight custom staging platforms were manufactured and installed.
The custom platforms bridged the chancel steps and fit around the church pillars.
There were also two bespoke Alu Rapid ramps and timber steps installed.
The staging platforms were covered in Heckmondwike Supacord carpet which fitted around the electrical socket boxes.
130 Spectus Vertical Sliding windows have been used in the refurbishment of Sovereign Park House in Harrogate. The prestigious Grade II listed building is set in a conservation area covering 17 acres
Spectus Window Systems
Spectus Vertical Sliders were identified as the windows that would deliver the aesthetics required for a building in a conservation area and provide more thermally efficient and improved sound insulation for the occupants.
The Spectus specification team worked closely with all parties to develop the technical designs and specification approvals of the windows.
The comprehensive Spectus in-house commercial design facility provided exacting information that covers WER’s, structural, window loading and load bearing calculations and detailed section specification. Furthermore, sample windows were provided to help support the planning application.
The finished result has transformed the exterior of the apartments.
Disley Methodist Church Bespoke Staging
CPS Manufacturing Co LLP
Disley Methodist Church in Stockport contact CPS about creating a small bespoke stage.
There were 9 Alu Rapid staging platforms provided with some bespoke platforms.
A wood communion rail, veneered risers and a carpeted surface was also provided with the church's stage.
EXEC Demountable Staging For Spectator Seating
CPS Manufacturing Co LLP
Events centre EXEC in Peterborough requested a demountable spectator grandstand for their events.
CPS Manufacturing installed a demountable tiered stage for the spectators.
CPS installed 80 Alu Rapid platforms as well as handrails. The staging platforms are waterproof and anti-slip.
As the stage needed no sway bracing, it will be easier to assemble and demount the grandstand when required.
Antrim Bus & Rail Station
Tobermore
The hard-wearing vibrant finish of Tobermore’s Pedesta block paving provided a functional and visually attractive finish for the refurbished trafficked area and train platforms at Antrim Bus and Rail Station in Northern Ireland. Tactile Flags were also implemented as an essential sensory health and safety measure on the train platforms and on crossing zones at the station.
Exeter Cathedral Staging
CPS Manufacturing Co LLP
In 2013, CPS Manufacturing worked with Exeter Cathedral's Fabric Advistory Committee and Camilla Finlay (the architect for the cathedral) to provide staging platforms for the nave altar, lectern podium and bishop's seating.
CPS provided bespoke staging platforms decked in 22mm Junckers solid oak hardwood flooring. The solid oak floor complimented the aesthetics of the cathedral.
Hill House School Staging and Demountable Seating
CPS Manufacturing Co LLP
Private school, Hill House School in Doncaster requested two staging systems from CPS.
One stage was used as the performance stage with a full curtain, lighting and sound system as well as cost-effective black Alu Rapid staging platforms.
The other stage was to be used as demountable tiered spectator seating including carpeted Alu Rapid platforms to reduce audience noise levels and handrails on each side.
Basement Soffit - Elastospray LWP
ECON Polyurethanes, a BASF distributor
Cambridge Terrace is a row of Grade 1 Listed Regency
homes, designed in the early 19th century by John Nash,
the architect of Buckingham Palace.
The developer aims to convert the properties into a “super
mansion” complete with a large underground leisure
complex comprising of a pool, bar, cinema, jacuzzi and
a car lift from street level to the basement car park.
When completed, the new development is expected to
be worth £200 million.
Duns Primary School, Berwickshire
Kawneer UK Ltd
Kawneer’s steel-style GT70 windows as top-hung, open-out sashes and fixed fields, were an important aspect of the conversion, to Historic Environment Scotland standards, of this Grade B listed building in the Scottish borders from high school to primary school which also featured AA®100 curtain walling and AA®720 doors and AA®3572 lift/slide doors.
SIEGENIA produces its 100,000th COMFORT UNIT
Siegenia-Aubi Ltd
Six years ago, SIEGENIA became the first manufacturer the world to facilitate the purchase of thresholds for lift and slide elements in the form of customised complete solutions – on 4th July, the 100,000th COMFORT UNIT left production from the Hermeskeil site. The all-in-one trouble-free package from SIEGENIA, which is now being produced at more than 2,500 units a month, is continuing its successful development.
GIDEON HAUSNER JEWISH DAY SCHOOL, CA, USA
Hussey Seatway Ltd
PROJECT OVERVIEW
With rapid growth, Gideon Hausner had a desperate need to expand their facilities. The lack of gymnasium/theater space prevented the school from hosting their own home games and productions.
SOLUTION
The platforms feature self-storing side rails and removable front rails, both with tinted acrylic infill panels, as well as twist & store P rails in the aisles. The platform decks are carpeted as standard and the system features laminate fascias to improve the appearance of the unit when closed.
Blackpool Tower: Safety and Access for Maintenance Workers
Latchways plc - an MSA Brand
The SkyWalk at Blackpool Tower is an impressive 380ft high glass viewing platform. Visitors can look right through the glass below their feet for an exhilarating sense of how high they are. To make sure they can enjoy this to its full effect, the floor of the platform must be cleaned at least twice a year. The facilities team at Blackpool Tower are committed to making this process as risk-free as possible. With that in mind they called on installer Eurosafe Solutions, working closely with MSA Safety, to provide the most innovative and easy to use solution available.
Iraq, Afghanistan & Gulf War Memorial - Portland Stone
stoneCIRCLE
The memorial to the dead in the Iraq, Afghanistan and Gulf conflicts was produced in Jordans Basebed Portland Stone and is composed of 10 blocks, the largest of which weighed 7000kg each. In fact they were so heavy that stoneCIRCLE's lifting equipment could not cope with them and we had to buy in a 15 tonne crane to help with the job. The crane now makes life much easier for the team that unloads the delivery lorries. The stone is smooth and lettered on the back and front but rough hewn on the other 2 sides.
FOAMGLAS tapered insulation on top of the Shard
FOAMGLAS®
FOAMGLAS provided the ultimate solution for the roof maintenance platform of The Shard. Its light weight and high compressive strength enable regular maintenance to be carried out without risk of surface damage.
New Facebook Data Centre. Ireland
Flexi Support Systems from Pump House
Products: Flexi heavy – Modular Frameworks & Flexi Access – Bespoke access platforms.
Services: Air-handling units & associated access requirements.
Roof build-up: Warm roof design – PIR/PUR insulation with PVC/TPO field membrane.
Pump House were proud to have been chosen as the preferred supplier of building services support systems to the project, with support frames required to fourteen rooftop air-handling units. Each framework was also accompanied by a bespoke access platform to one longitudinal side of the air-handling units for maintenance purposes.
King’s Cross Station
Briggs Amasco Ltd
BriggsAmasco undertook resurfacing at King’s Cross Station, improving platforms and walkways, as part of the station’s wider redevelopment programme. A team of eight BriggsAmasco operatives and managers carried out works throughout the night on a shift basis over a three month period. Using a mastic asphalt system laid across concrete floor slabs, platforms one to eight will each benefit from new surfaces, following removal of any existing asphalt. The new asphalt has been mixed with luminous sand which provides both an aesthetically pleasing finish whilst offering a good foot grip and finish.
Bespoke external furniture for Cardiff & Vale College
Furnitubes International Ltd
The new city centre campus at Cardiff & Vale College sees a distinctive wedge shape building designed with a high focus on sustainability. Furnitubes designers worked closely with the project contractors and Architects involved who were keen to encourage open welcoming spaces for students and members of the public. Part of the solution included a bespoke Elements Podium platform, manufactured in iroko timber slats with steel supports. The platform created an informal seating provision to encourage interaction and socialisation amongst students. Also supplied to the development were a number of contemporary seats and benches to suit the character of the scheme.
Network Rail and Blaenau Gwent Borough Council - Ebbw Vale Railway Station
Tobermore
Ebbw Vale Railway Station was introduced to serve the town of Ebbw Vale and extend links to surrounding areas. Tobermore’s contemporary Mayfair Flags were specified by Blaenau Gwent County Council as an attractive and functional hard landscaping solution for the railway platforms.
Baysgarth School Staging
CPS Manufacturing Co LLP
A bespoke performance and school stage was installed at the Baysgarth School.
A full theatre setup was installed which included curtains and backdrops as well as sound and lighting systems.
40 Alu Rapid platforms were installed with oak veneered fascias, steps and integrated socket boxes.
Kestrel Aluminium. Case Study: The Ellen Terry Building, Coventry
Kestrel Aluminium Systems
The former Gaumont Palace Theatre, a grade II listed building had been given a second life to become the Ellen Terry building for Coventry University. Kestrel Aluminium together with HTL Windows and Doors took on the project to give the building a fresh look and combine the historic style with the modern touch. As the building is a remembrance from the golden age of cinema the vital part was to create an elegant run of doors which matched the original façade using modern, thermally broken commercial entrance doors.
Hallé Orchestra Custom Staging
CPS Manufacturing Co LLP
The Hallé Orchestra recently opened a St Peter's practice base in an old church in Manchester.
CPS Manufacturing designed, manufactured and installed a custom demountable stage.
The stage was hardwearing, Karndean flooring finish to match the surroundings.
The stage included Alu Combi and Alu Rapid staging platforms built around the pillars built in the practice hall.
Farringdon Crossrail Station
Sorba UK Ltd
Sorba were delighted to secure the 150m station platform fit-out contract in 2016, where Sorba fully designed, tested and supplied/installed, there own GFRC cladding system taken from the concept design.
Alot of design parameters and test requirements were over come, and we are now very proud of the final results.
North East Metro Stations
Stonhard UK Ltd
Stonhard Stonres RTZ was chosen to refurbish the platforms at metro stations in the North East of England. The product was chosen as it could be laid over the existing terrazzo tiles reducing down-time for the stations. The flooring system also offers sound absorbing properties and isn't as hard as terrazzo tiles under foot providing added comfort for busy commuters
IKO Permatrack Bridge Surfacing Saves Tower Bridge
IKO PLC
The bridge was closed in September 2016 for three months while necessary repairs were made to the lifting sections, walkways and approaches.
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