Going green at the Museum of London
The garden roof in the centre of the Museum of London is one of the oldest installed in London and has been in situ since 1976 when the building was first created on historic London Wall, a few minutes walk north of St Paul’s Cathedral. Its refurbishment was part of a £20.5 m redevelopment of the museum’s lower Galleries of Modern London which retell the story of London and Londoners from 1666 to the present day.
The garden court roof, situated alongside the museum’s Sackler Hall, has now been refurbished and brought into the 21st century with a versatile waterproofing solution that allows the museum to change the emphasis of the landscape design to fit in with any feature display that is taking place in the surrounding galleries if required.
In order for the roof to take shape and refurbishment work to begin, 360 tonnes of soil had to be dug out by hand and removed by wheelbarrow through the museum. Craning of equipment or construction materials was vetoed because of the museum’s location, degree of adjacent offices and its neighbouring
community of domestic residents. The original
asphalt roof covering was also removed to expose the concrete deck construction. A
major issue for the new waterproofing was the perimeter detailing where the waterproofing had to meet the abutted glazing. This was overcome with using a cold liquid applied waterproofing which is compatible with the new root resistant elastomeric bitumen membrane system installed to the main deck area. Many of the original garden features were retained for use at other locations around the museum or used again in the creation of the current contemporary design. Large granite and terracotta planters were re-potted with plants to support the new fully inhabited and functional beehive, which has been installed as part of the City of London Festival. All of which can be used as an educational resource for visiting school groups who can learn about how both green roofs and bees benefit the
environment.
All works to the roof had to take place with the museum remaining open throughout so a co-ordinated approach between the museum, their project manager Gavin McCourt MRICS, the roofing contractor, Russell Trew Ltd and the waterproofing manufacturer, Bauder Ltd was essential to the success of the installation.
The spectacular Galleries of Modern London are now open to the public and are a real testament to how interactive and advanced a museum can be. Additionally, the museum, as part of its sustainability plan, is looking to refurbish the remaining roofs on the main building, so that there will be a large proportion of differing green roofs, including biodiversity and native species plug planted.
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James Latham announces expansion following in-depth industry testing
James Latham, the UK’s largest timber and panel products distributor, continually aims to provide the very best in quality and choice for its customers and is pleased to announce the expansion of its Moralt door core product range.
Following a highly successful period of fire and acoustic testing, James Latham and leading German door core manufacturer, Moralt Tischlerplatten, are pleased to announce the launch of an addition to the ground breaking Finesse Firesound acoustic door core range in the Finesses Firesound dB40. Resembling the earlier Finesse specification, it’s a woodworking product simply converted with general workshop capability. Following the successful launch of the dB41 in 2009, the Finesse Firesound dB40 recognises the door trade’s preference for a 54mm thick product. Achieving 40dB without vision panels and 39dB with vision panels, this versatile core can be used in both single and pair configurations. The combination of acoustic/spruce lamincore faced with chipboard, provides a stable construction which can be easily further worked and is able to meet the demands of high end acoustic specifications. Additionally, and after further testing,
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the Moralt Lamincore FD 30 has again met with success. James Latham is pleased to report that testing in Rosenheim, Germany, to EN 1634-1 2000 has further increased the options to specifiers using Moralt products. This applies to the 44mm thick core only and embraces both timber and steel frames.
Benefits include a wide variety of leaf sizes, (within the leaf size envelope), 5m plus: single door +OP and 4.8m in double door +OP, latched configurations only, single acting single doors and single acting double doors, square and rebated meeting edges, plus side panels (both) and large size over panels.
Further offerings include a wide range of glass options, ladder and circular apertures, flush glazing and the use of electronic closers and finger print technology locks.
Steve Frommont, Door product manager, commented: “The intensive testing now offers specifiers and designers the ability to push the boundaries in door design. We’re also delighted to announce that Moralt has passed the CDTM01 Classification for Service Life and we’re well on course to achieve DD 171 sever duty rating, which means the product will
be certified to use in educational establishments, hospitals and a wide variety of public buildings.”
For more information on James Latham, Moralt or the fire and acoustic and testing process, please phone 0116 527 3415, email
marketing@lathams.co.uk or visit
www.lathams.co.uk
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