New products add to range
Remedial work for extensive
water ingress completed
A contract worth more than £700,000 to repair and make watertight the exterior of the 6-storey Hayweight House in Edinburgh was completed on time by Structura UK Ltd, curtain wall engineering specialist.
The building suffered extensive and regular wind-driven water ingress to all floors damaging the internal fabric. Without a complete overhaul, the 20-year- old windows were rapidly approaching the end of their useful life.
Working as a sub-contractor to Insite Contracts Ltd, main contractor, Structura UK replaced all pressure plates and caps, removed the existing glass, fitted new glazing tapes and gaskets and installed 700 sqm of new glazing, consisting of 6mm Pilkington Suncool pro T 70/40 vision panels and 6mm toughened, ceramic spandrel panels. All of the existing pivot windows were serviced, and ironmongery replaced where necessary. The exterior rain screen panels were resprayed. At roof level, Structura UK carried out extensive repairs to the leaking plant room to ensure it is now watertight. Works included removing the existing copings and fitting membranes, and replacing with new copings; treating corrosion to the plant room louvers and respraying the complete unit.
The building’s new main entrance consists of a manual, 12mm toughened glazed main entrance door and fixed screen, and black point fixed glazed soffit above, designed and installed by Structura UK.
The lead consultants/architects were King Sturge LLP and the owners of the building are Aviva Investors. The cladding consultants were Cladtech Associates. Further information is available from Tel: 020 8397 4361.
Email:
mail@structura.co.uk www.structura-uk.com
Building & Facilities Management – April 2011
Samuel Heath has introduced two new centre door knobs to its range of high quality solid brass door fittings. The additions have been made to the company’s Profile and Contour hardware collections and increase the options available to those wishing to add a distinctive style to housing developments. Profile offers a simple, smooth finish which creates a timelessly elegant style, whilst Contour features intricate detailing and the classic concentric circle pattern that has become its hallmark. The new door knobs add to the company’s high quality suites of door furniture, which include letter plates, door knockers, key locks and bell pushes, all designed to offer elegance with practicality and manufactured to the highest standards, assuring durability and style that
will look great for years. With a range of finishes, from contemporary chrome to more traditional polished brass, warm polished nickel and stainless steel, the Samuel Heath centre door knobs enhance two superb suites of door fittings that will provide designers with the potential to create classic or contemporary looks in a wide variety of situations, from luxury homes to boutique hotels.
www.samuel-heath.com Email:
showroom@samuel-heath.com
Technal supplies 1,500 windows for new hospital
Technal, in partnership with fabricators Quest Solutions, has supplied around 1,500 windows for the new £250m Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield – the UK’s fastest-built large acute inpatient hospital.
The 88,000 sqm hospital is part of a £311m PFI project for Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust, developed by Consort Healthcare – a joint venture between Balfour Beatty and Haden Young. It was designed by lead architects BDP.
Pivot window systems from Technal’s FXi46 range were specified for ease of cleaning on the upper floors, and fixed lights and top hung windows from the
FXi65 suite were installed to the other areas.
Fabricated and installed by Quest Solutions in a £2m contract for MPG Façades, the windows were inserted into cedar cladding, render, rainscreen panels and decorative brickwork, which provide different textures and colours for each elevation.
The Technal window systems were finished in a highly durable dark grey polyester powder coating and double glazed using a combination of clear toughened, laminated, low E and solar control glass to suit the different elevations and orientations. Technal’s FXi window suite uses a technically advanced framing system with unobtrusive narrow sight lines. It is available in three module sizes – 46mm, 52mm and 65mm, giving architects and contractors the flexibility to deliver enhanced thermal efficiency and to meet project-specific requirements such as aesthetics, performance, and cost. Features include the option of single or dual colours, a common range of profiles and accessories to simplify specification, and flush EPDM gaskets to enhance the appearance of the window. The suite can be supplied in a full range of configurations, including fixed lights, tilt/turn, top, side and bottom-hung, and pivot windows are available for the FXi46 option.
www.technal.co.uk Tel: 01924 232323.
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