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Simpson launch new range of chemical anchors and fixings
Leading commercial kitchen company CHR Equipment, based in Bamber Bridge, Preston, has won the £1/4m contract to revamp the central atrium at the College’s 75 years-old Broadway Campus into a fully integrated refreshment zone. As lead contractor, CHR will manage the whole project, including removal of the existing refectory, kiosk, shop and coffee bar, and installation of a new café, lounge and retail areas, toilets, décor and signage – all within the two months of summer recess, and to high standards of sustainability.
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Paul Neville, CHR Equipment sales director, says, “Dudley College is setting a great example of how to rejuvenate an area to create a stimulating environment for its students, and an enhanced revenue stream for the College. The Eco Café uses recycled materials, hydro carbon refrigeration, LED light…..even the coffee will be sustainable, being FairTrade under the ‘We Proudly Brew’ banner. The whole project has been designed to ensure money invested by the College is channelled back into the local economy and this will be as much as 50% of the spend.”
The refit aims to provide students with state-of-the-art facilities ahead of the College’s creation of a £30m learning quarter in the town – Evolve – which will take four years to build, and provide one central educational point in place of the current five campuses across the town. The Dudley College project begins as CHR wins contracts to design, supply and install kitchens for three new schools in LIncolnshire, and to supplement facilities at Cadbury World, where it installed a new kitchen last year which went on to win a national industry award for sustainability. Founded 20 years ago, CHR Equipment has built a reputation for consistently delivering practical solutions, applying innovative thinking and utilizing developments in technology to create commercial catering solutions on time and to budget. It has, for three years in succession, won national CEDA (Catering Equipment Distributors Association) Awards, each in a different category. Tel 01772499774
Email:
paul@chrequipment.co.uk www.chrequipment.co.uk
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Simpson Strong-Tie has launched an innovative new range of chemical anchors and fixings, adding to its impressive portfolio of revolutionary products and services.
Designed to meet the needs of a comprehensive set of applications, the range includes the Poly-GP – a styrene free resin ideal for medium duty use in hollow or solid block applications; from fixing timber to masonry to the installation of satellite dishes, the ETA approved AT-HP resin; specially formulated for high performance for fixing threaded rods or rebar into concrete and, completing the range for particularly high specifications is the SETXP – a pure epoxy resin.
Available in a variety of cartridge sizes
the resins are complimented by Simpson’s extensive range of threaded rods alongside a full range of installation accessories. Managing Director of Simpson Strong-Tie, Malcolm Paulson, said: “The launch of our chemical anchors range coincides with the expansion of our Anchor Support Division. Steve Canty is joined by Paul Cruickshank and Laurence Parker, forming a highly experienced team, providing technical support and engineering advice on site, where it’s needed the most.”
For further information visit
www.strongtie.co.uk or call Simpson Strong-Tie on: 01827 255600.
First Active Analysis Lab. to be built using modular construction
A new partnership led by off-site construction specialist, Yorkon, has been awarded the contract to design, build and fit out a £9m laboratory building at Dounreay in Thurso, Scotland. This project is the first Active Analysis Laboratory for the nuclear industry to be built using modular construction.
The £7m contract was awarded by site clean-up contractor, Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd (DSRL), to a partnership comprising off-site manufacturer and main contractor, Yorkon; Studsvik – the global leader in nuclear ventilation design; JGC Engineering & Technical Services who will be manufacturing and installing the nuclear ventilation system and M&E services, and S&B UK, specialists in fume cupboards and laboratory equipment.
Construction of the 1,300sqm building is due to start on site in Spring 2012 and is scheduled for completion Autumn 2013. It will provide six laboratories to allow DSRL to comply with its statutory and environmental monitoring requirements until the Dounreay site is closed. The scheme, which will be constructed from 35 steel-framed modules manufactured off site at the Yorkon production centre in York, will remain in use for up to 25 years until the site decommissioning process has been completed. It will then be deconstructed – the building modules are inherently easy to disassemble, recycle and re-use elsewhere, making the approach highly sustainable. Off-site manufacturing will
also reduce the programme time for the building envelope by around 50 per cent. The project is designed to
accommodate 36 fume cupboards, glove boxes and a specialised nuclear ventilation system with heavier, more complex ductwork compared to other applications of modular construction. It will also incorporate acid and non-acid fume extraction, HEPA filtration, and a discharge stack, and each laboratory will have one- hour fire containment to the entire building fabric – a first for the modular industry. The scheme has been designed in full compliance with stringent nuclear industry requirements and regulations for ionising radiation, as well as Building Standards (Scotland). Its facilities include the laboratories, offices, drench showers and boot barrier in the active area, with ancillary accommodation in the clean area – offices, locker rooms and tea bar. Yorkon is part of the Portakabin Group.
www.yorkon.info Email:
info@yorkon.com
Building & Facilities Management – September 2011
Building & Refurbishment
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