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Sotech adds detail to retail at Aldershot’s new leisure development
The recently completed Westgate Leisure development, built on the site of a former 1960s car park in close proximity to Aldershot’s retail core, incorporates over 2,000 sqm of Sotech- Optima 3mm bronze anodised aluminium FC rainscreen with bespoke detailing to accommodate unique glazing features. Embracing energy efficiency with 10% of the scheme’s energy provided from low-carbon or renewable sources, the development is arranged around an open air piazza boasting a diverse range of restaurants and retail units together with a 90-bed Travelodge and multiplex clad in Sotech-Optima anodised FC rainscreen cladding. The new retail and leisure destination is anchored by a 7,520 sqm Morrison’s supermarket and a seven screen multiplex Cineworld. The cinema is clad in 3mm Sotech-Optima FC secret-fix rainscreen cladding in natural anodised aluminium to the walls and contrasting bronze anodised aluminium to full height feature panels and projecting column casings to three elevations. Manufacture of the rainscreen
system for the 90-bed Travelodge was undertaken to demanding tolerances at Sotech’s Peterlee factory to ensure accurate alignment of the cassette panels during installation. Installed by FK Construction, the bronze anodised FC cassette panels were designed for installation vertically with horizontal alignment offset and with a wider shadow gap than the vertical joint. Precise positioning of the FC hooks on the support rails during factory manufacture was essential in order to ensure that the panels when fitted on site, would only locate into predetermined positions. Bespoke ‘notched’ Sotech FC panels were designed and produced in the factory in order to accommodate recessed window detailing differing in size from the panel modules, together with bespoke angled panels designed and manufactured to integrate with feature curtain walling. Because anodising of the Sotech- Optima FC system is undertaken to the finished cassette panels, exceptional quality of engineering and processing
New Ibstock app matches customer needs
Ibstock Brick, the UK’s largest brickmaker, has unveiled a bespoke iPad and iPhone app that makes the brick matching and selection process easier for all customers. The free Ibstock Brick app contains a revolutionary brick matching facility that allows customers to filter the selection by colour, texture, size and type. This makes it easy to find just the right brick for any project through a simple straightforward process. Andrew Halstead-Smith, group marketing manager at Ibstock, said: “Increasingly, tablets and smartphones are becoming the technology of choice, whether at work or at play. Our new app goes above and beyond other brick apps and means customers can access Ibstock’s whole brick library at the touch of a button, wherever they are. “Whether used by a contractor or
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specifier on- site looking for a quick brick solution, a merchant in- store to help customers easily through the brick- matching challenge, or by a self- builder looking for inspiration from images of other
projects, the app is a great
way to see the ranges Ibstock has to offer.” The app contains the entire Ibstock brick library, and allows the user access to a full range of Ibstock panel and project
shots. It also has the ability to compare multiple products, order samples and share images via email for review. iPad and iPhone users can download the free app now by searching for Ibstock Brick in the Apple App Store, with the Android version coming soon. For more information on Ibstock’s range of products go to
www.ibstock.com
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is essential as minor faults at the manufacturing stage would be ‘anodised in’ to the panels prior to delivery to site. Anodising is unique amongst surface treatments, integrating totally with the metallic substructure rather than simply being applied to the surface of the aluminium. Providing a totally UV resistant finish, the anodic layer enhances the natural qualities of the aluminium whilst providing exceptional durability. Sotech has invested heavily in sophisticated design and manufacturing technology and remains the only rainscreen manufacturer to achieve LPCB Red Book accreditation for its systems. The training facility and showroom are open to specifiers and contractors where all Sotech’s rainscreen systems are on display alongside the widest selection of materials and finishes including copper lookalike, HPL, ACM, digital print and anodised. For more information on Sotech or to arrange a factory visit, please visit
www.sotech-optima.co.uk/
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