Windows & Doors
Colourful hardware scheme for Welsh care home
A
newly refurbished care home near Abergavenny features nylon door hardware from HOPPE UK to great effect. Different coloured hardware has been used on each floor of the Glaslyn Retirement Home to help residents orientate themselves. The hardware schedule was put together in response to a tight brief to help keep residents safe and secure. The HOPPE hardware was scheduled by architectural ironmongers Price and Oliver, working in closely with architect Roger Field at local practice FTAA. As part of the refurbishment of the home and the construction of a new extension, HOPPE nylon pull handles, kick and finger plates plus door stops and escutcheons were fitted on more than one hundred doors. Robin Chatwin of Price and Oliver explains the thinking behind the hardware schedule. “We selected a different colour from the HOPPE nylon hardware range for each floor of the home to
help the residents, many of whom have dementia, to find their way around more easily.” He continues “We wanted to give a feel that wasn’t too institutional but
which met all of the myriad regulations and the client’s high specification for performance and safety.” HOPPE’s Paris range handles in a variety of colours were selected as they comply with all of the dimensional requirements of BS8300 with a return to door design. The handles have a 21mm steel core and, as such have been successfully tested to BS EN1634 Part1 for 30 and 60 minutes timber fire doors. Another important feature of the scheme is the use of HOPPE escape locks on the residents’ rooms. It was important for residents to be able to get out of their rooms quickly and easily in the event of fire,” says Robin Chatwin. “Using ARRONE AR915 escape locks
from HOPPE with a compatible lever handles meant that we had a compete complete CE Marked Lockset to comply with regulations and which are so easy to use as the handle overrides the deadbolt and latch.” Founded in 1988 HOPPE (UK) Ltd is a market leader in the field of door and window hardware. Based in Wolverhampton, where it operates from a purpose built state-of-the-art distribution centre, HOPPE UK is committed to serving customers with pride. HOPPE’s products have been tested to meet the latest European and British standards, offering quality and innovation to all sectors of the market. The company is part of the family- owned HOPPE group with manufacturing plants across Europe and North America and more than 3000 employees.
www.hoppe.co.uk
Wicona façade solution for award-winning transport interchange
D
esigned by AHR Architects and built by Kier Construction, the £11.5m Rochdale Interchange features a highly innovative, energy- efficient and specially-adapted glass and aluminium façade solution from Wicona. The scheme has now been recognised with the award for Lancashire Regional Project of the Year at the North West Regional Construction Awards, and the award for Best Medium Project at the North West Structural Awards organised by the Institution of Structural Engineers. The project was also shortlisted in two
categories in the RICS North West Awards and for an LABC Constructing Excellence Regional Award. Around 1,400m2
of Wicona’s WICTEC
50SG structurally glazed curtain walling was used at first and second floor levels and as large spans to enclose the retail units inside the building. The glazing for the external façades and shop frontages was fabricated and installed by Glassolutions Installation and was designed to create a frameless, glass-to-glass appearance and achieve visual consistency across the project. The WICTEC 50SG system was sufficiently robust to carry spans of glass up to 3m high, allowing 360° views from inside the concourse. This maximises natural light, helping to reduce the building’s reliance on artificial lighting and energy consumption. The curtain walling was also faceted to follow the curved contours at each end of this striking building. This was a particularly complex façade project because the interchange is located on a sloping site, resulting in
42 windows & doors
the angle increasing from one mullion to the next, which meant every single pane of glass is different. The scheme also features distinctive stepped and tilted roof plates to reflect the gradient of the site. Engineered in Germany, Wicona’s WICTEC aluminium curtain walling suite has been widely used for complex façade projects in both the UK and worldwide. It features a wide range of structural aluminium profiles for vertical, angled, sloped, and faceted glazing, allowing optimum creative freedom. The suite includes classic ‘stick’ curtain walling, unitised and structural glazing, and double skin façades to realise almost any façade requirement and building design. WICTEC 50SG structural glazing has a contemporary flush design with slim silicone joints between the glazed units to allow the creation of glass-to-glass walls as well as sloped roof glazing. As with all Wicona products, the WICTEC 50SG option is based on one single system and common components, tooling and processes to simplify specification and reduce time and costs in fabrication and installation.
www.wicona.co.uk
Building & Facilities Management – March 2015
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44