contracts and projects


Insulating our future


FLOORMATE 300-A – a STYROFOAM-A insulation material manufactured by Dow Building Solutions – is being used to insulate what is set to be the UK’s first rural affordable housing scheme to gain Passivhaus certification. Produced at Dow’s facility at King’s Lynn, FLOORMATE 300- A is being installed below the concrete floor slabs of the ground-breaking 14 dwelling development in Wimbish, Essex, aiming for completion in Spring 2011. The Hastoe Housing Association development aims to provide affordable homes for a rural community - whilst at the same time aiming for high levels of sustainability. The houses, a mixture of homes for rent and for shared ownership, are designed to be super energy efficient, and will not only comply with Passivhaus principles but also meet the demands of Level 4 of the Code for Sustainable Homes. Passivhaus standard buildings retain heat from passive solar gain, eliminating the need for central heating and reducing fuel costs. The standard requires very high levels of insulation, a design that makes the most of solar energy and superb sealing throughout. FLOORMATE 300-A is highly durable with excellent moisture- resistance and compressive strength, enabling the insulation to perform outside the waterproofing envelope. For further information email FKLMAIL@dow.com or visit www.styrofoam.co.uk. Alternatively, visit www.wimbishpassivhaus.com


-TEC’s award-winning Hush Buttons have been installed at The Friary, a fabulous Grade II listed building in Southsea, Portsmouth. Hailed as a major breakthrough in the battle against false fire alarms in Houses of Multiple Occupation, C-TEC's Hush Buttons have proved an outstanding success at the luxuriously renovated Thomas Ellis Owen designed building. At the heart of the building’s life safety systems is one of C-TEC’s powerful XFP 16 zone networkable analogue addressable fire alarm panels. Situated in the reception area,


Residents take control C


the fire panel is connected to 23 Hush Buttons installed in the entrance hall of each individual flat. False alarms are notoriously high in houses of multiple occupation, flats and apartments and are a major headache for fire brigades. However, C-TEC's Hush Buttons provide the resident with the means to silence false alarms themselves, so, should they set the fire alarm off accidentally by burning a meal so preventing unnecessary building evacuations, expensive fire service call outs or, in extreme cases, true alarm signals being ignored. For further information, telephone 01942 322744.


Original Style Welcomes John Henry


worked for Pilkington’s Tiles) to its Contracts Sales team. The addition of John will help ensure some continuity of contact for existing Dorset Woolliscroft customers, as well as a wealth of technical knowledge to help customers with their floor tile enquiries. The Dorset Woolliscroft collection offers a comprehensive range of quality, hard wearing vitrified and porcelain flooring solutions for both internal and external use. The collection offers exceptional performance and safety standards within industrial, commercial, domestic and leisure markets. Examples of applications include dry and wet areas where slip resistance qualities are required and heavy foot fall and wheeled traffic areas. For further information, telephone 01392 473030 or visit www.dorsetwoolliscroft.com


F A COLOURFUL RENAISSANCE


A new 794-space, multi-storey NCP car park in Bolton Town Centre has utilised Kingspan Insulated Panels to create colour interest and deliver a reduced carbon footprint. Kingspan Micro-Rib and the Benchmark Ceramic Granite façade system were used to create a “dynamic lightweight façade” anchored by solid plinths and stair towers. Kingspan’s insulated panel systems offer designers a comprehensive range of aesthetic wall solutions in cover widths from 600 -


1000mm in 1mm increments. The single component, pre-engineered panels require only a single fix and thus reduce build time. With no cavities, gaps, cold bridges or interstitial condensation risk, the panels offer low air leakage of 5m3


/hr/m2 or better and


reliable thermal performance. For further information, telephone 01352 717 251, email info@kingspanpanels.com or visit www.kingspanpanels.com


ollowing the recent acquisition of Dorset Woolliscroft, Original Style has announced the addition of John Henry (who formerly


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