CONTRACTS AND PROJECTS ABET provides a
colourful change The new Student Resource Centre at the Cambridge Veterinary School, University of Cambridge, is supported by hundreds of colourful lockers surfaced with compact grade laminate from ABET LAMINATI. Designers Saunders Boston cleverly specified the colours to delineate different areas of the locker room. Blue is used to signify the ‘dirty side’ while green is used for the ‘clean side’. This ensures that the sterile side of the facility is kept as hygienic as possible. Abet’s compact grade is a popular choice among architects, interior designers and locker or cubicle manufacturers. The 12mm compact grade material is manufactured complete with black core in standard sheet sizes of 3660x1610mm; larger 4200x1610/1860mm sizes are available to special order. Abet’s standard compact grade comprises 42 finishes ranging from pastel and strong colours to complementary speckle effects and woodgrains. Different finishes are available to give the top surface excellent resistance to superficial daily wear. For more information telephone 020 7473 6915 or visit
www.abetuk.com
Extensive redevelopment of
St Helens College The Pilkington Planar system has been specified for the impressive glass atrium of St. Helens College. The Pilkington Planar technical and design team worked closely with the client and its design team to develop a modern innovative building to reflect the forward looking ethos of the college. The College’s ageing town centre campus had to be demolished to make way for a new state of the art learning complex, while the existing Smith Kline
New Buckminster
offices unveiled A new development of eleven, Grade A, self- contained, serviced business offices within a refurbished 19th Century workshop in the heart of the East Midlands, has been unveiled on the Buckminster Estate in Buckminster village, in north-east Leicestershire. The state- of-the-art, serviced office units range in size from 400 to 1160sqft, making them ideal for small to medium-sized businesses, start-ups or as regional locations for national organisations. The Buckminster Yard project has been supported through the Rural Development Programme for England, which is jointly funded by Defra and the European Union. Buckminster Estate’s Property Manager Stuart
TREASURED MATCHAM INTERIOR RESTORED
The Newcastle Theatre Royal has recently re- opened following a £4.75million renovation project, which has seen the theatre auditorium and public areas restored to the original 1901 Frank Matcham interior complete with rich burgundy and embossed decorative wall tiles and a geometric and encaustic tiled floor, all made by the specialist tile manufacturer Craven Dunnill Jackfield.
TheatreSearch, the Consultants over-seeing the project, recommended that the wall tiles were reinstated, as depicted on archive drawings of the original Frank Matcham design. The actual patterns and styles of tiles selected were influenced by those found at other theatres designed by Matcham. For more information telephone 01952 884 124 or visit
www.cravendunnill-jackfield.co.uk
Beecham buildings were refurbished. The resulting Pilkington Planar façade is functional, aesthetically pleasing and creates an excellent internal working environment. It maximises the natural light, which adds an environmentally friendly dimension to the new build, and it incorporates innovative, energy- saving sustainable technologies through passive rather than engineered solutions. Across all three phases of the development Pilkington Insulight high performance insulated glazing units were also supplied, totalling in excess of 3000sqm. For more information visit
www.pilkington.co.uk/planar
Coleman explains: “Buckminster Yard provides the perfect modern working environment and location for businesses with between two and 15 employees.” The units will be completed in early March 2012. For more information telephone 01476 860 471, email
eo@buckminsterestate.com or
yard@buckminsterestate.com.
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