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PROJECT REPORT: SPORTS & LEISURE FACILITIES; PROJECT REPORT: TALL BUILDINGS


Mapei features at carbon neutral Braywick Leisure Centre


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full Mapei system forms part of the new Braywick Leisure Centre – a £33 million state-of-the-art facility


designed by Plymouth-based BRL Architects. The new iconic Centre in Maidenhead replaces the Magnet Leisure Centre; it combines recreational, leisure and cultural facilities on a larger footprint, whilst using 70% less energy.


Situated under a striking sweeping roof, the centre features a 400 m2 internal covered top lit ‘street’, from which all areas are accessed. Facilities include a 10-lane pool and trainer pool – each with spectator seating – a 200 station gymnasium, artisan cafe, dance studio and 2,000 m2 sports hall. Mapei products were used from early design stage to completion, in the installation of floor and wall coverings, for concrete repairs, new construction,


tanking, waterproofing and


structural reinforcement. The Mapei specification included Eporip solvent-free epoxy adhesive for construction


joints, bonding of screeds and localised concrete repair. Within pool areas, changing villages and corridors,


products used


included Mapei Topcem fast drying hydraulic binder, Planitop Fast 330 quick-setting, fibre- reinforced mortar, Mapelastic Smart highly flexible, cementitious waterproof membrane, Mapetex Sel non-woven,


macro-holed


polypropylene reinforcing fabric, Keraflex Maxi S1 deformable cementitious adhesive and Keraquick S1 quick-setting, deformable cementitious adhesive.


Mapei Ultracolor Plus anti-efflorescence, quick-setting and drying polymer-modified grout – featuring water-repellent DropEffect® and mould-resistant BioBlock®


– was used for


all tiled areas, along with Mapesil AC pure mould-resistant acetic silicone sealant for all movement joints. Other products specified included Mapemortar HB R3 high build, shrinkage compensated repair mortar. Within the street area, Keraquick XL Fibrelite fibre reinforced cement based rapid


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Breathing new life into historic building T


he Grade II listed India Buildings in the heart of Liverpool has undergone a major refurbishment, to transform the


100 years old, 12-storey mixed use structure into state-of-the-art office, residential and retail accommodation.


Being redeveloped for owner Legal & General by refurbishment specialist Overbury, the rejuvenation sees the eight floors of Category A office space delivering a BREEAM and WELL- compliant environment, through grilles and diffusers from air movement specialist Gilberts (Blackpool). The 350,000 ft2 of commercial space is served by four-pipe heating and cooling services connected to fan coil units behind bespoke bulkheads.


Crookes Walker Consulting designed the ventilation strategy,


Consulting engineers installed by Ameon


Building Services Engineering. Crookes Walker specified a combination of Gilberts’ JSL and L Series linear bar grilles in the bulkheads, GECA eggcrate grilles and GTD concealed swirl diffusers across the field area of the perforated ceilings to handle both the supply and extract of fresh air throughout


the open plan commercial areas. Gilberts GX air valves ventilate the WCs.


Gilberts’ technical team in-house executed Computation Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modelling of Crookes Walker’s design to validate optimal incoming air temperatures to


achieve comfort conditions, without


over-heating: a comfortable average 22°C was preserved. In the Category A office space – already let to HMRC – Gilberts’ L Series of linear bar grilles provide heated air supply, with a typical 57% free ventilation area; blades can be set at a choice of 0°, 15° or 40° deflection. ‘Fineline’ bars enable blending into the


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setting adhesive was used for the installation of tiles,


along with Keraflex flexible


cementitious adhesive. For floor installation in the sports hall and sport stores, Mapei systems included Eco Prim T Plus solvent-free low odour all- purpose primer, Mapeproof One Coat single- coat epoxy surface damp proof membrane and Ultraplan Renovation Screed 3240 - a fibre reinforced self-levelling compound. Other products included Mapegrout SV quick-setting and hardening, compensated- shrinkage hi-flow mortar for spectator seating and balustrade bases and Mapefill GP non-shrink grout for spectator seating areas.


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bulkheads throughout the office space. GECA egg crate grilles handle extract of the used air. In the office and meeting room ceilings, Gilberts’ patented GTD omni-directional concealed swirl diffusers feature a frameless chassis, which means they become an invisible, integral component of the ceiling grid; the radial vanes provide rapid entrainment and intermixing of high volumes of air through up to 50% free ventilation area ceiling tiles to avoid draughts or cold spots for the occupants below.


The ground floor area features Gilberts’ JSL jumbo slot linear diffusers. The innovative air supply diffuser provides a shadow-gap appearance with high airflow (between 20- 250l//s per metre), with an unbroken visual appearance


unique in the


Runs up to 6m long sit alongside GECA egg crate grilles to provide extract through the suspended ceiling.


Gilberts is one of Britain’s leading independent air movement specialists, and is unique in its ability to develop components.


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