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CMS Danskin’s acoustic saddle system fulfils brief for striking new hotel
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its Smartspan saddle system for the W Edinburgh, an eye-catching new addition to Edinburgh’s skyline. Part of Marriott’s luxury W Hotels brand, the striking 12-storey ‘ribbon building’ required a floor specification to provide effective impact and airborne sound reduction, under floor access for cabling and precise levelling of concrete subfloors.
BAM Construction delivered the interiors. CMS Danskin Acoustics worked closely with BAM sub-contractor MMM Joinery Ltd whose remit was to install the floors and other aspects of the interior finish in guest rooms, the sound suite and public areas in the main W Edinburgh ‘ribbon building’, so described as it is crafted from a winding bronze-coloured steel ‘ribbon’.
The installation of the CMS Danskin Acoustics’ saddle system created a void for services and it was used to level the floors to counter the 5-10 mm tolerances of concrete
subfloors. The project involved over 50,000 saddles. This dry floor solution eliminated wet trades, so enhancing efficiency on site. Acoustics performance was key.
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acoustic approach had to meet the requirements of Section 5 of The Building (Scotland) Regulations, but also the very high standards set for this prestigious new hotel. CMS Danskin Acoustics’ saddle system uses structural flooring boards, C16 strength graded timber support bearers and saddles with an integral acoustic resilient layer to construct a floating floor on top of a base floor, in this case concrete. The system should fit between the highest point of the base floor and the desired finished floor level. Packers and, where necessary, elevating blocks are used to level areas below the high point. Flanking strips prevent sound passing into the space at the perimeter of the floor. The installation of over 6,700 m2 of CMS Danskin
Acoustics’ Smartspan flooring board, a high density (1500 kg/m3), Class ADF07_Performance Technology Group : CMS Danskin_Insulation -
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A1 non-combustible (to EN13501-1) board, which spans between the support bearers of the saddle system with minimal deflection, added to the acoustic performance of the saddle system at W Edinburgh. CMS Danskin Acoustics also designed and supplied a Kinetics®
RIM system floating
floor for the W Hotel’s sound suite recording studio. The system included REGUFOAM® vibration 680plus cut into blocks and inserted into the glass fibre rollout with SmartSpan on top to create the final floor.
Gaia to install more underfl oor heating as new UK government confi rms housing targets
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nderfl oor heating experts – Gaia – are expecting to install even more underfl oor heating in new-build developments as
the new Chancellor announces plans to “get Britain building again.” Following Labour’s win at the UK general
election, Starmer’s government is reintroducing housebuilding targets, with Chancellor Rachel Reeves unveiling their plan to build 1.5 million homes in England over the next fi ve years. With underfl oor heating already an
increasingly popular choice for new-builds, these changes will inevitably create more opportunities for underfl oor heating installations. “With 1.5 million new-build homes on
the way, we’re predicting that even more developers will choose to install underfl oor heating – particularly as these homes will be built in adherence with recently changed Part L regulations and the upcoming Future Homes Standard,” states Steven Rooney, director of Gaia Underfl oor Heating. Part L Building Regulations outline that
all new-build homes must produce 31% fewer carbon emissions than was previously acceptable, to help meet the UK’s 2050 Net Zero targets. Industry experts have identifi ed underfl oor
heating as a key solution to low carbon heating for future new-build homes, due to its energy
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effi ciency and low operating temperature. “Underfl oor heating is up to 30% more
energy effi cient than radiators! Plus, it can be paired with heat pumps, another low carbon heating solution – making it the ideal option for the proposed new-build homes,” adds Steven. Gaia have extensive experience designing, supplying and installing underfl oor heating for large-scale residential projects. They have worked with a number of developers across the UK, including Taylor
Wimpey, Berkeley Group and Hambridge Homes. “We’re proud to have worked with so many leading developers. These housebuilding targets will certainly be positive news for them – and for the underfl oor heating market too. We’re looking forward to continuing to be the underfl oor heating partner of choice as Britain gets building again!” concludes Steven.
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