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Wraptite®
airtightness protection for
Northampton school for boys T
he Wraptite external air barrier system from the A. Proctor Group has been chosen for its airtight benefits for a Department for Education (DfE) funded project of the offsite construction of Northampton School for Boys Multi- Academy Trust.
Utilising Seismic technology for the Northampton school modules will deliver important benefits; it is 75% faster and achieves a 47% improvement in value compared to traditional construction techniques; it even offers a 33% improvement in speed when compared with standard modular construction. In terms of sustainability,
Seismic delivers significant
reductions in both operational and embodied carbon of up to 70%. This is achieved through factors including design efficiency, materials selection and manufacturing effectiveness, leading to limited wastage.
A vital element of modern design and construction is to maximise energy efficiency.
Controlling spiralling energy costs is
particularly key in educational facilities such as schools and colleges. The Wraptite air barrier system is a safe and simplified membrane system. It provides a fully self-adhered vapour permeable air barrier certified by the BBA and combines the critical properties of vapour permeability and airtightness. This approach saves on both the labour and material costs associated with achieving the energy efficiency demands in buildings.
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The self-adhesive design is perfectly suited to offsite manufacture, easy and quick to apply. Installing Wraptite at a low level in the factory enables the membrane to be easily applied and avoids the risks of working at height. Offsite installation also enables the product to be installed in completely dry conditions to ensure full adhesion in a quality-controlled environment to deliver the required airtightness requirements. The high vapour permeability of the
Wraptite air barrier allows the substrate beneath to dry quickly and moisture vapour to escape and reduces the likelihood of mould, mildew, condensation, timber distortion and metal corrosion.
Also specified alongside Wraptite was
Protech GM Super a high-performance proprietary reinforced gas barrier that has been specifically designed by the A. Proctor Group to conform with the latest guidance.
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Kinder, Kinder & Kinder: Sapphire’s Next Generation Balcony is revealed
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alcony manufacturer Sapphire Balconies has unveiled their most sustainable balcony product yet, quickly gaining
a reputation as a ‘kinder’ next generation of Balconies. Sapphire Balconies unveiled the Next
Generation, their most sustainable suite of balcony innovations to date, at the Resibuild Vision Construct event in Wembley. Included amongst their developments are a reduced weight frame, a more sustainable framework, increased aesthetic possibilities and developments that make the Next Generation Balcony safer for installers thanks to multiple-award-winning technology, such as their patented Remote Locker Device (RLD) and Passport® digital traceability and quality control app. Expected to be a game-changer for the
external envelope space, Sapphire’s Next Generation Balcony is touted as being lighter, safer, having more possibilities and being kinder. The Next Generation balcony is lighter due to new Cassette® engineering. This allows for less structural load back to the building and less raw material. The Next Generation is safer thanks to new forms of installation equipment including Sapphire’s patented Remote Locker Device (RLD), ensuring that installers can fi t the balcony from within the building. More possibilities than ever before
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are available, with new connection methods like the Clip-On™ connection, new Cassette® options like the Crescent Corner™ and new balustrading choices such as the customisable Identité Balustrade, patterned vertical bars and more. Finally, the Next Generation balcony is kinder – thanks to Sapphire’s brand-new G60 anchor, the Clip-On® connection and a reduced carbon Cassette, the embodied carbon present in Sapphire’s Next Generation range has been reduced signifi cantly. LCA EPDs indicate the Next Generation suite is likely to be the most sustainable aluminium balcony on the market. Sapphire’s Head of ESG, Nick Haughton, spoke on the benefi ts of the Next Generation suite, elaborating on his excitement. “It’s really exciting to be launching a new product that has EPDs demonstrating such a reduction in embodied carbon. At the core of this reduction is smart engineering and, for me, the fact that it’s safer and gives more possibilities is a triple win for designers.”. Ger Hayes, Managing Director of Sapphire installer John Sisk & Son’s, spoke on the reveal of the Next Generation suite upon its reveal, saying: “Sapphire are probably one of the most innovative companies we work with” and that working with Sapphire’s Next Generation suite on the NE02/03 development in Wembley has helped them to deliver “the most sustainable, low-embodied-carbon and
effi cient residential development [they] have ever delivered”. Mr Hayes went on to describe how proud he is of the relationship between Sisk & Sapphire and that the Next Generation balcony was “revolutionary” for the residential construction market. Sapphire’s Next Generation balcony features
a signifi cant 19% reduction in CO2 across stages A1-A5, making it the lowest-carbon and most sustainable balcony in Sapphire’s 31-year history. In early stage project analysis the balcony has been found to reduce over 6,000 tonnes of weight from 50-storey towers. The new Clip-On anchors have been optimized by Sapphire’s engineering team to allow the reduction of moment forces back to the building to as low as 4kNm.
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