building fabric
Sixth-form college sensitively restored
timber on the interior for a natural look and feel, provided the perfect solution. Fabricated and installed by Soundcraft
Doors and Windows for main contractor Kingerlee, Senior’s Hybrid series 3 curtain walling system and Hybrid series 1 windows were installed to give a light and spacious feel to the two-storey teaching building and to provide exceptional views of the surrounding parklands. As well as complementing the existing architecture of the site, Senior’s high-performance Hybrid system also ensured that the required U-values and thermal efficiency requirements were successfully met. Senior’s Hybrid curtain wall and
in Oxford which features glazing solutions from Senior Architectural System’s Hybrid range. Designed by TSH Architects, the new
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sixth form college is located at the site of the city’s former Masonic Hall which dates back to 1823 and which has been sympathetically restored and extended to
FORMER Masonic Hall has provided the inspiration for a new sixth form campus for d’Overbroeck’s College
provide a number of new facilities. The construction materials for the new build elements, which comprise a new sixth form college and separate hall, have been carefully specified to both complement and enhance the existing Italianate Villa style of the older building. Doors, windows and curtain walling from Senior’s innovative Hybrid range, which features aluminium on the exterior to provide a durable and low maintenance solution and engineered
windows were also installed to the college’s new hall that is adjacent to the main building and which provides dining facilities and a 180-seat auditorium for performance and events. A key challenge, and one which illustrates both Soundcraft’s skill as an installer and the design flexibility of Senior’s Hybrid range, was the creation of the hall’s curved elevation that features a complex faceted curtain wall screen. To complete the fenestration package,
Soundcraft also installed Senior’s robust SPW501 aluminium doors, with an attractive feature of the college’s main building being an attractive 300mm deep entrance door system.
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Chesterfield College first to adopt new asbestos labelling system
labelling system for the fast and convenient identification of asbestos containing materials (ACMs) in its buildings as part of their robust asbestos management strategy. Chesterfield College has adopted Lucion
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Environmental’s new quick response (QR) code-based system to ensure that full details of the presence of any asbestos in a particular location is made immediately available to whoever may need it. The college supports the learning
needs of over 10,000 students and apprentices, with both classroom and work-based training provided from a range of buildings and premises located across Chesterfield and further afield. Lucion recently completed a first phase
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LEADING further education college has become the first in the country to utilise a specialist new
survey of parts of the organisation’s property portfolio, utilising the special QR code labels in those situations where
ACMs are present.When scanned into a mobile phone, the QR code provides direct on-site access to the building’s ‘Nexgen’ digital site survey records. This online system provides full details of the condition of any ACMs present, as well as any access restrictions and other safeguards required by anyone who may need to carry out work in the vicinity. Daniel Wainwright, Safety, Health and
Environment Officer for Chesterfield College, said: “We take our health and safety responsibilities very seriously and regard the use of QR codes in this way as a highly innovative and effective means of helping to ensure the safety of our staff, students and anyone working in or visiting our premises.”
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