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New building materials and solutions news 3
10/12/2009.
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Christopher Hunt MCIAT is not an Architect or a member of the RIBA but a Chartered Architectural Technologist - a professional building designer specialising in residential development from home extensions to new builds including conversions and refurbishments. He is a full member of CIAT which is a different and alternative qualifying body for professionals dealing with building design. If you specifically want an Architect click this link Home page About us Previous schemes gallery Client guides Client options after approval Construction News CIAT News Resources Home Building Contact Us Site Map |
“In homes at risk of flood damage, tiling floors will enable
homeowners to get back to normal much more quickly” say The Tile
Association. 
S & P Coil Products Limited (SPC) have
introduced the DeLonghi-Climaveneta Commercial range of Heat Pumps into their already impressive
product portfolio. SPC have set up a partnership with ICS Heat Pump Technology to supply
DeLonghi-Climaveneta Heat Pumps and Radiant Panel Packages to the commercial marketplace.
ICS Heat Pump Technology, who already have a very impressive domestic heat pump design and install
service, have chosen SPC because of their existing relationships and stability within the
commercial heating and ventilati on market. When the opportunity came along for SPC to
work alongside ICS Heat Pump technology, SPC jumped at the chance.
Comar Architectural Aluminium Systems and their
approved fabricator Alimatic Ltd., have recently completed a full refurbishment project to provide
a whole new building envelope to Collingwood College, Camberley, Surrey. The design brief
was for the façade to be modern, clean and contemporary whilst complementing the school colour.
The College and the Local Authority are extremely happy with the end result and are now planning
the refurbishment of an adjacent school. Intensive consultations took place as the brief for
this project required Alimatic to specia lly design many elements, including the corner panels to
ensure the smooth installation.
High pressure laminates from Abet Laminati are
being used throughout the eye-catching new Planet Hollywood restaurant in the Haymarket,
London. This stunning venue which opened in June 2009 was designed by The Manser Practice
and furnished from wall to wall by RHA furniture who specified Abet Laminati’s Legni woodgrains on
many interior finishes. Legni 312 Wenge in a SEI finish has been used extensively
horizontally on table tops and vertically on Bulkhead Seating Areas, the Meet & Greet podium
as well as individual waiter s tations throughout this famous themed restaurant brand. The
woodgrain effect provides a hard wearing, elegant finish which complements the backdrop of exposed
brickwork and natural timber floors.
More than a million pounds of Lottery funding has helped
refurbish an historic Liverpool library. Toxteth Community Library closed in November
2008 to make way for the project, which has transformed the Grade II listed building and
vastly improved its facilities. To help renovate the library’s 40 original sash and
casement windows contractor B&D Croft of Leigh, Lancashire, turned to the experts from
Ventrolla. Richard Ellis, managing director of Ventrolla Lancashire,
said: “Toxteth Library is an important facility for the local community and we are pleased to
have played a part in its rejuvenation.”
Hollowcore floors and stairs from Bison Manufacturing
Ltd were selected for use on the latest phase of the Wren Academy school in Finchley,
London. The contract saw over £160,000 worth of Bison Manufacturing precast concrete
products used on the new North Block being built at the shool. Bison Manufacturing’s input
began with advice at the design stage of the North Block building. This resulted in the
cores of the Bison Manufacturing floor and stair units being linked and reinforced so that
the resulting design enabled the North Block to meed the disporportionate collapse requirements of
the Building Regulations Part A.
Hamilton Primary School in High Wycombe has just bought a second
batch of Dorgard wireless fire door retainers, from Fireco, for its Priory
and Hampden Road Sites, to legally hold open fire doors, and help the flow of pupils and staff
throughout the school without compromising fire safety. Hamilton Primary's Nick Stewart-Long
comments, “After evaluating our original purchase of Dorgards we found them to be such an
excellent solution that we extended their use to other parts of the school. As they are easy to
install, we avoided any disruption to the premises. In our view, Dorgards are a neat and
effective answer to legally holding open fire doors.”
BuilderScrap, the website designed by builders
for builders, is pleased to announce an exciting new collaboration with Construction Centre for
Innovation North West (CCINW) and Salford University. The partnership has been created in
order to develop a technology to accurately measure the amount of carbon saved by members of the
BuilderScrap website. The BuilderScrap website launched a year ago and, has 900 members
using the site, a figure which is growing continually. The website is free to use.
Members can register and up load any leftover, surplus construction materials to the
website. Other members can then search for these materials, and contact the seller to make
an exchange.
Roofing and cladding manufacturer Steadmans has
provided a complete building envelope for the new office, warehouse and brewing facility of the
Inveralmond Brewery in Perth, Scotland. Located on a brownfield site near the existing
brewery, the building will eventually accommodate the entire operation when it relocates to the
new purpose built premises. Steadmans supplied 1,460 lin metres of AS35/80 insulated panel
for the roof and walls of the building and 320 lin metres of AS35/100 Firefighter composite
boundary wall panels which are fire rated to LPCB grade EXT- AI5. The company also provided
contrasting scintilla-finished flashings in Sargasso blue to reflect the corporate colour of the
brewery’s logo.|
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