ROCKFON make a healthy contribution to BREEAM 'excellent' Southmead Hospital

Phase one of an impressive new Bristol hospital has now opened on-time and is fully operational. It replaces Victorian buildings which started life as workhouses. The £430 million Southmead Hospital not only offers the very best healthcare facilities but is one of the most environmentally-friendly buildings of its size in the UK. The design of the building is very bright with lots of big windows and has a large glass atrium as its centrepiece...

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital Improve Access with Axis

The ongoing refurbishment programme at the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital identified a set of emergency exit doors on the Holly Suite Cardiac Day Care Unit being regularly used as a delivery point for supplies and exit for waste materials. The doors were not automated which made it difficult to move trolleys through the doorway and left them prone to damage, both cosmetic and functional. Discussions with Axis Automatic Entrance Systems of Northampton led to the replacement of the old doors with a set of half glazed...

The perfect boiler pipework cover up for Axiom Housing

Easy to fit pre-formed and pre-finished boiler casings from Encasement have been chosen to conceal unattractive boiler pipework in a development of 30 new shared ownership apartments by Axiom Housing Association in Peterborough. The Anson House development at Cottesmore Close provides a choice of one and two bedroom apartments and each includes an energy efficient boiler located in the kitchen area. Encasement's boiler casings were chosen to not only provide an aesthetic and durable solution...

Profile 22 launches first BIM object

Window, door and curtain walling specialist Profile 22 has developed its first BIM Object, providing 2D and 3D product representations, information and data associated with its Fully Reversible 70mm window system. In Revit file format, this allows the product to be incorporated into a 3D model and its associated component database. The Object is available free direct from profile22.co.uk/commercial or via bimstore.co.uk/manufacturer/profile-22. "With more than half of construction firms now using BIM this is a valuable...

Creating effective learning spaces - through the floor!

Abby Chandler, Marketing Manager at Heckmondwike FB, looks at how school flooring design can create stimulating environments that help young people to learn. "Research by the University of Salford and Nightingale Associates found that the classroom environment can affect a child's progress by up to 25% a year, showing the importance of creating a setting that provides the very best learning...

Shackerley's cladding helps to turn new academy into civic landmark

Sureclad® ceramic granite cladding supplied in an unusual eyecatching 'metallised' finish by ventilated façade specialist Shackerley has helped to make North Durham Academy stand out as an impressive new civic landmark in the former colliery town of Stanley. The brief for architects at the Leeds offices of Atkins was to deliver a new £30 million campus with state-of-the-art facilities and a public presence...

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