Weekly Email News for the Glass, Glazing & Fenestration Industries

Lancaster University Engineering Building
17th January 2017

The award-winning and BREEAM Outstanding Engineering Building at Lancaster University features a range of architectural aluminium glazing systems from TECHNAL.

The new engineering facility has been designed by John McAslan + Partners. Awarded Winner, RIBA National Award 2015, amongst other RIBA awards, it was also highly commended by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in the ‘Design through Innovation’ category at its 2016 RICS North West Awards.

Technal’s technical support team and fabricator LDG Contracts worked alongside main contractor Eric Wright Construction to deliver the solution, which features Technal’s FXi65 window system, CD doors and MX curtain walling.

With the capability of realising Uw values as low as 1.3w/m2K, more than 196 of Technal’s casement window system, FXi65 were installed throughout the building.

Featuring a ‘visible’ opening frame with an infill of up to 52mm for a contemporary finish, the FXi65 windows appear as both punched hole and inserts within curtain walling offering varying configurations yet visually-consistent window types across the building.

By specifying Technal’s CD heavy-duty door, LDG Contracts was able to provide a solution to handle the demands of a high traffic area, such as this educational building. Featured to ground floor thoroughfare locations, the doors are specified as hinged configurations and include single and double leaf options. Offering a flush threshold, ideal for disabled access, the doors are double glazed to BS6262.

Throughout the building, 252sqm of Technal’s MX Visible Grid capped curtain walling was selected. With natural light being a key specification requirement, MX Visible Grid allowed larger and heavier glazing units to be installed.

Installed to the spanning, entrance screens, 160sqm of MX Trame Verticale curtain walling, also complements the building’s design.

https://www.technal.com/en/uk

<< Click here to return to the main Glazine page


Should you wish to advertise on THE GL@ZINE
please contact Tony Higgin at tony@the-glazine.com
or telephone 01923 461527, mobile 07977-981753.

www.the-glazine.com


RATECARD AND EDITORIAL

View the Ratecard: Click here
Email us: theglazine@sky.com
Editorial should be sent to: theglazine@sky.com