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Staying the course
17th May 2016


The Jockey Club has built a new five-storey, 6,500-capacity grandstand at Cheltenham Racecourse, offering views over the track itself, as well as the winners’ enclosure and the Malvern Hills to the rear.

Full height glazing was specified for every floor of the grandstand, something that would also allow natural light to flood the interior spaces.

Maintaining a comfortable climate all year round without excessive heating or air-conditioning was a priority. At the same time, the new building needed to continue the design aesthetics of the existing glazed stands at the track.

The stand features green body-tinted PILKINGTON glass, housed within white aluminium frames - this has become a recognisable feature of the course, which the architect was keen to retain in the new grandstand.

Steve Berry, regional sales manager at Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, said: “When the other grandstands were built, in the absence of the advanced solar control coatings available today, body tinted glass was the leading option in terms of solar control technology.

“Matching the glazing in the new building important and so the architect opted for Pilkington Insulight units featuring green-tinted glass to match the units elsewhere at the racecourse.

The units do also benefit from a low-emissivity soft coating though, in the form of Pilkington Optitherm on the inner pane, which in certain applications can deliver U-values as low as 1.0W/m2K while also maximising light transmission and minimising reflectance.”

Because it was full height, and located directly above public areas, building regulations dictated a high level of structural strength for the glass. This was achieved by using toughened glass throughout the building, with double-thickness laminated panes on the outside.

Paul Seabright, operations director at Aluminium Sashes, said: “This is the latest project in our long-term relationship with Pilkington, and it has been a great help to have this level of continuity in such a high-profile project.”

A total of 1,900 sq m of glass was used, including some areas of opaque white glazing, for which white Pilkington Spandrel Glass screen-printed glazing was used.

The new grandstand is the final part of a £45million redevelopment of the course which has now opened to the public and saw its first Cheltenham Festival in March 2016.

www.pilkington.co.uk

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