BBC Cymru Wales
21st February 2017

By the end of the year Cardiff-based fabricator DUDLEY’S ALUMINIUM will have installed the majority of the aluminium façade, glazing and entrance doors at the new BBC Cymru Wales Headquarters at Central Square Cardiff, as part of a contract with ISG on behalf of Rightacres Property.

The project will see the contractor installing more than 800 glass panes, up to 3m x 3.1m in size and weighing more than half a tonne each.

To complete the installation, the glass panes will be delivered to the site via a specialist transport system, before each double-glazed pane is lifted by vacuum suckers and manoeuvred by Dudley’s engineers into the curtain walling openings via the site’s tower crane.

Managing Director Colin Shorney said: “The Central Square development has been vital for local contractors like us. The UK construction industry has struggled in the last few years, but regeneration projects across Cardiff have really helped Dudley’s to secure key contracts that have supported growth in potentially difficult times. To show that we have completed such iconic projects will be a real boost for our reputation across the UK.

“As a local company, there is a sense of real pride in securing these contracts. For visitors arriving in Cardiff by train, our work at the Cardiff BBC Cymru Wales headquarters and One Central Square might be the first impression they have of the city, and that creates a lot of satisfaction in our work. For locals too, these projects will provide a real economic boost for the city, so it’s great to be so involved with such an important project.”