The obvious choice for retail park
31st March 2015

Architectural aluminium systems by KAWNEER were the default specification for Saunders Architects when it came to the glazed elements of a new retail park.

Kawneer’s AA®100 zone-drained curtain walling, AA®541 fixed light windows, AA®543 tilturn vents and series 190 heavy-duty commercial entrance doors feature on four units at Bell Green Retail Park in Sydenham, south east London.
The £19million development on the remediated former 13-acre site of Bell Green gas works comprises a total 120,000ft2 of retail plus 19,000ft2 of employment/industrial.

The Kawneer elements serve as double-glazed polyester powder coated entrance screens and automatic doors, and a feature entrance lobby to the B&Q unit.

The retail units and four employment units comprise portal framed steelwork structures with a minimum internal clear height of 6.5m, barrel vaulted roofs of insulated aluminium profiled built-up sheeting, and horizontal composite walls on the rear elevation.

Saunders’ senior partner Leo Poole said: “Kawneer is our office’s default specification, based on good experience in the past and the company’s extensive technical advice.”

The systems were installed over seven months by Kawneer-approved specialist sub-contractor Leay for main contractor Kier Construction.