Glazing systems by Kawneer have helped to refurbish an office building at Cambridge Science Park.
The system’s aluminium AA100 zone-drained curtain wall and AA720 entrance doors feature on all elevations of Unit 216 at the science park, while AA190 TB severe-duty doors were used on the main entrance.
The unit was taken back to a concrete shell and rebuilt with a brick and glazed façade by main contractor Hutton Construction and is now the new home for biotechnology company Amgen.
Unit 216 was externally remodelled with the addition of a new second floor at a cost of £7.2 million to provide 35,746ft2 of new, Grade A offices delivered to a BREEAM “Very Good” standard.
The design by architects Broadway Malyan included projecting feature fins around the perimeter of the curtain wall on the front elevation. These were glazed into the Kawneer curtain wall by approved specialist subcontractor Elliston Steady & Hawes (Aluminium).
Elliston Steady & Hawes (Aluminium), which offered an alternative quotation using the Kawneer system, had teams of up to four operatives on site to complete the work.
