2023 - Aluminium Rainscreen Overcladding Specialist

Archive for: 2023,

LUHFT SUSTAINABILITY AWARDS

11th September 2023 News architects,awards,Liverpool,LUHFT,nhs,partnerships,refurbishment,residential,Sustainability

Winners of the Sustainability Award in the North West Coast Research and Innovation Awards, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LUHFT) recently held its own inaugural Trust Sustainability Awards to celebrate achievements of its staff in delivering sustainability improvements across the Trust. Having successfully delivered the large, complex external refurbishment of Aintree Hospital, design build

KEEGANS & ECD ARCHITECTS SUMMER DRINKS & CANAPES RECEPTION

27th July 2023 News architects,ECD,HEFE,keegans,overcladding,partnerships,refurbishment,residential

Cliff Woodhouse, Business Development Director, recently joined Keegans and ECD Architects as a guest at their summer reception at the Building Centre, London, which included a private viewing of the Retrofit exhibition. design build facades has worked successfully with both companies across a range of refurbishment projects in the residential and HE/FE sectors.

INNOVATIVE ACCESS KEY TO PROJECT DELIVERY

15th June 2023 News overcladding,refurbishment,roofbeam,scaffolding

Overcladding occupied buildings is highly complex and specialist. The project’s success is dependent upon getting the design right from the outset. At design build facades we take a holistic approach, considering the many inter-related facets to develop a bespoke solution. These include developing the right access methodology to enable smooth project delivery. The tower block

DESIGN BUILD FACADES APPOINTED TO £1.35BN GENERATION 2 HYDE BUILDING AND FIRE SAFETY FRAMEWORK

24th April 2023 News authorities,building,cladding,council,fire-safety,framework,frameworks,housing,hyde,local,maintenance,Pretium

design build facades is pleased to announce that it has been appointed to Lot 8, External Wall Works, of the Generation 2 Hyde Building and Fire Safety Framework. Lot 8 is for the design, manufacture, installation, and ongoing maintenance and testing of cladding systems and includes buildings which exceed 18m in height. The scope covers

DESIGN BUILD FACADES AWARDED FIRE SAFETY WORKS FOR ENFIELD COUNCIL

13th April 2023 News carbon,council,efficiency,energy,Enfield,fabric first,fire-safety,reduction,refurbishment

design build facades impressive portfolio of fire safety works continues to grow following the award of a contract to upgrade the cladding at Constable House and Bridport House for the London Borough of Enfield. The Council determined that the existing cladding system required upgrading to meet the criteria for protection against fire spread of the

DECARBONISATION KEY AT AUDE

11th April 2023 News aude,carbon,efficiency,energy,fabric first,HEFE,reduction,refurbishment,university

Already firmly established as leaders in external refurbishment of the HE estate, design build facades enjoyed a busy AUDE Conference held recently at the University of Liverpool with many delegates interested in the fabric first approach to helping them achieve their carbon reduction commitments. Cliff Woodhouse, Business Development Director, commented “we are seeing growing recognition

WILTSHIRE COLLEGE SALISBURY PHASE 2

20th March 2023 News carbon,efficiency,energy,HEFE,reduction,refurbishment,salisbury,wiltshire

Building relationships with clients is core to our ethos at design build facades. We strive to be flexible in our approach to meet their needs, so when Wiltshire College & University Centre needed to phase their refurbishment programme of the Avon and Wylye buildings at the Salisbury Campus in line with funding we were pleased

OVERCLADDING OF THE ICONIC HEXAGON TOWER IS PROGRESSING AS PLANNED

23rd February 2023 News carbon,efficiency,energy,hexagon,manchester,medical,reduction,refurbishment

Overcladding of the iconic Hexagon Tower is progressing as planned. We have successfully delivered some of the most technically challenging and complex overcladding projects ever undertaken in the UK applying our unrivalled industry CV of skills, knowledge and experience. This brutal masterpiece is another on this long list of achievements. One of the major technical

DESIGN BUILD FACADES TO REFURBISH GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL TOWER BLOCK

30th January 2023 News carbon,efficiency,energy,gloucester,healthcare,hospital,medical,reduction,refurbishment

With a busy start to the new year, design build facades is pleased to announce that they will shortly be commencing work at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Building envelope works to the 11-storey Tower Block at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital comprises upgrades to the external facade using our insulated aluminium rainscreen