RECOGNITION FOR INNOVATIVE OVERCLADDING REFURBISHMENT OF HEXAGON TOWER, MANCHESTER
For the second successive year, a design build facades project has been shortlisted for the Facade Awards UK. Following our…
NET ZERO TARGETS DISCUSSED AT AUDE
design build facades had a busy few days at AUDE catching-up with past and present clients and meeting many new…
EXTERNAL REFURBISHMENT AND IMPROVEMENTS NOW UNDERWAY AT NORTHCROFT BUILDING, BIRMINGHAM
design build facades has commenced on-site at the Northcroft Building run by Birmingham and Solihull NHS Mental Health Foundation Trust…
DELIVERING YOUR CARBON REDUCTION COMMITMENTS
design build facades will be attending AUDE 2025, and we look forward to meeting delegates and sharing how a fabric…
DESIGN BUILD FACADES ARE NOW ON SITE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE
The John Anderson Building housing the Department of Physics was built in 1971 and is one of the busiest buildings…
DESIGN BUILD FACADES AWARDED ISO 9001 CERTIFICATION
design build facades is pleased to announce we have attained the ISO 9001 Quality Standard following our recent successful audit…
RECLADDING PROJECT WINS NET ZERO IN HOUSING AWARD
Prospecthill Court, Greenock, managed by River Clyde Homes, won the Net Zero in Housing award at the recent CIH Scotland…
Facades Awards UK held at Midlands Hotel, Manchester on 8th November
York Hospital (Main Ward Block), part of York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was a finalist in the…
NEW BUILD UNCERTAINTY DRIVING INTEREST IN REFURBISHMENT
“Increasing uncertainty regarding funding programmes for new build hospitals is encouraging strong interest in sustainable regeneration of existing buildings using…
Sustainable fabric first refurbishment of Healthcare estates
As healthcare Trusts focus increasingly on decarbonisation, design build facades has firmly established itself as the leader in this field…
We are exhibiting at Procurement 4 Health
design build facades the UK’s market-leading design build overcladding specialist in the healthcare sector will be exhibiting at Procurement 4…
Rapid Progress At Birmingham Women’s Hospital
Birmingham Women’s Hospital is a centre of excellence, providing specialist services to more than 50,000 women, men and their families…
ACHIEVING YOUR CARBON REDUCTION COMMITMENTS
design build facades are leaders in the sustainable refurbishment of built estates. Employing their fabric first approach delivers sustainable energy…
Design build facades to exhibit at DPRTE Event, Farnborough
design build facades will be exhibiting for the first time at DPRTE, the Defence Procurement and Supply Chain Event on…
The overcladding transformation of the iconic GRH
design build facades in association with Gloucestershire Managed Services and Vital Energi is overcladding the iconic Gloucester Royal Hospital tower…
Refurbishment delivers significant energy savings
After a successful phase 1, design build facades were invited back for phase 2 of the refurbishment of the Avon…
design build facades EXHIBIT at ECHELON CONFERENCE
design build facades are pleased to announce that for the first time they will be attending the Echelon Conference at…
A very busy IHEEM for design build facades
Carbon reductions, energy savings and procurement were key topics of interest during a very busy two day show. design build…
Come and talk to us at IHEEM
design build facades, a design and build overcladding specialist, will be participating in the upcoming IHEEM Healthcare Estates Conference in…
LUHFT SUSTAINABILITY AWARDS
Winners of the Sustainability Award in the North West Coast Research and Innovation Awards, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust…
KEEGANS & ECD ARCHITECTS SUMMER DRINKS & CANAPES RECEPTION
Cliff Woodhouse, Business Development Director, recently joined Keegans and ECD Architects as a guest at their summer reception at the…
INNOVATIVE ACCESS KEY TO PROJECT DELIVERY
Overcladding occupied buildings is highly complex and specialist. The project’s success is dependent upon getting the design right from the…
DESIGN BUILD FACADES APPOINTED TO £1.35BN GENERATION 2 HYDE BUILDING AND FIRE SAFETY FRAMEWORK
design build facades is pleased to announce that it has been appointed to Lot 8, External Wall Works, of the…
DESIGN BUILD FACADES AWARDED FIRE SAFETY WORKS FOR ENFIELD COUNCIL
design build facades impressive portfolio of fire safety works continues to grow following the award of a contract to upgrade…
DECARBONISATION KEY AT AUDE
Already firmly established as leaders in external refurbishment of the HE estate, design build facades enjoyed a busy AUDE Conference…
WILTSHIRE COLLEGE SALISBURY PHASE 2
Building relationships with clients is core to our ethos at design build facades.
OVERCLADDING OF THE ICONIC HEXAGON TOWER IS PROGRESSING AS PLANNED
Overcladding of the iconic Hexagon Tower is progressing as planned. We have successfully delivered some of the most technically challenging…
DESIGN BUILD FACADES TO REFURBISH GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL TOWER BLOCK
With a busy start to the new year, design build facades is pleased to announce that they will shortly be…
WORK TO THE SENTINELS GETS UNDERWAY
The Sentinels comprising Cleveland and Clydesdale Towers are two 90-metre-tall residential tower blocks on Holloway Head in Birmingham. Owned by…
IHEEM successful for design build facades
design builds facades enjoyed a busy IHEEM where their fabric first message was well received by key decision makers in…
design build facades
For over 20 years, ‘d+b facades’ has stood for ‘design + build facades’ applying the very best, industry-leading practice with…
IHEEM Healthcare Estates Conference 2022
We are pleased to announce our attendance at the IHEEM Healthcare Estates Conference at the Manchester Central Complex on 4th…
BRUTALIST MASTERPIECE TO BE SYMPATHETICALLY OVERCLAD
design build facades are pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to overclad Hexagon Tower, Blackley, Manchester.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY WORKS UNDERWAY AT YORK HOSPITAL
design build facades is pleased to announce that building envelope works are now underway on Block A, York Hospital, part…
EASTBOURNE DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL (DGH)
design build facades is pleased to announce that a full-size mock-up of the proposed facade works has now been completed…
AUDE Annual Conference
d+b facades ‘fabric first’ message was well received by delegates at the recent AUDE annual conference, University of Birmingham. Universities…
RE-CLADDING WORKS UNDERWAY AT BERRY COURT
d+b facades is pleased to announce that re-cladding works are now underway at Berry Court, Bournemouth. The works involve removing…
CAMBRIDGE REGIONAL COLLEGE
Rated in the top 10 of the NICDEX League Table, Cambridge Regional College understands the importance of improving the appearance…
HARLOW COLLEGE K BLOCK TRANSFORMED
Following extensive upgrades to much of the building stock campus-wide, K Block was dated in both appearance and building performance…
PHASED REFURBISHMENT COMPLETE AT UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD
d+b facades have recently completed the fifth phase of refurbishment to the Richmond and Horton D buildings at the University…
1 Old Hall Street, Liverpool
d+b facades are pleased to announce an overall summary of ‘Excellent’ in the Considerate Constructors Scheme report for their Old…
WORK COMPLETED BY D+B FACADES AT THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
Work has now been completed by d+b facades at The Natural History Museum, Kensington. A world-class museum with more than…
D+B FACADES NOW ON SITE AT CAMBRIDGE REGIONAL COLLEGE
d+b facades is pleased to announce works have commenced to overclad the Construction Skills building at the Huntingdon Campus of…
D+B FACADES COMPLETES FIRE SAFETY WORKS ON A 23 STOREY RESIDENTIAL TOWER
Denning Point is a 23-storey residential tower in Aldgate, Tower Hamlets, owned and managed by EastEnd Homes (EEH). Originally constructed…
d+b facades supports local good cause
d+b facades support Basingstoke Voluntary Sports Council Basingstoke Voluntary Sports Council, Basingstoke (basingstokelsc.org.uk) reach their Core Funding goal for Sport & Health ‘Get…
SLASH CARBON EMISSIONS FROM DATED BUILDING STOCK
Retro fitting new building envelopes to existing building stock will help meet new legislation in place to cut net emissions…
d+b facades Awarded Constructionline Gold Award
d+b facades are pleased to announce they have been awarded Constructionline Gold Accreditation. This award is recognition of the importance…
New and Old in Harmony
This evocative image was captured as the final scaffolding was removed from the refurbished Natural History Museum’s Palaeontology Building, Kensington,…
d+b facades working sustainably –100% waste recycling achieved at NHM Tring
Working closely with our supply chain, employees, contractors and waste partners we have been able to achieve 100% recycling for…
£1bn allocated to cut emissions from public buildings like schools, hospitals and council buildings
As part of the Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy, the government has awarded nearly £1bn for carbon retrofit projects. This builds on…
d+b facades to Deliver Phase 3 for University of Bradford
d+b facades is pleased to announce it has been awarded the contract for Phase 3 refurbishment of the Richmond Building…
Find out more about our Textured Paint System
As part of d+b facades’ inventive solutions-driven approach for clients they developed a novel textured paint finish for their aluminium rainscreen cassette…
How do you get a new MRI scanner weighing several tonnes installed on the first floor?
d+b facades were once again delighted to assist the hospital.
Facade Modifications for Liverpool John Moores University
Embedded within d+b facades’ can-do culture is a commitment to outstanding customer service, not just throughout a project but for…
d+b facades to Undertake Fire Safety Works for Abri Group
d+b facades is pleased to announce it has been awarded the contract to undertake fire-safety and recladding works to Mulvany…
d+b facades to refurbish Harlow College K Block
d+b facades is pleased to announce it is to undertake pre-construction works prior to refurbishing ‘K’ block, Harlow College.
d+b facades – The National Lottery Heritage Fund’s inaugural Museums + Heritage Sustainable Project of the Year Award
d+b facades is pleased to announce that its £2m project for the Natural History Museum, Tring, which houses one of…
d+b facades to replace curtain walling at the Natural History Museum, Kensington
d+b facades is pleased to announce that works have commenced to replace the existing curtain walling at the Natural History…
d+b facades is pleased to announce major fire-safety works for Radian
d+b facades is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract to undertake fire safety and re-cladding works…
Back on-site at Aintree Hospital
Despite Covid delaying the start of our Contract at Aintree University Hospital we have now restarted under the direction of…
d+b facades Aligns with Procurement Hub
d+b facades is pleased to announce that is has aligned itself with Procurement Hub, an OJEU-compliant direct appointment framework for…
Fire-Safe Building on Track for Students Return at East Coast College, Lowestoft Campus
East Coast College has had a lot of investment made on improving it’s Lowestoft Campus in recent years having originally…
Essential fire-safety works underway at Highbury College, Portsmouth
Amidst the nationwide disruption surrounding Covid-19, d+b facades are in week 9 of essential fire-safety works to the ten-storey tower…
AUDE 2020 Postponed
In the light of the ongoing Coronavirus health emergency, the AUDE 2020 conference due to take place later this month…
d+b facades appointed to Fusion21 Energy Efficiency Framework
d+b facades is pleased to announce that it has been appointed to the Fusion21 Energy Efficiency Framework as a design…
d+b facades appointed to Hyde Fire Safety Works and Services Framework
d+b facades are pleased to announce that it has been appointed to the Hyde Fire Safety Works and Services Framework…
D+B FACADES TO REMOVE ACM CLADDING AND RECLAD, EAST COAST COLLEGE, LOWESTOFT
d+b facades are pleased to announce it has have been awarded the contract to remove existing cladding from a 6…
Upcoming Exhibition – London Build 2019 at Olympia London
d+b facades will be exhibiting at London Build 2019. Held at Olympia London on the 27th and 28th November. This…
Upcoming Exhibition – AOC at The ICC Birmingham
d+b facades will be exhibiting at the upcoming AOC (Association of Colleges) Conference and Exhibition 2019. Held at The ICC…
Phase 1 almost complete at University of Glasgow, Boyd Orr Building
The Boyd Orr Building at the University of Glasgow designed in 1964 by architects JL Gleave & Partners primarily as…
d+b facades will be exhibiting at IHEEM on stand H34
The major event for Healthcare Estates, Engineers & FM Professionals, takes place on 8-9 October at Manchester Central, with an…
D+B FACADES TO REFURBISH CHURCH STREET CAMPUS BUILDINGS, TRESHAM COLLEGE
d+b facades is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to refurbish the 6-storey Tower and also…
D+B FACADES TO REFURBISH ORNITHOLOGY BUILDING, NATURAL HISTORY BUILDING, TRING
d+b facades is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to refurbish the Ornithology Building, Natural History…
London Build 2018
We at d+b facades are proud to announce a successful visit to London Build 2018, recently held at Olympia London…
BARNET HOMES – NON-COMBUSTIBLE RE-CLAD
d+b facades are ahead of target to complete the re-clad of 3No Tower Blocks. Originally constructed in 1963, the 3No…
Government Guidance – Raise The Bar
d+b facades want to assist in raising the bar much higher to achieve failsafe standards that remove risk for the…
Clements Court Recladding Completion
The completion ceremony took place on Friday 17th November 2017 for the recladding of Clements Court, a high-rise residential tower block owned by London Borough of Hounslow (LBH). Cllr Steve Curran (Council Leader) secured the last non-combustible panel. The combustible ACM cladding was removed within 10 days of the Council recognising that the building was at risk and entirely re-clad within 18 weeks.
d+b facades system : fire performance endorsed by successful BR135 fire test
To provide further reassurance to our customers, we are pleased to provide details of the successful fire test carried out at the BRE Garston as follows:-
d+b facades make Clements Court, Hounslow, fire safe in 10 days
Given the deep concerns of the residents and Hounslow Borough Council the project needed to be expedited. From the Council first contacting d+b facades on the Friday, access to the building was erected by Tuesday and all external combustible materials removed making the building fire-safe by the following Tuesday, with a sample of the recladding proposal also in place for the planners’ approval.
PRESS RELEASE – d+b facades system data sheets
Further to our Press Release of 15th June 2017 we wish to support the statement that the d+b system is…
PRESS RELEASE – d+b facades system proven to contain fire
The fire performance of cladding systems has understandably come under intense scrutiny. By sharing publicly our personal experience, we hope to provide reassurance to users of our non-combustible aluminium rainscreen system regarding its fire safety.
PRESS RELEASE – Response to Grenfell Tower fire
In light of the recent tragic events at Grenfell Tower and speculation regarding the role of the cladding in the…
d+b facades to refurbish Library Building, Reading University
d+b facades is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to refurbish Library Building, Reading University.
Bristol Royal Infirmary Shortlisted for International WAN Award
The World Architecture News (WAN) Awards has evolved into the world’s largest international architectural awards programme comprising, amongst others, the…
d+b facades to refurbish Cledwyn Bridge Building, Aberystwyth University
d+b facades is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to refurbish the Cledwyn Bridge Building, Aberystwyth…
Bristol Royal Infirmary raises the bar for overcladding projects
Overcladding of Queen’s Building, Bristol Royal Infirmary is now complete and the architectural achievement has raised the bar for future…
d+b facades to refurbish Hockmore Tower, Oxford
d+b facades is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to refurbish Hockmore Tower, Oxford.
d+b facades to refurbish Hamish Wood Building, Glasgow Caledonian University
d+b facades is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to refurbish the Hamish Wood Building, Glasgow…
d+b facades to refurbish Lansdowne Campus at The Bournemouth & Poole College
d+b facades is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to refurbish ‘B’ and ‘E’ Blocks, Lansdowne…
d+b facades to refurbish Neurosurgical Building, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow
d+b facades is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to refurbish the Neurosurgical Building, Southern General…
d+b facades to refurbish Merchiston Campus, Edinburgh Napier University
d+b facades is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to refurbish Merchiston Campus, Edinburgh Napier University.
d+b facades to refurbish Ingram Building, University of Kent
d+b facades is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to refurbish Ingram Building, University of Kent.
d+b facades to refurbish Chesterfield College, South Block
d+b facades is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to refurbish Chesterfield College, South Block.
d+b facades to refurbish Fareham College
d+b facades is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to refurbish Fareham College.
d+b facades to refurbish Stratford upon Avon College
d+b facades is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to refurbish Stratford upon Avon College
d+b facades to refurbish North Hertfordshire College
d+b facades is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to refurbish North Hertfordshire College
d+b facades to refurbish the Queens Building, Bristol Royal Infirmary
d+b facades is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to refurbish the Queens Building, Bristol Royal…
d+b facades to refurbish Phase II of the University of Bradford
d+b facades is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to refurbish Phase II of the University…
d+b facades to refurbish Nescot College
d+b facades is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to refurbish Nescot College
d+b facades sponsors design award at The Scottish Healthcare Conference 2013
As the UK’s leading design and build overcladding specialists, d+b facades is pleased to announce sponsorship of the Design Award…
d+b facades to refurbish Gallowgate Premises, Aberdeen College
d+b facades is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to refurbish the Gallowgate Premises of Aberdeen…
d+b facades to refurbish Phase II of the George Edwards Building, University of Surrey
d+b facades is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract for Phase II of the refurbishment of…
d+b facades to refurbish Building R1, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
d+b facades is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to refurbish Building R1 at the STFC’s…
d+b facades to refurbish North Road Campus at The Bournemouth & Poole College
d+b facades is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to refurbish the North Road Campus at…
d+b facades to refurbish ‘A’ and ‘B’ Blocks, Stoke on Trent College
d+b facades is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to refurbish ‘A’ and ‘B’ Blocks, Stoke…
d+b facades to refurbish 4 buildings at Blackpool and The Fylde College
d+b facades is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to refurbish Thornton, Elswick, Garstang and Poulton…
d+b facades to refurbish Max Perutz Building, Liverpool John Moores University
d+b facades is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to refurbish the Max Perutz Building, Liverpool…
Bedford College awarded BREEAM excellent
d+b facades is pleased to announce that the refurbishment of Bedford College’s workshop has received a design-stage BREEAM Excellent rating.
d+b facades to refurbish Moulsham Street Campus, Chelmsford College
d+b facades is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to refurbish the Main Block, Moulsham Street…
d+b facades to refurbish George Edwards Building, University of Surrey
d+b facades is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract for partial refurbishment of the George Edwards…
d+b facades to refurbish Library Building, University of Glasgow
d+b facades is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to refurbish the Library Building, University of…
d+b facades to refurbish St Vincent College, Gosport
d+b facades is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to refurbish St Vincent College, Gosport.
d+b facades to refurbish ACE Building, Imperial College London
d+b facades is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to refurbish the ACE Building, Imperial College…
d+b facades to refurbish ‘A’ Block, Daresbury Laboratory
d+b facades is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to refurbish ‘A’ Block, Daresbury Laboratory.
d+b facades to refurbish Engineering Annex, Imperial College
d+b facades is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to refurbish the Engineering Annex at Imperial…
James Parsons Building shortlisted for national award
d+b facades’ refurbishment of James Parsons Building, Liverpool John Moores University, has been shortlisted for the 2011 Green Gown excellence…
d+b facades to refurbish Engineering Workshop, Bedford College
d+b facades is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to refurbish the Engineering Workshop at Bedford…
d+b facades to refurbish Horton D Building, Bradford University
d+b facades is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to refurbish the Horton D Building at…
d+b facades to refurbish Tamar Building, Cornwall College
d+b facades is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to refurbish the Tamar building, Cambourne Campus,…
d+b facades to refurbish Hopwood Hall College
d+b facades is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to refurbish Hopwood Hall College at the…
d+b facades to refurbish Cleveleys Building, Blackpool and The Fylde College
d+b facades is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to refurbish the Cleveleys building at Blackpool…