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News Release from: Corus Colors | Subject: Warehouse And Office Given Sparkle By Corus Colors
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 07 November 2003
Warehouse And Office Given Sparkle By
Corus Colors
Corus Colors has provided a high quality, guaranteed, metallic effect finish for the metal-clad exterior of a new bonded warehouse just completed by P Developments for use by P Ferries.
Corus Colors, the UK's largest manufacturer of organic-coated steel to the construction industry, has provided a high quality, guaranteed, metallic effect finish for the metal-clad exterior of a new bonded warehouse just completed by P Developments for use by P Ferries Project Managed by Fitzpatrick, one of the UK's largest privately owned civil engineering companies, the warehouse sits within a self-contained footprint of five acres at Dover's White Cliffs Business Park and comprises 6,967m2 (75,000 ft2) of warehousing with one half of the main elevation a 773 m2 (8,320 ft2) double-story office space
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 23 Jun 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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To reflect the P brand status, and to provide impact, P Developments and its architects specified Celestia by Corus, in three shades - Orion, a mid-range silver for the low level, horizontal cladding; Atlantis blue to match the P corporate colours for the feature band and highlights on the eves, corners and joints and the higher level composite panels in Sirius, a lighter shade of silver.
The roof of the building features HPS200 by Corus in Albatross, a light grey chosen to reflect the light and heat.
Neil Haarhoff from Michael Sparks Associates, architects on the project, comments: "Warehouse buildings can often be uninspiring to look at, so we chose Celestia to add architectural value to the warehouse and office space.
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Both Celestia HPS200 come with the Confidex guarantee which is offered direct from Corus to the building owner and gives the building added commercial value.
This guarantee is easily transferable should the building be sold at a later stage." Reg Morris, Project Director, P Developments, says: "P Developments worked closely with the architects, Michael Sparks Associates, to specify the building exactly for its intended lifespan, and we were insistent on the coating for the metal cladding coming with an extensive guarantee.
It is a high quality building, which serves as both office space and warehousing, and this is why we had to have a durable, quality finish." The high security warehouse is due for completion in October 2003 and will be fully operational by early 2004.
The building is a fast-track development, with the whole project taking just over a year from finding and buying the site, achieving planning permission, through to completion.
The building is operational 24-hours a day, and is the first fully bonded warehouse to be built for P Ferries. Request a free brochure from Corus Colors ...
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