Product category:
Cladding and Facades
News Release from: Euroclad | Subject: Bespoke ACM fabrications
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 28 April 2006
Fantastic facades from Euroclad at
Crawley
Shoppers in Crawley are enjoying a stylish new retail zone, with eye-catching good looks that are thanks to bespoke ACM fabrications from Euroclad.
Shoppers in Crawley are enjoying a stylish new retail zone, with eye-catching good looks that are thanks to bespoke ACM fabrications from Euroclad The new development is now a striking and contemporary consumer-magnet, with custom-designed extended soffit and granite-effect pillars
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 20 Jun 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Designed by LRK Associates the refurbished retail units in Queens Square Building were immediately let to fashion outlets and Costa Coffee.
Euroclad's part in the successful design was the production of an extended curved soffit, which forms a feature at each end of the building.
Constructed from white Alpolic/fr (aluminium composite material), the soffit is finished with a tailored bullnose, which forms the perimeter of the roof around the entire building.
Installation of the impressive roofing was carried out by Euroclad approved installer, Industrial Construction Sussex.
Columns on all four elevations were faced with black, granite effect ACM material with a finish of 80 per cent gloss.
The columns were originally specified as black granite but cost and weight issues factored in a change in the specification to Alpolic/fr, only available from Euroclad.
The original design specified 30mm granite curved facings, weighing 81k/m2.
In contrast, the Alpolic/fr granite effect panels weigh just 7.6k/m2, requiring significantly less steel for the fixing grids.
To recreate the appearance of granite, Euroclad formed 50mm rebates between panels, and finished with a filler strip to conceal fixings.
Easily demounted, Alpolic/fr granite effect panels are simple to replace, and have a long service life.
Alpolic'/fr is available from Euroclad in a wide range of colours, granite or marble effect, as well as stainless steel, zinc, copper and titanium finishes.
The unique process used for coating the panels ensures that the colours are entirely consistent throughout and the material offers excellent flatness. Request a free brochure from Euroclad ...
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