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News Release from: Marley Eternit | Subject: Mark Of Distinction With Marley's Marquess
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 11 November 2003
Mark Of Distinction With Marley's
Marquess
Striking new commercial office blocks have made extensive use of Marquess Interlocking Slates from leading roofing manufacturer, Marley Roofing Products.
Centurion Park, Tamworth, is home to a distinctive business park adjacent to the M42, containing large distribution centres, industrial units and in particular two new commercial office blocks Constructed on behalf of Sibson Mill Properties and designed by Architects Haden Ritchie, the striking new commercial office blocks have made extensive use of Marquess Interlocking Slates from leading roofing manufacturer, Marley Roofing Products
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 22 Jul 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The three storey office buildings were designed in two stages.
Phase 1, completed in early 2002, benefited from Marley Roofing Products' Marquess Interlocking Slates in Slate Grey, providing a thin leading edge and smooth surface that replicates the appearance of natural slate.
With a hidden interlock, the product has been specifically designed to increase weather resistance by improving water ingress even at high winds.
Marley Roofing Products' Slate Grey Marquess was subsequently selected for Phase 2 of the development, in keeping with the style of the first and was completed in mid 2003.
Ian Ritchie of Architects Haden Ritchie commented: "One of the main reasons for using Marquess on these two structures was aesthetics.
The site is very high profile with the buildings clearly visible from the motorway and the slip-road approach.
Our clients, Sibson Mill Properties, wanted the units to appear visually attractive and the application of the Marquess slates on the large expanses of visible roof provided the best solution.
"Although there is eighteen months between the construction of the first unit and the second, there is no difference in the appearance of the slates caused by weathering or climate, which presents an aesthetically uniform appearance and reflects the extremely high quality of the build." A range of complementary roofing accessories complete the roofs, including slate mitred hip, dry verge and dry ridge.
Builders for Phase 1 were Sol Construction and for Phase 2, Coltham Ltd with Crosby Roofing as roofing contractor.
Two more commercial office blocks are planned for the site in the near future, in which Architects Haden Richie will continue to use the Marley Roofing Products Marquess Interlocking Slate. Request a free brochure from Marley Eternit ...
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