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News Release from: Eurobond Laminates | Subject: Premier System Case Study
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Team on 22 March 2006
Premier System Case Study
Chelsea Building Society, Cheltenham: Eurobond's success in winning the cladding specification was due to their ability to produce a good value solution together with small module sizes.
Chelsea Building Society, Cheltenham - Premier System Case Study The continued growth of the UK's sixth largest building society has encouraged the Chelsea Building Society to expand their accommodation
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 22 Mar 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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The headquarters are located in Cheltenham and a new customer contact centre has been built at the edge of the town on the former Charlton Kings Industrial Estate site.
Eurobond's success in winning the cladding specification was due to their ability to produce a good value solution together with small module sizes.
The long and thin site was originally a mix of two storey industrial units, bordered on one side by housing and on the other by countryside designated as an area of outstanding natural beauty.
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The Chelsea Building Society acquired the site in order to expand their operation, particularly to develop a new call centre with back-up computer facilities plus staff welfare, such as a restaurant, gym and changing rooms.
The brief was an interesting concept comprising two buildings with different but complementary architectural characteristics linked via a two storey glazed link.
This gives Chelsea greater flexibility of accommodation and also a potential strategy of utilizing the buildings as separate offices should the need arise in the future.
Both buildings are designed, with some modification, to function individually.
The smaller of the three storey buildings is 2025m2 clad with 590m2 of Eurobond's Premier composite panel system with Rockwool mineral fibre core.
This has integrated wrap-around corner panels, cappings and fenestration, carefully designed to align with the horizontal panel banding.
The vertical joints comprise an extruded top hat section with black insert.
This building contrasts dramatically with its sister which is a more conventional brick and window design.
Nigel Nicoll of project architects Dyer, says, 'The original proposal was to clad the building in patinated copper but, for reasons of cost, this proved untenable.
Consequently, we selected a RAL colour for the Corus Colorcoat finish which would, as far as possible, simulate the original colour scheme.
The building reflects the desire of both the Chelsea Building Society and ourselves to maximise the sustainability of the development which has targeted a BREEAM rating of excellence.
This is also supported by the cladding panels due to the sustainable and environmentally-friendly (non-foam) mineral fibre core'.
The cladding, roofing and glazing were installed by Lakesmere, specialists in building envelope construction.
Included in the cladding were colour matched steel doors and integrated windows.
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