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News Release from: Hunter Douglas Construction Elements | Subject: Luxalon Sandwich Wall
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 19 May 2004
Prestige Facade For Rolls Royce
The prestigious new state-of-the-art Rolls Royce aerospace engine facility near Glasgow has been completed to incorporate an architecturally striking facade using the Luxalon Bi-Modular Sandwich Wall.
The prestigious new state-of-the-art Rolls Royce aerospace engine facility near Glasgow has been completed to incorporate an architecturally striking facade using the Luxalon Bi-Modular Sandwich Wall cladding system from Hunter Douglas Construction Elements Designed by Bradford Robertson Architects, main contractor AMEC constructed the £85 million aircraft engine compressor blade facility at Inchinnan to feature 800m2 of eye-catching silver Luxalon Sandwich Wall cladding panels around the public facing exterior
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 2 Mar 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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This includes the fascias, sloping soffits and walls, and a unique entrance pod created using cranked and curved panels with square ends, an unrivalled feature that other facade systems were unable to achieve.
Given the final manufacturing use of the building, Rolls Royce required very strict standards with regard to how the facade performs thermally, acoustically and in a fire situation.
Hunter Douglas Construction Elements assisted the project architect in designing a suitable fa?ade using Luxalon Bi-Modular Sandwich Wall which exceeded their requirements in all these areas.
The solution comprised a 60mm thick aluminium faced mineral wool cored panel, air cavity and another 25mm non-combustible Rockwool mineral wool insulant in conjunction with British Gypsum Duplex wallboard.
This not only delivers a low U-value of 0.29w/m2K, but ensures the tough requirements of Rolls Royce's insurers are met in terms of fire performance.
Luxalon Sandwich Wall is an optically flat, thermally broken integrated cladding and glazing system which is insulated, front sealed and drained.
In addition to the excellent aesthetic effects achievable through its concealed patented fixing system and panel lengths of up to 12m, the Bi-Modular Sandwich Wall system is horizontally installed easily and from the top down.
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