Kingspan for fast track, high quality construction

Kingspan Insulated Panels has played an important role in helping Slough Trading Estate cut down construction time on an innovative fast response service.

Kingspan Insulated Panels has played an important role in helping Slough Trading Estate cut down construction time on an innovative fast response service.

The service developed by Slough Trading Estate creates an entirely new building from nothing in a matter of weeks, and is called RAPIDSPACE.

The first experimental building was undertaken speculatively, at 381 Sykes Road in Slough.

By using Kingspan panels rather than their usual built up system, the developer saved 4 weeks on the cladding installation alone, enabling the 2,394 m2 warehouse to be built in just 9 weeks.

The whole project from start to finish, including demolition, was completed in 16 weeks.

The new building has a high specification, with a clear eaves height of 7m, 28 car parking spaces, two electronically operated loading doors and a secure yard.

It also has the potential to offer further office space if the customer requires, which can be added within two weeks.

Stephen Bailey, regional director of the Slough Trading Estate commented: "RAPIDSPACE has been developed in response to an increasing number of demands from customers for a building that meets their specific needs - but fast".

"Customers these days want their buildings in a hurry, and so we have developed RAPIDSPACE as one of a number of initiatives to improve our response." "The Sykes Road project set out to prove that, working closely with our contractors and suppliers, we could deliver a high quality building fast".

"In combination with our Simplified Planning Zone Status, which means there is no need to wait for planning permission, we are ready to deliver".

"It is clear we will be offering customers our "made to measure" RAPIDSPACE service more and more in the future." The programme for cladding and roofing was a key factor in achieving that crucial reduction in construction time by halving the time it would have taken to install a traditional built up system.

The building has Kingspan's KS1000 RW Panels on the roof and KS 1000 WAVE architectural panels on the walls.

It was the first time that Slough Estates has used Kingspan panels on one of its buildings, and the company was very impressed".

""The panels certainly played a vital role in cutting the construction time, without compromising the quality or visual impact of the building in any way," says Andrew Pooley, Project Manager for Slough Estates".

""We achieved an air leakage test of sub 3 m3/hr/m2, when building control requires 10." "The co-ordination between Kingspan, Slough Estates and the contractors was excellent, and enabled us to make these great savings in record time".

"In the long run it also works out as a much more cost-effective solution for us." Following the success of the trading estate project, Slough Estates is looking at specifying Kingspan Panels for its next RAPIDSPACE project - a much larger development of 30 units in Portsmouth.

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