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News Release from: Letchworth Roofing | Subject: Westminster Academy building project
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 18 December 2007
Letchworth Roofing on Westminster
Academy building
Letchworth Roofing Company, working for main contractor Galliford Try, used the latest roofing techniques to complement the modern look of this dynamic building.
The Westminster Academy, with its dramatic colouring and location - right beside the Westway flyover - is already making its mark on the London landscape The GBP30 million new secondary school for over 1,100 students incorporates a range of cutting edge design aspects
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 9 Feb 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Letchworth Roofing has recently completed a major roofing project involving the installation of 34 separate roofs at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital.
The extensive terracing on four of the floors is a key feature of the building, and here an inverted roof with paving was laid on a Permaquik high performance hot rubber waterproof membrane.
Upstand feature flashings were used on the surrounds of all the terraces.
The main roof of the building features a green roof from the Greenroof Company, also laid on a Permaquik high performance hot rubber waterproof membrane.
The living sedum green roof areas help to manage water run-off, insulate the buildings in all seasons and promote biodiversity.
The GBP340,000 project was completed on time and to the client's satisfaction, a further endorsement of the quality of Letchworth Roofing's nationwide experience gained over the last 35 years.
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