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News Release from: Pilkington Building Products UK | Subject: Planar frameless structural glazing
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 10 December 2007
Pilkington Planar in historic Liverpool
docks
GBP17million development of 350 metre-long pier and terminal at Liverpool's historic docks owes its striking appearance to the Pilkington Planar frameless structural glazing system.
Liverpool is the European Capital of Culture 2008, a city famous for the Beatles and football, and now it has another talking point thanks to the construction of a 350 metre-long pier and terminal at its historic docks The terminal was officially opened by HRH the Duke of Kent as the QE2 made its 40th birthday visit to the city, and is an impressive welcome for some of the world's largest cruise liners
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 18 Nov 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The new facility is built on four floating concrete pontoons and features a total of 949m2 of Pilkington Planar glazing for the cruise liner terminal's Reception building, including internal screens, the Pilot building and a 177m long covered walkway which links the two buildings together.
Ollie Taffinder, Director, O.J.
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Taffinder , specialist installers of the glazing, said: "Liverpool Council specified the glazing because they wanted a high performance product in keeping with the illustrious nature of the project".
"The Pilkington Planar glazing and Pilkington Suncool High Performance Brilliant combine to provide an aesthetically pleasing feature offering excellent solar control properties with high light transmittance".
"Passengers are now welcomed to Liverpool Pier in style, and it's a great way to show off the city for the increased number of visitors Liverpool is expecting in 2008".
Pilkington Planar glazing specification.
Reception and Pilot building.
195 m2 double glazed insulating glass units comprising of:.
Toughened outer pane: 10mm Pilkington Suncool High Performance Brilliant 50/25.
Airspace: 16mm.
Laminated inner pane: 13.52mm Pilkington Optilam Green.
Internal screens.
50m2 single glazed 17.52mm laminated glass comprising of:.
Pane 1: 10mm Pilkington Optifloat Clear (toughened).
Interlayer: 1.52mm.
Pane 2: 6mm Pilkington Optifloat Clear (heat strengthened).
Covered walkway roof.
243m2 single glazed 19.52mm laminated glass comprising of:.
Pane 1: 12mm Pilkington Optifloat Clear (toughened).
Interlayer: 1.52mm.
Pane 2: 6mm Pilkington Optifloat Clear (heat strengthened).
Covered walkway walls.
333m2 Single glazed toughened Glass: 10mm Pilkington Optifloat Clear.
The Pilkington Planar glazed screens and external facades are supported by a combination of toughened Pilkington Optifloat Clear structural glass fins and structural steelwork.
Pilkington Planar 905-J stainless steel fittings are used throughout.
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