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Soleal windows

Technal has launched its latest window system, bringing technical advancements and new design to be used in, among other things, education and healthcare buildings.

The SOLEAL window has been developed to offer security, thermal, acoustic and weather performance, available in numerous configurations. The system uses a 65mm-deep profile and common components.

The SOLEAL window can be provided in two casement styles - a 鈥渧isible鈥� opening frame with an infill up to 52mm for a contemporary finish, or a patented 鈥渕inimalist鈥� opening frame reducing the visible aluminium and a glazing infill of up to 42mm.

Technal

Acoustic dowels

The Ancon Acoustic Dowel is designed to transfer shear load and allow essential movement at joints, while also reducing impact sound through a building by isolating adjacent concrete elements. The stainless steel Ancon Dowel locates in a sound-damping sleeve that de-couples components such as concrete stairs and the main concrete frame. Typical applications include multi-occupancy buildings, such as university halls of residence, hotels and apartments, where noise can negatively affect a person鈥檚 concentration, relaxation or sleep.

Ancon

LED systems

The glare-free light required for schools and offices is now available from LED technology, with Tamlite鈥檚 new range of LED systems. The ability to combine light quality with low energy consumption and long lamp lifespans makes Tamlite鈥檚 LED range suitable for circulation areas, offices, classrooms, corridors and retail spaces.

All of the LED products feature a high colour rendering index of >80, to ensure colours appear crisp and undistorted. With options for dimming, daylight detection and presence control , high-performance diffusers keep glare to a minimum and ensure the light remains uniform for long periods of work.

Tamlite

Curtain wall systems

Senior Architectural Systems鈥� SMR900 curtain wall systems and SPW600e window systems were installed at the Edinburgh College of Art鈥檚 Hunter 黑洞社区 to enhance the thermal performance of the building, the company says. The tubular aluminium SMR900 system was installed on one elevation of the building, using fully-recyclable aluminium. SMR900 is a stick system which is zone-drained and pressure equalized and offers a 50mm sightline, with a standard choice of six mullion and six transom depths. SPW600e is a three chamber, 75mm polyamide thermally enhanced aluminium window system available in various configurations.

Senior Architectural Systems

Access solutions for schools

Agrippa wire-free fire door holders have been installed at Fairfax Academy Birmingham, enabling fire doors in school corridors to be legally held open, releasing them in the event of a fire alarm to protect students and staff. Digital technology enables the door holders to 鈥渓isten and learn鈥� the sound of a specific fire alarm. This ensures the holder鈥檚 releasing trigger reacts only to the precise sound of the fire alarm rather than extraneous loud noises, eliminating false activations. 

The system requires two C cell batteries, has battery life and low battery indicators and is approved to EN1155 and CE Marked.

Geofire

Nordic Brown copper

Corrugated Nordic Brown copper, from Aurubis Architectural, was chosen for a new secondary school in Str酶mmen, Norway, and is reminiscent of the town鈥檚 industrial heritage. The school required a 100-year lifespan and sustainability credentials were important in this low-energy building.

Nordic Brown products are pre-oxidised at Aurubis鈥� factory to give straightaway the same oxidised brown surface that otherwise develops over time in the environment. The thickness of the oxide layer determines the colour and the darkening oxidisation process continues in the natural environment.

Aurubis Architectural

Interim teaching accommodation

Portakabin Hire has delivered a number of school buildings and classrooms to accommodate around 22,000 school children in the last academic year.

According to the Local Government Association, despite the creation of an additional 90,000 primary school places, an extra 130,000 places will still be needed by 2018. In the London Borough of Lewisham, Portakabin Hire provided a complete, self-contained primary school in eight weeks from receipt of order to handover.

By completing most of the building work before getting to site, the company says it was able to reduce programme times, improve the safety of school sites and ensure less disruption to teaching.

Portakabin Hire

Doorsets

Abloy UK has launched the Abloy Door, a complete door-set that features an EL160 mechanical lock case with automatic deadlocking, lever handle set, Protec2 euro profile cylinder, and panic bar, and is LPS 1175 SR2 certified by the Loss Prevention Council Board (LPCB) and can be used in several environments, including schools.

Products certified to the LPCB鈥檚 LPS 1175 SR2 standard provide three minutes of resistance to determined attack by an opportunist burglar using a range of techniques including those that involve creation of noise. The door is also fire rated to standards BS 479 Part 22 and EN 1634-1:2000.

Abloy