Archetech Issue 55 2021 | Page 80

LANDSCAPING & EXTERNAL WORKS

ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS FIT FOR ANY ENVIRONMENT

With team specialists in a variety of sectors including education , healthcare , sport and hospitality , West Sussex based canopy engineering firm Fordingbridge proudly work collaboratively with architects and specifiers to help achieve clients ’ briefs and bring them to fruition . The business operate a full design and manufacture facility , ensuring that your next project will not only be cost effective , but have the aesthetics and quality required for your design .
Operating nationwide , Fordingbridge steel , tensile and glulam structures can be seen in schools , retailers , hospitals , airports and leisure establishments throughout the UK and Ireland . With a renewed focus on the importance of maximising outside space , the architectural importance of correctly specifying the appropriate product has never been more significant . A far cry from massproduced , “ off-the-shelf ” products , the Fordingbridge canopy offering instead efficiently combines standard components and sections to provide a bespoke , structurally engineered solution fit for any environment .
“ Handling the complete process in-house has a multitude of benefits for the many architectural practices we collaborate with ,” explains Fraser Dixon , Business Development Manager of the firm . “ We work with them from the outset to ensure the brief is met and that a cost effective , visually inspiring and structurally sound product is the end result . As our design and manufacture process is internal , we can tweak designs throughout the planning stage , and provide the necessary input early in the process to ensure our element of the wider project is a success . This is especially true within our work in education and healthcare ,” Dixon continues , “ where the importance of collaborating with a Principal Contractor and providing the necessary information from the outset can have a huge positive bearing on the project as a whole , especially when often working to a tight programme .”
As the UK begins to slowly exit the pandemic , the demand for aesthetically covered outside space has grown . “ Many have hired marquees over the past 16 months to fill an urgent gap and provide the space restrictions demanded ,” Fraser explains , “ but now these benefits have been realised in practice , schools , retailers and leisure operators are really driving towards more permanent , and better looking solutions for the long term . This is where our area of expertise comes in and collaborating with architects as we do , means that we can produce long lasting , visually pleasing weather protection as a result .”
www . fordingbridge . co . uk
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