EDITOR ’ S CHOICE
All Awards Winners
Sponsoring the ‘ Building Magazine Project of the Year ’, Aluprof UK was delighted to present the award to the Houlton School project in Rugby by the team Urban & Civic , Morgan Sindall Construction and van Heyningen and Haward Architects . The project uses Aluprof ’ s MB-70 window system which was installed by Dotcom Glazing . The former Rugby Radio Station building was redesigned with further listed buildings on the site to form the new state school delivered by the private sector .
Bodmin Jail
The unitised curtain wall used on the project was designed in close collaboration with Bryden Wood , which allowed Aluprof to develop a highly-efficient facade unit . The full-size units have been rigorously tested in Aluprof ’ s Research and Innovation Centre in Ogrodzona where they passed air leakage , impact , wind resistance , and water penetration tests . The units were manufactured in Poland and transported in purpose designed , reusable stillages which were then lifted to the floor plates using a combination of large material hoists and tower cranes for installation by specialist installers NACWL . A key feature of the stillage design was to protect the units from any stress and impact during transportation and lift . The new bespoke system has been named as MB-SE120 and has a UW value of < 1.3 W ( m2K ).
Aluprof UK are proud to supply facade systems to a wide range of new and refurbished construction projects across Great Britain and Ireland , with Head Offices in Altrincham in the North West and with an architectural specification support office in the Business Design Centre in London , the company has rapidly grown their specification influence in the UK with their high-performance architectural aluminium systems . Further expansion of the company ’ s headquarters in Altrincham now provides specifiers with meeting facilities and an extensive showroom of commercial systems to view . Further information is available on the company website at aluprof . co . uk or direct from their UK head office in Altrincham on 0161 941 4005 .
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The ‘ Refurbishment Project of the Year ’ winner was the Bodmin Jail Hotel entered by CField Construction . This project takes a grade two listed derelict and dilapidated 18th century Cornish Prison which is then converted into a seventy bedroom , boutique four star hotel . Each of the bedrooms has been formed using three former cells and retains many of the building ’ s original features , such as the window bars , stone floors , walls and ceilings , with many further features of the original prison woven into the building fabric . Aluprof UK supplied their MB Slimline window system used for the cell windows which is a slim sightline aluminium system which looks like a steel window system but incorporates a full thermal break .
The ‘ Digital Excellence Award ’ winner , entered by Sir Robert McAlpine and Mace , was The Forge in south London ’ s Southwark . Designed by architects Bryden Wood , introducing a raft of digital technology proposals which enabled Landsec to achieve its innovative ambitions for the scheme . The Forge aspires to be the first commercial building constructed and operated in line with the UKGBC ’ s net zero definition and energy reduction targets . It comprises two new office buildings and a public courtyard . Located on Sumner Street , The Forge is a Landsec office development located just behind Tate Modern in London and is one of the most innovative construction sites in London , pioneering several new construction methods fit for the decades ahead . Breaking new ground , the project will be the world ’ s first large-scale office scheme to be built using a standardised “ kit of parts ”, in an approach known as ‘ platform design for manufacture and assembly ’ ( P-DfMA ), which applies the advances made by the manufacturing industry to construction .
The Forge
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