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INDUSTRY NEWS

AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE ARE NOW OPEN

» THE NINTH ANNUAL Schüco Excellence Awards will take place this summer , for which project applications are now officially being accepted .
The well-established Schüco Excellence Awards for Design and Innovation , run in association with Architecture Today , recognise exceptional projects completed with Schüco systems all over the UK and Ireland . The deadline for entries is 27th April 2022 .
Architectural designer and television presenter , Charlie Luxton will reprise his role as host for the awards event at The Banqueting House in London ’ s Whitehall on Thursday 30th June 2022 .
The Awards receive recognition across the industry , as was demonstrated by the landslide amount of entries for
the 2021 Awards , increasing the number of entries for the second year running . Winning entries demonstrate the very best contributions from design and specialist contractor teams , and the Schüco façade , window and door systems used in the project .
Entries are judged on creativity , innovation , technical expertise and collaboration to
deliver architectural intent . This year ’ s judges comprise esteemed past judges and previous award winners , including Ingrid Petit , Associate at Feilden Fowles ; Steve Mudie , Partner at Alinea Consulting ; Fiona Scott , Director at Gort Scott ; Carol Patterson , Director at OMA ; Harry Montrésor , Partner at the Montrésor Partnership ; Pankaj Patel , Director at Patel
Taylor ; Innes Johnston , Senior Partner at Max Fordham ; and Architecture Today Editor Isabel Allen , who will Chair the judging .
The ten categories for the 2022 Schüco Excellence Awards , which have been updated since last year , are : Commercial and Mixed Use development ; Cultural building ; Education , Health and Leisure building ; Refurbishment and Adaptive Reuse project ; Individual house ; Individual house improvement ; Residential development ; Specialist contractor , Steel project and Sustainability .
Visit the awards platform to enter a project into the Schüco Excellence Awards 2022 : excellence-awards . awardsplatform . com /

‘ TONGUE IN CHEEK TAKE ’ ON SERIOUS SECURITY

» AS PART OF A CREATIVE CAMPAIGN to promote the Secured by Design accreditation for their LPU42 and LPU67 sectional garage doors , the Hörmann team have jumped in front of the camera to create their latest block buster entitled Hörmann Alone - an eye-catching industry movie like no other .
Having undergone considerable make-up and styling , industry stalwarts Alex MacKay and Stuart Shaw star as ‘ plumbers in a van ’ in a tongue in cheek take on a popular series of American Christmas comedy films . Expert Alice , from the RollMatic T
promotional film , provides our two hapless characters with sage advice on the benefits of Hörmann sectional garage doors with Secured by Design accreditation .
An online SBD registration site has also been launched , which includes information on the scheme and a simple registration system . To be valid Hörmann LPU42 and LPU67 automated garage doors must be :
• Registered with Hörmann
• Installed behind the opening
• Combined with a Hörmann operator
• Unmodified and not include any glazing options or external handles
• Fitted after 01.05.2021 Marketing Manager at Hörmann UK ,
David O ’ Mara comments , “ The Secured by Design accreditation for our sectional doors is important to both Hörmann and our dealers , so we were keen to come up with an innovative way to promote this . Following on the success of our RollMatic T campaign video , a movie style promotion was the obvious way to go .”
Hörmann sectional doors have been developed to prevent and discourage criminal intrusion and vandalism , which has now been verified through independent testing . The tests involved a prolonged brute force attack and are designed to demonstrate the strength and robust nature of the door . Impressively , the Hörmann sectional doors passed in their standard format with no modifications or additions required and SBD applies to the full range of sizes available .
Doug Skins , at Secured by Design , said : “ The Hörmann Alone movie is a really excellent and innovative way for Hörmann UK to emphasise the importance of security when it comes to garage doors , promote their Secured by Design accreditation , and highlight their range of SDB accredited garage doors ”
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