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WHITEPAPER TEACHES THE
CONSIDERATIONS FOR
EDUCATION SETTINGS
» » ASSA ABLOY UK
Specification has issued a
whitepaper to provide a guide to
the specification of doorsets and
associated hardware in nurseries,
schools and universities.
Entitled, ‘Specification
considerations for education
buildings: doors and
ironmongery’ the whitepaper
outlines the various relevant
standards when specifying doors
and ironmongery for education
projects, including those relating
to accessibility and usability.
The paper also covers whole life
costing implications and why these
considerations are imperative for
a successful specification, as well
as discusses how architects and
contractors within the education
sector can contribute to a better
built environment by factoring in
health and wellbeing influencers.
David Shields, National
Specification Manager for ASSA
ABLOY UK Specification and
the author of the paper said:
“In a procurement environment
with multiple stakeholders where
funding is tightly controlled,
education buildings have to be
flexible and future-proofed. They
need to deliver cost certainty
and the highest standards of
specification.
“This is why contractors,
architects, local education
authorities, facilities managers
and head teachers are often pulled
in very different directions when
it comes to product specification
for education buildings.
“This whitepaper aims to
provide clarification, along with
practical advice and unique
considerations, specifically
for doorset and ironmongery
specification within education
settings.”
With a wealth of experience
supporting specifications within
the education industry, ASSA
ABLOY UK Specification work
with architects, contractors and
end users to ensure the right
solution is provided for each
individual project, which is then
performance guaranteed for
up to 20 years. This provides
complete peace of mind and
can save a school thousands
of pounds in replacement and
maintenance costs.
To download the whitepaper,
please visit https://bit.
ly/2Qo4WOs.
University project is top of class
» » A MAJOR NEW UNIVERSITY
Technical College in the East End of
London, specialising in the creative and
health industries, is making full use of the
performance benefits and design flexibility
offered by the Elegance 52 curtain wall system,
together with Dualframe Si 75 windows, both
manufactured by Sapa Building System, part
of the Hydro Group.
Mulberry UTC was constructed by Wates,
with the London based office of Scott
Brownrigg being responsible for the design
input. Cheshire Architectural Aluminium,
based in Cheshire, was the member of Hydro
Group’s nationwide fabricator network which
produced and installed the glazing package.
Not only do the internally beaded
Dualframe 75 Si windows achieve an overall
U-value of 1.4 W/m2 K to offer very good
energy saving performance, but the system’s
aluminium construction is also highly
significant from a sustainability perspective,
and therefore contributes to the project’s
BREEAM assessment.
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In addition to being produced from bauxite,
one of the planet’s most plentiful natural
resources, aluminium has proved itself to be
ultimately recoverable and recyclable down
the decades. This fact allows Sapa to offer
specifiers seeking the best BREEAM ratings
the opportunity to have their door, window
and curtain wall packages produced from
aluminium ingots certified as 100% recycled.
Elegance 52 ST curtain walling is an
externally capped, thermally broken system that
offers many design options through the use of
different mullions and cover caps. It can deliver
very good energy and acoustic performance as
well as the aesthetic appearance to suit different
property types, from residential and retail to
education or commercial.
Also stylish in design while offering multiple
opening configurations, Sapa’s Dualframe 75 Si
range is proving very popular in sectors such as
social housing, as well as education. Not only
does the uniquely designed polyamide break
help it offer U-values down to 0.9 W/m2K, but
Dualframe was the first aluminium system to
achieve an A++ Window Energy Rating with
its tilt before turn window. Additionally PAS
24 has been achieved on every style including
tilt-before-turn and pivot.
www.sapabuildingsystem.com