FEBRUARY 2018 | 15
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Top industry award for PVCu products
Long-standing Halo
SEALING
THE OPUS
‘The Opus’ is one of the
most striking and original
architectural developments
the world has seen this cen-
tury, and warm edge experts
Edgetech played a crucial
role in its construction.
The 21-storey tower,
designed by celebrated Iraqi
architect Zaha Hadid, push-
es physical and technolog-
ical boundaries to achieve
its extraordinary melting
ice-cube shape.
Bringing such a bold and
outlandish vision to life re-
quired world-leading exper-
tise – which is how Edgetech,
and its high-performance
Super Spacer® TriSeal™, be-
came involved in the project.
Edgetech Managing
Director Chris Alderson
commented: “The Opus
is quite simply one of the
most staggering and ambi-
tious architectural projects
attempted this decade.
“It’s got a 6,000
square-metre flowing glass
facade, a curved, 38-metre
long, earthquake-proof glass
bridge connecting two tow-
ers, and at night the struc-
ture is lit up by thousands
of individually-controlled
LEDs. Its central ‘void’
section consists of 4,554
irregularly-shaped IGUs, the
clear majority of which were
completely unique.”
www.edgetechig.co.uk
fabricator Masterframe was
named ‘Timber Alternative
Window Company 2017’ in
the National Fenestration
Awards - and the team is
delighted that it will be
recognised at the official
prize-giving.
The accolade demon-
strates that, using Halo’s
high-quality PVCu profile,
Masterframe creates some
of the fenestration industry’s
most sought-after sashes, in
low-maintenance PVCu.
Based in Essex, Master-
frame specialises in PVCu
sash windows and has
a reputation for quality
and attention to detail.
The company’s products
are regularly specified to
With the average
lifespan of men living in
Barnsley at 4.3% lower
than women, and 1.2%
lower compared to other
men living across the UK,
Barnsley FC Community
Group, supported by GQA
Qualifications is appealing
to businesses to sponsor its
FIT Reds initiative.
The scheme targets men
aged 35-years plus to attend
a nine-week programme and
adopt a better understanding
of health and fitness issues,
helping them improve their
life expectancy.
However, the programme,
which has been running for
over seven years is seeing
its funding come to an end,
and FIT Reds Veterans came
together to seek support
from businesses to allow the
programme to continue.
ATLAS CHAMPIONS RAISE THE ROOF
stallation of the Month com-
petition winners showed off
enviable design talent in a
contest where the standard of
entries keeps getting better
and better. The winners – QKS
Home Improvements, Thames
Valley Windows and John
Knight Glass – are now in with a
chance of being named overall
winner at the upcoming Atlas
Installation of the Year awards.
Lincolnshire-based QKS
www.masterframe.co.uk
Football fit scheme for men
INSTALLATIONS OF THE MONTH
The three latest Atlas In-
replace traditional timber
in buildings that need to
retain their historic looks,
while improving energy
efficiency.
According to the Fenes-
tration Awards’ website
“companies eligible for the
timber alternative category
are those who fabricate or
install PVCu or aluminium
window and door products
that aim to replicate their
timber counterparts.”
Carol Slade, Sales & Op-
erational Director said: “We
are especially honoured to
receive this award because
it is won on number of
votes received from the
industry rather than a panel
of judges.”
Home Improvements scooped
the Installation of the Month ti-
tle for, not one, but two incredi-
ble Atlas Flat Rooflight installa-
tions. In its first winning project,
QKS designed an ultra-modern
extension for a property in
Stamford. The second installa-
tion married aluminium, glass
and two Flat Rooflights to cre-
ate an amazing space that’s a
far cry from the tired and dated
PVC conservatory it replaced.
Proving hands-down that the
Atlas lantern can deliver impec-
cable high-end designer style
was Thames Valley Windows
with a spectacular quadruple
Atlas roof lantern installation on
a £7 million mansion in Surrey.
John Knight Glass showed
that the Atlas lantern is equally
at home on a period or contem-
porary property with its winning
installation on a 300-year old
cottage in Parkgate on the
Wirral.
www.atlasroofsolutions.co.uk/
installation
Mick Clayton, COE of
GQA, is a Fits Red Veteran
and a committee member,
commented: “Statistics high-
light that men are less likely
to be conscious of a healthy
lifestyle.”
More details can be
found on Barnsley
Football Clubs
Community Page: https://
barnsleyfccommunity.
co.uk/health/fit-reds/fit-
reds-2018/