14 | MAY 2018
News
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Three new soffit
boards added to
increasingly popular
Anthracite Grey range
The new board sizes – a vented
soffit and two flat boards, 175mm
and 225mm - have been introduced
because of increasing trade demand
for fascias that co-ordinate with
PVC doors and window used in
household refurbishment.
According to Summit, colour
in construction is becoming
more and more popular and the
Anthracite Grey shade – RAL 7016
– is a now finding its way into
new build and refurb work for
householders where light coloured
exterior renders are being used
in combination with high-contrast
window, roofline and rainwater
systems, to stunning effect.
Summit cellular PVC is widely
used as a replacement for timber
boarding because of its superior
durability and maintenance-free
characteristics. Summit cellular
PVC colours carry a ten-year guar-
antee.
www.summitpvc.co.uk
BBC TAKE THE KEYS TO THE
DOOR OF NEW HEADQUARTERS
Legal & General, in partnership with Rightacres
Property Company, announces that it has
officially handed over the new BBC Cymru
Wales headquarters at Central Square,
Cardiff to BBC Director General, Lord Hall.
Commissioned by
Rightacres Property on be-
half of BBC Workplace, the
new building is adjacent to
Cardiff Central train station
and will be home to some
1200 staff. The building was
designed by award winning
international architects Fos-
ter + Partners with Legal &
General providing funding.
Bringing together the
local development expertise
of Rightacres, the progres-
sive long-term vision for the
city of Cardiff Council, and
long dated private capital
of Legal & General, Central
Square has been backed
by an unbeatable partner-
ship model. Together, the
public-private alliance has
enabled this scheme to be
unlocked, delivering real
UK growth and helping to
further transform Cardiff
city centre.
With ‘next generation’
web technology, the new
broadcast centre is the
centre-piece of the Central
Square regeneration pro-
ject and will be the first
BBC facility in the UK to
use live IP Technology.
Overbury and Sheppard
and Robson will now
begin an 18-month fit-out
process for live broadcast-
ing.
Work on Central Square,
a 1.5 million sq ft mixed
use regeneration scheme,
began in 2014 with One
Central Square now fully
occupied. Two Central
Square is under construc-
tion and the whole build-
ing has been pre-let to
Hugh James Solicitors and
Cardiff University’s School
of Journalism. It will be
ready for occupation in
September 2018.
HM Revenue and Customs
will move 4,000 staff from
Llanishen to Central Square
in 2020. With 266,000 sq ft,
it is the largest office deal
ever signed in Wales.
Today marks yet another
exciting milestone in the de-
livery of the Central Square
project, which continues to
transform Cardiff’s commer-
cial landscape.
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