going above and beyond the expectations of our Clients
NEG Earth is probably the leading,
independent, British based live entertainment
lighting and rigging hire company in the
British live entertainments industry including
feature events such as Glastonbury and most
internationally famous solo Artistes and
live rock bands – operating in the UK and
internationally including the USA where they
recently supported the Rolling Stones tour.
The company’s core philosophy is to deliver
a “one stop” entertainment lighting and
rigging service. They offer premium levels
of support and value for money through
the provision of skills and advice in project
management, design, fabrication, installation
and maintenance – together with the supply
of crew for large scale music festivals, tours,
ceremonies, sporting events, theatrical
production and corporate events.
The original building experienced a fire which
caused extensive damage to the warehouse
and offices and as a result, the building had
to be demolished.
This was devastating for NEG Earth but they
quickly secured temporary premises and re
stocked equipment.
Because of the previous fire and the
closeness of adjacent buildings and
proximity to the Grenfell building tragedy,
being only approximately 2 miles away as
the crow flies, the Client and Insurers were
absolutely adamant that the building was
re-clad to the highest fire standards requiring
fire performance of 60 minutes insulation
and 60 minutes integrity as per the through
wall specification requirements.
Following discussions with NEG Earth and
the Main Contractor, SPV, were appointed in
early 2019 under a sub contract of almost
£1.5 million to carry out the refurbishment of
the building to the correct standards.
SPV’s remit was to strip the existing
assembly down to the existing liner trays
and reseal and re-fix correctly then re-fix
the existing APL Tritherm sub-frame grid
system incorporating Tritherm Helping
Hand™ brackets utilising the inbuilt 24mm
adjustment for correct line/level alignment
for the new 7000m2 Architectural Profiles
external AP45HR half round profiles laid
horizontally.
Between the inner and outer skins SPV
installed multi layer semi-rigid Flexislab
stonewool insulation laid chequerboard joint
and secured with special 80mm hexagonal
washers at approximately 3 No per m2 per
layer.
This was a most challenging project as
the building remained in full occupation
throughout. With the value of equipment
within the building totaling over £50 million,
the project had to be completed in sections
with the highest levels of security on a
24 hour basis – added to this were the
difficulties of the general 14m eaves height
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with particular large studio areas where the
‘stage sets’ are pre-built being 20m high.
It was imperative that no disruption was
caused to the business throughout the
duration of the works. SPV fully delivered on
this with no complaints received over the 9
months on site.
As is usual with London projects - space
at the site was extremely limited and with
a service road adjacent to the building,
SPV had to arrange road closures and also
undertake night work so there was minimal
disruption to both the operation of the
building and adjacent businesses.
The project completed ahead of schedule
and all as per agreed budgets.
We also had great feedback from the client,
main contractor and manufacturer
The Client and manufacturer made
a particular point to thank the team
them for their considerable efforts and
complementing them on the standard of
work achieved and their cooperation in
phasing the work to suit the Neg earth
ongoing requirements of a busy and active
business.
easiest of projects, not just because of the
building being occupied but also due to the
politics involved of the various parties. Shaun
and the team have not only delivered a quality
project but Shaun has very diplomatically
managed the scheme.
I would also like to pass on my thanks to
Paul, who without his assistance throughout
the project I would have found even more
challenging.
I would be grateful if you could pass on my
gratitude to the team for their diligence and
professionals throughout the project and
hope we will work together in the future in
less challenging circumstances “
- Marbank Construction
“We thoroughly agree with the Clients
comments and feel both Shaun and Paul
should be complemented for their efforts on
this job which is an extremely good reflection
on the SPV business
Also Dean should be complimented on his
supervision and his actual fixing and detail
work which was done first class, particularity
on the corners
“Now the Neg Earth project is complete,
I wanted to write and inform you how
impressed I have been with your supervisor
Shaun and your team of operatives
throughout the project Thank you to yourself and all at SPV for a
very satisfied customer who now says his
faith has been somewhat restored in the
construction industry due to SPV’s efforts’-
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