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HERITAGE
INSTALLATION
Over Optima windows
from Profi le have been
installed in a private housing
development in Chipping near
Preston in Lancashire.
The project specifi ed fl ush
casement windows in …†6
anthracite on white, which
would provide a classic
heritage appearance and in
order to remain in keeping
with the development’s village
setting. The windows needed
to have a ‘U’ value of †.Ž W/
m²K for thermal effi ciency
and meet PAS Ž: †6 and
Secured by Design
requirements so they would
exceed the security standards
of Document Q of Building
Regulations.
Sonia Travis, head of
commercial sales at Profi le
, was able to offer valuable
input on the window
specifi cation. “I could see that
the larger windows would
need to use our fl ush tilt and
turn window with an astragal
bar to give the aesthetics
required and ensure the
project met both PAS Ž: †6
requirements and complied
with Document Q of Building
Regulations. This was
accepted by the developer.”
The fabrication and
installation contract was
carried out by Profi le
approved contractor,
Kingfi sher Windows. As an
experienced contractor,
Kingfi sher Windows is said to
be used to working with new
build developers and on
projects involving tight
timescales on busy
construction sites.
Senior Architectural Systems has
supplied the full aluminium fenestration
package for the new Hilton Garden Inn
hotel located at Doncaster racecourse.
Designed by KKA Architecture, the
new hotel features Senior’s aluminium
curtain walling, windows and commercial
doors which have been installed by
supply chain partner, Danum Windows
for main contractor, Galliford Try.
With both Senior and Danum
Windows being based in South
Yorkshire, the use of a local supply chain
is said to have helped reduce the fi nancial
and environmental cost of the build
and contribute to a timely delivery. The
new hotel is also the latest contract that
Senior has undertaken for global hotelier,
Hilton, and follows the successful
completion of similar high-profi le
schemes such as the Hilton Garden Inn
at Manchester’s Emirates Old Trafford
cricket ground.
Located overlooking Doncaster’s
iconic racecourse, home of the St Leger
Stakes which is the UK’s oldest horse
race dating back to …††6, the new Hilton
Garden Inn hotel has been designed
to offer luxury accommodation and
exceptional views of the surrounding
scenery.
According to Senior, the use of its
slim profi le SFŠ‹ aluminium curtain wall
system alongside the use of its SPW6ŽŽ
aluminium window inserts, helps to
create a bright and welcoming interior
and provides various vantage points from
which to watch the sporting action.
Senior’s high performance SPWŠŽ…
aluminium doors have been installed
to provide access to private balconies
which overlook the racecourse, with the
manufacturer’s automatic SD aluminium
commercial doors providing access to
the main entrance and reception areas.
Gareth Jones
Gareth Jones, managing director of
Profi ne UK, comments on the issue of
supply chain challenges.
We are clearly in unprecedented times.
However, the glass and glazing industry
appears to be facing untold challenges
when it comes to the supply of products.
By that, I mean PVC and aluminium
extrusions, hardware, reinforcement,
glass and other ancillaries.
Anyone in the industry claiming
otherwise simply isn’t telling the truth
and headline claims by companies
being x% up on last year don’t help the
matter either. It’s a disruptive market
with companies throughout the supply
chain facing the operational challenges
to deliver the work-in-progress, along
with satisfying the unprecedented new
consumer demand.
As an industry that’s been plagued
with a race to the bottom in price for
several years now, we’re now seeing
companies taking a similar stance when it
comes to lead times. As one of the most
respected brands in the global market for
PVC-U systems, we act professionally in
everything that we do and in the way in
which we communicate to both existing
customers and also prospective ones.
Untruths have no place in this industry
and more so at a time where we all
need to work together with honesty and
integrity.
There’s been the balancing act for
all companies as to how and when
individuals come back off furlough and
many still have yet to return all workers,
while others have already made some
redundancies. Consumers have been
used to queuing at supermarkets, farm
stores and even on the high street in
recent weeks and so the extension of
lead times is something that the vast
majority will accept.
But the issue of supply is also
compounded by the fact that,
throughout lockdown, consumers
have spent more time than ever in
their respective homes and so home
improvements are higher up the agenda
than ever before.
If we are assuming that a double
income family has been pretty much
tied up at home for three months, then
there have been the savings on fuel, the
inability to go out for entertainment, a
possible mortgage holiday and the lack of
a large foreign holiday. The result is that
consumers are looking to invest in their
homes with the surplus of money that’s
been accumulated over several months.
The impact of uncertainty surrounding
Brexit has also been pushed aside.
If we look elsewhere in the building
sector there has been a considerable
shortage of materials including plaster,
drainage and insulation and so we
are not alone in our segment. As an
industry we need to be communicating
clearly, honestly and accurately to
each other, so that we can manage
everyone’s expectations in a diligent and
professional manner.
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