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Leeds students have had their chances of living in style vastly improved by Senior Aluminium Systems (SAS). The company teamed up with fabricators Skipton Glass to install high performance curtain wall in the new Carr Mill Complex on Meanwood Road, Leeds. Carr Mill has been purposely built to provide contemporary accommodation to students.

A former local authority sports centre in Norwich has been turned into a state-of-the art Esporta Health Centre thanks to a £8.5 million makeover from Senior Aluminium Systems. The company worked with fabricators Quadrille to provide its high performance SMR 900 curtain wall system to form the fully glazed distinctive arched facade and main gable curtain walls as specified by the architects.

A former local authority sports centre in Norwich has been turned into a state-of-the art Esporta Health Centre thanks to a £8.5 million makeover from Senior Aluminium Systems. The company worked with fabricators Quadrille to provide its high performance SMR 900 curtain wall system to form the fully glazed distinctive arched facade and main gable curtain walls as specified by the architects.

Glazing systems supplied by Senior Aluminium Systems form part of the specification for the Gracemount High School in south east Edinburgh. As part of Edinburgh's Private Finance Initiative programme, the company worked alongside fabricator Nortek Aluminium and builder Amey Miller. The SMR 900 curtain walling creates a glazed entrance with a double set of SD manual swing doors. Based on a 50mm wide tubular box profile aluminium extrusion, the sections range from 60mm to 175mm in depth. Internal curtain wall panels with SD durable doors divide classrooms and corridors with Part L compliant SPW 600 windows utilised in classrooms.

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Designed to combine the best of the company's SSF, STF, SX 200 and Reale ranges, Senior Aluminium Systems has launched the STW 200. A low rise thermal walling system for commercial and residential projects, it complies with thermal performance regulations. Available as fixed lights and tophung, sidehung casements, it is compatible with SAS SPW 300 51mm overswing window.

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Manufactured and installed by Acorn Aluminium into the MM² complex in Ancoats, Manchester, is a range of products from Senior Aluminium Systems. Featured in the new build are the company's SX200 lightweight window system, SCW curtain wall, and SFG ground floor treatment with SD doors. All of the products were polyester powder coated in a smoky grey shade.

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Glazing from Senior Aluminium Systems has featured prominantly in the refurbishment of an office and retail complex in Edinburgh. The company supplied its SMR 900 curtain wall and Part L compliant SPW 600 windows for the project. It also provided screens with curved heads which are featured in the existing brickwork. To the front of the development, the company's SMR 900 curtain walling, polyester powder coated in a light green colour, has been used to create the visual facade of the offices. Its SD doors are also incorporated into the design.

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Newcastle City Council's first Private Finance Initiative is Heaton Manor School in Jesmond Park West, Newcastle, and is one of the largest schools in the North. Designed to meet the needs of a modern school, the building features glazing from Senior Aluminium Systems (SAS). Heaton Manor's curved endtrance comprises SAS SD manual doors and Part L compliant SPW 600 window system. Classrooms are also kept bright thanks to the SPW 600 windows which are used throughout the school.

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To keep classrooms light and well-ventilated at Westerhope First School in Newcastle, Senior Aluminium Systems' SPW 600 windows have been fitted. This is a high performance casement commercial window and door system designed to meet the thermal insulation demands specified in Part L. The range includes fixed lights, top- and side-hung.

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Two types of curtain walling, the SCW and SMR 900 curtain walling systems are offered by Senior Aluminium Systems. Both are thermally broken and compartment drained. At Manor Park in Runcorn, SAS' SCW compartment drained thermally broken curtain wall was used to create a glazed facade with Part L compliant SPW 600 windows.

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Working with fabricators Dorma UK, Senior Aluminium Systems has supplied its window system and ground floor treatment for the external envelope of Bridlewood Primary School in Swindon. Polyester powder coated white, SFG ground floor treatment and runs of thermally broken SX200 windows were specified for the ground floor project.

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With fabricator Dorma UK, Senior Aluminium Systems (SAS) has installed its SCW curtain walling and SX 200 window system as part of the refurbishment of Dorcan Technical college, Swindon. Polyester powder coated white, the SCW curtain wall and SX 200 windows were used to create light throughout the college. With a 50mm wide face dimension, SCW offers a range of mullion depths to cater for differing structural conditions. Thermally broken and double glazed runs of SX 200 windows were also specified as top hung and side hung.

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Situated in the Castle conservation area in Nottingham, new apartments for Crosby Homes feature a glazing package from Senior Aluminium Systems (SAS). Fabricators Acorn Aluminium installed a combination of the company?s SX 200 lightweight windows and its SW 400 heavier duty window systems over the nine floors. Access to individual balconies is provided by SAS? single and double swing doors. To create light through the penthouse areas, large glazed fa?ades were created from the SCW curtain wall range, powder coated in grey.

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Fabricator Acorn Aluminium has manufactured and installed a range of Senior Aluminium Systems products for the Ancoats development in Manchester. Work included a specific integrated transom that was extruded specially for the project. Featured over four storeys are SAS SX 200 high performance, lightweight window system. The windows are thermally broken and double glazed, and were specified to be top-hung and fixed light. SCW curtain walling was also used in the new-build project. Its thermally-broken, compartment drained, box section profiles were fabricated to form faceted and angled facades. Ground floor treatment incorporating SD doors were also specified. All were polyester powder coated in a smokey grey shade. The MM² comprises 92 apartments on the upper levels and retail units on the ground floor. It is surrounded by Georgian mills and built around a central landscaped courtyard overlooking the Rochdale Canal - a mix of traditional and modern.

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At Manor Park in Runcorn, Senior Aluminium Systems? (SAS) Part L compliant window and door systems have been employed for the glazed entrance of a new build. SCW compartment drained thermally broken curtain wall was used to create the glazed facade, while the automatic doors and SPW 600 windows were polyester powder coated in blue.

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Students at the University of Nottingham are now getting into shape at a new fitness centre, built on campus with products from Senior Aluminium Systems. Fabricated by Insight Architectural Glazing, the fitness centre has a fa?ade that is made from Senior Aluminium Systems? curtain wall, window and door systems. The curtain wall, constructed from both SCW and SMR systems, is projected forward at a 10 deg angle providing an interesting form to the glazed entrance area. It is polyester powder coated grey on the exterior and white on the interior. Powder coated grey SX 200 windows and SD doors, powder coated in blue, also feature on the new build.

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On the outskirts of Nottingham, a new office development for Fresenius Medical Care has been supplied with a SCW Curtain wall and SX 200 windows from Senior Aluminium Systems. The curtain wall is powder-coated blue with slightly tinted glass and has a 50mm wide face dimension.

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Working with fabricator Insight Architectural Glazing, Senior Aluminium Systems has refurbished two-storey offices at Heanor, Derbyshire, with a high performance glazing system. Over 30m² of SCW curtainwalling was installed into Marshall House to provide the glazed entrance. Polyester powder coated in navy blue, SCW has a 50mm wide face dimension which offers a range of mullion depths and feature caps to cater for differing structural and architectural requirements. Incorporated into the package were thermally-broken SX 200 tophung and fixed light windows, and doors.

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