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Listed below are all Ceilings and Partitions products that have appeared in Building Products recently. You can either view details by company (A-Z) or by Product which will list all Ceilings and Partitions in order of most recent to appear in the magazine

Cordek Ltd Cordek to provide a special ceiling

When work began recently on the new Criminal Justice Courts at Caernarfon it fell to specialists in expanded polystyrene formwork Cordek to provide a special ceiling featuring a series of massive barrel arches. Special moulds, manufactured from Filcor EPS, were used to meet the design specification. The semi-circular moulds were surfaced with specially adapted Correx sheeting and a concrete finish.

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Rockfon Ltd Rockfon's sonar 'E' ceiling system

The Stour Centre in Ashford, which first opened its doors in 1975, has recently completed a major two-year refurbishment programme utilising over 1600m² of Rockfon's Sonar 'E' (Tegular) ceiling system. Trevor Culmer, of Integrated Interior Systems, said: 'There were a number of design and performance issues in the early stages of this contract which were all met using Rockfon Sonar tiles and RockLink grids. The lighting centres were not modular with the ceiling layout, this required the ceiling tiles and grid to be cut down to suit using specialist tools supplied by Rockfon. Purpose-made trims were also required at junctions between the ceilings and the curved perimeter bulkheads.'

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Knauf Drywall Knauf beats airbourne sound

Knauf Drywall is lending its expertise to developers seeking to optimise accommodation and quality in buildings where ground space is at a premium. One example of this is its work at a landmark residential tower on Liverpool's waterfront. In this case a slim 130mm separating wall was used to save valuable space while also meeting fire resistance and acoustic requirements. Alexandra Tower at Princess Dock has separating walls that provide 120 minutes' fire resistance and 60dB RW airborne sound reduction between apartments. Contracts Director for dryline contractor, Mansell Finishes, Phil Bartley, said the 130mm construction exceeded requirements in on-site acoustic testing.

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British Gypsum Gypsum closes in on green goals

Closure of the landfill site at its Kirkby Thore works is said to have taken British Gypsum a significant step closer to its sustainability goals. The landfill had been in continuous use until June this year accommodating largely production waste from the two plasterboard lines on the site. British Gypsum managing director, Mike Chaldecott said: 'The closure of the landfill site is a major achievement in our drive to reduce waste through the company. 'Not only does this save us money, but it helps us to preserve our virgin gypsum reserves and reduces the environmental impact of our business. Eliminating landfill from our business is a key element of our corporate sustainability. It is part of a raft of initiatives.'

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Ecophon Ltd Ecophon takes the anatomy course

Currently at the centre of the UK's largest student accommodation development, Lancaster University is also undergoing modernisation of its teaching facilities with Ecophon supplying the ceiling systems used for refurbishment work. The company's Focus and Focus Wing products have been used to create a series of floating ceilings in teaching spaces and administrative area creating an advanced new medical school at the hill top campus where trainee doctors can practice clinical techniques on artificial tissue. Architect Derek Southworth said: 'Although we have used Ecophon tiles for a number of projects in the past we had never tried the rafts. Having seen some technical literature we decided the appearance would be appropriate.'

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Ecophon Ltd Office workers keep cool

Personnel located at the headquarters of a major supermarket chain in the north of England have warmed to their new working environment, thanks in part to the specification of raft ceiling structures from the range of Ecophon for the offices. The product used in the Booths Central Office in Ribbleton not only offers visual appeal and acoustic control, but helps keep the space cool. Avoiding the use of conventional suspended ceiling systems within the environmentally conscious designs for the development enabled the building's structure to be employed to moderate the internal temperature. This passive approach to cooling within the building services strategy, avoids the need for high cost air conditioning.

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Lafarge Plasterboard Ltd As strong as King Kong!

The strength of Lafarge Plasterboard's acoustic partitioning range has been demonstrated once again with a specified contact to supply all the drylining requirements for a new Cine UK complex currently being built in High Wycombe. The company has supplied its dBcheck sound resistant wallboard, 90mm Cormet C stud and Cormet Acoustic V Brace to drylining contractors BDL of Uxbridge. BLD have constructed twin frame cinema partitions using twin rows of Lafarge Y gauge 90mm Cormet C studs braced horizontally at 3m centres with acoustic V braces to provide stability. The dBcheck wallboard has then been fixed to the partition in multiple plasterboard layers in varying thicknesses of 12.5mm, 15mm and 19mm.

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