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Big Storage at the Printworks facility in Chester uses Corus Colorcoat pre-finished steel. As part of the project Colorcoat Prisma pre-finished steel in silver metallic was specified for the walls as part of a Trimoset composite panel system from Corus Panels and profiles. The company told Building Products magazine that the standing seam section of the roof and the vault are in Colorcoat HPS200 Gooswing Grey. According to Paul Day of Muir Associates, the Corus crimped steel cladding was an ideal product for matching into the complicated tightly curved wall. He said the cladding creates a 'cathedral-like' feeling in the interior and, by doing this, helps define the build as different from the normally accepted perception of self-storage units.

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News just in from Eurobond: The company has perfected a lifting clamp for the safe, easy installation of its Europanel, Rockspan and Firemaster ranges of panels when laid horizontally. Eurobond say that by using the panel clamp, contractors can now reduce time on site and labour costs. The clamp facilitates the installation of up to 2000m² of panels per day.

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Window coverings and architectural products manufacturer, Hunter Douglas, has acquired NBK Ceramic. Based in Germany, NBK is a manufacturer of large format terracotta facades. The company has projected sales in 2007 of USD22 million. Hunter Douglas say NBK will continue to operate independently under its current management.

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A striking modern facade for a new social housing development in Preston has been created using Colorpan, the high-performance weatherboarding system from CEP Cladding. The £6 million Oxford Street development, on Preston's Avenham Housing Estate, was built by Rowlinsons Construction for Avenquest Homes, a subsidary of social housing provider Contour. The ground floor facade is of red facing brick and the second floor is of buff brick with a stone string course dividing the two storeys.

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The new Edinburgh Council administration building is optimising its insulation thanks to Kingspan Insulation. Waverley Court has been fitted with 7,000m² of Kooltherm K10 Soffit Board from Kingspan Insulation. Waverley Court brings together around 20 council offices into one building. Its design makes it likely to be one of the greenest buildings in Edinburgh. Waverley Court incorporates thermally efficient materials, landscaped grass roof terraces and a host of other energy efficient innovations. A particularly clever system of exposed concrete soffits stabilises the internal environment of the building, providing free cooling in summer. The soffits were insulated with Kooltherm K10 Soffit Board from Kingspan Insulation.

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The most northerly superstore of one of the UK's leading outdoor and winter sports specialists now has its own protection against the vagaries of the English climate - thanks to Marley Eternit. The company has just supplied its highly rated fibre cement Weatherboard to the Snow+Rock retail store in Gateshead's Metro Park. Building Products magazine is told the effect is that the Weatherboard is virtually indistinguishable from real timber. It has brought a clean appearance to the facade of the 7,000ft² store.

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The most northerly superstore of one of the UK's leading outdoor and winter sports specialists now has its own protection against the vagaries of the English climate - thanks to Marley Eternit. The company has just supplied its highly rated fibre cement Weatherboard to the Snow+Rock retail store in Gateshead's Metro Park. Building Products magazine is told the effect is that the Weatherboard is virtually indistinguishable from real timber. It has brought a clean appearance to the facade of the 7,000ft² store.

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Travelodge's largest hotel has undergone a major development courtesy of Shakerley. The company teamed up with Dexter Moren Architects to work on the £60 million development which incorporates the Grade II listed Lowndes House and a new adjoining seven-storey building featuring Shackerley's contemporary ceramic granite ventilated rainscreen facades. The company said the facades were designed to 'reflect the rhythm of the historic building.' With that thought in mind, the facades were supplied in a natural textured finish to complement the original Portland stone frontage. For the project at Number 1 City Road, London, Shakerley provided all 750 rainscreen panels in bespoke sizes measuring up to 1500 x 1000mm, allowing the new facades to follow the styling of the Lowndes House. Each 30mm thick panel was supplied ready to install, with brackets affixed to the rear using a patented anchor system so that the contractor, Baris, could mechanically fix each slab securely.

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The new Thetford Health Centre is one of the latest project to showcase the Kalwall cladding system. Kalwall, which is available from Stoakes Systems, was specifically chosen because of its unique ability to diffuse daylight and create museum quality light which would provide an enhancing and uplifting ambience for patients.

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Reynaers' CW50 SC curtain walling system has helped create a new look for Sainsbury's as part of the regeneration of Maidenhead town centre. The impressive £50m regeneration scheme incorporates a central public piazza, multi-storey car park, new bus waiting and changing area and residential units. The entire Sainsbury's building features Reynaers CW50 SC curtain wall facade and roof system. The company reports that the CW50 SC was specifically selected as it provides designers with unlimited creativity freedom, allowing maximum entrance of light into a building. Reynaer says part of the systems success is owed to the fact that,'being structurally clamped, it allows any combination of vertical and inclined planes, together with the integration of different types of vents, creating a seamless facade with no exterior capping required.' Reyaers National Sals Manager, Paul Duffy, said:'We're proud to have played a significant part in such a major project.'

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