Hazlemere Plays Major Role in College Sustainability Project
Hazlemere Commercial was extremely proud to be the sole fenestration manufacturer and installer for a highly prestigious sustainability project at Bideford College in Devon.
Hazlemere Commercial worked with main contractors Morgan Ashurst to design, fabricate, supply and fit all the aluminium curtain walling, commercial windows and doors for all the new college buildings in Bideford. This double glazing project was unique in that Hazlemere Commercial manufactured all the aluminium frames from extrusions supplied by Sapa, which had been made using 100% re-cycled aluminium billet.
The Hazlemere Group has many years of experience with Sapa products, which they fabricate to client requirements in their own recently refurbished production facility at Cressex, on the outskirts of High Wycombe.
Products used were Sapa Elegance 52 curtain walling, Sapa 75 Dualframe casement windows, Sapa 55 Dualframe casement windows and Sapa commercial entrance doors.
There was a huge effort made in the facade engineering to incorporate the Stow render panels to achieve the spans required, while giving the appearance of a seamless joint. The new college includes a 70m aluminium sloping curtain wall double-glazed roof light.
All the curtain walling, windows and doors were installed by Hazlemere Commercial’s own expert installers, on time and on budget.
The construction of a new purpose-built college was undertaken as part of the Government’s ‘Building Schools for the Future’ programme, with the emphasis on using sustainable environmentally friendly, energy saving products, such as the double glazed aluminium frames that can be 100% recycled.
In the past two decades Hazlemere Commercial has gained an enviable reputation with local authority contracts of this nature, where its ability to safely undertake the work while safeguarding the occupants and visitors is second to none. The fenestration contract undertaken by Hazlemere Commercial at Bideford College for client Devon County Council came to £2,300,000 + VAT.
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