SALZER’s high security steel door series S4 convinced a high-profile international jury and received the German Design Award. The award distinguishes innovative products, as well as their manufacturers and designer, which are pioneering in the German and international design world. Günter Ludwig, who is responsible for the development and production
Anderton Concrete provided the Crossrail line in Maidenhead with a pioneering railway cable theft deterrent aiming to offer protection and security. As the area was deemed to be at high risk from cable theft, the company several products to minimise this risk, including Ander-fin, Anderlite Troughing and Ander-Loc. Ander-fin has
Barratt Homes organised an interactive site safety discussion with Battlefield Primary School in Glasgow’s south side this week, to remind the young ones of the dangers within its nearby live construction development. The visit is part of a series of site safety workshops that the housebuilder has organised ahead of
Dexter Moren Associates (DMA), the award-winning architects, have received planning permission for a 274 key hotel on a disused brownfield site in the heart of Waterloo on behalf of client Frogmore. Apart from the guest rooms, the new development will include a ground floor restaurant fronting onto an inviting public
SALZER’s high security steel door series S4 convinced a high-profile international jury and received the German Design Award. The award distinguishes innovative products, as well as their manufacturers and designer, which are pioneering in the German and international design world. Günter Ludwig, who is responsible for the development and production of the door, explained that the steel door is a flexible modular construction system that can offer the varying protection levels requested by the clients and, at the same time, fulfilling esthetical requirements. Some of the design possibilities include the use of large glazing, variations of orientation and sizes, as well as an unlimited prospect for surface finishes and individual hardware solutions. In addition, each door is custom made according to the customer’s security and design requirements. The goal is to offer ‘invisible security’, which has been achieved by SALZER with the achievement of the German Design Award. The steel door has been tested and certified at independent international test institutes in accordance to the European Standards to the highest levels of resistance: Forced Entry (up to RC6), bullet resistance (up to FB7 NS), explosion resistance (up to EXR5), fire resistance (up to T90 and BS 476 120 minutes) smoke resistance (RS-1 and RS-2). SALZER has been manufacturing and delivering custom made doors, windows, facades, barriers and guard houses in various different security resistance classes for more than 40 years in over 90 countries around the world. The services it offers also include installation and maintenance.
Anderton Concrete provided the Crossrail line in Maidenhead with a pioneering railway cable theft deterrent aiming to offer protection and security. As the area was deemed to be at high risk from cable theft, the company several products to minimise this risk, including Ander-fin, Anderlite Troughing and Ander-Loc. Ander-fin has proved to significantly reduce the frequency of rail cable theft where installed. The product responds to a very distinct market need: in the current Network Rail control period, the rail industry has lost more than 200,000 minutes to cable theft costings millions of pounds. An incident like this costs the industry up to £300,000. “We installed Ander-fin on Crossrail at Maidenhead because it is quick and easy to install and offers a unique, cost effective method of cable theft prevention. Given the high cost of cable theft and the risk to life I would like to see this product installed on all major schemes going forward. It has gone down as a great success with our client Network Rail and I believe they will insist on using this product in the future,” said Steve Snell, Project Engineer for Balfour Beatty, the company that oversees the Network Rail project. Manufactured from glass filled nylon, Ander-fin has a failure load in excess of 2kN, it is easy to install and it enables cables to be secured to troughs every metre in high risk areas. “Ander-fin is a revolutionary cable anchoring system which is designed to tension and secure the cable to the trough, preventing its removal. For this high-risk stretch of line on Crossrail it offers a cost-effective solution which should reduce the amount of time lost through cable theft,” commented Sharon Rice, Rail Manager at Anderton Concrete. Anderton Concrete is a UK market leader in the supply of cable protection products to the rail industry. The company has been manufacturing precast concrete products for more than 50 years and its extensive rage includes drainage catchpits, signal bases, point rod rollers, ballast boards, posts and postmix.
Barratt Homes organised an interactive site safety discussion with Battlefield Primary School in Glasgow’s south side this week, to remind the young ones of the dangers within its nearby live construction development. The visit is part of a series of site safety workshops that the housebuilder has organised ahead of its new site launching at Riverside at Cathcart. “Our site managers are acutely aware of the attraction of construction sites to children during the school holidays. And while they might look like obstacle courses, the fact of the matter is that they are incredibly dangerous,” said Stewart Ponton, Safety, Health and Environment Manager for Barratt Developments PLC. “It is our duty of care to the people of Glasgow and the many other communities in which we operate to provide local schools like Battlefield Primary school with the right information on how to keep pupils safe.” The team at Barratt Homes delivered a 40 minute interactive presentation, which included a video, a question and answer session, children sized personal protection equipment (PPE) for the pupils to try on, as well as an information pack for school staff to distribute to pupils and parents as they see fit. “Barratt Homes joined us for some serious fun this morning as they explained the importance of personal protective equipment by dressing up a P5 pupil. The team delivered a very important message to the children, which emphasised the reality that our pupils are not equipped to be on a building site. Thanks to all for taking the time to come and present at our assembly,” said Mrs Brown, Principal Teacher at Battlefield Primary School. Riverside at Cathcart is the award-winning housebuilders’ most recent development to take shape in Glasgow. On completion, the site will have a selection of two, three, and four bedroom homes.
Dexter Moren Associates (DMA), the award-winning architects, have received planning permission for a 274 key hotel on a disused brownfield site in the heart of Waterloo on behalf of client Frogmore. Apart from the guest rooms, the new development will include a ground floor restaurant fronting onto an inviting public courtyard and pocket park. The mid-market hotel will be situated in the heart of the London Borough of Southwark and it will contain two separate blocks of accommodation connected via an elegant light weight glazed bridge link. A public route between the two blocks will lead to a verdant pocket park and the new Marlborough Yard. The pocket park will incorporate seating, sculpture and abundant planting to offer respite and a sense of place within the hubbub of city life. Diverse tree species will provide shade and create a calm oasis, as well as helping to improve local air quality. Native and ornamental plants will foster biodiversity throughout the scheme and a mosaic of wildflower and sedum green roofs will provide a habitat for wildlife. “This is a complex and sensitive site and our design has been through several iterations, each taking on board comments from council officers and local stakeholders. The approved scheme is a thoughtful and outward looking development that is respectful to its context and neighbours, as well as creating a beautiful pocket park that invites locals and hotel guests alike to meander through the re-instated roadway and spend time in the restaurant and courtyard,” said director of DMA Mark Wood. The company’s design will reinterpret local materials and characteristic into a contemporary piece of quality architecture. The three colours used are glazed green, yellow London stock and pale white matt, while the textures and tones of brickwork reflect the local Victorian industrial vernacular and public houses and give a light, delicate façade, with a repetition of bay elements creating a structure and vertical rhythm. The work on the site will start this summer and will aim to achieve BREEAM Excellent rating.
