d+b facades is pleased to announce it has been awarded the contract to undertake fire-safety and recladding works to Mulvany Court, Portsmouth. The project on this occupied residential block comprises removing flammable high-pressure laminate (HPL) cladding and all flammable insulation, installing non-flammable insulation to all elevations, replacing the HPL with non-combustible aluminium cladding and re-installing
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d+b facades is pleased to announce it is to undertake pre-construction works prior to refurbishing ‘K’ block, Harlow College. Building ‘K’ is a three-storey former Secondary School Science Laboratory block, constructed circa 1970’s. The building’s appearance and character have become out–of-keeping with the majority of the College Campus following recent upgrades to the building stock
d+b facades is pleased to announce that its £2m project for the Natural History Museum, Tring, which houses one of the largest ornithological collections in the World, was Highly Commended beating challenging competition from some of the UK’s leading museums including the Imperial War Museum, The British Museum and the National Museum of Wales. The
d+b facades is pleased to announce that works have commenced to replace the existing curtain walling at the Natural History Museum’s Palaeontology Building, Kensington. Additional works include concrete repair and concrete cleaning. The Palaeontology Building was constructed in two phases starting in 1970. The building was completed in October 1975. The additional space provided by
d+b facades is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract to undertake fire safety and re-cladding works to two 13 storey tower blocks, Byron House and Linden House, Slough for Radian Group, one of the South’s largest Housing Associations. This major contract worth £5.5m forms part of c.£20m of orders so
Despite Covid delaying the start of our Contract at Aintree University Hospital we have now restarted under the direction of Main Contractor BAM Construction North West Ltd. Strict working practices are in place to ensure safe working for all concerned although at present the main thrust is to get the Access into position and erected
d+b facades is pleased to announce that is has aligned itself with Procurement Hub, an OJEU-compliant direct appointment framework for provision of its specialist design and build overcladding services which deliver projects from concept to completion assuring customers of certainty of outcome. Procurement Hub is an important way for public bodies to acquire capital projects
East Coast College has had a lot of investment made on improving it's Lowestoft Campus in recent years having originally been built in 1961. In December 2019 East Coast College appointed d+d facades to replace the existing combustible ACM cladding and insulation fitted to its Tower Main Teaching Block at its Lowestoft campus, and replace
Amidst the nationwide disruption surrounding Covid-19, d+b facades are in week 9 of essential fire-safety works to the ten-storey tower block at Highbury College, Portsmouth, which was identified as unsafe due to ACM cladding. With any project of this nature, our priority aim is to make the building 100% fire-safe as quickly as possible. Despite
In the light of the ongoing Coronavirus health emergency, the AUDE 2020 conference due to take place later this month has been postponed. It is hoped that it can be rescheduled for later in the year.