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            Crown Crest’s 470,000 square feet distribution     The building envelope was installed by East                         of over £400 million and employs over 5,000 people in   contributing to installation speed and site waste
            centre in Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire has been    Midlands-based contractor Cladceil Limited. Cladceil                its combined businesses.                          reduction. This is all achieved without any compromise.
            built to support the expansion of its nationwide   director Tony Seabridge said: “This was one of the
            Poundstretcher discount store chain. The £36 million   biggest contracts we’ve ever undertaken and we                  The Leicester-based company acquired the 36-acre   Trisomet® 333 System provides optimised water
            investment replaces smaller units in Leicestershire   were delighted to win it. The 14 degree roof pitch               Kirby Muxloe site in 2008. It was the location of the TI   drainage, strength and durability. Its autohesively-
            and Nottinghamshire.                               presented some access challenges, so we devised                     Tubes manufacturing plant and was last occupied by   bonded polyisocyanurate (PIR) shallow insulation core
                                                               a flatbed trolley with a mechanical winch to safely                 Timken Steel. They have been working with the long   uses the latest foam technology, providing exceptional
            The roof features 50,000 square metres of 80mm     position Trisomet® panels at critical areas”                        established Leicester-based construction company   thermal performance.
            thickness Tata Steel Trisomet® 333 System insulated                                                                    Hallam Contracts for a number of years now and
            panels in Colorcoat HPS200 Ultra® Olive Green      Crown Crest currently runs more than 375 stores,                    selected them for this significant project because of   The system is manufactured in North Wales on one
            finish. The walls have been constructed from 60mm   with ambitious plans to open dozens more outlets                   their proven ability to deliver to a tight programme and   of Europe’s longest, most efficient and sustainable
            thickness Trisomet® 333 System in Colorcoat        in the near future. Beginning life as a cash and carry              within exacting financial constraints.            insulated panel production lines. It is sited adjacent to
            HPS200 Ultra® Goosewing Grey.                      business, Crown Crest now has an annual turnover                                                                      the Colorcoat® line, for impressive embodied energy
                                                                                                                                   Trisomet® 333 System insulated panels are available   savings and a reduced carbon footprint through a
                                                                                                                                   in a wide range of Colorcoat® finishes and can be   variety of measures, including waste steam generation
                                                                                                                                   produced in lengths up to 20 metres, significantly   and recyclable packaging.





















































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