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Innovative solutions are




            child’s play for Ash & Lacy











            A complete and highly innovative through-wall design   The support system for the outer façade utilised
            by Ash & Lacy played a key role in the complete    the Ash & Lacy S150 mullion to a bespoke design
            redevelopment of Christchurch Primary School in    to accommodate the large span requirements,
            Burton-on-Trent.                                   manufactured in RAL 9006 PPC to produce the most
                                                               complementary match to the perforated panels.
            The brand new school was built adjacent to the old   The Ashwall™ SFS metal framing system was used
            infants’ school which was demolished once the new   as secondary steelwork support for the ACM inner
            building was completed and occupied.               facade.

            Installed by Advanced Roofing Ltd for main contractor   The S150 horizontal support system was also
            Seddon, the building’s eye-catching façade comprises   designed in such a manner to reduce the visual
            approximately 900 square metres of AshTech™        impact of strengthening and stiffening elements behind
            Simplicity 1 rainscreen cladding in a gold metallic   the facade. Fixed to a series of unequally positioned
            Larson ACM finish. It also features a projective outer   hot rolled vertical posts, the mullions needed to span
            façade in an AshTech™ Lingrid 1 rainscreen in      large distances without the use of anti-sag bars and
            3mm RAL 9006 white aluminium PPC with bespoke      keeping the connections as visually clean as possible.
            perforated patterns, meeting the requirements of
            client Staffordshire County Council’s architects and   Ash & Lacy was able to give the school a façade
            incorporating the slogan ‘Love to learn, Learn to   that reflected the educational aspirations of the staff
            Love’, plus other graphic elements, including a clock   with the panels arranged randomly, using different
            face.                                              perforation sizes to corners and elevations to create
                                                               an effect that is particular stunning at night time when
            The Lingrid panel configuration required for this project   back-lit.
            was particularly noteworthy. Instead of deploying
            a more traditional vertical arrangement, panels    The positioning and co-ordination of each panel
            had to be laid horizontally. To achieve this, Ash &   required careful attention to ensure that the architect’s
            Lacy implemented a thorough engineering review     aesthetic vision of the pattern flowed consistently
            of the product, devising additional reinforcement   and freely across panel joints whilst not obscuring the
            brackets specifically for this application. This is an   graphics or the window openings.
            excellent example of the well-established Ash & Lacy
            philosophy of creating bespoke engineered solutions
            in response to individual client criteria.


























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