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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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