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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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