Timely technical support reinforced with on-site inspections led to CRT Construction to choose SFS systems from Knauf Facades when engaged by Wates Construction in the project to build the £4.7 million Garston Manor SEN school in Watford. “The product is competitively priced but it’s the quality of the service behind it that makes the difference,” says CRT’s estimator Alan Brown. “The company … [Read more...]
Knauf and Associated Architects collaborate on learning in style
Working in collaboration with Knauf – the UK's leading manufacturers of lightweight building materials and systems – Associated Architects were able to refurbish a wood-panelled university lecture theatre to a tight budget while remaining sympathetic to the original design. Arthur Thomson Hall is the principal medicine lecture theatre at the University of Birmingham, seating up to 500 … [Read more...]
Knauf UK Sponsors Windsor Half Marathon On Behalf Of CRASH
Knauf UK, official Silver Sponsors of the Windsor Half Marathon 2015, has entered a team of seven to run on Sunday 27th September to raise money for CRASH. CRASH is the construction and property industry’s charity for homeless people. One of the most popular half marathons in the UK, the Windsor Half Marathon takes place every September at Windsor Great Park and is run over a distance of 21km … [Read more...]
Gypsum industry first as Knauf achieves Carbon Trust Standard
The Carbon Trust has awarded Knauf UK the Carbon Trust Standard for Carbon in recognition of its success in reducing its carbon emissions. The Carbon Trust is the world’s leading independent certification organisation and the award is a step forward for the gypsum industry as a whole. The Carbon Trust Standard is globally acknowledged as an independent certification of the company’s energy … [Read more...]
Knauf Windliner Stands The Weather At Primary School Build
Ease of handling and speed of construction were among the features that led Wates Construction to choose and Windliner Sheathing board together with Knauf SFS facade system when it constructed the Barclay Primary School in Leyton, East London. The user-friendliness of the Windliner Sheathing Board particularly impressed project manager Peter Craigie. “I was concerned at first because it looked … [Read more...]
Knauf Spray Plaster Keeps Hotel Construction On Fast Track
Swift and simple to apply, Ready Mixed Plasters from Knauf have contributed keeping the fast-track construction of Village Hotels and Leisure’s first Village Urban Resort in Scotland on track. Developed for airless pump sprays, these products enabled McLaren & Co, an award winning painting and decorating sub-contractor, to do both plastering and decorating work at the luxury 148-bed … [Read more...]
CREANOVApanels Protect and Decorate Hospital Atrium
The distinctive atrium at the entrance to the Women & Children’s Unit at the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, Shropshire, features CREANOVApanel, the aesthetically versatile gypsum panel from Knauf – one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of lightweight building materials and systems. “We chose the product because we wanted to continue the theme of the external feature cladding into the … [Read more...]
Knauf’s Artful Expertise Speeds Merseyside College Build
Technical support and acoustic expertise from Knauf has enabled architects BDP and contractor Vinci to deliver a school that provides an exciting mix of learning environments and social spaces despite being built to a tight budget. Built on a budget of just £1191/m2, St John Bosco Arts College is a new build secondary 1,100 place Catholic girls’ school in Croxteth, Liverpool, delivers 15% more … [Read more...]
Knauf Render Systems Seamlessly Links Shopping Development
Architects designing a new shopping development in Chipping Sodbury were able to create a seamless blend of existing and new buildings with the products and technical support provided by Knauf Render Systems, market-leading suppliers of external wall insulation systems, renders and finishes. Hatherell’s Yard, a former builders’ merchant and hardware store, is now a vibrant shopping area that … [Read more...]
Drylining contractor cuts waste and costs with Knauf
Close collaboration between Knauf and Sound Interiors enabled the drylining contractor to cut waste to in industry-leading level of just 9% on a £15 million project building a new school in Rochdale, Lancashire. St Cuthbert’s Business & Enterprise College was built as part of the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme to cater for 1400 pupils on behalf of Rochdale MBC. Sound … [Read more...]
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