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Shackerley’s ceramic granite adds<br />
‘civic qualities’ to Consett<br />
development<br />
Shackerley has supplied over 900m 2 of SureClad ® ceramic granite ventilated façade cladding in<br />
different styles for Consett Academy and Consett Leisure Centre, adding premium quality external<br />
finishes for both parts of this £44 million regeneration project in the North East which aims to inspire<br />
the local community into active living and learning.<br />
From the outset, the new academy and<br />
leisure centre were to be constructed<br />
as a single building with many shared<br />
facilities, but it was always deemed<br />
important that each part of the development<br />
should have its own very clear identity and<br />
sense of purpose. The specification of<br />
ceramic granite façade panels in different<br />
colourways and surface textures has helped<br />
to clearly differentiate the educational<br />
establishment from the adjoining sports and<br />
leisure facility.<br />
Seymour Harris, architects for the main<br />
contractor Carillion, had previous experience<br />
of using SureClad ® in the education sector and<br />
had no hesitation in specifying Shackerley’s<br />
patented façade system when developing the<br />
detailed design for this scheme.<br />
Multi-format polished and unpolished black<br />
façade panels from one of Shackerley’s most<br />
popular ceramic granite ranges have been<br />
installed ‘broken bonded’ to form a key design<br />
element of the main frontage of Consett<br />
Academy.<br />
The main frontage of Consett Academy, clad in polished<br />
and unpolished black panels, drawn from one of<br />
Shackerley’s most popular ceramic granite ranges<br />
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