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First Street in
Manchester gets a
Home
Prater has recently delivered the
external cladding and roofing works at
independent film hub and visual arts
centre, Home, in First Street,
Manchester. Completed in April 2015,
Home forms part of a 20 acre
development in the heart of
Manchester city centre.
Performing for zero carbon timber homes
An example of how timber is playing a major role in the UK’s first eco-town NW Bicester is a
collaboration between Stewart Milne Timber Systems and the A. Proctor Group, which is
providing high thermal performance using off-site modules. The first phase of A2Dominion’s
development in the new town is a project to deliver 393 homes with a ‘true zero carbon’
rating and offering energy efficient, good quality, affordable housing.
The A. Proctor Group has supplied its Roofshield and Reflectashield TF 0.81 membranes for
pre-assembled modules. These pre-assembled elements enable a pair of semi-detached
homes to be weathertight, secure and fully insulated within 72 hours.
Roofshield is an air and vapour permeable roofing
underlay which provides a high degree of water
resistance; the product provides the most costeffective
solution to controlling interstitial
condensation in a pitched roof. Reflectashield TF 0.81 is
a vapour permeable low emissivity membrane for use
externally on timber frame buildings.
www.proctorgroup.com
Making light work of brick soffits
Creating flawless brick-faced soffits and lintels has
now become much simpler and quicker, thanks to a
new lightweight stainless steel-based system
developed by two industry-leading companies -
brick support specialist Ancon Building Products
and Ibstock Kevington – national manufacturer of
brickwork and masonry special shapes and
prefabricated components.
The new Nexus® system combines a specially
developed Ibstock Kevington lightweight brick-faced
steel unit with Ancon’s tried and tested MDC
stainless steel bracket angle support system. The system offers contractors easier handling
coupled with maximum adjustability, both vertically and horizontally, for quick and simple
alignment on site.
Working to a tight deadline, the
specialist contractor’s experience and
proven capability on complex projects
was crucial. Furthermore, Prater’s inhouse
design team made an invaluable
contribution to the project overall, and
the ability to utilise off-site fabrication
at one of Prater’s factories helped to
overcome significant logistical
challenges on-site.
Prater was appointed by main
contractor Wates in a contract worth
£2.5m to deliver the roofing and
cladding package for Home. Overall,
Prater was responsible for installing
over 51 units of Reynaers Curtain-
Walling, a range of Reynaers CS68
Doors and Hortons 2001 Sliding Door
units, as well as 826 Trimo Rainscreen
Composite Panels and Radmat’s
Permaquik hot melt waterproofing
system for the roofing works.
www.prater.co.uk
The new system offers considerable benefits over traditional cast concrete alternatives –
cutting weight by more than half, which in most cases will allow the brick-faced units to be
installed without specialist lifting equipment, and significant savings in installation time –
making it particularly appropriate for fast-track or time-limited projects.
Rebrand transforms Roan to Actavo
www.ancon.co.uk/Nexus
Roan Building Solutions has been transformed into Actavo as part of Siteserv’s rebranding of
all its companies including EventServ, Deborah Services and Sierra Support Services, to come
together as one unified team.
Operating globally in over 100 locations, the move to Actavo comes against the backdrop of a
number of large-scale contract wins internationally. The change sees a transformation from
being a holding company with autonomously operating entities in to one company with
actively-managed, inter-related business solutions.
Welcoming the rebrand, CEO of Actavo Structural Division, Roger Hastie, said: “Actavo will
continue to deliver the quality goods, services and expertise we provided as EventServ, for
example. In addition to this, we will be offering customers greater choice and access to the
capabilities of the entire Actavo Group.”
Commenting on the rebrand name, Vivienne Walshe, marketing director at Actavo, said: “The
inspiration for the name Actavo comes from Actus, the Latin word for performance. Actavo
reflects our dedication to performance, to energy and to our active spirit in pursuit of
excellence. Furthermore, it is a call to action to our entire workforce of 4,500+ employees,
incentivising everyone to find new ways to work better, reach higher, go further, prosper and
enable our customers to grow.”
www.actavo.com.
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