paroc panel system magazine

2001, 5
PAROC PANEL SYSTEM
AGAZINE
FIRE PROOF PANELS

Flexibility, rationality
and economy
Big events need careful
planning and co-ordination
and a fast turnaround.
In October 1999 Finland's
EU Presidency called a
Special Meeting of the
European Council in
Tampere, Finland. As ever,
the Press was there in even
greater numbers than the
delegates were!
A press and broadcasting centre for thousands
of media representatives was built in an old
industrial facility with very large, high interiors.
The space was divided to numerous small rooms
for different activities, and Paroc Panels were
selected for their strength, fire and sound
insulation properties, and speed of erection.
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The smaller rooms were built without a
framework and with 3 metre high walls made
of 100mm thick panels. Some of the rooms were
covered with 120mm thick ceiling panels. Some
larger rooms were 4 metres high and supported
with a steel frame. The total amount of panels
installed in this project was 3600 square metres.
Martti Nolvi, the Manager of Production Projects
at the Finnish Broadcasting Company, is used
to arranging facilities for the media during big
meetings and events. This was the first time he
had used Paroc Panels. He was more than
satisfied with the flexibility of the panels. Savings
-time, space and financial - came along with
the panel features: prefabrication meant short
erection time, structures were stable enough to
allow sliding doors, which meant savings in
space. "In rooms without ceilings we did not
need any extra lighting and ventilation and
electricity cables were drawn under the panels
without any penetrations. With these solution
we saved a lot of time, too. And of course, fire
safety is paramount when hundreds of people
are gathered together." said Martti Nolvi.
This was not the end of the story. After two months
there was a European Council meeting in Helsinki
that was also a big media event. Since the
meeting was held in the Exhibition Centre of
Helsinki the time schedule was even tighter, just
five days.
The Paroc Panels used in Tampere, which had
been demounted and stored, were transported
to Helsinki for reinstallation in the exhibition
centre. The installation company had measured
the time taken to build each type of room in
Tampere and evaluated the needs of the
installation crew in Helsinki. With such good
planning they installed the panels in only four
days!
At the end of 1999 Finland's presidency in the
EU was over. Some of the panels were sold again
for reuse in the new ventilation rooms in the
Exhibition Centre of Helsinki and the rest of the
panels were installed as temporary partitioning
walls during the renovation of the Arabia Gallery
in Helsinki.
Technical installations were hidden in
the narrow space between each press
room.

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Integrated Frame System
Introducing the Aluman IFS
The newly developed Aluman IFS is a system that integrates
with Paroc Panel System. Windows, doors, louvres and voids
have never before been so easy and safe to install in
composite panels. The especially designed system drains
water naturally away from the details and the tightness is
tested up to 750 Pa but can be extended up to 1200 Pa.
Aluman is a Swedish manufacturer of aluminium windows,
specialising in composite panels. The Aluman IFS is a clickon
frame that can go in horizontal direction. Aluman IFS
features specially designed details that integrate with Paroc
Panel System in horizontal joint. The system is designed and
patented by Paroc Panel System and is manufactured by
Aluman under a license agreement.
The system offers windows, doors, louvres and glazing facades
in modules from1200 mm up to 2400 mm. The frame itself
is just 66 mm and is available in a wide range of colours.
In addition the system offers flexibility: fixed or open windows,
doors, grilles etc. Sound insulation can be specified.
Architectural demand has been a source of inspiration in
developing the system: elegant and functional outside and
finished detailing inside.
The Aluman IFS can be installed in two ways:
- simultaneously with the panel installation
- after the completed panel installation.
Due to the prefabrication and easy installation the overall
economy is well documented: a traditional window with onsite
flashing finish is more expensive than the Aluman IFS.
Then add the low maintenance of aluminium.
For more information please type: www.aluman-ifs.com

Introducing a new panel
from Paroc Panel System
New products: Paroc Panel System
introduces a new aesthetic panel for cladding
walls. A more distinguished joint that emphasises
the flatness of the panel features the new
developed product named Shadowline ®
. The
V-shaped panel joint is designed to create the
most visual effect without causing dirt traps.
An innovative new silicone-rubber seal is
mechanically fixed in the joint to prevent water
penetration. The panel module is 1200 mm and
is available in a number of colours. Manufactured
Corner Panels are also available in this new
panel. Paroc Panel System’s high technical quality
standard is maintained in this new product.
Please contact us for full details and information
or log on to our web site at
www.paroc.com/panelsystem/news.
Shadowline ®
hadowline ®
A tight joint is achieved by
an innovative clip-on rubber
sealing.
The Shadowline V-shaped joint creates
an effective visual contrast zone.
Corner panels are also available for
the Shadowline range
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• Text Kevin Slack, Chairman, Paroc Panel System Award 2000 Committee
Paroc Panel
System
Award 2000
Introduction
The Award 2000 committee
was invited to Parainen, Finland,
to judge the entries for the Award.
The committee comprised:
Kevin Slack
– Architect, UK (Chairman)
Markku Mäkinen
– Structural Engineer, Finland
Kim Eklund – Architect, Finland
Esko Brunila – Paroc Panel System
John Lynderup – Paroc Panel System
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The Paroc Panel System AWARD 2000 initiative attracted
a good crop of entries and the winning projects represent
a wide range of applications of the system. Chairman
of the Judges, architect Kevin Slack, discusses the process
and sets-out the committee’s response to the projects as
presented.
The Process
John Lynderup, organiser of the initiative,
presented the projects to the committee in two
stages: a short introduction on slide with twofour
images, followed by a complete project
presentation on display boards. Criteria for
assessment were agreed, and the committee
agreed to seek four or five winners of a prize
of Euro1000, in addition to the overall winner
of the Euro10000 Award.
The standard and range of entries impressed
the committee, covering industrial, commercial,
retail and leisure projects. 25 projects, in 11
countries, were shortlisted in total, and their
usage of the Paroc Panel System – all façade
applications – generally fell into three groups:
1. Projects using the panel system as the primary
cladding material
2. Projects using the panel system in conjunction
with other façade materials
3. Projects using the panel system as a structural
liner to be clad with other façade materials,
such as rainscreen.
In addition, one or two projects demonstrated
a ‘one-off’ approach to the application of the
system and a couple of projects did not meet the
criterion of a completed building project.
Inspecting the presentation boards in detail, each
committee member then shortlisted up to five
projects, for the whole committee to discuss. Out
of this process, four clear favourites emerged,
and a spirited discussion took place as to the
merits of each of these, and of the all the schemes.
The committee was, according to the award
criteria, looking for:
• Overall architectural design
• Rational application – appropriate of use of
the Panel System
• Integration with other components and materials
• Detailing and innovative solutions
As the discussion developed, and the important
criteria emerged, other projects not even on the
shortlist began to be considered. The final choice
of one winner and four runners-up, together with
two highly commended projects, displayed a
range of applications of the Paroc Panel System.

The Award 2000 proved how creatively
architects can turn standard building
elements into creative solutions.
Especially the corner panel has proved
to be "a competitive edge".
Some schemes were let down by the quality of
images submitted - we all wanted the gold-coloured
power station in Sweden to do well, but it was not
represented to its full extent; or, whilst being
interesting architecturally - such as the Dutch Flower
Project - did not represent a particularly noteworthy
application of the panels. The overcladding
schemes, although using the system in a technically
proficient way, were felt not to represent the panel
graphically enough, and promoted the visible
cladding instead.
Markku Mäkinen (MM), a Structural Engineer
at Aaro Kohonen Oy in Espoo, comments:
”All projects on display are excellent examples of
the suitability of the Paroc panel system for modern
way of building. Unfortunately some of the projects
did not sufficiently reveal the realisation technique
employed, which may be one reason for the drop
in placing.”
Architect Kim Eklund (KE), of Turku-based
practice Arkkitehtitoimisto Sigge Oy, commented
on the high standard of the entries and the
prevalence of silver-coloured panels!
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The eventual winner,
the BAA Project Caesar
at Heathrow Airport, UK,
by Geoffrey Reid
Associates, London,
represented all the criteria the Award set out to
promote, without excessive effort. Within a good
overall architectural design, the project
demonstrates a rational use of cladding on both
a refrigerated warehouse (the panels providing
the insulated envelope without any further lining)
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Winner of
10 000
and the associated offices, good integration with
other components and well-considered detailing,
the feature spiral fire escape stairs adding the
finishing touch.
MM: "Paroc Panels have been used in a way
that is characteristic of them by combining modern
modifiable structural engineering with modern
building appearance. Excellent structural steel
and cladding detail solutions."
KE: "The storage building-type suits the Paroc
Panel System. The staircases look good against
the simple façade."
Two of the four runners-up represent the
extremes of the system's capabilities, and it was
this extremity, together with good photographs,
that drew the committee to them in the end, but
also stopped them reaching the first prize:
The Faxe Brewery, Denmark, by TNT
Architects A/S, Copenhagen, and
Motozbyt, Poland, by Autorska
Pracownia Projektowa, Warsaw.

The Faxe Brewery, a storage building in
stainless steel, in some ways represents the ultimate
clad building: simple form, crisp detailing, nothing
superfluous. The shining form stands like a monolith
on the edge of a field, a foil against which the
landscape can be read. The committee universally
applauded the scheme, but felt placing it first would
send out the wrong message, i.e. do not use
windows! The BAA project won because it was
able to demonstrate a tendency to this approach,
using only panels as the walling elements, whilst
also dealing with the integration of other
components necessary in a typical building
project.
MM: "Use of stainless steel as facing material
has resulted in a fine Paroc project. Stainless steel
is a demanding facing material due to its tendency
towards thermal expansion as all surface
blemishes are distinguishable - however, not in
this project. Innovative Paroc corner panel solution
enhances the pure Paroc look."
KE: "The 'Ice Cube' is a good, simple idea, but
is it the ultimate Paroc building, i.e. can it be
repeated?"
Motozbyt is different: the use of the panel
The Faxe Brewery,
Denmark
system exploits the inherent capability to attach
things to it, both in the patented joint and to the
panel surface. It revels in its junctions with dramatic
rendered forms of the entrances, and the integration
of windows and doors. It is quite the antithesis of
the cool Faxe Brewery building. It shows how the
panel system compliments a wide pallet of
materials, components and forms.
MM: "Division of a big building mass into units
by means of staircases together with matching the
different materials, by means of Paroc's carefully
designed details and the use of the Paroc patent
flashing, create indisputably a trim and delightful
structural appearance."
KE: "The shadow profile, combined with the
coloured forms, creates a great looking building."
Motozbyt, Poland
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Melton Foods, UK
Lithuanian Pavilion
at EXPO 2000,
Hannover, Germany
Last of all, the committee
wished to award two
further schemes with
a prize:
In the bright yellow Lithuanian Pavilion
at EXPO 2000, Hannover, Germany,
by Arch. A. Bucas, M. Buciene,
G. Kuginys, V. Ozarinskas and
A. Cepenyte of Vilnius, Lithuania,
it is hard to believe this is the panel system at all.
The architects have rather forced the system to fit
the spectacular form, making up curved corners
in another system, for a homogenous overall effect.
While this sort of experimentation does not
represent the majority of cladding projects, it is
to be encouraged and may lead to innovative
solutions that develop the core system.
KE: "Shows new technology/possibilities, which
is good - but unlikely to be reproduced!"
Aller Tryck, Norway,
by Arkitekterne Astrup og Hellern AS,
Oslo
A good, simple building displaying many of the
qualities the Award was looking for.
A series of industrial projects by The Cox
Freeman Partnership, Nottingham,
England, attracted much interest and discussion.
The practice had explored a production unit
concept through five projects around the UK,
based entirely on the technical merits of the panel
system, particularly the hermetic, hygienic and
insulating properties. Careful detail design and
development has resulted in a cladding system
totally integrated with the structural frame and
services installation, in particular as demonstrated
on the Sun Valley scheme.
MM: "Projects in the field of the food processing
industry in which the combination of the hermetic
and hygienic properties of Paroc panels is
integrated into the structural frame of steel. The
result has been achieved by careful detail design,
and the location of HVAC&E services is an
interesting solution."
KE: "Good, rational buildings. The panel system
really suits production/food projects."
The other entries are
discussed below,
in relation to
the criteria set-out
by the committee.

Toys 'R' Us, Norway,
by Neils Torp AS, Oslo
Panels used to clad walls between concrete
structure, with a good play on material contrasts:
Concrete - 'roughness', steel - 'sterility', glass -
'transparency'. Conical covers to fixings good
'toy' details.
Stavanger Aftonblad, Norway,
by Arkitektere Unico AS, Kristianssand
A complex form clad in panels, brickwork, glass
and other materials.
SFK, Denmark,
by Aarhus Arkitekterne, Höjbjerg
A storage building clad in two panel colours,
which give the building subtle proportions.
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Multiplex Cinema, Poland
Multiplex Cinema, Poland,
by ART-System Kober Szablowski,
Warsaw
Part new-build, part refurbishment,
'checkerboard' pattern panel installation over
massive buildings.
Aalsmeer Flower Market, Holland,
by Het Architecten Consort,
Rotterdam
An interesting architectural concept for conveying
flowers from auction rooms to new traders`
distribution centres.
Passage 222, Poland,
by Pracownia W. Kolesinskiego,
Poznan
A conventional shopping centre project with
panels at high level.
Platan Park, Poland,
By APA Markowski Wojciechowski,
Warsaw
A simple, well detailed office and storage
building.
Vin & Sprit, Sweden, by Röings
Arkitekter AB, Åhus
A striking building, complimenting the client's
product brand (Absolut Vodka), uses patented
clip-on profiles at panel joints to enhance
horizontality, the light roof adding to the effect.
A strong contender but lost out to the even more
rigorous Faxe Brewery building.
Valmet Technology Centre, Sweden,
by Skanark Arkitekter, Karlstad
Uses panels as a structural core to rainscreen
cladding. A fine scheme architecturally, but
promotes the visible cladding more than the
Paroc.

Aalsmeer Flower Market, Holland
Passage 222, Poland Platan Park, Poland
Vin & Sprit, Sweden
Valmet Technology Centre, Sweden
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Masterfoods, Lithuania
Gävle Energi, Sweden
Auto Berner, Finland
Auto Berner, Finland,
by Suunnitteluympyrä Oy, Helsinki
The only Finnish entry, this is another project
using rainscreen cladding over the panels, this
time to produce a stylish car showroom.
Masterfoods, Lithuania,
by LSPI, Vilnius
A competent installation at a production plant,
a 'typical' Paroc project.
Gävle Energi, Sweden,
by Tema Arkitekter, Gävle
A fascinating project using gold-coloured (rather
than the silver seen on many of the schemes)
panels on a power station. The committee
would like to have seen more images, as the
project as presented lacks clarity. We would
like to see more of this type of application.

Ice Hall, Belarus,
by Belpromo Project, Minsk
A dramatic curved roof building, with panels
to the sculpted gables. Whilst an exciting form,
the building is more about roof than walls,
producing a wonderful silhouette.
Summary
The PAROC PANEL SYSTEM AWARD 2000
initiative has attracted a very good response from
the industry and will serve as good publicity for
both Paroc and the designers of the projects.
Inevitably, there will be some disappointment, but
the inaugural competition has set a high standard:
I only hope the initiative is carried forward and
becomes a yearly event on the international
architectural calendar.
Thanks, on behalf of the committee and Paroc Oy
Ab, Panel System, go to the participants for giving
us the material to make this a serious undertaking,
and highlighting the role composite cladding plays
in the world's construction projects.
Kevin Slack, Chairman,
Paroc Panel System
Award 2000 Committee
Congratulations!
The Award 2000 ceremony:
From the left:
Bengt Höjer, Vice Precident of Paroc Oy Ab; Paul Kinsey, Sales Manager of Panel System UK; Peter Farmer,
Associate Director of Geoffrey Reids Accociates; John B. Lynderup, Marketing Manager of Panel System;
Esko Brunila, Sales and Marketing Director of Panel System (both members of the Award committee)
View all the entries at
www.paroc.com/news
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A technical qua
Advanced structural technology represents the highest
quality standard in structural sandwich panels in terms
of strength, durability and fire safety. AST is a visible
sign guaranteeing a high, defined quality level of these
invisible characters and making the choice of reliable
sandwich panels easier.
AST SETS THE STANDARD BASED ON 3 PARTS CRITERIA
Strength - optimised and controlled properties
The use of the best properties of each material and the interaction between them is the basis in
structural sandwich panel design, providing optimal strength properties. Without this interaction
there is no sandwich structure, that is why the bonding technique is the most essential part in the
manufacturing process. A measure of the interactive quality is the tensile strength of a panel. For
AST panels the threshold value is 100 kN/m 2
. A panel that fulfils the AST demands ensures reliable
strength properties and minimises the risk with window openings and suspensions in the facings.
Durability - long term performance property
Sandwich panels have to maintain their strength and insulating properties, and to remain weather
resistant over their expected service life. For industrial buildings a lifetime of 25 years can be sufficient
but in other cases, the requirements can be 50 years or more. The durability of a sandwich panel
describes its ability to fulfil this requirement. The lifetime of a structural material can be estimated
by using accelerated test methods. For structural sandwich panels methods and classification can
be found in the new ECCS/CIB European Recommendations for Sandwich Panels. An AST panel
must fulfil the highest class for durability to guarantee the properties during the lifetime of a building.
Fire safety – minimised risk for people and property
The global fire safety design objectives are to ensure safety for people in the building, to prevent
losses in terms of properties and business activities and to protect the environment from hazardous
materials. An AST core is a non-combustible material, which means that it is impossible to ignite and
it will not contribute heat to the fire. It will neither produce smoke nor toxic irritant products. The
panel joint in an AST panel must be tight against hot gases and flames.
AST - a reliable value for clients
AST is a major step forward in defining a quality standard for structural sandwich. The hidden
characteristics that distinguish AST panels from other panel products are made visible by the AST
logo stamped on each panel. It is a sign specifiers and building owners can rely on.
Applied
bending
forces
Compression
Tension
Sandwich panels are of complicated nature.
Core
compression
Core shear

lity ity standard
5 Fire safe joint design that makes the panel tight for hot gases and flames.
Defining AST panels
The more technical definition of AST panels is divided into 5 sections:
1 AST Strength
Shear strength of panel > Shear strength of core
Tensile strength of panel = Tensile strength of core
Tensile strength of panel > 100 kPa
Equal strength properties in each cross section of a panel
2 AST Durability Fulfils the highest class of the new European Recommendations for Sandwich Panels
3 AST Fire safety
Non-combustible core
Fire safe joints
Four-stage quality system
4 AST Quality Third party quality control by authorised institutes
ISO 9001 Quality Certificate
Non-combustible core
5 AST Components Specially developed adhesive
Multi-primer steel sheets
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3
Visualising
how Paroc fulfils the AST demands:
1 Zinc-coated steel sheets (275 g/m 2 ) with top
coating according to environmental demands.
2 Specially developed adhesive that fulfils the AST demands
on strength and durability. Covers the whole surface area.
3 Non-combustible core of structural stone wool lamellas give equal strength
properties in each cross section of the panel.
4 Multi-primer layer to ensure the bonding between the adhesive and the zinc layered steel sheet.
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• Text Kevin Slack, RIBA, Architect, UK
a user’s
experience
As the home page opens,
you realise straight away
this is a well-structured site.
No busy graphics and
pointless links, just clear
concise information,
reflecting the essential
rationality of the product.
You get an immediate
impression of the group’s
presence in Northern Europe,
and its areas of business.
Click on ‘Panel System’ and
you get an equally succinct
overview of this business
area, including a one-line
description of the basic
product and a rather rapid
slide show of recent projects.
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www.
Cladding design gallery

paroc.com
The clear organisation of the site is apparent as
you delve deeper into specific products. For
example, going in to ‘External Wall Cladding’ you
are offered the chance to see images of the panels
themselves, as well as links to technical properties
and span tables for the really serious visitor. Even
with a rather slow 28.8kbps connection, pages
opened in a reasonable time, a reflection of the
tight presentation and restrained use of graphics.
The link to ‘Design Possibilities’ software (also
available on CD) lets you see what your own
particular choice of combinations might look like
on a building. Within given combinations of
structure, details and trim, you can test the effect
of changes made to panel profile and colour on
a 3D model of a typical building. All good fun.
The website, like the product, is quick and easy
to use, offering a good introduction to the new
visitor and a degree of technical information for
the specifier. The site would benefit from
downloadable construction details, and perhaps
more project reviews such as those found in the
excellent ‘Architecture’ series of publications,
but is a tremendous resource that can only
continue to get better.
Click “n” Design
Business Areas Panel System Installation
Surface design Construction principles Small details
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Uncompromising
building shapes with
Manufactured Corner
Panels
Architectural design: Paroc Panel System
introduced Manufactured Corner Panels (MCP)
as a supplement to its original system in 2000.
Now, six months later, it has proved to be a
success: across northern Europe, especially in
Denmark, the UK and Sweden, approximately
50 projects have been built with MCP panels.
Adding aesthetically to the overall architectural
design, the MCP creates a sharp, clear and
distinguished building shape.
Manufactured Corner Panels feature the same
quality as normal panels. Front steel sheet
profiling is preferably Micro, Rib 600, Smooth
600 or Shadowline. MCPs are available in
thicknesses 50-200 mm. The wings can be both
symmetrical or asymmetrical and vary in length.
Please contact Paroc for further details or check
our web-site at www.paroc.com.
Economically, the Manufactured Corner Panels
do not overheat the budget. Experience has
shown that the cost associated with MCPs is only
slightly higher than conventional corner
detail with flashings. When compared
to the overall costs the extra
investment is
minimal.
When looking at the projects the elegant results
obtained with the Manufactured Corner Panels
speak for themselves.
“Heron city Äventyrcentret”, Stockholm, Sweden
Architect: Claes Dahlgren Arkitektkontor AB
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Corner sto
Faxe Brewery by TNT Architects, Denmark
Coloplast, Espergards, Denmark.
Architect: Møllen Arkitekter

nes
FedEx Cargo Center, Stanstead. UK
Architect: Geoffrey Reid Associates
Budding Trælast,
Buddinge, Denmark
Architect: Toras
Arkitekter/
NCC/Danmark
Detailing with Manufactured Corner
Panels is fairly simple.
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The polystyrene panels used in external walls
developed a lot of smoke.
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Company director
Gerard Wagemakers said:
“If it had not been for the Paroc partition
we would have been out of business.
We need to keep our promised delivery
times and we were able to continue with
half a factory. After three days we could
deliver again.”
Fire Fighter Schrijen:
“ It is difficult to go in when you know
that the external walls are polystyrene
panels. You can’t see the fire right away
because it proceeds in the combustible
panel core. The fire finally stopped by
the Paroc wall”
Dalco Foods fire destroyed half of the factory:
“If it had not been for
the Paroc partition wall
we would have been
out of business.”
Dalco Foods is a supplier of meat products with
a factory in the middle of the small Dutch town
of Oss. Its business depends on reliable deliveries
to high profile clients in the Netherlands,
Germany and the UK. As the Dutch building
regulations requires, the building was divided
in two by a fire proof partition, in this case Paroc
Panels, set within an external wall of polystyrene
panels.
One Sunday in May a fire broke out – believed
to be arson – in pallets of inflammable material
close to the external wall. In the space of two
hours one end of the building was completely
destroyed: the other half of the building was
saved by the Paroc fire wall. This was the 5th similar fire in the five first months of 2000 in the
Netherlands.

Protection of life
and property:
Dalco Foods fire lessons learned:
• Build more fire partitions
• Better alarm plans
• Training of staff in case of fire
• Lucky that fire occurred on a Sunday
The damage was assessed at Euro 21,000,000,
and Dalco are limiting the business risk in the
future by rebuilding using the Paroc Panel System
AND by dividing the factory into three parts,
exceeding the local requirements. The insurance
company is pushing hard to rebuild quickly, and
the new building is programmed to complete
by the end of November 2000.
The opposite side of the Paroc
partition wall after the fire.
The 8.8 metre high partition wall made of
Paroc Panels prevented the fire from spreading
to the other end of the building.
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David Heath, Joint Managing Director of Yorkshire
Sheeting: “It is a brilliant system, and the support is
always there when you need it”
Productivity: Time is an important commodity
to us all and deliveries of the exact amount at
the right time increases productivity for the
installer and shortens the erection time, with
a better overall economy as a result.
The installation of Paroc Panels at FedEx’s new
premises at Stanstead Airport, UK, emulates the
client’s aim of guaranteed deliveries. Installation
sub-contractor Yorkshire Sheeting describes
Paroc’s promised ‘right on time’ deliveries as
‘excellent’, adding that speed of erection,
enclosing the building quickly, not only makes
the job more time- and cost-effective for the
installer, but for follow-on trades and consequently
the client.
David Heath, Joint Managing Director of the
installation company Yorkshire Sheeting, says:
“It is a brilliant system, and the support is always
there when you need it.
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There were ” The FedEx design presented a
particular fixing problem on the walls below the
soffit to the link bridge: a crane could not be
used, but a suction grab was employed to
manoeuvre the panels into place.
His advice to specifiers is to “resolve all the
interfaces with Paroc prior to anything arriving
on site and do not let aesthetics take over
completely from practicalities – a balance is
what is needed”. Paroc’s Technical Sales teams
throughout Europe provide the assistance
required and, together with Paroc’s fully-serviced
lifting equipment and precision supplies, help
the job to run smoothly and efficiently from start
to finish.
The FedEx building is designed by Geoffrey Reid
Associates of London, who earlier this year won
the Award 2000 design contest for the
architecture of BAA, Heathrow.

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High class-high rise

The demands
high rise storage
buildings place
on their facades
are extreme:
the higher
the building,
the higher
the demands.
Pressure and suction from wind loads at the top,
both during construction and in use, necessitate
a material with strong span capabilities that is
easy to lift, quick to install and without any
complicated co-ordination of trades. With Paroc,
all you need is frame, panel and flashing: the
12m long, 1200mm wide units achieve spans
up to 6 or even 8m without secondary steelwork,
covering large areas quickly and efficiently, with
the added benefit of inherent fire resistance.
The SFK building in Denmark is a case in
point. The efficient storage and automated
retrieval of food-related products demands a tall
building, and SFK wanted their building quickly.
By specifying a simple installation of Paroc Fire
Proof Panels, Aarhus Architects met all the
demands at a stroke: the system not only met the
Danish fire authority’s requirement of 60-120
minutes fire rating, but the same thermal
insulation also achieved the need for chilled
storage without the necessity for further measures.
The long span capability and short installation
time also made Paroc the most attractive system
economically, whilst still offering a wide variety
of alternative profiles, colours and details. The
client is now planning a new extension, with
Paroc Panels of course!
The Absolut - building in Aahus, Sweden, is
an automated storage building designed by
Roger Röing Architects for the famous vodka
brand. The 23 meter tall building is elegantly
divided by horizontal triangle profiles in every
second panel joint and topped with an elegant
roof solution.
The Legena AB is near Stockholm, Sweden.
Raising to nearly 28 meters, the storage building
refrects the architect´s wishes for the envelope:
a cladding material with high precision and
rational installation, combined with an
aesthetically attractive exterior and flexible
details. The 200 mm Paroc Panels span 8 metres,
strong enough to withstand the high wind
pressure and suction in such a tall building. The
building sits on a concrete base and encloses
a volume of almost 90,000 m 3 containing an
automated spirit store for the owner Systembolaget
AB.
Hartwall building, in Turku, Finland is also
a tall storage building with characteristic external
framework - reminding one of a cathedral. The
building was build with a concrete base to avoid
damages in the risk zone of work.
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CORPORATE NEWS
Million m
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1985
Year
CUMULATIVE MARKET DEVELOPMENT
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1995
7 million m 2
1999 2000
David Ball
“Paroc Panel System, UK, is focused in two
areas: The Food processing Industry and the
Cladding market. We have been established
in the food segment since 1992 and are for
the moment building our market share in the
cladding sector. Our new manufacturing
facilities in Prescot on Merseyside is well
established, providing our clients short leadtime
and local service back-up.”
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Regional
Focus
Elements of vision
Paroc Panel System had, from the very beginning, a vision of being a leading company:
A market leader in terms of quality, size, product range and services. Introduction of new
products regularly are the results of serious efforts in research and development. Now the
company has passed 7 million m2 of delivered panels in Europe and the Far East. Regional
focus has been a key issue to maintain the position and local traditions has been an element
of inspiration to take the system into new segments of rational buildings. Elements of vision.
Oddvar Yndesdal
"In Scandinavia our customers are focused
on quality and use first and foremost
products that are approved and designed
to an environment with much rain, wind and
considerable temperature difference. When
large industrial facilities and warehouses
are erected rapidly Paroc is their first
choice."
Teemu Helppolainen
“Our sales office in Bremen, Germany was
established in the middle of 90´s. Our team
has a good reputation amongst demanding
industrial builders. We are especially strong
in car industry and storage building. In the
year 2000 the demand of Paroc Fire Proof
Panels has increased strongly in the whole
of German speaking Europe which is served
from Hansa town Bremen.”
Juha Laihonen
“In Finland and Eastern Europe we focus
on simple things in our business; overall
quality and trustworthy promises. This is
what we have done for years and it has
brought us to this position, where Paroc
brand is very well known in the market. Our
aim is to continue further and achieve even
higher targets together with increasing
number of key customers.”
Veli-Matti Savo
“The fire issue has been prominent in the
Netherlands after serious fires during the year
2000. We are offering an excellent approved
system improving the passive fire safety and
we will focus in 2001 on bringing this
knowledge in all our markets and segments.
By wide range of international technical and
fire approvals and our experience from over
30 countries Paroc is a reliable partner also
for big international clients through our sales
network.”
PAROC OY AB
Panel System
FIN-21600 Parainen, Finland
Tel.+358 (0)20 455 6555 Fax +358 (0)20 455 6523
www.paroc.com
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