Hardwicks Way
Introduction.
The Hardwicks Way project is a large residential
development located in Wandsworth. It consists of 4 buildings, the
biggest of which also has space for commercial retail outlets.
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| Principle Contactor: |
Laing O'Rourke |
| Project Value: |
£ Aprox 0.45 Million (N.D.M Packages Only) |
The Package:
NDM were originally contracted to provide a weather
tight vertical zinc cladding (in horizontal panels) to the main tower
from ground to roof. And also to provide weather tight zinc cladding
to the penthouses on 2 of the 4 buildings. Later on in the project NDM
were instructed to provide Zinc Coverings to all parapets on all 4
buildings. NDM are responsible for all substrate to our own works.
The Design:
The bulk of the main works for this project are on the
Tower connected to Block A. The tower is clad in Sky Blue coloured
Zinc. The Tower provided the most challenge with design as there are
many decorative elements to the work. A feature band has been
incorporated which wraps around the building on every floor. This band
has to be constant whether between glazed curtain walling or between
our zinc cladding. There is also a Quartz (grey coloured) zinc column
extending from the ground to the very top floor of the tower, which
interfaces with both the glazed curtain walling and the Sky Blue
coloured zinc.
All terraces to the tower are clad in Quartz Zinc.
Materials Used:
A big part of NDM's works on this project is the
substrate. In order to keep the size of the substrate to a minimum and
also allow for great flexibility it was decided that steel angles
would be used as a principle support for the ply face. 2 steel angles
are fixed together to form a "Z" shape which allows for accurate
lining and levelling across a large area.
All Zinc used for the cladding was 0.8mm except on the
ground floor where Steck Panels required a thicker gauge of 1mm.
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