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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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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.

The Photos: (Early Progress Photos - More to Follow)

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