KAWNEER UK LTD
Suppliers of: Aluminium Curtain Wall, Unitised Systems, Entrance Doors, Windows, Folding Sliding Doors, Curtain Walling, Rooflights, Skylights, Glass Facades, Glass Doors, Patio Doors
Kawneer are a leading UK supplier of Architectural Aluminium Glazing Systems.
Kawneer manufacture an extensive range of products suitable for use in a variety of market sectors, including, Education, Healthcare, Commercial, Residential, Arts & Leisure and can also supply bespoke solutions. Kawneer products are extensively tested to comply with both EU and UK regulations.
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Kawneer Curtain Walling:
The AA®100 Curtain Wall is available as a standard 50mm system, or for increased loads and movement, our AA®110 65mm system, now further developed to allow up to +/- 15mm building movement. By providing a unique dry jointed facade solution both systems can be installed as fully capped, horizontal capped or vertical capped. The AA®100 SSG system allows glazing of the curtain walling to be achieved without the use of conventional pressure plate and face caps, or for increased loads and movement, our AA®110 SSG system, now further developed to allow up to +/- 5mm building movement. The AA®100 and AA®110 CV is available as a top hung vent or parallel opening window, allowing flexibility and freedom to maintain flush seamless visuals externally, with no visible aluminium framing. For Fire Resistance, the AA®100/AA®110 FR is designed as a stick curtain wall assembly offering 30 minutes insulation and integrity.
Kawneer Curtain Walling - Unitised Systems
AA®201 Unitised Curtain Wall is a structurally glazed system along with our AA®265 Unitised System, a dry glazed solution incorporating a 3-chamber system and overlapping gasket design for optimum weathertightness. Both systems give the building team a unique set of benefits, including, factory fabrication to ensure additional quality control, rapid onsite installation as well as slimline design and flexibility.
Kawneer Windows
The AA®720 series corresponds to the BRE Global Green Guide online generic specification for windows and achieves a summary rating of A*. The windows are a 72mm profile incorporating the very latest thermal technology and meet the latest European requirements for thermal performance. Glazing and panels up to 56mm thickness can be accommodated enabling the use of triple glazing. The range consists of the AA®720 Casement, the AA®720 SL Slimline Casement designed with narrow frame sightlines to achieve a modern aesthetic look available in two styles, one offering a cost effective and robust solution for the Education Sector and the second a unique double flush external and internal aesthetic for the Home Improvement sector, the AA®720 Pivot, the AA®720 Tilturn and the AA®720 Parallel Opening. AA®720 FR consists of Door and Fixed Light variants offering 30 minutes insulation and integrity.
The AA®541 Casement corresponds to the BRE Global Green Guide online generic specification for windows and achieves a summary rating of A+**, and is designed to offer optimum weather and thermal performance at a competitive price.
The GT70 Slimline Renovation Window is an elegant aluminium fenestration solution designed specifically to replicate the appearance of steel windows.
The AA®720 Juliet Balcony is designed to suite with Kawneer’s AA®720 Open-In-Window and provides a simple, elegant and affordable glazed balcony with virtually seamless external visual appearance.
Kawneer Sliding Solutions
Kawneer also supplies an extensive range of window and door sliding solutions which includes a AA®3110 Horizontal Sliding Window & Door, Mental Healthcare Window Systems, the AA®3610 Vertical Sliding Window and the AA®3610LS Window, a unique solution which opens the top and bottom sashes simultaneously for improved ventilation
The AA®3720 Folding/Sliding Door, AA®3572 Lift/Slide Door and AA®4110 Lift/Slide and Sliding Patio Door systems have been developed as solutions for projects that demand the highest levels of thermal and weathering performance. The AA®3720 is equally suited to the discerning home owner or installed in commercial premises that wish to enhance the environment whilst the AA®3572 is an ideal space saving solution where safety is a consideration and projecting swing doors are undesirable, with the AA®4110 a cost-effective system ideal for both residential and light commercial applications.
Kawneer Entrance Doors & Framing
AA®190 TB is a severe-duty, all-purpose, themally broken, welded, commercial entrance Door for use in high traffice areas and automatic entrances. It’s robust construction means that it is suitable for use in heavy/severe applications and can be installed with a finger guard pivot stile. Kawneer offers two Swing Doors both single action open-in or open-out with the AA®545 designed to offer optimum weather and thermal performance at a competitive price. The AA®720 Series Door systems are available in two levels of thermal performance to enable flexibility of design, performance and cost. The AA®720 FR consists of Door and Fixed Light variants offering 30 minute insulation and integrity.
The thermally efficient 451PT Framing system is suitable for ground and first floor applications, combining thermal performance with product aesthetics and is suitable for use on commercial projects in the public sector and is also ideal for large display windows in the retail sector.
* www.thegreenguide.org.uk Element Number 1231500007
** www.thegreenguide.org.uk Element Number 1231500011
Further technical information is available in the BPi download library or on the Kawneer website.
Kawneer Helps to Create a Leading Facility for a Healthier Tomorrow
VISION
A joint venture between the University of Cambridge and Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, the Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Heart and Lung Research Institute (HLRI) is a major new £45million facility accommodating Europe’s largest concentration of heart and lung medicine scientists and clinicians. It draws together the NHS and academia to create a world-leading research environment and is a unique facility of its kind in the UK.
Hundreds of staff are now housed under one roof, tackling cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. The impressive new complex is home to cutting-edge laboratories in genomics, population sciences and research into cellular mechanisms of disease and translational science. There’s also a 10-bed Clinical Research Facility for patient studies of new treatments, and spaces for education and training/seminar purposes.
The project was designed by R H Partnership Architects and built by Main Contractor SDC. The HLRI building is located next to Royal Papworth Hospital on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, close to three hospital trusts and the departments and institutes that comprise the University’s School of Clinical Medicine, in addition to major pharmaceutical companies.
TRANSFORMATION
Creating the largest Biotech cluster outside of the United States meant that the specification, already approved on previous projects, had to be met. Kawneer systems were selected for this important building by the University of Cambridge.
Installed by approved specialist subcontractor JPJ Installations Ltd, Kawneer’s AA®100 Zone Drained and AA®100 Structurally Silicone Glazed (SSG) Curtain Wall systems, and AA®720 Windows, feature on the main elevations, with the AA®720 Series Door Systems chosen for the main entrance area. In high access areas, the AA®190 TB Welded Door is used and on the ground floor. AA®100 Rooflights were also installed on the third floor.
The prestigious façade appearance is enhanced by the Kawneer curtain walling that was installed in a purpose-designed “punch through” configuration with the metal cladding, in combination with opaque lookalike glazed panels, decorated louvres and spandrel panels that were also included as part of the design. Two full height curtain wall elements linking the East and West blocks complete the building.
REALISATION
HLRI was officially opened by Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Gloucester in July 2022 and is now bringing together the NHS, academics, industry and charity to provide a leading-edge environment to help tackle cardiovascular and respiratory diseases that are among the biggest causes of death worldwide.
Intended to maximise interdisciplinary science, the Institute is now firmly embarked on its ambitious five-year goal of demonstrating proof-of-concept for a minimum of ten new drugs or diagnostic approaches to combat conditions such as heart attacks, pulmonary hypertension, lung cancers, cystic fibrosis and acute respiratory distress syndrome.
The building’s attractive, distinctive and purposeful design has now won the Best New Building Over £2m category in the Greater Cambridge Design & Construction Awards.
For further information, please contact:
Jane Ashley
Marketing Executive
Kawneer UK Ltd
Tel: +44 (0) 1928 502500
Kawneer Helps Deliver A World-Class Medical Facility
VISION
The Christie Paterson Cancer Research Centre is a 10 storey, 270,000sq ft development and is the largest single-site cancer centre in Europe. The building is part of the Manchester Cancer Research Centre and will be one of the top cancer research centres in the world and was built to replace the previous building, which was severely damaged in a fire in 2017.
The state-of-the-art building on Wilmslow Road is directly connected to The Christie Hospital. The £150m cancer research centre is home to world-leading scientists, researchers, clinicians, and operational staff who will deliver clinical trials covering the full extent of the patient pathway, from prevention and novel treatments to living with and beyond cancer. The new centre is the result of a highly successful partnership between The Christie, Cancer Research UK, and The University of Manchester.
TRANSFORMATION
Architects BDP specified Kawneer’s market-leading, architectural aluminium glazing systems as they were able to meet the rigorous design requirements and complex nature of the scheme.
Kawneer’s AA®110 Structurally Silicone Glazed (SSG) Curtain Wall system was used throughout the ground floor and stairwells of the centre.
The upper levels of the main façade were subject to significant levels of building movement between floors. This required the system to accommodate combinations of imposed and live load deflections of up to +/-19mm. Kawneer’s major project team developed a bespoke solution using their AA®201 HI Unitised Curtain Wall chassis. The system was additionally weather tested to CWCT Sequence B including a structural movement module.
REALISATION
The new building, built by Vinci Construction, now benefits from abundant natural light, thermal performance and protection from the elements.
The completed project was a finalist for the Project of the Year in the Positive Impact Category at the Mixology North23 Awards, thanks to its human-focussed design, combining both the clinical and the research aspects to put treatment at its core. Also, in the Public Sector & Cultural Category.
It has also been shortlisted for the Greater Manchester Chamber, UK Building of the Year award, in recognition of its design quality, construction techniques, sustainability credentials and community benefits.
Kawneer is delighted to have been involved in this project which is a spectacular addition to Manchester’s skyline and an exciting development in the fight against cancer.
Photo: BDP/Nick Caville
For further information, please contact:
Jane Ashley
Marketing Executive
Kawneer UK Ltd
Tel: +44 (0) 1928 502500