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Kingspan Off-Site

Kingspan Architectural Facade Systems are ‘off-site’, non-loadbearing, rapid build solutions suitable for application onto steel or concrete framed buildings up to any height. These systems are suitable for the following building facade applications, providing total ‘foundation-to-roof’ construction solutions:

• Single storey facades - recessed or face-fixed

• Multi-storey facades - face-fixed

• Spandrel facades (dado, intermediate floors, eaves) recessed or face-fixed

• Dado Wall - face-fixed

Architectural Facade Frame Systems can be integrated with the following external facing options, providing designers with an almost unlimited choice of materials, finishes, colours and textures:

• Conventional Systems

- brickwork

- blockwork and masonry

- brick slips

- glass reinforced concrete (GRC)

• Render Systems

- direct insulated systems

- blockwork render

- insulated panel render

• Ventilated Rainscreen Systems

- terracotta (small/large format)

- terracotta (small/large format) on insulated panels

- high pressure laminates (HPL)

- render rainscreen

- hung slate, tile or siding

- timber (soft and hardwood)

- ceramic granite

- aluminium

- zinc cassettes

- solar photovoltaics

• Insulated Panel Systems

- architectural facade panels

• Dado Wall Systems

- brickwork or blockwork

- glass reinforced concrete (GRC) and textures

Kingframe System

The Kingframe system is suitable for application on low, medium and high-rise buildings.

The range of applications include:

• Frames up to any storey height

• Over-cladding or recladding to walls of existing buildings

These applications can be designed as ‘bespoke’ for particular projects, or as standard components using design tables.

Facade system frame units including: cement particle board, Insulation and facade support brackets (external facade facings, windows, doors site Installed)

• Single-storey – Multi-storey – spandrel – Dado units

• Frame sizes (all projects bespoke)

Single storey: height 4500mm – width 9000mm max

Multi-storey: height 9000mm – width 45000mm max

Spandrel: height bespoke – width 4000mm max

Dado: height bespoke – width 9000mm max

• Window/door/building services highways – incorporated to suit project

Application

• Steel, concrete or timber main structures

• Recessed frames (single storey)

• Face-fixed frames (multi-storey)

• Spandrel frames (ribbon/continuous windows)

• Dado wall frames

• Suitable for use in any façade application

• External Facing: Brick, block, masonry – brick slips – GRC – renders – ventilated rain screens – insulated panels

Benefits

• Off-site façade assembly, site delivered as a complete unit for

immediate installation of external façade facings

• Cost, build speed, programme/handover time and quality certainty

• Tested and BRE accredited system

Kingspan Off-Site

Sherburn

Malton

North Yorkshire YO17 8PQ

Tel: 01482 781701

Fax: 01482 799272

E-mail: danielle.clayton@

kingspanaccessfloors.co.uk

Website: www.kingspanaccessfloors.co.uk


Catnic - Galv. Steel Lintels  ::  Knauf  Drywall - Dry Linings, Plaster and Plasterboard

Hanson - Blocks and Bricks :: Pilkingtons Tiles - Wall Tiles

Readymix (UK) - Concrete and Agregates  ::  Pilkingtons Tiles - Floor Tiles

Readymix (UK) - Cement and Mortars  ::  S and P Coils - Door heater curtains

Tarmac - Lightweight and Aerated Blocks  ::  Ingersoll Rand Security - Door Ironmongery and Architectural Hardware

Tarmac - Top Blocks and Lightweight Concrete Blocks  ::   Leaderflush + Shapland - Quality Timber Doors

Redland - Roof Tiles and Roofing Systems  ::   Dorma - Door Entrance Systems

Ward - Cladding Insulated Panels  ::  Sikkens - Wood Stain, Preservative Decorative Woodcare

Telling - Building Facades  ::  Besam - Automatic Door Openings and Systems

Eurobrick Systems - Brickwork Cladding  ::  ARDEX UK - Tile Adhesives and Grout

Ancon - Stainless Steel Construction Fixings  ::  ARDEX UK - Sub-Floor Preparation

Britannia - Kitchen Ventilation Systems  ::  ARDEX UK - Resin Based Floor Coverings

Swish - UPVC fascias and soffits Building Products  ::  Becker - Sliding folding screens and  partitions

Catnic Litetile - Lite Weight Roofing products  ::  UNION - Door Ironmongery and Furniture

SCHÜCO International - Curtain Walling Systems  ::  Space Air - Air Conditioning Systems

Akzo Nobel - Exterior Paint Finishes  ::  Monodraught - Flue Vents and natural Daylighting Systems

Schott - Fire Resistant Glazing  ::  Wavin - Waste Plumbing and Drainage systems

OWA - Suspended Ceilings  ::  Osma - Underfloor Heating Systems

Pilkington - Low E Glass  ::   Kingspan - Off Site Modular Buildings

RMC Panel Products - Thermabate Cavity Closers  ::  Wards of Bristol - Architectural Signage

Wade Int. (UK) - Plumbing and Drainage  ::  Capital Marble - Natural Stone and Ceramics

Hunter Plastics - PVCu Rainwater Goods  ::  Komfort - Office Interior systems

Briggs & Forrester - Building Services  ::  Carrier - Quality Air Conditioning Systems

Gilberts - High Performance Louvres  ::  AET - Underfloor heating and air conditioning

Building Simulators. - Computer Simulations  ::  Noral Lighting - External and Street Landscape Lighting

Dow Construction Products - Insulations  ::  LHP Consultants - Building Services Consultants

Colman - Quality Architectural Louvres  ::  Twyford Bathrooms - Showers and Sanitaryware

Telling - Traditional Lime mortars grouts & finishes  ::  ICEL - Electrical Generators and Power Systems

Tyco Thermal Controls - Under floor Heating  ::  Abacus - External House and street Lighting Furniture

Marley - Floor coverings and floor finishes  ::  Viessmann - Solar and Geothermal Heating systems

Levolux - Solar shading with external louvres  ::  Kludi - Sanitary ware and Accessories

Artemide - Architectural Lighting  ::  Marshall-Tufflex - Rain water goods and services

AET - Partitions suspended ceilings and raised floors  ::  Kingspan - High Performance Insulations

Kingspan - Computer Access floors  ::  C&B Systems - Pre Plumbed Panels and WC Cubicles

Polyflor - Safety Flooring and Contract Flooring  ::  Halton Ventmaster - Commercial Kitchen Ventilation systems

Task Systems - Workstations and Office Furniture  ::  Polyflor - Vinyl Floor Covering systems

L S Longden - Quality Timber doors  ::  




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