Trent Concrete wins follow-on cladding contract for AstraZeneca
Following on from previous cladding contracts at AstraZeneca's main research and development facility at Alderley Park near Manchester, Trent Concrete has recently commenced further works at the company's Restaurant and Office Building (ROB) in nearby Macclesfield.
Trent's £235,000 contract covers the same specification Crosland Hill Hard York stone-faced cladding panels as on the earlier development. For the ROB, Trent is erecting 400 square metres of Hardwall(TM) insulated sandwich cladding panels and 80 square metres of single skin precast panels, both faced with York stone. The York stone is being used to provide a focus to the site entrance.
Hardwall(TM) was specified in order to alleviate access, time and manual handling requirements associated with traditional handset stone, whilst also benefiting from the off-site fabrication of what is a significant element of the building. The panels are typically 6.7m in length and 4m high, enabling rapid enclosure of the building envelope.
The project is being managed according to an 'Alliance Protocol Agreement', as was the previous development. Instead of a main contractor, the client and architect work with teams responsible for working in an open and supportive manner on different aspects of the construction process, in order to deliver the overall project effectively and efficiently.
On the ROB project, Trent Concrete has worked closely with the client's representatives nd Alliance Partners, The Austin Company Architects and Harry Peers Steelwork Ltd, to deliver the interface of steel and precast to suit the project aesthetic requirements and construction sequence.
AstraZeneca is a major international healthcare business engaged in the research, development, manufacture and marketing of prescription pharmaceuticals and the supply of healthcare services. It is one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies with healthcare sales of over $21.4 billion and leading positions in sales of gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, respiratory, oncology and neuroscience products.
AstraZeneca is listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (Global) as well as the FTSE4Good Index.
Client/Project Manager: Harry Peers Steelwork Ltd.
Architect: The Austin Company of UK Ltd.
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Trent Concrete is a specialist precast concrete contractor, producing high quality bespoke architectural cladding and structures.
Providing a complete solution from detailed design development through skills-based manufacture to on-site erection, Trent Concrete partners with leading developers and specifiers to ensure that their projects gain maximum benefit from prefabrication.
Trent Concrete's precast solutions make a major contribution to improved quality, certainty, sustainability, safety and efficiency in the UK construction industry today.
The company has worked on some of the most prestigious projects of recent years, including The Scottish Office and the Toyota GB Plc and Thames Water headquarters buildings, and the quality of its work is consistently recognised in the form of industry awards. Trent Concrete was founded in 1917 and employs more than 160 people.
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