Colbourne Place
Woking
Using our complete engineered rainscreen support system, our team requested the architectural drawings, details of the Trespa® Meteon® cladding panels and insulation specified, pull test calculations and details of the substrate, undertaking extensive wind load calculations using this information, together with the project location, wind speed, building type and construction.
Aaron Humphries (Contracts Manager at TSL) explained that the specified rainscreen panels required a very particular spacing, which together with the wind load calculations, added a layer of complexity.
As a result, a bespoke fixing pattern was configured to ensure the structural integrity of the rainscreen façade was in line with windloads and pull tests, without compromising on the building’s aesthetics. The fixing pattern was also designed to ensure that the installation would be as straightforward as possible.
To create the structural aluminium framework for the substructure, helping hand brackets were used, with the framework being secured with DrillFast® DF3 A2/304 stainless steel frame fasteners. Throughout the project, a Kanban (just in time) delivery model was utilised, supplying the fixings for each of the four elevations as TSL began that phase of construction.
The final result was a support system engineered for structural integrity, delivered rapidly to site so that TSL could complete the installation quickly and easily.
