Judges of this year’s G-Awards (G22) have named FastFrame as a finalist in the Commercial Project of the Year category. Winners are set to be announced on 25 November at an awards presentation based at the Intercontinental London Park Lane.
The Deceuninck fabricator has supplied more than 1,800 tilt and turn windows and doors in a £2.1m supply-only deal to the first phase of a major new development in Watford, after demonstrating that its PVC-U products could replace the specified aluminium ones. This required investment in specialist coating machinery – the only one of its kind in the UK – and close liaison with the client’s head office in Atlanta, Georgia.
Cortland Cassiobury in Watford is a 485-home build-to-let scheme developed by Cortland. The first phase of the project involved the construction of five multi-storey blocks, the largest of which has 23 floors.
FastFrame supplied products for 1,872 apertures across all five blocks. These include Deceuninck 5000 tilt and turn windows (Decoroc-coated in Umbra Grey) and balcony doors manufactured using a fibre-glass reinforced profile (Linktrusion) from Deceuninck. Decalu patio doors from Deceuninck Aluminium were also supplied for the project.
FastFrame worked with Deceuninck to implement testing and simulation programmes that proved that the windows and patio doors were fit for purpose on the higher floors. This included demonstrating that the products would cope with high wind pressures at the greater height, and that they would be weathertight.
The length of the project was reduced by nine months thanks to FastFrame’s close collaboration with the main contractor and installer, and responsibility for the full interface design brief, its representatives reported. “The Cortland Cassiobury project in Watford was a perfect example of how Deceuninck’s products can be successfully used on high-profile projects to replace aluminium with no loss in performance,” said John Duckworth, Deceuninck’s head of commercial sales. “We wish FastFrame the very best of luck at this year’s awards.”
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