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Background

Our client are specialists in the design and project management of data centres, computer rooms, communication centres and trading floors. The end client are the world’s 2nd largest mobile phone company.

Requirement

Stancold were awarded the contract for a suite of 60-minute fire rated insulated data rooms. The build consisted of insulated mineral fibre wall and ceiling panels, and a variety of fire-rated hinged personnel doors.

Solution

By changing the specification from outdated plasterboard built up systems to Stancold’s advanced non-combustible mineral fibre system, the client has benefitted from a faster installation, safer structure, and a cleaner and maintenance-free finish. The project was completed quickly and efficiently within programme and in budget.

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Company

This international bioscience company are widely acknowledged as leaders in the field of controlled environmental rooms and chambers, stability storage equipment and services in the pharmaceutical industry.

Application

To install 7 Chambers at the company’s facility in California, USA using high specification Puracore cleanroom panels. To delegate Stancold installation team overseas and coordinate the project from start to end.

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Background

Using our unique experience of cleanroom design and construction and fire-rated enclosures, Stancold were awarded the project after winning a competitive tender through Principle Contractor, Merit Holdings.

Process

The suite of new cleanrooms was built to grade D classification and the fire-rated enclosures were designed to be clean not classified.

Solution

We installed 6m high freestanding walls with integrated flush cleanroom windows connected to an aluminium T-Bar suspended ceiling grid which formed the plenum and low-level return air cooling coils. The return air ducts were formed using 50mm FM approved Puracore cleanroom walls to a height of 6m and we also provided temperature controlled cleanrooms with Eurobond panels to a height of 8m.

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Background

Having completed similar projects in the past, our client approached us to deliver a three-phase firewall project to create fire compartment walls between warehouses and offices in London.

Requirement

To subdivide 3 new-build warehouses over 3 phases with 1hr fire-rated partition walls complete with full fire-stopping and secondary steelwork. The curved roof profile was a challenging feature, but the flexibility of our system ensured that we fully meet the client’s expectations.

Solution

Mineral fibre warehouse dividing walls are considerably quicker to install than alternatives and offer outstanding value for money. We have developed a special galvanised channel detail to support the panels to the mezzanine, which enabled us to use panels in full span ensuring an aesthetically superior finish and saving the additional cost of painting steelwork.

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Background

As a thriving foodservice business, our client needed to increase their chilled capacity, loading capacity and marshalling areas to cope with peak demands. As Stancold had worked with Hunts in the past, we were delighted to work with them to deliver a solution.

Development

Stancold visited site on several occasions to understand the restrictions and also developed a design, budget and build programme with our client’s on-site team. After several revisions and amendments, a final scheme was settled and budget fixed.

Solution

Kingspan KS1100 CS Quadcore wall panels enclosed the existing exposed canopy and provided valuable insulation as well as protection from the elements, which were cut to suit the variety of existing floor levels. During the summer, the heat underneath the canopy was putting an extra burden on the low-temperature coldstore. Our solution of creating a chilled loading bay not only added capacity but enabled the cold store to work more efficiently.

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Background 

Due to continued business growth, this food-to-go manufacturer needed to expand their production facility.

Process

For this complex scheme, we had to consider the different temperatures for chillers, freezers and packing facilities along with fire-rated areas. The plan included a range of facilities; ingredient chillers, product preparation rooms, temperature-controlled packing areas, low-temperature storage and marshalling areas, alongside the installation of 58 doors.

Solution

To suit the requirements of each room, a range of different panel thicknesses were used across the project, including a 175mm firewall. Due to its large-scale nature, a project re-design was required during installation to include adaptations to work around steel walkways in the ceiling. The complexity of this project really displayed the team’s technical capabilities.

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Background

As a supplier and distributor, Newberry International Produce were looking to build a factory in Gloucestershire to make UK distribution easier.

Requirement

The full turnkey works with 1099m² of panelling. A coldstore freezer with mobile racking to store stock and three chiller rooms for preparation of the client’s produce. Alongside this was a packing room and loading dock with direct access.

Solution

Stancold organised the complete build from ground works, building the freezer and chiller rooms, refrigeration, flooring, lighting and floor slabs with appropriate ramps. We also designed and built a solution to allow a loading bay direct from outside the building into the freezer, a difference in temperature up to 60 degrees.

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Background

An urgent requirement for a fit out of an existing farm building which will be used as a retail and wholesale store for exotic animals and fish.

Approach

With a requirement to have us on site within two weeks of the order being placed, the client was also looking for a competitive option to achieve a low U value.

Solution

The short lead time, which included design drawings and pre-installation visits, led us to recommend the use of PIR panels for installation in the two-storey pre-cast concrete building. The panels are finished with a white cleanable polyester finish to ensure the building meets hygiene requirements.

We completed the job within the challenging time frame thanks to our excellent product knowledge.

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