INDUSTRY-LEADING RAINSCREEN & FAÇADE SYSTEMS
INDUSTRY-LEADING RAINSCREEN & FAÇADE SYSTEMS

PROJECT DETAILS

Project name: The Welcome Building, Brunel Street

Area: Bristol

Client/ Developer: Candour

Architect: Darling Associates

Main Contractor: Wates

Installer: Britplas Facades

Products used: Vantage®️ Discreet Fix, Interlocking Plank & Coping System

Project description: 207,000sq. ft, 8 floors – Close to Bristol Temple Meads station and Brunel floating harbour, The Welcome Building was designed with tenant flexibility in mind, with open and reconfigurable spaces ranging between 10,000 – 30,000 sq. ft and all floors able to be subdivided into separate tenancies.

CASE STUDY

The Welcome Building, Brunel Street

Project description: 207,000sq. ft, 8 floors – Close to Bristol Temple Meads station and Brunel floating harbour, The Welcome Building was designed with tenant flexibility in mind, with open and reconfigurable spaces ranging between 10,000 – 30,000 sq. ft and all floors able to be subdivided into separate tenancies.

  • 2,500m2 of aluminium rainscreen covered the facade in various guises.
  • 3mm Aluminium powder coated rainscreen – Vantage DF (Discreet Fix), bespoke trays, fabrications, flashings, copings
  • 2mm Aluminium powder coated rainscreen – Vantage IP (Interlocking Plank), bespoke trays, fabrications, flashings

Colours:

  • Interpon D2525 Textura YL321F
  • Interpon D1036 SA810G
  • Interpon D2525 Textura YL315F

A bespoke Vantage Coping System was used to complete the facade.

Project features and challenges: Costs were agreed pre-contract and to mitigate material rises at the time, material vesting was agreed between BTS, Britplas and Wates which meant aluminium sheets were bought and stored at a UK stockholder throughout the project.  This allowed BTS to nest and call off sheets as required for each area and element of the building, giving Britplas and Wates confidence in material continuity alongside cost assurance.  Another challenge faced was the storage space on site, between BTS, Britplas and Wates special packaging arrangements were made for pallets going into storage. This made organisation offsite easier, and allowed goods to be called off just in time for installation as required.  The rainscreen system had an interesting twist with mullions staggered by 300mm at each floor plate on the upper floors, and the stair cores at each end of the building slope to match the stair stringers.