ARDEX Departs on Time at Heathrow’s Terminal 1

ARDEX ‘On Track’ at King’s Cross New Ticket Hall

ARDEX Help Nottingham Train Station

Nottingham Train Station has benefitted from a £150 million investment to position Nottingham as the transport hub for the East Midlands.  The multi-million pound project has succeeded in improving reliability, reducing train delays, and has created the capacity to cope with the increasing number of passengers coming through the station every day.

Significant changes made to the station include; a modernised station entrance, new ticket office, revamped first class lounge, a newly-installed platform and canopy to help provide flexibility around the station and deliver more reliable train services, as well as a full refit of the surrounding cafés and shops.

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ARDEX Renovation Proves Soaring Success

In 2014 Glasgow played host to the Commonwealth Games, Ryder Cup and celebrated the Year of Homecoming Scotland.  Expecting in excess of 1.25 million guests over the summer period, it was announced that Glasgow International airport would benefit from a £17 million makeover.

One of the most significant and comprehensive upgrades to the main terminal since it opened in 1966, the refurbishment works included the installation of a new floor to the Central Pier.  Contracted to manage the renovation of the 3000m² pier floor was P Layden and Son, a flooring specialist providing a range of floors and fitting services to the Glaswegian area.  Richard Layden, at P Layden and Son, explains “This was a particularly challenging job as the Central Pier was part of the original build making the existing flooring almost 50 years old.  When removing the old flooring we were faced with a number of different substrates, and it was essential that the chosen product could be used with confidence over all of these.”

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Duxford Air Museum

The Imperial War Museum in Duxford is an historic airfield and museum of aviation history.  The American Air Museum and café reopened in March 2016 after an extensive transformation and re-development program.  lan Stoneman, Interim Director of IWM Duxford said “The renovated mess provides an inspirational setting for its new occupants ,with a renovated style that embeds its history into modern day use.”

ARDITEX NA – Ultra Rapid Setting Latex Sub-Floor Levelling and Smoothing Compound was specified throughout the product, on floors contaminated with old adhesive residues.  ARDITEX NA reduces the need for intensive preparation and priming, saving time and money, and ensured the final floorcovering could be applied after only 4 hours.

Ransome’s Dock Apartments

Located next to Albert Bridge, just West of Battersea Park, Ransome’s Dock is situated on the River Thames.  Two luxury three-bedroom apartments, in this architecturally impressive former industrial warehouse, were recently renovated to the highest specification.  Greg Stubberfield from contract flooring specialists, The Flooring Co Ltd, used a full ARDEX system to create a bespoke PanDOMO floor.  The PanDOMO range creates a decorative, seamless and very hard wearing surface for floors, and was applied with unique subtle character to craft a polished concrete look and feel throughout the living areas and bedrooms, covering approximately 400m² over the two renovated apartments.

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St George’s Chapel in Westminster Cathedral

Westminster Cathedral is one of the busiest churches in the United Kingdom.  Located in the heart of London, it’s the Catholic mother-church of England & Wales, and to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme, the barrel vault ceiling and main arches of the Chapel of St George and the English Martyrs underwent a complete redesign.

The new design was commissioned to renowned artist Tom Phillips CBE RA and comprised of a breath-taking mosaic depicting the burning names of the forty Catholic martyrs across a dark sky. Made of hand cut Venetian glass and gold-faced tesserae, the number of pieces amounted to over 500,000 over a 120m² area.  For a church that hosts up to 7 masses a day, disruption had to be kept to a minimum; and a unique challenge came in the form of centuries of candle soot that had accumulated on the surface of the ceiling.

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David Lloyd Leisure Refurbishment

David Lloyd is a leading brand in the health and fitness industry with 86 centres servicing approximately 475,000 members across the UK.  After being acquired by TDR Capital in 2013, £50m is now being invested into the group in order to expand its network of clubs and grow its membership further.

Several new clubs have already been constructed, with the Glasgow, Newbury and Colchester sites finishing this year.  Most notable of these was the latter; having opened in October, it is currently Colchester’s only club with both an indoor and outdoor swimming pool, and also boasts spa facilities, a state-of-the-art gym, exercise studios and indoor and outdoor tennis courts.

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KCOM Stadium

The KCOM Stadium is a multi-purpose facility in the city of Kingston upon Hull, and was completed in 2002 following a £44 million build.  The stadium is home to both Hull City Football Club and Hull Rugby League Club, and in spring 2016 the 170m² main foyer and reception area underwent an extensive refurbishment.

The condition of the floor required the existing ceramic tiles to be removed prior to levelling with ARDITEX NA, which offered a fast track solution to the project by allowing subsequent tiling to commence after just three hours.

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Loughborough College

Loughborough College was established in 1909, with a proud and long standing reputation for providing excellent levels of high quality teaching and training across Leicestershire.

Earlier this year, a £14.1 million refurbishment project started, which included the college’s original 1960s multi-storey building, providing students with 35 revamped classrooms, new science labs, IT rooms and flexible learning spaces.

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