Birmingham Children’s Hospital was founded in 1862 and now offers the widest range of child health services for young patients in the West Midlands and beyond. The hospital is renowned for its excellence in providing outstanding care and treatment to its patients.
With over 257,000 patients a year, 360 beds and 3,500 staff, the hospital is inundated with visitors and therefore required a much needed refurbishment to its main entrance lobby and café in order to maintain such standards.
Residing in Holyrood, Edinburgh, the Scottish Parliament is one of the most prestigious legislators in the United Kingdom. The building, built in 1999, was opened by Queen Elizabeth II, with the first parliament session held in 2004. The building’s impressive post-modern architecture has won it critical acclaim and many respected awards, and it’s been hailed as one of the most innovative designs in modern Britain.
The vast three year project started with the refurbishment of the main entrance, and the current soffits. PanDOMO by ARDEX was chosen for this project, and Artstone, an experienced PanDOMO applicator, as the chosen craftsmen, whose experience working with PanDOMO products enabled them to create a wall finish that enhanced the buildings design, and create a sense of light to open up the main entrance.
80-100 Victoria Street is a landmark commercial building sitting in the renowned Cardinal Place Development. As one of the most recognisable sites in Victoria, it provides high quality office accommodation and is currently occupied by brands including Microsoft and EDF Energy.
Earlier this year, refurbishments were completed on several areas of the building, with the project including some 1600m² of newly installed floor tiles on the ground and first floor lobby areas. Supplied by Pentagon Tiles, each slab measured 2500mm long x 1000mm wide x 6mm deep, presenting a significant challenge to the installation team. Andrew Reid, National Business Development Manager for ARDEX, provided the specification for the project, collaborating with Pentagon Tiles, Collins Construction and Quadrant, the main and tiling contractors respectively, to ensure the optimum system was recommended. Commenting on the project, Andrew said “The sheer size of the tiles presented a real challenge, and a system was required that would not only help Quadrant during installation, but would also provide the client with a long-term crack-free finish. After going on-site, we were able to recommend a full specification that could achieve this and give confidence to all parties involved.”
ARDEX teamed up with one of the UK’s leading flooring contractors, Loughton Contracts, to deliver a 40,000m2 flooring refurbishment at Heathrow Airports Terminal 1. Boasting an excellent portfolio of successful large-scale commercial installations, the proven duo specified the perfect ARDEX system, which enabled final floorcoverings to be laid at the earliest opportunity.
The recent refurbishment of Terminal 1, which handles around 12 million passengers every year, encompassed the check-in, and baggage system and arrivals concourse, and resulted in passengers experiencing a faster and more comfortable journey from check-in to take off. Once the existing floorcoverings had been uplifted and the subfloors mechanically prepared, ARDITEX NA was applied.
ARDEX worked alongside DMC Rail Ltd of Tilbury, Essex to provide a 4,300m2 screeding, tiling and grouting solution for the new, state-of-the-art Northern ticket hall at King’s Cross St Pancras Underground station. The new ticket hall funded by the DfT, is the latest improvement to be delivered as part of Transport for London’s Investment Programme.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
