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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Piccadilly Circus Underground Station
It’s been over 30 years since ARDEX products were used on the refurbishment of Piccadilly Circus Underground station, and although there have been thousands of commuters passing through each day, the work has stood the test of time.
Piccadilly Circus Underground station, part of the iconic Piccadilly Line, first opened to great fanfare in 1906, and following a staggering rise in passenger numbers, from 1.5 million in 1907 to 18 million in 1922, the station underwent a mass refurbishment to cater for the increased footfall.
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