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Case study 09MaidstoneAluminium rainscreen cladding

Maidstone Innovation Centre

Aluminium rainscreen cladding

Client
Gallagher Group
Address
Maidstone, Kent ME14 5FY
Our role
Specialist installation contractor
Disciplines
Aluminium rainscreen cladding, Insulation, Carrier systems
Package value
c. £300k
Programme
Six months
Completed
2021

The outcome

A complete rainscreen system, from brackets to panels, handed over as finished, weathertight elevations in six months.

Computer-generated view of the Innovation Centre at dusk.
Computer-generated view of the Innovation Centre at dusk.

Overview

Over a six-month programme, OMFC delivered the complete aluminium cladding package to the facades of Maidstone Innovation Centre, installing every layer of the system from the building structure outwards.

Our team fixed the support brackets to the frame, installed the insulation, set out and fixed the T-rail carrier system, and hung the aluminium facade panels, handing over finished, weathertight elevations.

Scope of works

  1. Bracket fixing to the building structure
  2. Insulation installation
  3. T-rail carrier system, set out and fixed
  4. Aluminium facade panel installation
  5. Complete package over six months

Photographs

Computer-generated night view of the building from the approach road.
02Computer-generated night view of the building from the approach road.
Computer-generated daytime view of the main elevation.
03Computer-generated daytime view of the main elevation.
Computer-generated view of a building for Kent and Medway Medical School.
04Computer-generated view of a building for Kent and Medway Medical School.
The structure wrapped in breather membrane, with windows fitted and insulation stacked on site.
05The structure wrapped in breather membrane, with windows fitted and insulation stacked on site.
A scissor lift at the membrane-wrapped elevation, with insulation deliveries in front.
06A scissor lift at the membrane-wrapped elevation, with insulation deliveries in front.
A completed elevation of dark and copper-coloured cladding panels, with insulation still exposed at ground level.
07A completed elevation of dark and copper-coloured cladding panels, with insulation still exposed at ground level.
Operatives on a scissor lift fitting insulation and membrane to the upper floors.
08Operatives on a scissor lift fitting insulation and membrane to the upper floors.
Materials laid out across the site, with the clad elevations beyond.
09Materials laid out across the site, with the clad elevations beyond.
A clad elevation, with access equipment and deliveries in front.
10A clad elevation, with access equipment and deliveries in front.
Copper-coloured cladding going up at a corner of the building, with a scissor lift in place.
11Copper-coloured cladding going up at a corner of the building, with a scissor lift in place.
The copper-coloured corner and dark vertical panels, with a boom lift at work.
12The copper-coloured corner and dark vertical panels, with a boom lift at work.
The main elevation behind the site hoarding.
13The main elevation behind the site hoarding.
Copper-coloured cladding panels at a corner, seen from below.
14Copper-coloured cladding panels at a corner, seen from below.
The building from the approach road, with the cladding nearly complete.
15The building from the approach road, with the cladding nearly complete.
The main elevations, with a telehandler and boom lift on site.
16The main elevations, with a telehandler and boom lift on site.
A wider view of the elevations during the cladding works.
17A wider view of the elevations during the cladding works.
Insulated elevations awaiting cladding, with materials stored in the yard.
18Insulated elevations awaiting cladding, with materials stored in the yard.

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