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Welsh designer takes Gold at Chelsea

A stunning rooftop astronomer’s garden created by a South Wales designer has won one of the horticultural world’s top accolades.

The Sky at Night garden, designed by Penarth architect Barry Mayled, has been awarded a gold medal at the Chelsea Flower Show.

The stars really did come out for the garden - Queen guitarist Brian May, who has a PhD in astrophysics and world-renowned astronomer Sir Patrick Moore turned up to highlight the pleasures of studying the cosmos.

Brian May said “Astronomy is a great hobby, as well as a subject for serious research. The night sky is filled with wonders.”

Praising the Sky at Night garden – named after the BBC show he has presented for 50 years - Sir Patrick told an audience of international media “This beautiful garden shows how even a comparatively small area can be transformed into an amateur astronomer’s lair. If it gives people ideas, I shall be very pleased!”

The garden is backed by Acorn Gardens Ltd of Newport – who also built it - Cardiff-based Euroclad, its sister company Eurobond and Wendy Hopkins, of law firm Hopkins Law LLP. Barry Mayled, a previous medal winner at Chelsea, said “This is a fantastic result for an incredible team effort. Creating a garden to Chelsea’s standards is very demanding.“My wife Olive and I have had plenty of opportunity to study the stars during our sleepless nights worrying about every detail!”

Euroclad and Eurobond created the structure for the compact garden which is in the style of a mini-observatory. It has a sliding canopy and powerful telescope, 'galaxies' of flower beds, rocket-shaped conifers and twinkling stars created by computer-controlled lighting set into a plant-covered wall.

The show runs until Saturday (24 May). 160,000 visitors will see 600 exhibits and trade stands, including 40 gardens and 100 floral displays.

Pic caption: Gardening for the stars – designer Barry Mayled (left) with visiting weathergirl Sian Lloyd, rock star Brian May and Sir Patrick Moore at Chelsea.

Further information & images from Nick Warr – Warr Communications
07887 593446

 

Introduction of striking HALF ROUND PROFILE - to ELITE SYSTEMS

Euroclad has added to its high performance Elite range of built up systems with Elite System 60, an exciting new horizontal wall system featuring a half round profile outer sheet to provide a contemporary and striking new option for specifiers and architects looking for the latest in exterior cladding.

Click here to view a PDF of Elite 60

Elite System 60 comprises a 50/1000 half round profile steel outer sheet fixed using the innovative Eurobar Extra Mast spacer system to a 19/1000 liner sheet. Euroclad Elite Flexislab insulation is housed between the outer and inner sheets. Elite System 60 is robust with excellent thermal and sound performance. The system complies fully with all building and environmental standards and is differentiated by being manufactured in the UK under a Quality Management System approved to BS EN 9001:2000 and an Environmental Management System approved to BS EN ISO 14001: 2004.

Speaking about the new profile John Dunnington, Marketing Executive at Euroclad, comments; “The half round shape is a great addition to the horizontal wall cladding range and provides specifiers with a great alternative which produces a stunning finish for any project. Another advantage of the Elite System 60 is that it can be produced in Corus Colorcoat HSP200® and Colorcoat Prisma® offering the added benefit of the Corus Confidex product guarantee.”

The cover width of the new system is 1 metre, a deliberate decision by Euroclad to ensure higher compatibility with industry standards and complementary Euroclad products.  Elite System 60 can be combined with other Euroclad products including bespoke fabrications or LINEAR façade systems. Full design and technical assistance is available at www.euroclad-elite.co.uk

Release - November 2007

 

• The Launch of EUROBAR EXTRA MAST
  The first adjustable spacer system

  Euroclad continues to lead the metal cladding industry with further product innovation in its spacer bar systems and the launch of Eurobar Extra Mast, the first adjustable spacer system which allows for greater insulating flexibility.

  Fundamental to any built-up metal roofing or cladding system is the spacer system used to separate the outer weathering skin from the internal liner sheet. Traditional spacer systems don’t allow for flexibility of the distance between outer and inner sheet and therefore do not allow for increases in the amount of insulation used.

  Eurobar Extra Mast can accommodate depths of between 135mm and 280mm, is inherently strong and due to its unique design is more efficient than static spacing systems, with fewer brackets needed, fewer thermal breaks and subsequently less material. Revisions to part L of the Building Regulations have had an impact on the metal construction industry and Eurobar Extra Mast allows greater design flexibility in metal clad buildings to enable designers to achieve greater U-Values.

  The Eurobar Extra Mast system offers unbeatable strength in the most demanding environments and provides ultimate stability without the need for anti-sway brackets. The system also provides thermal insulation in the most relevant places as the polypropylene insulated portion of the bracket is situated close to the outer sheet. This puts the most effective insulation furthest away from the buildings warm skin, decreasing heat loss through the outer layer.

  Speaking about the new system John Dunnington, Marketing Executive at Euroclad said; “We are proud to introduce Eurobar Extra Mast to the UK market. The system offers easy installation and is part of a new generation of systems created in the 21st century for the 21st century. Evolving Building Regulations in the UK demand an improved performance in the building envelope and Euroclad will continue to lead the way for development in the metal building construction.”

  Release October 2007

• EUROCLAD LEADS THE WAY IN CARBON NEUTRALITY
  Minister visits new Bulmers plant

  Irish Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, John Gormley TD, was recently presented with details on the environmental benefits of one of the world’s first CarbonNeutral building envelopes, which has been supplied by Euroclad at the new Bulmers plant in Clonmel.  

  Euroclad’s cladding and mineral-cored composite systems were chosen for the roof and walls, as well as the internal firewalls as they met both Bulmers’ and John M Allen Architects’ requirements, supplying a non-combustible, complete building envelope solution that provides cradle to grave carbon neutrality.
  Euroclad’s systems using Corus Colorcoat® prefinished steel are assessed and approved under the Confidex Sustain™ system, which enables building envelopes supplied by Euroclad to offer carbon neutrality through socially responsible carbon offsetting schemes.
  “We are proud to have played a major role in the project right from the outset and  that by using our systems, Bulmers has achieved the first Carbon Neutral metal clad building to be announced in Ireland “ said Michael Roche, Euroclad Director.
  The new building houses three high-speed bottling lines and uses the first CarbonNeutral steel cladding system in Ireland and one of the few in existence in the world.  The building has been developed under phase one of Bulmers’ €200m Capital Investment Programme.

  Brendan McGuinness, Managing Director of Bulmers said that implementing Corus Confidex Sustain™ was the most suitable option for the company, which operates a stringent environmental policy. 

  “This system is a great fit with the environmental ethos of Bulmers and supports our efforts to constantly improve our systems, across the entire operational and production process. “ said Mr McGuinness.

  Corus includes Euroclad in the Confidex Sustain™ System and, for every 1kg of CO2 emitted by the pre-finished steel, cladding, fixings and insulation, Corus will off-set 1kg in climate friendly projects overseas.

  Corus, which is one of Europe’s largest steel producers, works with the leading climate change company, The CarbonNeutral Company, to ensure that the Confidex Sustain™ System provides a robust and fully traceable and auditable environmentally sustainable process. Bulmers has undergone a period of development and expansion over the past two years, which has resulted in an increase in production and capacity at the plant in Clonmel. Environmental responsibility is central to this development.
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  The new building is energy-efficient on a number of different levels:

  • It has high levels of insulation and is consequently a warm building, requiring low levels of heating – something not always associated with a bottling hall. It is heated by natural gas, which has not yet been used due to the high standards of insulation.

  The interior lighting is high frequency, low energy lighting, providing a working light equal to daylight.  This creates a better work atmosphere and adds to the efficiency of the operation

• Release - August 2007