At Soundcraft we have our own Iron Man, Will Jones, Director of Technical/Contracts! Last Sunday Will completed his first Ironman 70.3 challenge in 6 hours 58 minutes. The challenge required competitors to swim, cycle and run over a gruelling course. The event was held in Exmoor National Park, one of the most picturesque areas of
Daryl Herridge, Soundcraft’s portcullis door assembly manager, recently competed in the ETU European Duathlon championships, held in Madrid. Representing GBR in the 50 – 54 year old Super Vet age group Daryl came twenty first in a field of almost fifty. The duathlon involves a run of 5K, followed by a 20K bike ride, completed
Several new appointments have been announced by Soundcraft. Managing Director Rob Thomson continues to have day to day responsibility for Performance Door sales, with increasing emphasis on the supply and installation of fire rated, SBD front entrance doors (FED) for the social housing market. Dominic Chugg becomes Director of Contracts, overseeing the company’s timber and
In partnership with PRJ Compliance Soundcraft has developed a presentation on fire door installation that is aimed at contractors, developers and architects to raise awareness of this vital aspect of fire protection. Equally applicable to the new build or refurbishment markets, the presentation covers the legislative background, relevant codes of practice and guidance documents, and
An order worth £100,000 for the manufacture and installation of 50 SPW300 thermally broken aluminium windows has been place with Soundcraft by contractor, ARJ Construction. This is the second recent order placed by ARJ; the previous one being for curtain walling. The new order is for a residential project in Wokingham. An interesting aspect is
Soundcraft has secured Phase 2 of the Royal Borough of Kingston’s front entrance door programme. The contract, worth £1.6 million, involves the installation of over 1600 new timber doorsets. Work will continue through to November 2015. The doorsets are high performance, offering both FD30S fire resistance and Secured by Design security. The timber will be
During the Christmas Holidays Soundcraft’s offices and factory will close at mid-day on Wednesday 24 December and re-open at 8.00 am on Friday 2 January. However, limited production will take place in the manufacture of communal portcullis security doors, and aluminium curtain walling, to ensure that the New Year begins with the necessary momentum to
Soundcraft’s curtain walling order book received a welcome boost recently with a half a million pound order for SCW+ curtain walling and SD doors placed by Morgan Sindall. The project is at Trumpington College, Cambridge and is due to start in July 2015. Soundcraft expects to be on site for two months. SCW+ curtain walling
Soundcraft has recently completed replacing fully glazed aluminium entrance doors that originally were installed in the curtain walling system at the entrance of a new social housing development in Lewisham, south London. The doors formed part of the building’s door entry system. The original doors specified were access controlled, manufactured in aluminium. The doors opened
Soundcraft has recently completed the manufacture and installation of over twenty hardwood communal security portcullis doors and screens at the Meakin and Elim Estates, London, SE1. In addition to the doors and screens, Soundcraft also installed ramps and handrails complying with Part M. Each door was fitted with two Securitron 32 electromagnets, a surface mounted