Graham Rogers joined Soundcraft as Technical Estimator at the beginning of May 2014. Graham has twenty years’ experience in the construction industry. He started as an apprentice with Wallis, gaining City & Guilds in Carpentry & Joinery. His career took him to Denne and Howard Bros, specialising in surveying and estimating. Graham has worked on
Soundcraft Chairman, Kevin Smith, who along with good friend Tim Green, will set off on June 13th on the longest and toughest adventure of their lives, fundraising for the remarkable charity O2e – Ordinary to Extraordinary. O2e have raised literally hundreds of thousands of pounds to make a difference to the lives of needy, serious
Fully Glazed SBD Communal Security Doors Soundcraft has renewed its Secured by Design (SBD) license for the Integrity Range of Steel Communal Security Doors, following successful factory audit inspection and testing by Exova Warrington. The testing was to STS 202 (which is similar to LPS 1175); Burglar Resistance Level 2 (BR2) was achieved. This ensures
After the success of Phase 1 of the fire door upgrade works on the Abbey Wing of St Peters Hospital, Soundcraft was pleased to return for Phase 2. The existing fire door sets date back to 1974 and required upgrade in line with Health Technical Memorandum (HTM58), DH Health Building Notes and, of course, building
Soundcraft Performance Doors and Windows made significant investment in new machinery for the fabrication of SAS Hybrid composite windows, doors and curtain walling in the latter months of 2012. The new capacity has lead, not only to exciting new projects and orders for Soundcraft, but to the replacement of the old windows in the Company’s
In January Soundcraft finished a major two year fire door project for Kingston University. Over 3500 fire doors were involved. The value of the contract was £815,000. The works included the installation of over 500 new white laminate faced fire doors providing FD30S and FD60S fire resistance. In addition, timber fire rated screens and doors
A contract to manufacture and install 400 front entrance doorsets for the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames (RBK) was awarded to Soundcraft in December 2013. The work, valued at £460,000 is due to start in February 2014. The Royal Borough selected Soundcraft, not only for offering the best value, but also for satisfying the
A wide range of Hybrid composite curtain walling, windows and doors were chosen for the Music school rehearsal rooms and performing arts teaching centre at Frensham Heights School, in Surrey. The ‘Hybrid’ composite system was specified by IID architects as both windows and curtain walling was required. Gareth Box from IID comments “We chose the
Setting the standards in architectural design and implementation the RIBA 2013 Awards showcase some of the best buildings of the year. ‘Crowbrook’, a private house designed by Knox Bhavan Architects, won a RIBA National Award: one of 2 awards presented to the ‘East’ region, and one of only 3 private houses out of the other
Wandsworth Borough Council have awarded Soundcraft the contract for the replacement of over 1800 front entrance doors (FEDs) at several sites across south west London. Many of the doors will be fire rated (FD 30- tested at Chiltern International Fire) and are required to be Secured by Design. This is Phase 9 of Wandsworth’s door