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
As part of its on-going commitment to quality and development, Soundcraft has joined the BWF. The British Woodworking Federation provides a voice for the industry and works with government on changes and revisions to building regulations, industry standards and specifications. The BWF provides advice and support to their members along with a range of benefits
Having invested in machinery and extensive training, Soundcraft has received its first two orders for Hybrid composite products, with a combined value of c£150k. The orders, from Higgins Construction and Lifebuild Solutions, are for the manufacture and installation of composite or alu-clad windows, doors and curtain walling, based on the SAS Hybrid system. The orders
Soundcraft is two thirds of the way through completing the re-instatement and installation of over 3000 fire doors and doorsets for Kingston University in Surrey, across many of the University’s teaching and residential sites. The works on the project, valued at c£800,000, are being carried out in accordance with BS8214 and the requirements of Exova
