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Solihull’s Metropolitan Borough Council offices have been transformed with a major refurbishment of its town centre mid-century office block.
The upgrade to the Council’s Church Hill House and
Orchard House buildings required alterations and
extension works to provide new open-plan office
space, a newly formed atrium and new facades.
Replacement of the existing old and rotten
windows for new glazed units with high thermal
and acoustic performance whilst maintaining the
essential character of the buildings was essential.
Kestrel Aluminium’s 60mm window system was
chosen for the project because of its proven track
record in this type of development and easily met
the performance specification laid down.
The windows are full height in all applications to
make the most of the natural light coming into
the open-plan spaces and to provide the best
possible views across the town. They are double
glazed throughout, achieving a U-Value of 1.7
W/m2K and have high-level PAS24 security
accreditation.
All windows were fabricated and installed over
seven floors by Tamworth based WD Group,
who ensured that the exterior aesthetic of the
original buildings remained as unchanged as
possible which included fabricating bespoke
windows in the same 60mm profile to replace
the steel ones being removed.
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