FAÇADE TECHNOLOGY WINTECH FC 01 PROFILE FAÇADE TECHNOLOGY WINTECH BC 28 PROFILE Wintech Limited Wintech House 280 Woodend Road Wednesfield West Midlands WV11 1YD T: +44(0)1902 307430 F: +44(0)1902 305619 www.wintech-group.co.uk [email protected] Façade Engineering Consultancy
Wintech - Facade Engineering Consultancy and Design
Nov 18, 2014
Wintech have a large project-related façade design resource and produce effectively working façade designs for many important worldwide projects, fully detailed down to the nuts and bolts.
With many years of industry based experience all within one company, Wintech facilitates the façade design detailing, system design, thermal modelling and structural design of major projects, utilising a unique range of façade engineering skills from a single location.
With many years of industry based experience all within one company, Wintech facilitates the façade design detailing, system design, thermal modelling and structural design of major projects, utilising a unique range of façade engineering skills from a single location.
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FAÇADE TECHNOLOGY
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Wintech LimitedWintech House 280 Woodend Road Wednesfield
West Midlands WV11 1YD
T: +44(0)1902 307430 F: +44(0)1902 305619www.wintech-group.co.uk [email protected]
Façade Engineering Consultancy
“The built façade is the main expression of an architect’s creativity”
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FC Civil Justice Centre, Manchester
02 Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpa
03 Burj Al Arab, Dubai
123 Old Broad Street, London
04 Gresham Street, London
06 Cardinal Place, London
08 Fenchurch Street, London
10 Civil Justice Centre, Manchester
12 Empress State Tower, London
14 Bullring, Birmingham
15 Mall of the Emirates, Dubai
16 Hardman Boulevard, Manchester
18 New Street Square, London
20 Beethams Hilton Hotel, Manchester
22 Paddington Central Station
26 Rotunda, Birmingham
26 The Edge, Manchester
27 Grosvenor Waterside, London
BC Dock 9, Salford Quays, Manchester
PROJECTS FEATURED
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“The façade of a building is the primary environmental modifier”
With the ever increasing complication and performance demands on buildings there is a need to accurately communicate the
client and designers’ intentions to those who have a responsibilityfor executing the facades of modern buildings.
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Project: Gresham Street, London Architect: Sidell Gibson Partnership Client: Land Securities
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“The environmental performance of a building is a matter of balance between the building services and the performance of the building envelope.
A holistic approach to design is essential”
Wintech recognise the need for the design of appropriateperformance specifications that guard the original design
intent and ensure the technical underpinning of any contract.
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Project: Cardinal Place, London Architect: EPR Architects Client: Land Securities
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“The façade of a building is one of the most expensive elements of building construction and can represent up to 35% of a construction budget”
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Our Engineers are proactive members of the design team and are able to help deliver best value to projects by being fully involved
in the early iterative strategic stages of the development of major projects. This is not an ideal environment in which to achieve high quality.
Project: Fenchurch Street, London Architect: John McAslan & Partners Client: Frogmore Properties
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“Most construction sites are window and cladding assembly factories”
Our specifications are explicit and bespoke in the context of the use of a building, its’ internal and external environmental conditions, budget and form
of construction and provide an assurance based research, experience, professionalism and knowledge from a hands-on involvement from within
the facade industry.
Project: Civil Justice Centre, Manchester Architect: Denton Corker Marshall Client: Second London Wall
Wintech are sympathetic to the needs of the Client whilst fully appreciating the architectural aspirations of a project;
are keen to have a pragmatic hands-on approach, beingfully involved with the problem solving and design process.
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“The façade is that element of building that deserves the most monitoring but often receives the least”
Project: Empress State Tower, London Architect: WilkinsonEyre Architects Client: Land Securities
The facade of a modern building is one of the most expensive and important elements of building construction and can represent up to 35% of construction costs. Facades represent the manifestation of the architect’s expectation of the external appearance of a building, are the primary environmental modifier and
are the element that has the greatest level of historic failure.
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“The finest designed façade can be rendered useless by inappropriate installation”
Project: Mall of the Emirates, Dubai Architect: F&A Architects and Halfords Client: Mace
Project: The Bullring, Birmingham Architect: Benoy Client: Land Securities/Hammerson JV
Until recently, the technical design and execution of building facades has largely been a process established from the application of emperical
techniques. With the implementation of new and more onerous regulations, the design of facades must be part of the holistic strategy. In particular science needs to be carefully considered to deal with, aspects such as, facade performance and energy conservation. There now needs to be consideration of issues such as predictive thermal modelling, fluid modelling techniques. testing, lighting and acoustic engineering, added to
existing issues of durability, sustainability and structural engineering to drive best value for clients. This blurring of the boundaries is recognised
in the fact that energy conservation and statutory compliances are now, a matter of balance
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“A constant danger is is that the lowest cost façade bid is made by the sub-contractorthat has made the biggest mistake”
Project: Hardman Boulevard, Manchester Architect: RHWL Client: Sir Robert McAlpine
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Wintech’s Facade Engineers are uniquely experienced and qualified within the industry; the majority being Masters Degree qualified specialists in Facade
Engineering underpinning their years of practical experience.
These skills recognise the need for a holistic approach from an engineering and performance perspective, the need for independent expertise to drive best value and the need to eradicate premature failure or deterioration of
the most expensive element of the building construction. This demonstrates the clear need for specialised facade engineering expertise on major
construction projects.
“There is no substitute for practical and design based experience supported byproper academic qualifications to underpin façade execution”
Project: New Street Square, London Architect: Bennett Associates Client: Deloitte Touche
Wintech is unique in that, across the Group, it provides consultancy, project-specific systems design services together with facade testing and
building testing services. This broad level of pragmatic experience and technical expertise adds relevance and value to façade consultancy services
aimed at reducing cost and improving quality of the as built façade.
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“Any project is incomplete without appropriate façade engineering advice tosupport the specification, design and installation of a building envelope”
Project: Beethams Hilton Hotel, Manchester Architect: Ian Simpson Client: Canillion
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“The lowest cost façade is most frequently not the most economic”
As the nature of building facades takes on ever greater importance,so proportionally does the level of technology involved. the pressure for
change is probably greater than for any other element of a building.Change not only for higher performance but also in aesthetic and
in legislation demands. These are difficult to keep up with - even for an expert. A potential minefield for the unwary.
Project: Paddington Central, London Architect: Sheppard Robson Client: Development Securities
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“Wintech Façade Engineers are qualified in the discipline and accredited by the Society of Façade Engineers”
Project: Rotunda, Birmingham Architect: Glen Howells Client: Urban Splash
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“Recognising the difference between cost and value is a primary skill”
Wintech have experience on a world wide basis having completed major projects in Africa, Asia, the Middle East
and Europe. This requires a thorough understanding of the constraints and opportunities afforded in each locale.
Project: Grosvenor Waterside, London Architect: Make Client: St James
Project: The Edge, Manchester Architect: Broadway Malyan Client: Canillion
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