Dixons - Avonmouth distribution centre
A 25 year guarantee is standard these days. A superior building envelope meant it was offered with complete confidence on this project.
Client: DSGi Group
The new Avonmouth distribution centre was designed by Burks Green Architects and Engineers for a large high street retailer in the DSGi group. It incorporates a complex 26,000 m2 Kingspan composite panel roof with a membrane clad flat roof section, and 9,000m2 composite panel clad walls using Trimoterm panels.
The common fixing solution throughout all parts of the building envelope is austenitic stainless steel fasteners from SFS intec. Having virtually all the fastening detail taken care of from one source greatly simplified the specification and installation of the project.
The roof to the warehouse section of the building is constructed from Kingspan KS 1000RW PIR composite panels, in Albatross white, at 80mm thickness, through-fixed to purlins with SFS intec SXTP self drilling fasteners. The roof design also incorporates GRP rooflights, roof access hatches and mansafe personnel roof safety systems.
Other detail incorporated include the Kingspan built-up parapet with membrane- lined guttering and a siphonic drainage rainwater system.
Over the office accommodation, a built-up roof system has been incorporated to increase the insulation values to meet Part L2 energy efficiency / emission standards. This used 140mm mineral wool slabs over metal decking and the weatherproof envelope is provided by a single ply membrane. Here SFS intec austenitic steel TK telescopic fasteners have been used to provide mechanical fastening of the membrane through the insulation seams to the deck.
The wall cladding systems, incorporate fire resistant mineral wool insulation composite panels and are fixed with profiles in horizontal and vertical orientations. This breaks up the elevations of the building, with additional variation in panels of different colours - Sirius blue, Orion grey and white. Austenitic stainless steel fasteners from SFS intec were used to fasten the cladding panels to the wall framing bars.