Project: Glenside Campus, UWE, Bristol

Main Contractor: Kier

Architect: AHR Architects

Project Completion: Summer 2018

Product: NORclad Siberian Larch with Euroclass B-s1-d0 Fire Treatment

NORclad supplied external timber cladding as part of a £5 million transformation to the former grade II-listed laundry building, which was transformed into modern clinical skills and practical learning spaces.

As part of the Glenside Hub fit-out, AHR Architect remodelled the area into a café, dining and social learning destination.

Working closely with the Architects initially, a specification was created utilising a Certified NORclad® Siberian Larch, the specification then call for both preservative and fire treatments to be applied to the timber. The preservative treatment to offer a formal warranty on the product for 30 years against rot and fungal decay (out of ground contact), along with fire treatment to Euroclass B-s1-d0 (s1 Smoke Production – d0 Flaming Droplets),

Products specified, Treatment Services applied under ISO 9001 factory controlled conditions and installed.