EDM Spanwall

Novelis aluminium for a unique project: “Titanic Belfast”

edmadmin — Fri, 18 May 2012 11:08:00 +0000

Titanic Belfast® first opened its doors to the world on 31st of March. The iconic project is located in the heart of Belfast, on the slipways where RMS Titanic was built.

The 14,000 sq.m.(150,700 sq.ft.) venue accommodates nine galleries of interactive exhibition space, including a dark ride, underwater exploration theatre, recreations of the ship’s decks and cabins and a luxurious conference and banqueting suite with capacity for up to 1000 people.

Titanic Belfast® is perfect to immerse oneself in the amazing story of Belfast in the 1900s. Taking a spin in the Shipyard Ride, experiencing life on board, learning about Titanic’s maiden voyage, her tragic sinking, the many stories of human endeavour, and many more attractions.

The unique architectural design is influenced by several maritime themes, including ice crystals, ships’ hulls and the insignia of the White Star Line. The building’s four corners represent the hulls of a ship, with a façade featuring decorative aluminum sheet and diamond-shaped windows.The façade’s eye-catching crystalline appearance is created from three thousand different-shaped panels, each crafted by folding silver anodized Novelis aluminum sheet into complicated asymmetrical shapes. The facades lean out at angles of up to 25 degrees, with complicated geometries that rely heavily on advanced computer aided analysis.

The purchaser, Harcourt Construction Northern Ireland Limited, commissioned EDM Spanwall, one of the UK & Irelands´s most experienced and respected architectural façade solution providers, for the design and manufacture of the panels. The German façade constructor, Metallbau Früh, was appointed for the installation of the attractive aluminium façade.

Take a look at Titanic Belfast®:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eL4Olk97OU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=qaOgNzXzZzU

Novelis Aluminium: Outstanding performances for architecture

Novelis J57S pre-anodising aluminum quality – ideally prepared for batch-anodising- is UV, corrosion and weather resistant and is designed for the highest architectural requirements. It is developed for a variety of interior and exterior applications in architecture.

All Novelis aluminium façade products are fire rated as non-flammable according to DIN EN 13501-A1.

Titanic Facts by Katie Bell age 10

edmadmin — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:51:49 +0000

Katie Bell is the daughter of Spanwall’s Chairman and one of it’s Founders Eric Bell. Katie drew a wonderful picture & 7 facts on the Titanic. Katie was very creative when drawing the Titanic sign, by adding the rivets and panels to create the unique shipyard look.

Well done Katie.

Business First Online

edmadmin — Thu, 17 May 2012 09:26:17 +0000

Spanwall lands two showroom Audi deal

edmadmin — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:01:05 +0000

Published on Tuesday 1 May 2012 08:38 – Newsletter

BELFAST-Based architectural façade specialist Spanwall has confirmed it has been awarded the contracts for two new Audi showroom façades with orders worth £250K.

It’s the latest business win for the company which has been making headlines having completed the manufacturing of the stunning exterior cladding and interior custom-rusted panels for Belfast’s £97m Titanic Belfast building.

The latest Audi contracts also follow the radical exterior the firm produced for the upmarket car maker when Isaac Agnew opened a new showroom in 2008 at Sydenham Road within Titanic Quarter, just a stone’s throw from the new landmark building.

The showroom project required the production of 1,600 square metres of perforated aluminium cladding panels and is similar to the schemes announced at Swindon and Maidstone.

“It is vital to our growth to secure work outside our local market,” said Spanwall managing director Keith Toner.

“These two Audi showrooms in England now add to the Terremark Data Centre we did near Schiphol in Amsterdam and several projects in London including, Paddington Station, Borough Viaduct, Canada Water and New Fetter Lane.

“We have also won several projects in the Republic of Ireland including Citygate in Cork and Blanchardstown shopping centre.

Founded in the mid-80s as a manufacturer of corrugated iron, Spanwall has expanded steadily through attention to quality and mastery of new techniques.

Its audacious securing of the contract to build the 2,600 panels that adorn Titanic Belfast came as the business struggled to recover from the collapse of the construction sector after the credit crunch.

Having originally bid for the project and failed, Spanwall contacted the German firm that won the contract, Metallbau Fruh, and proposed that a partnership would benefit them both.

“The job was going to Germany and with negotiations and samples between the Germans and ourselves they decided they would have it manufactured here with us,” said Mr Toner.

Titanic Belfast

edmadmin — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:34:09 +0000

Introducing the NAP of Amsterdam

edmadmin — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:25:47 +0000

http://youtu.be/gfv-bUy6tds

Titanic Flower Festival

edmadmin — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:20:22 +0000

EDM Spawall Facades Managing Director’s sister put herself forward for the Titanic Flower Festival, and wanted to do something special so when she came to Keith with an idea he was more than happy to help. Spanwall fabricated a Titanic replica out of stainless steel which was punched with holes then formed to the shape of the ship, therefore the oasis could be placed in the center and the sculpting could take form. The end result was beautiful and also came 1st place in the festival.

http://youtu.be/UtSBSKwBz8k

Brisbane Irish Festival, Australia

edmadmin — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:31:37 +0000

Project Scotland the Scottish Construction news magazine

edmadmin — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:17:06 +0000

EDM Agricultural Profile Sheeting

edmadmin — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:27:24 +0000