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ON THE COVER Rising to the challenge Woodhead Group raises the roof at historic Wentworth Woodhouse Glazing ambition Riot of colour returns Keighley Cliffe Castle Woodfired Bricks Build Lasting Beauty

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the repair, restoration and replacement of the building’s Having been in 1,500 square metre roof as part private ownership of its 25-year masterplan. As NFB Heritage Chair, I was for many years, lucky enough to experience Wentworth has a rooftop tour of the site and project which was conducted some fascinating by site manager Andy Stamford. quirks and it was Woodhead’s work to the roof is great to see the being facilitated by a huge £1.1 million scaffold system, covering levels of the exterior of the façade of the craftsmanship and building. A canopy covering the roof is protecting the building, the unwavering enabling the works to be carried attention to detail out while the building is still in use. Having been in private being paid during ownership for many years, the restoration and Wentworth has some fascinating repair project.” quirks and it was great to see the levels of craftsmanship and the unwavering attention to detail being paid during the using the newly launched restoration and repair project. Building Arts Programme as an I’m sure you’ll find the piece an example. Matthew Stevens will interesting read. look at heritage fires and how As well as rooftop tours, I fire engineering can help protect joined colleagues of Pearce historic properties – taking the Construction, also members of holistic view of conservation the NFB Heritage Group, at an alongside the need for modern Understanding Building Repair fire safety solutions. and Maintenance of Traditional More speakers will be (Pre 1919) Buildings course announced in the coming weeks in Newton Abbot. Run by the so keep up to date via the NFB NHTG and funded through the website: www.builders.org.uk B&CE charitable trust, it was an You will also find more insightful and worthwhile two information and details on day course and great to see tickets there too. heritage group members being As always, we want to hear able to take advantage of this your feedback and views on fully funded training opportunity. the magazine and don’t forget s Clare Watson, chair of the Work on our 2020 NFB to share your news and articles NFB Heritage Group elcome to issue five of Heritage Group Conference is with us. Heritage & Traditional also well underway and I am To get in touch, please WBuilding Magazine. I am delighted to announce our first email Hannah Carmichael on sure that you will enjoy our latest confirmed speakers as: [email protected] edition, which is filled with plenty • Simon Sadinsky, deputy of fantastic articles, stories and executive director, for the information pieces. Prince’s Foundation Our cover story features • Matthew Stevens, heritage the impressive restoration advisor for International Fire project that is being undertaken Consultants Group at Wentworth Woodhouse. On 26 March 2020 at the NFB Heritage Group member Tower of London, Simon will Woodhead Group have been present on craft skills and the appointed to carry out the value of interdisciplinary learning

Issue 5 3 Contents

For news, events and the benefits of joining the NFB visitwww.builders.org.uk In this issue...

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3 Welcome 20 NFB Licensing – NFB 32 Industry News – Renewal questions need for proposed work is a breath of fresh Aire 7 Q & A with Paul Knox licensing scheme for historic Leeds bridge 10 Cover Story – Raising the roof 24 Case Study: Keeping up 36 Stained Glass – “Riot of appearances – Replacement Colour” returns to Cliffe 14 Hampton Court Palace – bronze windows keep the Castle’s Butterfield Window Conservation of barrack block heat in proper historic style 43 Industry News – National brickwork 26 Member Benefits – Trust and Alzheimer’s Networking: your business Society join forces to nurture depends on it demential friendly heritage

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44 Industry News – New lease 58 Industry News – Leeds of life for Maesteg Town Hall town hall reaches for the cultural sky 48 Case Study – The Belham Primary School 65 Find a member 54 Industry News – Refurb for 66 Dates for your diary art gallery’s Grade II* listed clothing museum 50

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A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE EST 1959 Member Q&A

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It is the teamwork A quick word and collaboration I most enjoy, closely with... followed by that immense feeling of pride.”

What do you like to do to What sports do you follow unwind? and what teams do you Walking or cycling on our support? local Tarka Trail and stopping I follow rugby, football off for a relaxing drink along the and Formula 1. Exeter Chiefs, coastal stretch. Liverpool FC and I am a Lewis Hamilton fan.

If you could have lunch with a celebrity or historical figure of your choice, who would it be and why? Dr Richard Beeching, in order that the rail network and all the branch lines survived. s Cycling Who do you feel has been the What’s your favourite holiday most inspiring person in your location and why? life? I probably haven’t been there My Dad in the early days yet! The search goes on but I of my career, my Wife in the do enjoy city breaks [Paris is middle years and these days my nice] as well as coastal locations children aged 19 and 16. Our era [amazing sandy beaches in the is being taught the error of its Caribbean]. past ways by the youth of today. We should all listen. Paul Knox, managing director of Pearce Construction If time travel was possible, what era would you most like to visit and why? Do you hat do you like best If you weren’t working in promise not to tinker with the about working in construction, what would be timeline? The age of steam trains at construction? your dream job? s W It is the teamwork and Driving or being involved in Eiffel Tower, Paris its pomp when the rail network collaboration I most enjoy, an F1 team. You would get to had the largest coverage. The closely followed by that travel the world whilst being What’s the last movie you change to the timeline would be immense feeling of pride when involved in one of the most saw? Which character best the retention of all the branch you hand over a completed exacting examples of teamwork sums up your life? lines and electrification of the project. and collaboration. The last film I saw [at the stock for sustainability reasons. cinema] was the latest version of the Lion King. Simba!

s Steam Train s Lion King

What’s your favourite TV viewing? s F1 Ferrari racing car Killing Eve, Luther [and the like].

Issue 5 7 YORK MINSTER ILLUMINATED BY CONCORD

oncord, architectural products are famed for the lighting by Sylvania, was flexibility offered to designers, Casked by Sutton Vane as well as high quality light Associates to work on their output. The Beacon XXL, which stunning new lighting scheme is more powerful, is better for York Minster cathedral. The suited to spaces with higher new lighting system relies on ceilings so was the perfect a number of Beacon spotlights choice for York Minster. Beacon from Concord, which deliver XL Muse features cutting-edge all important energy savings to LED technology and ancient the Minster as well as showing lens principles to create a off the buildings magnificent fully adjustable spotlight. With architectural features. an increased output over the original Beacon Muse, the York Minster is one of the most luminaire provides a flexible, magnificent medieval Gothic high quality solution. The beam cathedrals in northern Europe. angle can be adjusted from More than half of England’s 10° to 70° as well providing medieval stained glass is held a dimmable range between in its 128 windows. The present- 5-100%. day building is around 800 years old and is at least the The Beacon XXL spotlight second Minster to stand in this boasts an efficacy of up to location, but the history of the 120lm/W and provides over site dates back more than 2,000 5700 fixture lumens with a total years. The Minster is not only system power of only 48W. It an architecturally spectacular is an ideal replacement for a building but is a place to traditional 70W CMI spotlight, discover the history of York providing a high power, energy over the centuries, including its efficient light source. With a high artefacts and treasures. colour rendering index of up to 93Ra and an extended lifetime Lighting historic buildings poses of up to 50,000 hours at 70% many challenges and being of the original output. There able to control the varying are also a range of accessories lighting requirements can available including barn doors, be somewhat complex. The elongation lens, honeycomb previous lighting scheme in the selected Concord to enhance Sutton Vane Associates. “It is & snoot. The snoots proved Minster was dim, inflexible and the visitor experience and now possible to stand at the to be hugely beneficial for used a combination of tungsten improve the energy efficiency of West end and not see a single this project as they stopped halogen and very harsh metal the system. The new Concord light fitting and yet the Minster is any glare and light spill onto halide. Producing unwanted Beacon spotlights are smaller beautifully and brightly lit.” the adjacent architecture, glare, the light fittings required than the previous fixtures and ensuring a precise finish. regular maintenance with a are less intrusive to the space. The first part of the project to high electrical consumption be completed was The Nave, Highlighting the success of the and short lifespans. The Minster the Nave Aisles and the Kings York Minster project, Sutton was in need of a new lighting It was essential Screen - also known as the Vane Associates received scheme that saved on energy, to hide the fittings Quire Screen. The Kings Screen the Heritage Project of the required less maintenance, was is one of the most famous Year accolade at the Lighting fully dimmable and flexible to as much as features in this iconic building. Design Awards 2017. The accommodate the huge range possible to show The screen had previously been prestigious awards recognise of services and events that take off the magnificent lit with a cold bluish white light true excellence in the lighting place. York Minster is open for which could not be dimmed, industry, and the York Minster sightseeing every day as well architecture with reducing the colours. Now it is lit project demonstrated this as regular services, events minimum amount of with a warm white light to ensure with Sutton Vane Associates’ and concerts that take place visible technology the red and gold tones are innovative design with in the various spaces available shown in a true form, bringing concealed fittings. within the Minster. The lighting and clutter." the screen alive. Different beam must therefore be extended to angles were also chosen to For more information about suit the various functions and “It was essential to hide the give excellent modelling of the Concord and its products please activities taking place. fittings as much as possible human faces. visit www.sylvania-lighting.co.uk to show off the magnificent Lighting Designers Sutton Vane architecture with minimum The two products used for For more information about Associates was tasked with amount of visible technology this project were the Concord Sutton Vane Associates creating a new lighting solution and clutter,” explains Julie Beacon XL Muse and the design service please for the whole building, and O’Reilly, Creative Director at Beacon XXL. Both Concord visit www.sva.co.uk 8

Cover Story

Raising the roof

When it was tasked with carrying out vital repairs and restoration work to the roof of Wentworth Woodhouse, essential preparations included the equivalent of a major construction project – but the Woodhead Group’s team took it in their s Team photo as the scaffolding goes up. Main picture Wentworth stride. By Mark Cantrell Woodhouse before renovation.

HE task of maintaining Wentworth Woodhouse is the Trust’s chair, said: “The roof protected from the elements and preserving the something of an undiscovered repairs that form the bulk of this before work could begin to TGrade I-listed Wentworth gem in South Yorkshire’s – and phase of works are critical, as repair and restore the roofs – no Woodhouse near Rotherham in indeed, England’s – trove of water ingress has caused so mean feat. The solution required South Yorkshire is clearly not heritage buildings; it’s only much damage in recent years. a lot of hard work, ingenuity for the faint-hearted, given the recently that it came into the This vital work will make a very and teamwork to overcome the scale of the stately home, but it public domain, having been in real difference in halting the logistical challenges involved – is something of a labour of love private ownership for most of its decline of the mansion.” for those involved. 300-year history. Vital indeed. Andy offered a That includes the father- For centuries, until 1989, it graphic illustration: “Before we daughter team who are currently was owned by the Rockingham started on site, they had around on site managing Woodhead and Fitzwilliam families. It 180 buckets in different locations Group’s efforts on behalf of changed hands a couple more around the building just catching client Wentworth Woodhouse times, but remained privately the water,” he says. “You can Preservation Trust (WWPT) to owned, until 2017 when it was imagine the grand staterooms, repair and restore the historic finally bought for the nation the ballrooms; it’s that sort of building’s roofs. by the Wentworth Woodhouse level of detail that we don’t want “I’ve always had a passion Preservation Trust, which paid to lose, so this [work] to repair for history, so to be part of the a cool £7 million for the stately all the roofs is a lifeline – it helps Rooftop restoration project, putting home. towards restoring the building life back into the building, is The organisation has fully back to its former glory.” second to none, really,” says since embarked on a 25-year For a sense of the Tours site manager, Andy Stamford, masterplan to restore and scale involved, Wentworth our chance to experience who has around 13 years of preserve Wentworth Woodhouse Woodhouse boasts 365 rooms. Wentworth Woodhouse experience working on heritage and its grounds for future It was built and expanded during fromY an entirely new projects. generations to appreciate. Back the 18th century in multiple perspective on a guided His daughter, quantity in December 2018, it appointed styles, culminating in a building rooftop tour. surveyor Amy Stamford, shares Woodhead Group to deliver the that is 185 metres long at its On certain days, you will be the sentiment. “When you come £4 million phase two programme eastern front. This makes it one able to watch stone masons, into the building and first look to repair and restore the historic of the longest country house roofers and other skilled around, it still looks grand, but mansion’s roofs. facades in Europe. At 1,500 heritage workers carrying out the longer you stand there you The current works are square metres combined, the restoration work. can see how much attention funded by a grant from DCMS, building’s roofs currently being To book your £12 guided it needs,” she says. “You can administered by Historic repaired cover the equivalent rooftop tour under the see the fight the Trust has on England, with help towards of six tennis courts, so there’s temporary roof, and enjoy its hands; even if we are just operational costs from the a lot of ‘ground’ for Woodhead views of the estate and a small part of that, it is still National Trust and National Group’s team to cover – quite surrounding countryside, visit: amazing to be helping to save Lottery Heritage Fund. literally in this case. Wentworthwoodhouse.org.uk the building.” Dame Julie Kenny CBE DL, The stately home had to be 10 Cover Story

his visit to the stately home, he alongside her responsibilities said: “Some people thought this as QS – persuaded her bosses s Wentworth Woodhouse house could never be saved and to provide arts material for a Preservation Trust on the roof. take place 18 metres above the had no future, but now it is being project run by Rotherham United ground, were opened in August repaired and restored. I can Community Sports Trust on it also required a mobile tower 2019 by star guest and army relate to that. It is a real privilege behalf of the National Citizen’s crane and a whole lot of steel veteran Ben Parkinson MBE. to open tours that people of all Service. This involved a group (see box). The former Lance abilities can enjoy.” of local teenagers spending a Months in the making, some Bombardier is the most severely The same month, Amy – week at the mansion creating £1.1 million worth of scaffolding injured UK serviceman to survive who has taken a keen interest artworks to adorn the public went into the creation of a the Afghanistan conflict. On in the engagement works walkways. ‘shell’ – including a temporary “We asked the young people roof – to encapsulate the stately to think creatively, using the home. A bold endeavour, for house and a host of facts about sure; amounting to a major Shell structure the scaffolding and rooftop tours construction and engineering as an inspiration, and we were project in its own right. astonished at how brilliant their Andy likens the structure to a paintings were,” said WWPT’s giant tent – or umbrella – so of Keeley Stephenson. course it needs firm anchoring Earlier, in July 2019, Amy to ensure it won’t try to ‘lift took part in an event hosted off’ in the wind, but this is no at Wentworth Woodhouse to easy matter given Wentworth inspire schoolgirls to consider Woodhouse’s listed status – the careers in construction and scaffold structure could not engineering. Alongside her, be bolted to the building itself. speakers included the WWPT’s Another solution was required. founder and chair Dame Julie “We came up with friction ties • The stately home is encased in 700 tonnes of scaffolding and Kenny, its chief executive, Sarah and buttress scaffolding to keep around 6,000 scaffolding planks McLeod, and many other women it from moving, and then we’ve • Laid end to end vertically, the 50,000 linear metres of construction and engineering got anchor ties in the ground, scaffolding would be 5.5 times taller than Mount Everest professionals involved in the so there were a few different • At 1,500m2, the roof space being repaired by Woodhead preservation and restoration of challenges for the scaffolders Group covers an area equivalent to about six tennis courts the building. to achieve the loadings needed • The scaffolding reaches a height of 30 metres. That’s as high Sarah admitted that as to stop it blowing away,” Andy as six double decker buses. The public walkway, offering live a schoolgirl she had never adds. viewings of the works underway, reaches heights of 18 metres dreamed she would be at the The temporary roof itself also • There are four main sections of the public walkways, each helm of a stately home. “Women needed to be able to cope with spanning 22 metres. These were assembled on the ground who have made their mark in potential snowfalls, both the and craned into place male-dominated careers need to weight of snow accumulating • The crane used was a Spierings SK1262-AT6, a self-erecting give a helping hand to the next on the roof and the means mobile tower crane that is 67 metres tall and has a reach of 60 generation of career women,” to manage its safe removal. metres she told her audience that day. Woodhead Group called in • Six core structural steel beams support the temporary roof, Amy can no doubt relate specialist contractors Lyndon each beam weighing 9.3 tonnes to that; she never originally SGB and RDG Engineering to • There are 135 steps on the way up to the public viewing envisaged following in her help design and deliver this walkways. The scaffolding also has two specialist accessible father’s footsteps, despite an complex scaffolding element. lifts interest in construction, but The shell offers more than • At the peak of the works there will be up to 30 tradespeople when an apprentice QS role protection for the stately home working on site every day came up, and with Andy’s and a working platform for • 19 urns had to be removed for the conservation works. Each encouragement, she leapt at the Woodhead Group’s team; it also urn weighs around 600kg. Apparently, this is roughly the chance. “I did that six years ago,” incorporates viewing platforms weight of an adult polar bear she says, “and I haven’t looked for guided tours, so members • Approximately 65 tonnes of new Westmorland green slates back since.” of the public can watch the will be used to restore the roofs. These were sourced in Now she’s playing a leading work being carried out. They Cumbria, from the same area as the original material. Slates role restoring one of England’s also provide a handy stage for that are in good condition are being salvaged for re-use on grandest country mansions; like community engagement. other areas of the roof, or stockpiled for future repairs. father, like daughter. The rooftop tours, which

Issue 5 11 Ruling in Favour of GRP Rainwater Goods for 600-Year-Old Church

he theft of lead roofing materials from churches, community halls and Tthe like has become an increasing problem within the ecclesiastical fraternity, amounting to money being wasted in continual replacement of goods. One church which experienced such theft after having installed replacement lead, under the guidance of the Diocesan Advisory Commission (DAC), was Knowle Parish Church situated in the village of Knowle, Solihull. It was identified that the North Aisle rainwater system (gutters and downpipes) at Knowle Church was in need of replacement. Aware of the vulnerability of lead to theft, a cast iron system was proposed by the PCC but was rejected outright by the DAC because on historical grounds they still required Lead as the replacement material. So it was that the DAC requested a Lead rainwater system be installed in 2009 where only 2 years later it was subsequently capability of adding decorative motives, The PCC turned to Planning and removed by thieves late in 2011. dates and designs which can be fabricated Archaeology specialists, plus over 130 letters “At that point in time, members of the to match original and existing ones. Along of support from a good part of the church Church Parochial Church Council (PCC) with a choice of colours, including a lead congregation in support of their Appeal. recognised that it was a total waste of effect finish, these properties allow the The success of this appeal was ultimately time and money continuing to replace rainwater system to be in keeping with the based on the ruling that the GRP rainwater the Rainwater Goods with lead and so a architectural heritage of the building. goods have not affected the external more permanent solution had to be found” The GRP rainwater system was erected in appearance to a material degree and commented Professor Derek Sheldon, November 2012 under a temporary licence therefore do not amount to “development” in Chairman of the PCC Fabric Committee” because serious rain damage was occurring terms of planning acts. After an investigation by the to special parts of the church building. The appeal was successfully upheld Knowle PCC Fabric team into suitably Knowle PCC had to then try gain a in April 2017 and after almost 6 months aesthetically pleasing, functional, non- permanent licence for the cost saving GRP of consideration following continued lead products, a GRP rainwater system rainwater system. As a requirement of the objections from the DAC and most historical was found and proposed to the DAC. temporary licence they were required to bodies the Chancellor granted a faculty Manufactured by Yeoman Rainguard in get both a West Midlands (WM) police theft in October 2017 to retain the GRP goods Leeds, GRP is a light weight yet durable audit review and planning approval for the for at least a further 5 years to “ensure material and has been approved for GRP of which the latter was refused. The the durability of the GRP installation. replacement rainwater systems on listed planning refusal led to an enforcement notice “This limitation should not prove to be a buildings in the past. being served in August 2016 against which problem as we have been advised by Yeoman The manufacturing process of the Knowle PCC successfully appealed to the Rainguard that this durable GRP material will GRP gutters and down pipes allows the Government Planning Inspector. last for over 30 years or more, allowing not only piece of mind that theft of the rainwater systems will be a thing of the past but also ensuring church funds will be protected and used primarily for the mission of the church.” Given that it is the first of its kind in the UK it should be a very useful precedent for other churches finding themselves in such an impossible situation” says Professor Sheldon.

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Feature Hampton Court Palace – Conservation of barrack block brickwork

ituated to the west of the main palace adjacent to Sthe principal entrance, and originally comprising two separate blocks, these buildings were built by William III in 1689 for his royal bodyguard and are the oldest purpose built barracks in the UK. The western block housed the Cavalry with the ground floor used for stabling whilst the eastern block housed the Foot Guards. The two were joined together in 1700 by a Sutlery (Quartermasters stores and shop). They remained in use by mounted regiments until 1914. During routine maintenance work in November 2016 it had become apparent that extensive areas of brickwork were bulging outwards suggesting that the outer skin had become detached from the core. Initial opening up by Historic Royal Palaces (HRP) who are responsible for the building confirmed this analysis. Commissioned by HRP and s All photos courtesy of © working closely with Simpson GHK, bottom right: Gauged inappropriate earlier repairs. types had been used in the Brickwork Conservation, Brick Arch Reconstruction. Analysis was undertaken by original construction; essentially Hockley & Dawson structural Oxford Archaeology to date the two types of a dark red stock engineers and DG Consulting various brick types identified in brick used for the ground and quantity surveyors, GHK to provide base images and order to understand which were first floor respectively with a Architects were appointed to detail drawings showing original and which dated from finer textured light red brick investigate further and develop every brick and detail of the subsequent alteration and repair. used for quoins and window a repair strategy for dealing with facade. These were then used This analysis also extended to reveals, the same brick being the issue. to record the condition and the mortar used for bedding and rubbed for use in window A detailed photogrammetric type of every brick including pointing. arches and string courses. A survey was commissioned areas of bulging brickwork, The survey and analysis by HRP at the outset in order displacement, cracking and revealed that three main brick continued on page 16

14 A small company with a long pedigree he Bulmer Brick Company was formed when my father tookT on the business in 1936. A brickmaking site that had its roots in the fifteenth century and had over the years developed into a typical East Anglian brickmaking yard. By 1936 it had become what today we would regard as a traditional brickyard, but in fact was one of many such brickfields around our area. The war changed its operations and it began undertaking land drain pipe production as it’s part of the war effort. In so doing, it retained many of the old skills that would soon be lost forever as the old craftsmen passed away, and when the new mood for restoration and later conservation grew, the business was well placed to exercise these skills backed up with it’s years of knowledge. s Brick and Tile Shoot Our ‘mould library’ grows daily Today we are able to provide as we embrace the challenges advice and techniques of making moulding specials and facings, countrywide, and reflect the that allow us to match almost any cutting special shapes from the host of styles borne of our design from the fifteenth century ‘green’ brick, and cutting and rich heritage and architectural up to the present day. With rubbing from the range of fully history. Some reflect the mere research and development now washed and specially prepared changes of size and style of a very much to the fore, we are able blocks that grace the new work given period, others a moment to source and blend our clays and on buildings such as St Pancras caught in time expressing the prepare them in a myriad of ways; Station. individual carving or moulded terracotta feature. There is a deep satisfaction in making and supplying a terracotta plaque to restore an original building made in its original mould of some 150 years ago. s Brickmaker Now with the fourth generation developing and extending the skill base, we look to provide our to satisfy and match your specific products to an ever-increasing problem and produced with range of buildings across the a care and craftsmanship that Country whilst embracing not stands alongside that of the just those traditional skills, but original. the methods that arises from Tel:017872 69232 ‘modern’ building and design. Fax: 01787 269040 No longer is it just a Bulmer [email protected] Brick, it is a brick made at Bulmer

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further three brick types were identified as having been used in subsequent alteration and repair. Inspection of mortar courses revealed traces of a red pigment which strongly suggested that the façade may originally have been ruddled, that is entirely colour washed with a red ochre finish following which the joints may have been picked out with regular narrow lines of a lighter distemper in a process known as pencilling. The original appearance would thus have been very different to the accepted current norm for buildings of this period. It was established at an early stage that not only was the brick facing irregularly tied back to the core of the wall, but the core itself was extremely friable and was formed of underfired brick, rubble and lumps of lime mortar infilled as the outer facings were s Barrack Block Project Team. Given the nature of the core century alterations (principally brought up. As such it did not Photo courtesy of © GHK and the extent of separation, the creation of the ticket office possess sufficient integrity to it was necessary to take down in 1991) these were replaced allow the insertion of additional the friable core it was necessary and rebuild large sections of with bricks to match the proprietary metal ties grouted to use extra-long header bricks the facing. At the eastern end original. The whole elevation into the core. In any event where which could be ‘built’ well into of the west block the condition was then repointed to replace there was significant bulging or the core at regular 450mm of the core itself was in such inappropriate earlier re-pointing displacement the wall needed spacings. These were fabricated poor condition that part of the and to achieve a consistent to be carefully taken down and on site to the required lengths wall had to be entirely rebuilt. finish throughout. rebuilt. In order to successfully by dowelling and resin bonding Drawings were marked up at the New bricks were handmade tie back the facing bricks into two headers together. outset to fully detail the intended by The Bulmer Brick and Tile works showing areas for Company to match the three rebuilding and indenting of new main brick types identified bricks. Where bricks were to be above. As well as matching size, taken down and re-used these special attention was paid to were coded to a key drawing achieving a similar variation in so that they could be reinstated colour within each brick type to in their original position and match the existing on site. to the original coursing line The works were undertaken which was often far from level. using a partnering form of Detail records were kept as the contract with the contractor work progressed to ensure an appointed at the outset as part accurate record was maintained of the team with all parties to show what had been done. contributing their expertise Where inappropriate bricks had towards the final works package. been used in late twentieth

s Rubble brick wall core requiring consolidaition. Photo courtesy of © GHK

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The Repair Care system uses a combination of a high speed routing machine to remove all decay without a ecting the surrounding substrates, and a resin with working characteristics similar to timber. Repairs are undertaken using resin or resin and timber as appropriate. Environmentally it is benefi cial to reinstate joinery rather than to replace, especially when non- timber based replacements are considered. The system has been used for 20 years and is specifi ed by professional conservators and organisations that have an interest in retaining the original character of buildings. It is specifi ed for listed buildings as well as estates and individual properties. Specialist contractors already trained in the use of the system are available to carry out restoration work, however when another preferred contractor is asked to use the system, Repair Care training can be arranged for them. The conservation industry now has a system available that creates minimal disruption to surrounding substrates, o ers durable repairs and has the option of conserving existing joinery. It uses technology in conjunction with traditional skills and timber. This combination creates the opportunity for in-situ repairs as shown in the photographs above. Additionally, the very useful options of dealing with the main causes of premature paint failure and future timber decay can be addressed. Experience has shown that repairs are less expensive than replacement and Repair Care work can be the best value option. Thermal improvements and appropriate decorative coatings can be specifi ed and the joinery will last for many years without signifi cant cost or disruption to the building. Considerations for the conservation of joinery should be at the forefront of building renovation, repair and maintenance. Repair Care International Tel: 01827 302 517 E-mail: [email protected] www.repair-care.co.uk TOP-SECRET PROJECT Wilford & Dean, part of Newport Britain, and so were housed in a blast- Teleprinter Hall’s historical Pagnell Construction, found Bletchley proof building. characteristics, as it was adjusted Park’s long-lost Huts 14 and 14a when for tenants which included the they stripped back what is now known Huts 14 and 14a were constructed General Post Office and then BT. as Teleprinter Hall to its original as demand for this communication Over the years, it was used as a structure. This top-secret project had lifeline rocketed and more teleprinters cinema, a training room and an to be completed within 12 months, in were brought to the site to help entertainment area. By 2018, the time for a royal visit to mark the 75th decipher intelligence to uncover building looked entirely different, anniversary of D-Day. Hitler’s plans and prevent bombing and finding out where walls raids on Britain and her allies. once stood was challenging. WARTIME INTELLIGENCE During the Second World War, MODERN INTELLIGENCE Old floor plans were not generally teleprinters were used at Bletchley Bletchley Park Trust commissioned drawn to scale and nobody had kept Park to receive and intercept Enigma Wilford & Dean to restore the a record of the exact location of messages. They would decode them building, inside and out, and create Huts 14 and 14a. Bletchley Park’s then distribute the messages to a multimedia exhibition area fit for a veterans were asked to share their command centres across the world. royal visit from HRH The Duchess of precious memories to shed light These machines and their operators Cambridge on 14 May 2019. on the shape of the building and were vital to the security of wartime Post-war repurposing diminished how it was used during the war.

BEFORE

Teleprinter Hall

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A ROBOT JOINS THE THE 1940S ROOF AND ITS emotional response in those old enough RESTORATION TEAM ASBESTOS to remember this terrible war, as well The seven-month building phase was The roof contained asbestos. Close as in those who are fortunate enough to monitored by archaeological experts. inspection showed it had become have been born after it ended. Since Teleprinter Hall was originally friable, so it was removed by specialists. built to be blast-proof, demolishing its The roof then had to be replaced. internal 9-inch-thick block walls would Builders in the 1940s did not have the have been extremely noisy and would scientific information about load-bearing OUR VISION have taken several weeks by hand. or the building regulations we have This would have – rightfully – caused today. In order to meet modern safety To rebuild, restore and neighbouring tenants to complain, and standards, Wilford & Dean added new improve the performance Wilford & Dean would have breached steel beams to Teleprinter Hall’s loft its own Health and Safety policy. space so the roof structure could safely of heritage sites and take the weight of the new sheets. reduce the impact of skills Instead, Wilford & Dean used shortages by adopting a remote-controlled robot HRH THE DUCHESS OF called Brok to demolish two CAMBRIDGE OPENS new technology. We will walls in just one morning. TELEPRINTER HALL raise health and safety Finally, the day came for the great standards to increase FINDING LONG-LOST HUTS reveal: HRH The Duchess of Cambridge Breaking up the cinema’s floor came to open Teleprinter Hall, look career longevity while revealed the footings of Hut round the exhibition and speak to enriching the standard 14. Contrary to what old floor veterans who had worked alongside her plans said, the post-war cinema own grandmother. of living for those extension overlapped with the who work with us. hut’s foundations. This find was Teleprinter Hall tells the story of why historically important and so the the D-Day landing became necessary. footings had to be incorporated Its foyer has glass walls showing strong into the landscaping design. imagery, quotes, facts and figures. Play it safe, call Visitors are led into an immersive “Although we were delighted to cinema experience in a soundproof 01908 610899 or email uncover the footings, they meant that room. Visuals are cast across a mosaic [email protected] the external landscaping design was of screens while sounds from the past unachievable and an on-site road had are broadcast through an 80-decibel to be narrowed. The team went back surround sound system. to the drawing board and adjusted the design so the footings were visible Teleprinter Hall has become a powerful through a lawn, making the lawn a reminder of what Britain went through museum piece in itself,” commented in the Second World War. This all- Simon Haddy from Wilford & Dean. encompassing experience provokes an

Issue 5 19 Opinion NFB questions need for proposed licensing scheme

HE construction industry Does the construction sector really need a NFB members have the skills, is one of the highest expertise and knowledge to Tregulated sectors there proposed licensing scheme to tackle shoddy ensure that the work they carry is, not only through contractual building work or poor business practice? The out is of an excellent quality and obligations scrutinised by its standard. clients; to name but a few, National Federation of Builders (NFB) isn’t “In every industry you will there’s planning, building, health convinced it does. always get someone that pushes and safety, environmental, and the boundaries and our industry financial regulations too. is no different,” said Richard Over the past decade, large number of poor quality competitive. Then there is the Beresford, the NFB’s chief several schemes have already builders, which requires yet unknown cost of transfers, executive. “While the majority improved contractors’ and further legislation and additional certification and warranting of builders and contractors are builders’ work practices, quality financial burden on a sector where work has been highly competent, there is a control and ethics. whose margins are already undertaken in other ways, minority that gives the industry a Through recognising the highly competitive. such as DIY by a non-licensed bad reputation. To help increase value of corporate and social However, a licensing scheme contractor. consumer confidence, the NFB responsibility projects, which would cover larger and smaller In the building sector there allows consumers to contact have only further enhanced the contractors who do not carry out are multiple trades, most of reputable builders. reputation of the construction domestic work. which already have established “We encourage consumers sector, many businesses have For the licensing scheme and tested standards. The to do the same. Taking time to seen a significant improvement to be truly beneficial, it will newly proposed scheme for research a good builder through in relationships with customers, be required to be mandatory the construction industry would a referral and getting references local communities and the and enshrined in law. result in a duplication of effort from previous work they have public. Lessons of previous voluntary and confusion from the current carried out can help stamp out In addition, levels of schemes like the old Council systems already in place. rogue builders. management and operative of Registered Gas Installers A compulsory scheme would “Most importantly, do training aligned with onsite (CORGI) should be considered. require a form of enforcement, not be fooled by a badge. innovation have aided the At CORGI’s formation it had which would be complex and There has been a substantial delivery of excellent quality a low registration level, at costly. For a scheme to be number of cases of bogus renovations, buildings and approximately 30% of the market truly successful and ensure builders fraudulently claiming projects from domestic until it was made mandatory. impartiality, a fully independent membership of a trade extensions to the largest Yet the costs of mandatory body from any trade association association, so call and make buildings. schemes are often high. is necessary. sure they really are a member. The reputation of the The NFB questions this Based on the NFB’s own Also make sure that the badge construction industry is generally additional burden, not only data, with only ten complaints has value, examples from local built on the perceptions and in direct costs on quality received in 2018 from magazines and social media experiences of homeowners. contracting businesses but companies with a combined do not guarantee service and In that regard, there is still also administrative demands construction turnover in excess quality levels.” a perception that there is a making those businesses less of £6.6 billion, it is evident that 20 Cornwall Archaeological Unit (CAU)

e offer a comprehensive range of Wquality and cost effective services, delivered by a highly experienced and professional team. We are fully accredited and are a Registered Organisation with the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists. We are committed to delivering sustainable and affordable archaeological and heritage solutions to both public and private sectors. Take advantage of our experience and range of services to mitigate your heritage planning conditions quickly and efficiently. Our range of in-house services includes: • Heritage Impact Assessments • Historic building consultancy and recording • Heritage Statements • Desk-based assessments • Landscape surveys and Conservation Management Plans • Maritime and coastal assessments • Archaeology and cultural heritage chapters for Environmental Impact Assessments • Evaluations of archaeological As a Chartered Institute for Archaeologists guidelines. We have rigorous in-house Health potential (trial trenching) Registered Organisation the quality of our and Safety procedures and each site is the • Monitoring during topsoil stripping work and our business practice is assured. subject of a robust Risk Assessment. (strip and record or watching briefs) The organisation employs a core staff of • Full-scale excavation 14 and recruits additional temporary staff as • Post excavation processing and Tel: +44 1872 322057 required. All staff are appropriately trained reporting of results and qualified and our projects are carried out Email: [email protected] • Publication reports as required (booklets, in compliance with professional and industry www.cau.org.uk journal articles or monographs)

Issue 5 21 CEMBRIT SLATES PROVIDE PERFECT FINISH FOR WOOLWICH BARRACKS esterland fibre cement community were happy with the Perfected by nature. Wslates and Glendyne end result. Cembrit’s Westerland natural slates from Cembrit and Glendyne slates are have been used on the Ministry attractive roofing products and of Defence’s Single Living ones which we were confident Accommodation Modernisation would provide a traditional look (SLAM) project at Woolwich in keeping with the surrounding Barracks. The redevelopment of environment. These slates are the Barracks has provided high- also cost-effective, another standard accommodation for reason why they were the ideal non-married military personnel. choice for this project.”

Construction work for Project Cembrit’s Westerland slate has SLAM began in 2003, with a surface texture and dressed the objective to upgrade over edge similar to that of natural 20,000 bed spaces, utility and slate but does not need grading common areas and ancillary and sorting prior to installation. facilities across the country. It Finished with a semi-matt acrylic is one of the largest new build coloured coating to the top and refurbishment projects in face and edges and a tinted the UK. The redevelopment high performance binder to the of Woolwich Barracks has back face, the finish is of the created six new accommodation highest quality. Easy to work blocks providing over 400 with, as no power tools are ensuite rooms in total, with an needed to re-size the slates, emphasis on the project being Cembrit’s fibre cement slates as sustainable and eco-friendly simplify the install period and as possible. The project has act as an economic alternative incorporated disabled bed to natural roofing materials. spaces, remodelling three standard rooms into two Glendyne is a high quality rooms that comply with DDA slate that combines first-class regulations for comfortable but performance and authenticity, functional provision. to make it the ideal choice for specifiers and roofers. Glendyne Staines-based Richardson natural roofing slate is available Roofing was one of the exclusively from Cembrit in the contractors for this project. UK. Glendyne is a distinctive Having worked with Cembrit blue-grey and perfectly suited before, Richardson Roofing for the UK specifier interested selected its Westerland and in the heritage and credibility of Glendyne slates for the job. sourced products. Selected by Cembrit. This was an interesting and unique choice, as natural For further information visit Canadian natural slate for heritage and conservation sites slates and fibre cement slates www.cembrit.co.uk, email aren’t often used together, [email protected] or • 75 year product quality guarantee but the appearance from both tel: +44 (0)20 8301 8900. • Highest performance classification; W1, T1, S1 to BS EN 12326 materials complements the other Approved for use in the Snowdonia National Park • Nationwide availability extremely well. • Close match for Ffestiniog Welsh slate • Free from rust marks, streaks or discolouration

“This was an important project for us,” says Heinie Basson, Project Manager at Richardson Roofing. “The Woolwich Barracks is a local landmark NATURAL ROOF SLATE and we wanted to ensure that For full details, call 0203 372 2300 or email our customer and the local [email protected] www.cembrit.co.uk 22

Slate ad A4.indd 1 05/02/2019 10:37 CEMBRIT SLATES PROVIDE PERFECT FINISH FOR WOOLWICH BARRACKS esterland fibre cement community were happy with the Perfected by nature. Wslates and Glendyne end result. Cembrit’s Westerland natural slates from Cembrit and Glendyne slates are have been used on the Ministry attractive roofing products and of Defence’s Single Living ones which we were confident Accommodation Modernisation would provide a traditional look (SLAM) project at Woolwich in keeping with the surrounding Barracks. The redevelopment of environment. These slates are the Barracks has provided high- also cost-effective, another standard accommodation for reason why they were the ideal non-married military personnel. choice for this project.”

Slate ad A4.indd 1 05/02/2019 10:37 Case Study

Keeping up appearances – Replacement bronze windows keep the heat in proper historic style

N a way, the Grade II listed July that year. Armstrong Building is the Given its age, and its listed Iheart and soul of Newcastle status, maintaining it fit for University; it’s where it all began. the modern age is a tricky The building is the oldest on business; improving its thermal campus, the site of the original efficiency all the more so. But Armstrong College, and as not impossible, as Architectural such is intrinsically linked to the Bronze Casements (ABC) formation of the university. demonstrated when it replaced Designed by Robert J the windows. Johnson, FW Rich, and WH The numbers are quite Knowles, it was built in three staggering: as part of a phases between 1887 and £50 million refurbishment 1906. The building was officially programme, ABC fitted over opened by King Edward VII in 2,400 double glazed bronze

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An excellent product that has significantly improved the thermal, acoustic, and aesthetic performance of a grade II listed building.” windows. These replaced the original single glazed windows. The result was a significant improvement in the building’s capacity to retain heat. ABC had worked previously with the university to replace some of the windows on its student union building. On the back of its work for this project, it was approached to take on the Armstrong Building. Again, the company worked closely with the university, were to improve the windows’ surrounds. To comply with “An excellent product that but also local planning and thermal efficiency but also to historic requirements, ABC has significantly improved the conservation officers to ensure maintain the building’s aesthetic designed bespoke ironmongery thermal, acoustic, and aesthetic the new windows were in and uphold it historic integrity. for the opening bronze windows. performance of a Grade II listed keeping with the vintage The original windows were Steve Pyle, senior project building.” property. traditional metal casements manager, said of the effect The university’s objectives and direct glazing into stone of the new bronze windows:

COUNCIL HEADS TO THE TOILET TO IMPROVE TOWN APPEAL AND ACCESSIBILITY

Tamworth Borough Council user’s dignity & independence. is utilising the latest toilet Not every Changing Places technology to deliver enhanced has one, so it is great to see facilities for everyone who lives Tamworth Borough Council in, or visit, the town. being so progressive.” The main block of unisex Under British Standards cubicles in the grounds of (BS8300:2018), it is best historic Tamworth Castle now practice to provide a Changing uses advanced technology to Places toilet in addition to enable them to be remotely conventional accessible facilities controllable so that availability in buildings where the public meets demand, including into spend time. The Government the evening, rather than limited is also reviewing making them by seasonal opening hours. an obligatory requirement Closomat has supplied and in new buildings or major installed an assisted accessible “The provision of Tamworth’s away from home project refurbishments. toilet- aka a Changing Places first Changing Places facility manager, “A Changing Places is toilet- which is fully compliant is also really important for the designed to enable anyone who Closomat has become the to British Standards. older children and adults in needs help- be it from a carer leader in the design, supply, Comments Cllr John our community with additional or equipment- to deal with installation and subsequent Chesworth, Cabinet member for needs, who need full changing their intimate care- to access maintenance of Changing Culture & Operational Services conveniences. The lack of such appropriate facilities when away Places; its website at Tamworth Borough Council, a facility can actually prevent from home. It offers more space www.closomat.co.uk is now “Using smart technology is some disabled people and their than a conventional wheelchair- the go to’ location for support enabling us to provide high carers from being able to go accessible toilet, and more information for all involved quality toilet facilities, that we out and visit a certain place. equipment- specifically a height in the specification and build can keep open for much longer, Having a Changing Places adjustable adult-sized changing process, with NBS specifications, at all times of the year. Having facility in Tamworth will remove bench, full room cover ceiling CAD blocks, white papers and such great toilets, that cover so hat particular barrier ad will track hoist and privacy screen. guidance notes all available for many different people’s needs, hopefully enable everyone to Under British Standards, it is free download. will enable everyone to come come and enjoy our wonderful noted that further provision of a and enjoy the town, its facilities park and town.” wash and dry toilet in place of a and its heritage. Adds Kelvin Grimes, Closomat conventional WC enhances the

Issue 5 25 MemberFeatured Benefits News

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OTHING beats meeting someone in person It’s good to get out and meet people and the The RCFs are Ninstead of communicating same is true in business, that’s why the NFB really important from one screen to another,” says Joe Cook, managing works hard to offer members the opportunity events and director of D A Cook (Builders) to gather in person. we’d encourage Ltd. “Being able to put a face to members to give a name and form a relationship where members can network operates across South East them a try.” with a potential client puts and has recently added the Wales, as well as speakers you one step ahead of your Regional Construction Forums on broader topics such as competitors. In my experience, (RCFs), which have been employment law and health and Edward Pajak, membership people are much more likely designed to be both valuable safety. engagement manager at NFB, to want to get you on to their local networking opportunities Similarly, the RCF in the East says: “The RCFs are really supply chain, for example, if and informative meetings heard about work opportunities important events and we’d they’ve met and chatted to you delivering information that can with North Essex Garden encourage members to give and got a feel for what sort of transform businesses. Communities; the RCF in the them a try. It’s so important for business you run.” RCFs are held twice a year in Midlands hosted representatives companies to be speaking to The NFB has long held each region and in Wales, with a from Project Snowhill and colleagues up and down the various meetings and events focus on bringing in interesting Paradise Circus, the director supply chain, as well as potential speakers addressing topics of of housing and regeneration construction partners, and direct relevance and importance at West Midlands Combined these events are the perfect to your business. This includes Authority and also RICS talking opportunity for that. topics that are specific to your about changes in the Midlands. “Outside the formal work region. In the North East, there were environment, it’s much easier For example, the most presentations from the YORbuild to develop strong, trusting recent event for NFB Cymru framework. The pattern is relationships and these can had speakers on the topic of repeated across all the regions build over time through events sprinkler systems in Wales and – always a range of interesting like these – as well as our how to win work opportunities speakers and always a region- s Joe Cook with a housing association that specific element. continued on page 28 26 A new lease of life for St Bartholomew’s vestry

Fullers Finer Furniture has like. These were complimented been creating quality church by other lower cupboards and furniture for over 30 years. One desks. The room was carpeted of their favourite “before and ready to host its centrepiece, after” design projects was for a solid oak table designed and St. Bartholomew’s Church in crafted with an elliptical top, Newcastle, where the vestry was enhanced by five matching given a new lease of life. solid oak chairs that adorn both the table and the rooms itself. Having fitted out his previous church’s vestry in his parish in Somerset, the vicar of St. Bartholomew’s Church in Long Benton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne was keen to use the expertise of Fullers Finer Furniture once again for a similar project. The project commenced with site visits from Fuller’s premises in Weston- Super-Mare to plan how to best use the then unused vestry space.

The room was lit with low energy LED up and down lighters, incorporated into specially designed pelmets thus completing the project with a sophisticated ambience.

The final part of the project was to provide a storage solution for the altar frontals. To this end Fullers Finer Furniture Plans were duly submitted and As the new room would be designed a new high altar for Fullers Finer Furniture was used for meetings a hot water the chancel, complete with a shortly awarded the contract. supply was fitted for that ‘much sliding top with hanging bars Before The work was extensive, much needed cup of tea’. A sink unit inside the carcase for the of the cabinet making and and under sink water heater frontals to be stored out of view The old vestry was in need of manufacturing was done at the were fitted along with kitchen and conveniently kept both flat repair and extensive decorating. It Weston-Super-Mare workshop, worktops that complemented and clean. hosted a very large altar frontal’s but there was also a substantial the new kitchen cupboards, chest which took up a good amount of work undertaken at the that were made in both solid The whole project was proportion of the space along with church site itself. The old vestry oak and veneered boards. greatly admired and more other items of furniture in different was ‘ripped out’ and re-decorated. importantly ideal for use states of dilapidation. With all this Every vestry needs room to by those concerned. on the table, Paul Fuller who runs The next stage of the project was house vestments. The tall the business planned how this to create a half glazed entrance storage cupboards with solid Fullers Finer Furniture could be changed into something lobby to the room. This provided oak frames blend in beautifully continues to work in churches that could be used not only a much needed “new feel” to the with the contours of the room and establishments all over for storing robes, but also as a room making it more welcoming and provide ample space for the country and welcomes meeting room with a kitchen area. to those using the space. vestments, cassocks and the all new enquiries.

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continued from page 26 one part of the country aren’t also points to the broader value other events such as the AGM, always the issues affecting of meetings like the Regional dinners, awards, conference and another. This is why the regional Being able Construction Forums for so on.” element of these forums is so to network member businesses of any size It is in the very nature of valuable.” and in whatever area of work construction to have anything This view is echoed by Joe at Regional they operate in. between two and 50 companies Cook, who attended a recent Construction “Being able to network at working on a single project, RCF, which had a speaker from Forums with Regional Construction Forums which makes relationships Hinckley Point nuclear power with similar businesses is the absolute backbone of the station. similar businesses useful in order to gauge what’s industry. Those same companies “I’d always assumed that is useful in order happening in your sector and in will work on other jobs together Hinckley Point was so enormous to gauge what’s your region, to share common too, perhaps in different that it was just for the big boys, issues and problems and to combinations or at a different but it became clear at the happening in your pick up gems of information that scale. In this industry, good presentation that there was lots sector and in your can lead to saving money or to relationships never go to waste. of opportunity further down the region.” generating new business,” Nick Ed adds: “Construction can supply chain,” Joe explains. says. be very geographically specific, “Their representative talked “You might learn about a meaning the issues affecting about all the trades that were information and I was able to new course that’s running that needed, how give them information and a would meet a need in your to engage contact.” business; you might learn of a with EDF, the This is a key point: sometimes new business opportunity; or work packages the rewards will take longer to even an impending change in available, and make their way back to you but legislation – the compliance side how we shouldn’t by making more contacts and of things is especially useful for be daunted by keeping those contacts in mind smaller companies who maybe the size of the if you see an opportunity for have less resource. I’ve certainly project because them, you make it more likely scribbled down notes during the company they will reciprocate, which meetings that I needed to go would work with automatically broadens your back to the office and research. suppliers to help own sphere of influence. “Beyond the immediate them through the value is the relationship-building process of getting A range of advantages aspect. It’s so much easier and on the approved Nick Sangwin, chair of the more productive to have a suppliers lists. NFB, also notes the value conversation face to face and I realised I had of hearing from clients and it means that your company colleagues potential clients who are able name will stick with people – so in subsidiary to explain what you need to do when they’re compiling a list of companies to win places on frameworks, possible suppliers, there’s more s Nick Sangwin who might or to win tenders once you are chance you’ll be on it. benefit from this on the framework. However, he “Then there’s the reality that 28 Member Benefits

For the latest news visit our website www.builders.org.uk sometimes being at the top of a business can be a lonely place. It’s good to be able to speak to others in the same boat.” Joe Cook agrees. He adds: “You can sometimes think the world is against you because of the problems you’re experiencing, but you come to an event like the Regional Construction Forum and you realise you’re far from alone. In fact, the problem you’re facing with your £5 million company is also being experienced by the £500,000 company and the £500 million one. We often have more in common than we realise. “It’s good to get a broader understanding of the market in your area: am I the only one having a quiet period? Is busy of course and it can feel not long events. They are very help us ensure that RCFs are the price of carpenters going hard to find the time to attend focused and designed to be even more useful for your region through the roof for everyone? events such as these. But the useful and informative. and your company. If you haven’t Are others having problems with overwhelming feedback from Ed Pajak adds: “We really tried a Regional Construction a certain utility company? One those who do attend is that it want to hear from members Forum yet, please commit to the informal chat can change your was well worth a few hours of about the sorts of subjects next one – I’m sure it will be well perspective entirely and may their time. they’d like to hear about or any worth your while.” even help provide a solution.” The RCFs are timed to cause specific speakers they’d like to Every NFB member is minimum disruption and are hear from. Do contact us and

Ashdon, Painted glass fired in the kiln nr Saffron Walden CB10 2LZ Tel: 01799 584108 www.auravisions.co.uk [email protected]

Vandalism damage Broken fragments Restored Having worked professionally in stained of all ages. These often need protection, support bars allows the original material to glass for 30 years, the team at AuraVisions and so they also devise Isothermal glazing be retained. has gained a varied experience of working schemes for these, allowing ancient glass to AuraVisions specialises in restoring with a range of styles and ages, whether remain in-situ, whilst reaping the benefits Victorian pictorial windows. Often, fitted into stone, metal or wood. Their of up-to-date protection from the weather, following severe vandalism (see images range starts with individual in-situ repairs condensation and impact. above), they have replaced many complex and cleaning, to the releading of multi-light Alongside the glass work, they repair and painted pieces and repaired others with stained glass windows. over-haul metal casements, glazing bars edge-bonding techniques, Due to their Icon/PACR Accreditation, and ferramenta. These often rust within enabling the retention of as AuraVisions is qualified to compile the stonework, causing it to crack. Shot- much original glass as possible, conservation reports for grant aid, and blasting, welding and painting the metal without compromising the work on rare and delicate painted glass gives it a new lease of life, and tipping the legibility of the imagery.

Issue 5 29 Jim Matthews, partner at H G Matthews, describes how a series of specialist brick services are helping to preserve our buildings

he virtual eradication the brickwork, they also provide of traditional brickyards extra protection and durability. Thas led to a sad decline You only have to look at Leeds in the local character and Castle in Kent, Fulham Palace distinctiveness of buildings, or Saddlers Wells Theatre to with handmade bricks being fully appreciate the detailing of replaced by those that are mass the special shaped bricks which produced. H G Matthews, one of were employed to refurbish the few remaining independent these buildings to their former brick manufacturers still glory. operating in the UK, strongly acknowledges the importance British Standard Specials of protecting the country’s most The purpose of special important historic buildings shapes is to create shapes in and is keen to play a vital role brickwork that would be virtually in preserving them. Located impossible, unsatisfactory or in Buckinghamshire, in the expensive using only ‘standard’ depths of the Chiltern Hills, bricks. a wider palette of colours and the company manufactures textures for use both internally The British Standard range of wood fired, handmade and and externally. machine-made bricks as well specials, manufactured to BS as non-standard bricks from 4729:2005, includes a wide Arch Fabrication clay that is unique to the area range of standard specials such We are able to produce pre- and cannot be found anywhere as plinth, bullnose and angle fabricated arches fixed to else in the country. This clay and can’t bricks. When choosing structural lintels which can often produces bricks with beautiful, special shaped bricks, you save both time and money as distinctive colours that are ideal should take severely exposed on-site installation is simple. for even the highest end new applications and durability However, we are one of builds and extensions, as well applications into consideration. the few companies with the as conservation and authentic For example, copings, capping’s necessary skill to create gauged restoration work. and sill bricks must be specified arches appropriate for heritage as frost resistant. If moderately brickwork. These are suitable for frost resistant bricks are used structural performance as well within free standing walls or as adding to the beauty of the cavity structures, a suitable the appearance of bricks that Brick & Tile Glazing lost products, and many glazing building. overhanging coping, together have been laid for many years. 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For the latest news visit our website www.builders.org.uk Renewal work is a breath of fresh Aire for historic Leeds Bridge Victorian era bridge that found fame featuring in Asome of the world’s very first moving images has been successfully restored following 18 months’ work. Leeds Bridge was built in 1873. In October 1888, the cast and wrought iron structure became the ‘star’ of a short film by Louis Aime Augustin Le Prince. Appropriately enough, ‘Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge’ was shot from Hicks the Ironmongers, now above Morgan’s Lettings. Fast forward to the modern age, and the Grade II listed bridge required essential maintenance works to

t Included in the works were the cleaning and repainting of existing paintwork on the parapets and structure in order to restore Leeds Bridge to its strengthen the structure so use the route in and out of the s Councillor Lisa Mulherin former glory. that buses can continue to city centre. The work included at the newly restored Leeds cleaning and repainting the Bridge with council officers and representatives from AE Yates parapets and structure to and the Canal River Trust. restore its former glory, but also to protect the ironwork from deteriorating. to allow the structure to continue to play a key role in Leeds’ travel network,” said Praise was Councillor Lisa Mulherin, the council’s executive member for given to the teams climate change, transport and involved in the sustainable development. “The work from all the standard of repainting work and respect shown to the historic partner agencies significance of this beautiful that took part in its bridge have given it a new lease opening.” of life whilst also preserving it for many years to come. Praise was given to the teams involved The project was led by Leeds in the work from all the partner council’s bridges team, with agencies that took part in its re- assistance from engineering opening; from the Canal & River partners WSP, the Canal & River Trust to local businesses.” Trust, and the Environment Representatives from the Agency. Leeds Civic Trust and local Contractors A E Yates Ltd businesses joined Lisa (pictured) started work on site in January to mark the official completion 2018 with the latter stages of of the works with a trip on the work focusing on repainting river Aire. the structure, including hand- Traffic restrictions in place painting 5,200 individual rosette during construction works were details. lifted in December 2018 with “The maintenance, repair the bridge finally coming to and strengthening to Leeds completion in July 2019. Bridge was essential in order 32 E-Bound Care An All New covers your church Upcoming for unexpected costs throughout Maintenance the year, subject to scale of cover Plan Package selected. Contact us for more information.

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Tel: 0845 4682543 Web: www.invalifts.com Stained Glass “Riot of colour” returns to Cliffe Castle’s Butterfield Window A stained glass window that represents a vital part of West Yorkshire’s social and industrial heritage has gained a new lease of life thanks to a meticulous restoration project. By Mark Cantrell

IVEN its history, the Butterfield Window that Gilluminates Cliffe Castle in Keighley, West Yorkshire, is clearly one of architecture’s tenacious survivors. Even so, time and the elements were catching up with this stained-glass homage to an industrial dynasty that s Jonathan Cooke working on Butterfield family; wealthy and property his permanent home. never quite came to be. Now, new panels, (below) close up of prominent textile industrialists. The Butterfield Window though, after several years of the work. Henry Isaac Butterfield built was originally made by Powell painstaking restoration work, the ‘castle’ with its lavishly Brothers of Leeds in 1878. Its the window has been granted a attraction and museum, furnished interior on the site design was heavily influenced colourful new lease of life. managed by Bradford of a previous building that had by Henry’s life in Paris with his These days, with its Metropolitan Borough Council. been badly damaged by a gas wife Marie Louise. The masonry associated park land, Cliffe Back in the day, however, it explosion. His son, Sir Frederick was inspired by medieval Castle is an important tourist was the mansion home of the Butterfield later made the designs and was painted in an extravagant style including gilding of all the lead-work. The whole staircase was lavishly decorated, furnished and lit by near life-size figure lamps in the form of Bacchantes and the walls were painted with the Butterfield family crest in gold. The centre piece of the window is a portrait of Henry Isaac, his wife Marie Louise and their son Frederick wearing Elizabethan dress to match the medieval style of the new Cliffe Castle. The fruiting tree behind the family was supposed to suggest the founding of the Butterfield Dynasty. Above the family are their coats of arms and images reflecting their links with their Catholic faith. Originally the window had other family members, senior servants and valued connections – including a depiction of Emperor Napoleon continued on page 38 36 Solid foundations built to last

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III and his wife, Eugenie. Henry Isaac insisted on up- to-date photographs being sent to Powell’s to ensure the likenesses were accurate. After Frederick’s death in 1943 he left orders in his will for the pictorial stained glass to be destroyed, not just on the staircase but also in the ballroom, which had similar stained glass on the theme of arts and music. It’s unclear why he left this order, but it is suggested that it was a last rebellion against his father, or because he knew the Butterfield family name would die with him. Out of a set of 10 panels, only the central panel depicting the Butterfield family survived and when the house was converted into a museum in the 1950s, several small roundels from elsewhere in the building were put into plain panels in the s (Above) Butterfield window window. renovated, (right) pre restoration Demolition of parts of the building during its conversion remove years of grime, as well as left the window even more old paint splashes from previous vulnerable to the elements, redecorations of the staircase. which eventually resulted in the The couple also took on need for the conservation. the challenge of creating new There were challenges, stained glass panels to replace however; such as gaps in the the clear ones. historical record, as Heather “This was a very special Millard, the council’s social project, unique in some ways, history curator, explained. combining our specialist “During World War 2 many restoration skills on areas of the original drawings and untouched since the day they records from Powell’s who were installed back in the 1880s, made the original window were and totally new design work destroyed, so we were unable to in collaboration with museum find anything that would help us staff, to complete an impression to exactly re-create the specific of the former glory of this large design of the missing panels,” window,” Jonathan said. she said. “The project team “I hope my designs will decided to evoke the sense of inspire visitors to this wonderful the original window by taking museum with its excellent inspiration from the design and collection of historic stained colour palette of the central glass to ask questions about panel, choosing ghostly type what happened to the people figures to allow the viewer to depicted in the original window. imagine the details themselves “Except for the Napoleonic or to picture themselves within throne in the centre panel, I the window.” used a loose painting technique Imagination may have to convey a shadowy impression necessarily played a part in the of the lost figures, and, although restoration, but there was much there was always a pressure of else to the project that was more time to complete the panels, I Their support and enthusiasm Conservation Ltd worked with straightforward, such as cleaning very much enjoyed the freedom at every stage gave me the members of Bradford Council’s the glasswork. this gave me. As a professional encouragement I needed to see Museums & Galleries team on This is where specialist glass painter, as well as this through.” investigating the original paint stained glass conservation conservator, this project has Meanwhile, a locally-based scheme. The external wire company, Jonathan & Ruth been a bit of a treat as well as historic building restoration guards to protect the window Cooke Ltd came in with their an intellectual challenge for me. company, Stone-Edge Ltd, were supplied by Keighley expertise. The husband and wife “I have very much enjoyed repaired and re-carved the firm, Bethel Rhodes & Sons team removed the glasswork so working with the team at Cliffe stonework on the window. that it could undergo cleaning to Castle and Bradford Council. Another company, Hirst continued on page 40 38 Highly breathable, long lasting and neutralises air quality St Albans Town Hall, Hertfordshire

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Issue 5 39 Stained Glass for the structural work came from Bradford Council’s Facilities Management Department. By all accounts, they – and the region’s heritage lovers – have certainly got their money’s worth. “The team have done a fantastic job and the window is now much closer to the riot of colour that visitors would have experienced when walking into the castle in the 1880s,” said Councillor Sarah Ferriby, the council’s executive member for healthy people and places. “The restoration of the window is part of on-going ambitions to restore or reinstate elements of Cliffe Castle’s original decorative schemes, including the reinstallation of the Malachite Fireplace, a reweave of the original carpet, graining and gilding work to walls, work on the balustrade and joinery and the installation of paintings s Details from the new panels continued from page 38 opportunity to produce some on the upper walls. intricate stone carving, and the The restoration project was “Future ambitions for the (Wireworkers) Ltd. replacement of the stone tracery made possible by funding from window include reinstating “We have thoroughly has been a great project. We several sources. These included the gilding and the original enjoyed working at Cliffe hand-carved the replacement Cliffe Castle Friends, Friends of decorative paint scheme that Castle, surrounded by such pieces off-site in our yard, using Bradford Museums & Galleries, surrounded the window.” a fascinating collection of traditional stonemason’s tools, Cliffe Castle Trust, Swire Trust The Butterfields live on, then; objects,” said Stone-Edge’s Chris and our fixer masons installed and Sir Charles and Lady Nina immortalised in their newly Newton. “We always relish the them on-site.” Bracewell Smith, while funding restored window.

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The clock tower of a fell. It is believed to be gatehouse, whose hands the only country house in remain static, is a reminder Suffolk that was lost due to of the time that all hell enemy action during WWII. broke loose. At 1:05 am A caretaker was one of in September 1940, a few people in the building stray 2,000lb bomb from that night and all escaped a Luftwaffe raid landed unharmed. The clocktower in the courtyard of the which itself suffered adjoining main house on a damage from the blast is, country estate, destroying after standing derelict for the house foundations nearly 80 years, about to and causing large ruptures get a new lease of life, as of the building. Chaos Seamans Building complete unfolded as the roofs it’s transformation into collapsed and chimneys a quality new home.

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For the latest news visit our website www.builders.org.uk National Trust and Alzheimer’s Society join forces to nurture dementia friendly heritage

HE National Trust is teaming up with the TAlzheimer’s Society for an ambitious three-year project to make all its 500 historic and countryside sites friendly for people affected by dementia. Research from the Alzheimer’s Society shows that one in every 14 people in the UK aged of 65 and over has the condition. The charity predicts that those living with the disease will hit the one million mark within three years. The National Trust itself says some 7% – around 150,000 – of its supporters, including its volunteers, staff and members – aged over 65 may be living with the condition. For people with dementia and those caring for them, historic spaces, collections and stories can prompt and stimulate s Warwick Castle discussion and connection, encourage outdoor exploration, in surveys and focus groups and community groups, along underway to support those and offer a vital connection carried out by Alzheimer’s with other awareness-raising with dementia is the creation to the world around them, the Society. initiatives. of reminiscence experience National Trust says. Day trips are The new partnership, which “Dementia is the greatest sessions at the Backs to Backs recognised as one of the most will see one of Alzheimer’s health concern of our time, so in Birmingham, which offer likely and regular activities they Society’s biggest ever roll-out of it is important that people living monthly tours of the historic will take. its Dementia Friends programme with the condition can continue houses to recreate what life was within a heritage organisation, to enjoy a positive and fulfilling like for families in gone-by years. will focus on: life,” said Tiger de Souza, the At Wimpole in Cambridge, the In comparison • Upskilling the 74,000 people National Trust’s volunteering and Trust hosts it Farming Memories who work and volunteer for inclusion director. group, which encourages former to other visitor the National Trust “We also know that our farmers and agricultural workers attractions, • Improving the accessibility natural and historic places with dementia to meet up and people living with of National Trust sites for all can play a significant role in take part in farming activities. visitors improving the wellbeing of “Alzheimer’s Society is dementia also • Improving internal policies people living with dementia by delighted to be uniting with one view heritage and processes to support helping to stimulate discussion of the UK’s biggest heritage sites as ‘safe’ and members of staff and and memories. organisations to help ensure volunteers who may be “A number of our sites people with dementia are better familiar spaces.” affected by the condition are already offering great included in society,” said Jeremy There will also be experiences for people living Hughes, chief executive of the In comparison to other visitor improvements made to some of with dementia, and through this Alzheimer’s Society. attractions, people living with the National Trust’s properties, landmark partnership we aim to “It’s great to have the dementia also view heritage including better signage, extend those benefits to many National Trust encouraging sites as ‘safe’ and familiar facilities and modifications to more people. However, we people with dementia to feel spaces. Heritage (including materials used on paths and car recognise there are challenges confident in getting out and visiting sites and participating parks, through to developing around both accessibility and the about in their local community. in outdoors projects) has also dementia services (such as support available at these sites Visiting a heritage site can been found to be one of the cafes, tours and social events), and this is why we are joining improve physical and mental top activities of choice for taking heritage to local care forces with Alzheimer’s Society.” health by helping people keep those impacted by dementia, homes, hospitals, day centres Among the work already active.”

Issue 5 43 Industry News

For the latest news visit our website www.builders.org.uk New lease of life for Maesteg Town Hall

s Maesteg Town Centre. RIDGEND County Borough library, and creating a heritage It will enable Creative Commons Council and Awen Cultural and volunteering centre, a cafe local people to BTrust have received a and new workspaces. Trust, added: “A big piece of the major funding boost for the A multi-functional performing come together funding jigsaw has fallen into planned £6 million regeneration arts centre will be created and act as the place and we are a huge step of Maesteg Town Hall. on the first floor, and this closer to making this amazing The Welsh Government has will incorporate a main hall, social heart of project a reality. It is no more pledged £3.5 million to the renovated stage, dressing the Maesteg than the community and the project from its Building for the rooms, a bar and a smaller, community.” users of this hall deserves.” Future programme, the Valleys more intimate studio theatre / Deputy housing and local Task Force and the European community cinema. community, and will provide government minister Hannah Regional Development Fund. The balcony seating area will a wide range of local clubs, Blythyn said: “This beautiful With additional funding in be refurbished, and both upper groups and organisations with architecturally important place from the council, Awen, and lower floors will be linked all-new local facilities,” said building, which has served the National Lottery Heritage Fund, by a modern glazed atrium and Councillor Charles Smith, the community for so long, is getting Welsh Government Communities foyer, to address accessibility council’s cabinet member for a new lease of life, and I look Facilities Programme, Maesteg throughout the building. education and regeneration. forward to seeing it flourish and Town Council and the Davies Toilets and a fully accessible “The funding confirmation grow. Trust, work is expected to begin ‘changing places’ room will be means that essential repairs can “It will enable local people shortly on repairing the 138-year- provided, and the external bus now be carried out alongside to come together and act as old building. shelters outside the building will our planned improvements, and the social heart of the Maesteg The aim is to refurbish the be extended. that this Grade II listed building community. In addition to a building with new modern “This significant £6 million can enjoy a whole new lease of range of innovative resources, it arts and culture facilities. This investment is going to secure life as a true hub of the valleys will provide spaces for increased includes turning the former the future of Maesteg Town community.” learning and skill opportunities indoor market on the lower Hall, ensure that it can remain Richard Hughes, chief in conjunction with a variety of ground floor into a modern open for the benefit of the entire executive of Awen Cultural partners.” 44 Cleaning with Integrity LEADERS IN STONE CLEANING

tonehealth commenced Although some attempts Ssupplying reliable products have been made to copy TECHNOLOGY for the Conservation and Stonehealth’s successful Restoration Trades in the products the company is still mid-1980s. The Jos system the market leader with the was one of the first products best reliability, ethics and For more information about our that revolutionised building service. Some manufacturers products and services, CPD’s, trials cleaning which took over and contractors have even aggressive methods such as suggested that their products or for further assistance please get grit/sand blasting, hazardous are as good as Stonehealth’s chemicals and water flooding. and even gone as far as to in contact with our team. Much damage to buildings had use the company’s registered previously been caused, such names. As such deception, as loss of surface and bleaching that misrepresents the truth, is  +44 (0) 1453 540 600 out the natural colour and therefore illegal, the company character of masonry. has introduced the Rosette  [email protected] Approved list of contractors Since then, the company who have genuine systems, has developed the Torc use approved materials,  @stonehealth system (which was even an have their systems checked improvement over Jos which regularly to ensure that they  @StonehealthLtd then became obsolete) and are in good working condition the Doff which additionally and furthermore use trained removes modern paints, operators who are given a  G4/5 | Draycott Business Park biological and other unwanted security card with their name, Cam | Dursley | GL11 5DQ matter. Development of ancillary picture and expiry date. This mechanical products is ongoing should give architects and other with the Doff Recovery System specifiers more confidence (DRS), Power Unit (DPU) and to know that they should be Extension Pole are more recent having a genuine system being results Stonehealth has also used by a competent operator. researched and developed a Stonehealth suggests that if wide range of safer effective anyone is any uncertain or chemicals including a number of has any suspicion over any different poultices. contractor or operator they check with the company at the earliest opportunity before any damage is done.

Issue 5 45 Innovation without disruption – the City of London’s quiet revolution

he business buzzword phrase The ultimate “disruptive innovation” has gained ever-increasing CPD on façade Ttraction since it was first coined by Clayton Christenson in 1997. restoration However, a British company has been quietly changing the face of Shaping perception of its value, the City of London with a process performance and architectural worth, that is the embodiment of non- a building’s façade has increasingly disruptive innovation. become recognised as a key factor in The City of London boasts 589 Grade I the commercial success of a property. and 1,387 Grade II listed buildings, with only one that pre-dates the Great Fire of 1666. Built between 1597 and 1614, 41 Cloth Fair is the oldest house in “the most expansive example of a city that employs the picturesque as an urban condition” Thomann-Hanry® [Jonathan Sergison, Urban Picturesque, CPD seminars on façades 2009]. This seminar takes an in-depth look at traditional façade Today, the challenge facing planners, property owners and managers is to patented by Thomann-Hanry®, over recent Completed across 25 days of intensive cleaning methods and their characteristics in order to harmoniously align development of the new years façade gommage® has erased weekend’s work, regular 9-5 weekday Bank understand both their benefits and their drawbacks. alongside preservation and protection of decades of accumulated dirt and grime from of England staff were blissfully unaware of the ancient. As the original nucleus from some of the City’s most iconic buildings. the cleaning process itself. Instead, they which the capital grew, the City of London Without a pole of scaffolding and often were greeted each Monday morning by an We examine issues of access, water and waste is a focal point for this struggle – heritage working overnight or at weekends, City ever more pristine place of work. Even when containment in relation to these traditional methods, workers have seen their urban landscape cleans are carried out during normal working and history standing cheek by jowl with the as well as the potential impacts on both building architecture and activity of one of the world’s magically revived before their very eyes hours, the company’s agile process occupies occupiers and the public. We then explore a dry, most important financial hubs. Balancing the – with none of the disruption normally a minimal street footprint, enabling business Thomann-Hanry® necessity to revive and protect our ancient associated with building cleans. Significant as usual and negligible inconvenience to non-abrasive alternative method and how, through its buildings whilst imposing minimal disruption gain, minimal pain. staff, visitors and passers-by. use, the above issues are minimised and the benefits Thomann-Hanry® are an award-winning main on those who work in the district on a daily basis has long been a thorny issue. Projecting fine powders under compressed A transformation by stealth, a quiet of speed, value and sustainability are maximised. contractor for external façade restoration using air across masonry and stonework, façade revolution… façade gommage® from Conventionally, necessary façade cleaning façade gommage®, the only system designed and restoration works entail buildings gommage® gently lifts and carries away Thomann-Hanry® brings all of the benefits of “I attended the Thomann-Hanry® CPD training session to professionally clean building façades without being shrouded in unsightly scaffolding – dirt, transforming the face of a building in a beautiful building restoration – with none of disfiguring the street scene and causing matter of days. The process is carried out the disruption it traditionally entails. and was very impressed and have also seen this put the need for scaffolding. We are part of the from a sealed cabin on a lorry-mounted disruption to traffic, pedestrians and into practice to very good effect at the grade I listed Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) CPD businesses for weeks, even months on end. hydraulic boom, so the Thomann-Hanry® About Thomann-Hanry® Somerset House. Those involved in specifying and Providers Network, which means our presentation team can be cleaning within two hours of Thomann-Hanry® clean and restore building However, an alternative exists and, as is arriving on site. façades without the need for costly and procuring such work need to understand the detail is approved and accredited by RIBA. We regularly so often the case, necessity has been unsightly scaffolding. They are a main and the approach by Thomann-Hanry® is exemplary carry out CPD seminars across the country The list of buildings transformed by this the mother of invention. Developed and contractor for external façade cleaning and revolutionary technique reads like a roll in both promoting best practice and letting customers to heritage consultants, architects, building restoration using façade gommage® - a call of some patent system to clean building façades know exactly what they will be getting.” consultants, building surveyors, facility managers of the City’s without the need for scaffolding. The and commercial property owners. Our CPD is also most illustrious system is non-abrasive and doesn’t involve landmarks… available at the Chartered Institute of Building chemicals or water. They carry out all Professor John Edwards Deutsche Bank, elements of façade restoration work with Director, Edwards Hart Historic Building Consultants (CIOB) Academy portal. Fishmongers’ minimal disruption, from façade surveying Hall, 1 Poultry and and painting to new stonework and roofing; even the old lady all completed without scaffolding. Book your free CPD seminar today. of Threadneedle Street herself, the Get in touch The company offers RIBA-accredited Bank of England. and CIOB-approved CPD seminars on The last of these ‘Understanding dry, non-abrasive façade 020 8453 1494 stands as an cleaning’. Find more details at www. [email protected] exemplar of the thomann-hanry.co.uk; send them an non-disruptive thomann-hanry.co.uk email at [email protected] or call benefits of façade directly on 020 8453 1494. gommage®.

46 Innovation without disruption – the City of London’s quiet revolution he business buzzword phrase The ultimate “disruptive innovation” has gained ever-increasing CPD on façade Ttraction since it was first coined by Clayton Christenson in 1997. restoration However, a British company has been quietly changing the face of Shaping perception of its value, the City of London with a process performance and architectural worth, that is the embodiment of non- a building’s façade has increasingly disruptive innovation. become recognised as a key factor in The City of London boasts 589 Grade I the commercial success of a property. and 1,387 Grade II listed buildings, with only one that pre-dates the Great Fire of 1666. Built between 1597 and 1614, 41 Cloth Fair is the oldest house in “the most expansive example of a city that employs the picturesque as an urban condition” Thomann-Hanry® [Jonathan Sergison, Urban Picturesque, CPD seminars on façades 2009]. This seminar takes an in-depth look at traditional façade Today, the challenge facing planners, property owners and managers is to patented by Thomann-Hanry®, over recent Completed across 25 days of intensive cleaning methods and their characteristics in order to harmoniously align development of the new years façade gommage® has erased weekend’s work, regular 9-5 weekday Bank understand both their benefits and their drawbacks. alongside preservation and protection of decades of accumulated dirt and grime from of England staff were blissfully unaware of the ancient. As the original nucleus from some of the City’s most iconic buildings. the cleaning process itself. Instead, they which the capital grew, the City of London Without a pole of scaffolding and often were greeted each Monday morning by an We examine issues of access, water and waste is a focal point for this struggle – heritage working overnight or at weekends, City ever more pristine place of work. Even when containment in relation to these traditional methods, workers have seen their urban landscape cleans are carried out during normal working and history standing cheek by jowl with the as well as the potential impacts on both building architecture and activity of one of the world’s magically revived before their very eyes hours, the company’s agile process occupies occupiers and the public. We then explore a dry, most important financial hubs. Balancing the – with none of the disruption normally a minimal street footprint, enabling business Thomann-Hanry® necessity to revive and protect our ancient associated with building cleans. Significant as usual and negligible inconvenience to non-abrasive alternative method and how, through its buildings whilst imposing minimal disruption gain, minimal pain. staff, visitors and passers-by. use, the above issues are minimised and the benefits Thomann-Hanry® are an award-winning main on those who work in the district on a daily basis has long been a thorny issue. Projecting fine powders under compressed A transformation by stealth, a quiet of speed, value and sustainability are maximised. contractor for external façade restoration using air across masonry and stonework, façade revolution… façade gommage® from Conventionally, necessary façade cleaning façade gommage®, the only system designed and restoration works entail buildings gommage® gently lifts and carries away Thomann-Hanry® brings all of the benefits of “I attended the Thomann-Hanry® CPD training session to professionally clean building façades without being shrouded in unsightly scaffolding – dirt, transforming the face of a building in a beautiful building restoration – with none of disfiguring the street scene and causing matter of days. The process is carried out the disruption it traditionally entails. and was very impressed and have also seen this put the need for scaffolding. We are part of the from a sealed cabin on a lorry-mounted disruption to traffic, pedestrians and into practice to very good effect at the grade I listed Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) CPD businesses for weeks, even months on end. hydraulic boom, so the Thomann-Hanry® About Thomann-Hanry® Somerset House. Those involved in specifying and Providers Network, which means our presentation team can be cleaning within two hours of Thomann-Hanry® clean and restore building However, an alternative exists and, as is arriving on site. façades without the need for costly and procuring such work need to understand the detail is approved and accredited by RIBA. We regularly so often the case, necessity has been unsightly scaffolding. They are a main and the approach by Thomann-Hanry® is exemplary carry out CPD seminars across the country The list of buildings transformed by this the mother of invention. Developed and contractor for external façade cleaning and revolutionary technique reads like a roll in both promoting best practice and letting customers to heritage consultants, architects, building restoration using façade gommage® - a call of some patent system to clean building façades know exactly what they will be getting.” consultants, building surveyors, facility managers of the City’s without the need for scaffolding. The and commercial property owners. Our CPD is also most illustrious system is non-abrasive and doesn’t involve landmarks… available at the Chartered Institute of Building chemicals or water. They carry out all Professor John Edwards Deutsche Bank, elements of façade restoration work with Director, Edwards Hart Historic Building Consultants (CIOB) Academy portal. Fishmongers’ minimal disruption, from façade surveying Hall, 1 Poultry and and painting to new stonework and roofing; even the old lady all completed without scaffolding. Book your free CPD seminar today. of Threadneedle Street herself, the Get in touch The company offers RIBA-accredited Bank of England. and CIOB-approved CPD seminars on The last of these ‘Understanding dry, non-abrasive façade 020 8453 1494 stands as an cleaning’. Find more details at www. [email protected] exemplar of the thomann-hanry.co.uk; send them an non-disruptive thomann-hanry.co.uk email at [email protected] or call benefits of façade directly on 020 8453 1494. gommage®. Case Study The Belham Primary School

Project Details Client name: London Borough of Southwark Project value: £10.3m Completion date: March 2018 Photographer Simon Kennedy

M&E Consultant Contact: Jonathan Purcell Company: Watermans Group Email: jonathan.purcell@ watermangroup.com

Structural Engineers Contact: Barry Dobbins Company: Watermans Group Email: barry.dobbins@ watermangroup.com

Quantity Surveyor / Cost Consultant Contact: James Price Company: Keegans Email: James.Price@ TheKeegansGroup.com

Acoustic Engineers Contact: Andrew Fermer Company : Hann Tucker Email: a.fermer@hanntucker. co.uk

Landscape Architects s The Belham Primary School Contact: Gill Wynne Williams © Simon Kennedy Company : Wynne Williams Landscape Email: gill.wynne-williams@ he Old Bellenden School w-wa.co.uk has been a hugely Trewarding job for our CDM coordinator team to work on for many Contact: Peter Langford reasons. Primarily, because it Organisation: Frankham centred around the sensitive Consultancy Group restoration of a Grade II Listed Email: peter.langford@ London Board School, noted by frankham.com Historic England as being one of the more seminal pieces by Main Contractor architect E.R. Robson. Secondly Contact: Richard Dobson because it is into this context Company: Morgan Sindall that we have been able to Email: Richard.Dobson@ cleverly knit a three storey morgansindall.com contemporary extension, to fulfil the client’s brief and deliver Corten supplier an exceptionally high quality Neal Clark modern learning environment. Projects Director The other notable aspect of this Building Envelope Solutions project is the critique this plays Bentalls House, Bentalls, out in relation to modern schools Basildon, Essex, SS14 3BS. built over the last 60 years. Tel: 01268 532288 E- mail: Bellenden Primary School, which [email protected] was originally accommodated www.paneltecservices.com in this building, left in the 1980s

continued on page 50 48 Upholding Mill Tradition whilst Improving Thermal Performance he Grade II* Listed Blue benefits, to make their home at Mills in Witham, Essex the mill more comfortable. The Tdates back to the 11th thermally inefficient primary century where it was recorded windows across most of the in Domesday as the water mill house did little to retain heat. at Benton Hall, a subsidiary manor of Blunts in Witham. Until The owners reached out to the close of the 19th century it Selectaglaze for advice on supplied flour for the manorial the best possible treatments community. The original 16th for their primary windows; a century cottage is attached to mixture of timber sash windows, a Georgian house (at the front), fixed lights and inward or a sequence of early Victorian outward opening casements. extensions, and a later Victorian house in 1872 (at the rear). Today, 22 windows have been treated it has been reinstated to its 18th thus far using a number of century version, with surviving window styles: fixed light, vertical machinery used as adornments sliding and side-hung casements. The bay windows on the Selectaglaze is the leading and effective monuments to pay Two windows in the wood- ground and first floors specialist in the design, homage to the proud history of panelled room were treated with were the most challenging manufacture and installation of Blue Mills. Selectaglaze’s heritage Series treatments because the secondary glazing; established in 47 hinged casement system primary windows were not 1966 and a Royal Warrant Holder As one can imagine, there is a which was able to sit tight behind plumb and true, due to since 2004. never-ending list of jobs and the wooden shutters, allowing the age of the building. In repairs to be carried out in an their continued operation. The order to prepare the bay For further information, please aged property like Blue Mills. The aluminium profiles were coloured windows for the secondary contact Selectaglaze on recent owners have lived there in a woodgrain finish which glazing, tapered timbers 01727 837271 e mail:enquiries@ for almost 20 years and required colour matched the existing were fixed to the openings selectaglaze.co.uk or visit: a thermal solution, with acoustic surrounds perfectly. to square up the reveals. www.selectaglaze.co.uk

Issue 5 49 Case Study continued from page 48

when the building seemingly no longer suited their needs. Dulwich Hamlet Educational Trust, an already successful Trust running Dulwich Hamlet Junior School, saw the inherent quality in this original Victorian School and have worked alongside our team to create something very special indeed.

The Belham Primary School, as it is now known, is a new primary age Free School for 420 pupils.”

The Belham Primary School, as it is now known, is a new s The Belham Primary School primary age Free School for © Hufton+Crow, below internal overlooking from neighbours, to maximise external learning 420 pupils which is now the photos © Simon Kennedy rights of light implications and opportunities for the children. second school for the Dulwich the historic gables of the existing Where possible, we retained Hamlet Educational Trust. It is Bellenden Road, therefore is a building which Historic England the layout to minimise the high based in the heart of Peckham significant part of its community. were keen to preserve. Through structural costs and the possible Rye, an area that has seen rapid As part of the project we extensive consultation with the problems we may face from the regeneration over the last few have carried out essential school, governors, parents, planners in relation to the listing. years. In 1997 LB Southwark remedial works to restore children, the local community, Larger spaces like halls, given created the Bellenden Renewal the listed fabric safeguarding the local authority, the planners highly technical requirements, Area centred around the parade the future of the building and Historic England the modern were provided in the new of shops on Bellenden Road. and the character of the area addition was agreed given it extension. As a result the high street is together with the provision of a referenced the listed building’s This project balanced now host to many independent/ significant new build extension, scale, while being appropriately the needs of conservation, artisan shops and distinctive conceived as a perforated subservient, to the original development, sustainable street furniture including corten box on top of a simple building. The three-storey nature design, stakeholder those commissioned by artists brick plinth. of the extension has minimised engagement and outstanding including Antony Gormley. The positioning of the new the impact on external space architecture for the benefit of its The Old Bellenden School build was challenging given while also integrating innovative diverse and dynamic community assumes a prominent site on the complex party wall issues, roof terraces at different levels in central London.

50 THE CARE AND MAINTENANCE OF CLOCKS

ur domestic clocks should have their makers used their hand eye skills to To keep our clocks as part of the social Omechanisms cleaned and lubricated produce clocks built to last the lifetime structure of our village, towns and cities, every 5 years using clockmakers materials, of the building. Longevity and accuracy we need highly qualified clockmakers, DIY oils are unsuited for quality mechanisms. are difficult to marry, and custodians Our 5 year apprenticeship is equivalent to Wood cases will benefit from a wiping over and owners usually have commercial a degree, and as the skill level builds, to once a month with a damp chamois. Polish pressures to use the quickest and lowest level 3, the equivalent of a Masters. Levels tends to dry the wood and remove any cost option. It is a false economy, for 4 and 5 are beyond normal professional lacquer. Unusual and skeleton clocks should example, the gravity mechanical systems qualifications and require the subjective be treated with greater care and not cleaned will last the life of the building, with known and inventive knowledge of the Art and but serviced more regularly depending on examples several hundred years old, an Craft of Clockmaking. the amount of accumulated dust and if the electric system will last up to 20 years, clock is slowing. and an electronic system 10 to 15 years. Editorial and copyrights reserved Yet the costs effective gravity systems Melvyn Lee Our turret clocks are the large clocks found are routinely broken up in favour of Thwaites & Reed in church towers, and similar public buildings electric and electronic options and it can Clockmakers Ltd and can be original to the building and only be the result of lack of information P.O. Box 51, Rottingdean, many centuries old. These clock need as a of the merits of each type of option. Brighton, BN2 8PE minimum, the attention of our conservation clockmakers once a year, but further advice can be obtained by either a site survey or by comments in a Scope of Works.

The expertise for the maintenance of clocks Conservation Clockmakers is only acquired by practical apprenticeships. From 5 to 7 years which will then be the Thwaites & Reed basis of a life long learning process. Why so Established 1740 long ? It is because clocks have been made for close to 1,000 years and sophisticated clocks which are recognisable today, have been mass produced for 300 years. There Big Ben have been a vast variety of inventions to Innerdial make clocks more accurate and to last over many decades of continuous use. These inventions were made by the best scientists of their day and today to understand how to care for these mechanical wonders is to understand how they were made and the materials used. Unfortunately, advice is often Gold leaf given by keen enthusiastic horologists who on slate are not time served and therefore apply inappropriate criteria to project work.

Conservation best practice for large clocks which form part of the facade of a building, is best seen as continuous Repairs preventative maintenance rather than Servicing large projects to restore dilapidation. As a rough rule of thumb the cost of annual maintenance rolled up will equal the cost of project restoration and the downside is that the clock will not be working well as dilapidation gets worse. Turret - Church - Public - Domestic- UK - International

Apprentices are not taught the science and technology of horology, but the Thwaites & Reed art and craft of clockmaking. Too often P.O. Box 51 Rottingdean Brighton BN2 8YQ England temporary custodians apply DIY standard tel : 0345 230 1740 - email : [email protected] mechanical engineering, and lack the www.thwaites-reed.co. uk deep understanding of how the original

Issue 5 51 The Conservation and Partial Re-Construction Prior to carrying out any work, we sourced handmade imperial of St Peter’s Church, London replica bricks, which matched those in the original 1874 façade. Given the location of the church, we determined that the bricks would most likely have originated from the East Midlands or South East Anglia. Following the opening of King’s Cross station in 1852, large quantities of bricks from these areas were transported to North London where they were used in new construction projects for the remainder of the Victorian era. Working closely with Bulmer Brick and Tile Company, a bespoke handmade brick was detailed and manufactured to match the original size and aesthetic. This allowed our work to blend seamlessly with the original façade. The brickwork required throughout the façade was extensive, including: construction of new gauged arches; re-construction of a number of buttresses ready to receive the new Bath Stone; and the re-construction of a high level aint Peter’s Church was originally known Rosewood Ltd was instructed to complete • Partial re-construction of the north-facing brick pilaster beneath the stone Sas Saint Peter’s Highgate Hill. The the full restoration of the external façade of tower, following a structural engineer’s pediment. The pointing of the entire church, which opened on 15th November the church, which included: report which condemned 65% of the façade was also replaced using a 1874, was created out of the Parish of Saint • Thermatech clean; structure being unsafe. lime mortar. John, Upper Holloway. In 1978, Saint Peter’s • Removal and replacement of the Bath • Leaded glass replacement was united with Saint John’s to become the Stone cornices, hood moulds, string • Lead replacement and installation of Parish of Saint Peter with Saint John, Upper courses and buttresses; pediment capping’s and flashing details Holloway. • Brick matching and replacement;

Heritage and conservation projects frequently encounter unforeseen issues involving the structure of the building. In this instance, we discovered that structural repair works in the north In 1995 the church was re-developed into flats. Unfortunately, tower of the church had been poorly managed when it had been during the course of redevelopment, a cementitious render skim redeveloped into flats. The tower was deemed beyond repair. s s had been laid over the original Bath Stone. This ‘encapsulation’ Before After Working closely with Hockley and Dawson Structural Engineers, practice did not allow the stone to breath, resulting in accelerated a design was drawn up to structurally reinforce the octagonal tower, and prolonged damage. In this case, masonry had fallen from the In situ works were carried out to the two Bath Stone spires and using bespoke stainless steel brackets and resin-applied fixings. front façade to the ground floor, causing a serious health and safety three quatrefoil details on the front elevation of the church. The Around 65% of the tower was dismantled before being re-built hazard. The stone therefore required significant repair works. spires were in a particularly poor condition. The structural engineer in sections, allowing us to maintain as much of the original fabric of Our banker masons carved the Bath Stone off-site and delivered concluded that ‘heli-fix’ repairs and in situ works were necessary. the building as possible. Owing to the complexity of the works and to the on-site masons to install. The cementitious coating had been The quatrefoils had also been encapsulated with cementitious the restricted working area, we instructed a second team of in-house crudely applied, damaging the adjacent brickwork. This created a mortar and failed following our masonry schedule ‘tap test’. We masons and master bricklayers to complete this part of the project. further challenge when removing the Bath Stone, as consequential removed all of the failed stone and created bespoke timber We hand rubbed squint bricks, carved new Bath Stone copings, brickwork reinstatement was required. templates in order to produce replacement indents. This allowed us window lintels and cills, installed new leaded windows and replaced The replacement and repair of the stone work was a complete to restore the fine details of the quatrefoils by hand, returning them all of the pointing. success. to their original aesthetic appearance. For further information contact: Telephone 0207 686 0066 • Email: [email protected] • www.rosewoodltd.net The Conservation and Partial Re-Construction Prior to carrying out any work, we sourced handmade imperial of St Peter’s Church, London replica bricks, which matched those in the original 1874 façade. Given the location of the church, we determined that the bricks would most likely have originated from the East Midlands or South East Anglia. Following the opening of King’s Cross station in 1852, large quantities of bricks from these areas were transported to North London where they were used in new construction projects for the remainder of the Victorian era. Working closely with Bulmer Brick and Tile Company, a bespoke handmade brick was detailed and manufactured to match the original size and aesthetic. This allowed our work to blend seamlessly with the original façade. The brickwork required throughout the façade was extensive, including: construction of new gauged arches; re-construction of a number of buttresses ready to receive the new Bath Stone; and the re-construction of a high level aint Peter’s Church was originally known Rosewood Ltd was instructed to complete • Partial re-construction of the north-facing brick pilaster beneath the stone Sas Saint Peter’s Highgate Hill. The the full restoration of the external façade of tower, following a structural engineer’s pediment. The pointing of the entire church, which opened on 15th November the church, which included: report which condemned 65% of the façade was also replaced using a 1874, was created out of the Parish of Saint • Thermatech clean; structure being unsafe. lime mortar. John, Upper Holloway. In 1978, Saint Peter’s • Removal and replacement of the Bath • Leaded glass replacement was united with Saint John’s to become the Stone cornices, hood moulds, string • Lead replacement and installation of Parish of Saint Peter with Saint John, Upper courses and buttresses; pediment capping’s and flashing details Holloway. • Brick matching and replacement;

s Platt Hall under refurbishment Refurb for art gallery’s Grade II* listed clothing museum

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Platt Hall is a unique property and we’re thrilled to be leading this project.” is said to be one of the finest collections in the country. Now, energy and regeneration firm ENGIE is leading on the refurbishment of the building, with works including repairs to the roof, rebuilding of external walls, improvements to the external setting of the hall, and the installation of a new CCTV system. “Platt Hall is a unique property and we’re thrilled to be leading this project,” said s ENGIE site manager Martin Lynch, the company’s alleviate flooding and improve of Manchester is how culturally John McIntyre at Platt Hall. head of education and public the access road. accessible it is, and what building. “Our work will improve “This is an exciting time for this project at Platt Hall All work is expected to be the infrastructure and security Platt Hall as it moves into the demonstrates is Manchester City completed in October 2019. at the site, to benefit the local next stage of its long history,” Council’s ongoing commitment community, plus the gallery’s said Councillor Luthfur Rahman, to this ideal. The nature of art employees and its collections.” Manchester City Council’s and culture is fluid and the Further works will also executive member for schools, galleries and exhibitions in our make improvements to the culture and leisure. city should aspire to be the surrounding Platt Fields Park to “One of the great strengths same.”

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For the latest events visit www.builders.org.uk/events Dates for your diary The National Federation of Builders wishes to advise members in all regions of the upcoming association events for 2019-2020:

NOV NOV NOV 5 6 11 Wales – REB and Regional South West – REB and Large Contractors Forum Construction Forum Regional Construction Forum Palace of Westminster Miskin Manor The Parliament Room, Gloucester Cathedral

NOV NOV 12 13 Midlands – REB and Regional North West – REB and Construction Forum Regional Construction Forum Aston Villa Football Club Haydock Racecourse

NOV NOV MAR APR 14 20 26 2 North East – REB and Southern – REB and Regional Heritage Conference and Midlands – NEB Regional Construction Forum Construction Forum Exhibition Emerald Headingly Stadium Friends House, Quaker Tower of London Building, 173-177 Euston Road, London

MAY MAY MAY MAY MAY 6 12 13 14 19 Eastern – REB Meeting & AGM Wales – Executive Board South West – REB Meeting Southern – REB Meeting & Midlands – REB Meeting & Eastern Regional Construction Meeting & AGM & AGM AGM AGM Forum Wales Construction Forum South West Regional Southern Regional Midlands Regional Construction Forum Construction Forum Construction Forum

MAY MAY JUNE OCT OCT 20 21 4 1 1 North West – REB Meeting North East – REB Meeting & NFB Annual Gala Dinner Construction Summit NFB Construction Awards of & AGM AGM Dumbleton Hall, Evesham Chelsea Harbour Hotel Excellence North West Regional North East Regional Construction Forum Construction Forum

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