BUILT-UP ROOF SYSTEMS
March 2014 March (47) Ln2 JJ41: L5241: P342 JJ41: L5241: Uniclass CI/SfB Almost 1,000m² of Icopal’s Almost 1,000m² of Icopal’s Proflex range of high- performance waterproofing systems has been installed on the main roof, of Chips, Will Alsop’s first residential scheme in the UK W: www.icopal.co.uk W:
MAC ROOFING & CONTRACTING LTD 2009
ALSOP ARCHITECTS
URBAN SPLASH
CONTRACTOR: COMPLETION: FLAT ROOF TO NEW RESIDENTIAL BUILDING “CHIPS”, NEW ISLINGTON MANCHESTER CLIENT: ARCHITECT:
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Situated on the site of the former The main roof tops the third layer of MAC director Lee Cavanagh said:
Ancoats Hospital, architect Will chips but Mac Roofing also installed “Chips was one of the most challenging
Alsop’s first residential scheme in the Icopal systems on the lower roof projects ever undertaken, not only
UK, comprises 142 apartments and elements; on the section of the building because of the many different build-
12,000 ft² of commercial space on the that cantilevers out over the canal in ups and intricate detail but because
ground floor. The first development for New Islington. of the amount of press coverage the
private sale in the regeneration area development courted. Due to our heavy
of New Islington, with its dramatic SOLUTION involvement at design stage, failure was shape and cladding is shaping up to not an option. We feel proud to have
be one of Manchester’s most striking MAC Roofing, a member of the been chosen to team up with Urban
buildingsbuilding produces more than Intelligent Membrane Association Splash and Alsop who are undoubtedly
70% of its energy requirements on (IMA), choose Icopal’s Proflex system two of the most pioneering developers
site. Their design for the single-storey to be installed on the Urban Splash and architects in the country.”
building, which features a doublecurved apartment blocks, so named because
hybrid steel and timber roof with cavity they resemble a stack of chips.
wall construction below, was developed
to form a seductive shape to suit the
immediate landscape.
MAC Roofing brought Icopal in
early on in the design process,
to help with the specification
and produce the detailed
drawings for the architect and
developer Urban Splash.
PRODUCT BENEFITS
Proflex is a high performance elastomeric bitumen roof system suitable for use on
flat, curved or pitched roofs, and is supported by an Icopal insurance backed 20 year
guarantee when installed by an IMA approved contractor. The system used on this
project comprised Proflex Vapour Control Layer and rigid polyisocyanurate insulation
(PIR). This was then covered with Proflex Perforated Preparation Layer immediately
followed by Proflex underlay. The system was then topped with Proflex Brown mineral
cap sheet.
0161 865 4444 FAX: 0161 866 2616 E: [email protected] W: www.icopal.co.uk BARTON DOCK ROAD, STRETFORD, MANCHESTER, M32 0YL ICS1037