Corby Academy

Corby, Northampshire

Main Contractor: Wates Construction

Value: £600K

Architect: Foster and Partners

Scope of works: To supply and install floor to slab Komfort Polar double glazed/Polar Tec partitioning systems together with curved feature areas. Installation also included the supply of doors and over panels, as well as integrated fire rated glazed doors to the glazed screens.

Corby Business Academy is the third academy project where Stortford Interiors worked with world renowned architects Foster and Partners (the other two projects being The Thomas Deacon and London Academies).

The client was specific about visibility and sound with performance requirements including glazed screens meeting client criteria of withstanding a crowd pressure point loading of 1.5kN, 30 minute fire rated double glazed screens with an acoustic performance of 42db.

Stortford Interiors worked closely with both client and architects to successfully provide a performance solution to the design requirements of this impressive £30M educational project.

Ropemaker

London EC2

Main Contractor: Mace

Value: £900K approx.

Architect: ARUP

Scope of works: Ropemaker is set to become one of the city of London’s most attractive yet sustainable commercial buildings. The building, designed to achieve an ‘Excellent’ BREEAM rating, has already won the main contractor a Silver Considerate Contractors award.

Stortford Interiors were appointed to design, supply and install specialist suspended ceilings, featuring Gull wing and bespoke wave ceilings to the Reception, Atrium, main reception area, lift lobbies and main external canopy. They brought together SAS International and Zumtobel to provide a complete one stop solution to successfully meet the client’s design brief. This is a project Stortford Interiors are particularly proud of.

Stortford Interiors won the 2010 Association of Interior Specialists GOLD Award (Ceiling category) for this project.

Manchester Square

London W1

Main Contractor: BW Interiors

Value: £880K

Architect: FD Architecture

Scope of works: Stortford Interiors were appointed to supply and install six floors of drywall partitions, Komfort Polar partitions, SAS 25/16 ceilings, M/F ceilings, joinery and acoustic barrier works. Special features included ¾ height partitions with clerestory glazing throughout, full height sliding doors, and fitting recessed door frames into lacquered goal post surrounds with concealed ironmongery. The whole installation effectively was completed in twelve weeks!

Bank Of Ireland

Bread Street, London EC4

Main Contractor: Mitie Interiors Ltd

Value: £650K

Architect: Gensler

Scope of works: The works comprised high performance Gyproc metal stud partition walls to meet the client’s acoustic requirements with frameless clear acoustic glass screens to the front of the offices. The executive suite comprised double glazed flush doorsets with integral closures. All the glazed screens were sourced from Lifestyle who designed completely new double glazed flush doorsets for this scheme.

Edelman UK

Southside, Victoria Street, London SW1

Main Contractor: StructureTone UK

Value: £650K

Architect: Gensler

Scope of works: Bespoke glass partitions, full height glass doors, feature ceilings and rafts, metal pan ceilings and drywall partitions.

Stortford Interiors worked in close conjunction with Logica Glazing to produce a bespoke full height glazed system with oversized channels and framing to give the appearance of light boxes when back lit.

This high end fit-out involved close working relationship with the architect, client and manufacturer to detail, text and fabricate and install this job specific system that fulfilled the client’s aesthetic, commercial and performance requirements within 12 weeks. The conference and meeting room areas were fitted with light troughs, rafts and oversize glass doors to give a striking modern appearance.

The reception area featured coffered ceilings and the Bar area featured a dropped and raking ceiling with radius corners and inset integrated audio-visual equipment.

Project Sapphire

Crawley, Surrey

Main Contractor: Laing O’Rourke

Value: £3.5M

Architect: Hazel McCormack Young LLP

Scope of works: Komfort partitioning, drywall partitions, suspended ceilings, plasterboard ceilings and white rock walls.
Stortford Interiors’ involvement in this substantial interior fit-out project comprises three large building inside Project Sapphire; Buildings A, B and D. Building A consists of five levels from ground to fourth floor office environments. Building B consists of three levels from ground to Level 2 with the ground floor accommodating a large restaurant and kitchen build, involving the installation of various types of lay-in grid, plasterboard bulkheads and ceilings. Within Building B there is also an auditorium, VIP lounge, theatre and café area, with floors 1 and 2 dedicated to office accommodation. Building D is the largest of the three installations dedicated to a very large production area, office space and massive simulator hall.

AIS Contractors Awards 2009, Certificate of Excellence awarded to Stortford Interiors for this project.

Ship Canal House

King Street, Manchester

Main Contractor: Wates Interiors

Value: £650K

Architect: Sheppard Robson

Scope of works: Ship Canal House is a ten-storey 7,000 sq m high specification office space, and is considered to be one of Manchester’s most renowned and revered buildings.

Stortford Interiors’ participation in this prestigious refurbishment project involved the installation of Armstrong Orcal metal ceilings, drylining and impressive Gyproc feature bulkheads throughout.

Knightlights Property International

St. James’ Square, London SW1

Main Contractor: Mitie Interiors Ltd

Value: £975K

Architect: The Colman Partnership Ltd

Scope of works: Partitions and linings including access panels, M/F ceilings and SAS tiles. One of our contract items was the construction of partitions and linings to a lift lobby including an atrium area which went throughout the building.

Stortford Interiors supplied and installed back lit glass to various walls on a number of floors of the building.

The Thomas Deacon Academy

Queen’s Gardens, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire

Main Contractor: Laing O’Rourke

Value: £1.2M

Architect: Foster & Partners

Scope of works: partitions, glazed screens, doors and frames

The performance requirements for this project included for the glazed screens to meet the Academy criteria of withstanding a crowd pressure point loading of 1.5kN, 30 minute fire rated double glazed screens, and meet an acoustic performance of 42db.

One of the largest state schools in Europe and most expensive state school in Britain, costing £46m, The Thomas Deacon Academy opened in September 2007.

Stortford Interiors worked closely with Laing O’Rourke and Foster & Partners to provide a performance solution to the design requirements of this prestigious project.

Stortford Interiors supplied and installed floor to slab Komfort Polar Double Glazed/PolarTec partitioning systems together with curved feature areas. The installation also included the supply of doors and over panels, as well as integrated fire rated glazed doors to the glazed screens.

Stortford Interiors recently won the 2008 Association of Interior Specialists Silver Award (Partioning - value band over £100K) for this project.

PriceWaterhouseCoopers

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)

Cancer Research UK

Imperial War Museum

London Academy

The Stanway School