Mottram Towers, Stockport

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Contract type Specialist Facades

Client Stockport Homes

Value £7,300,000

Duration January 2012 – October 2012

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MOTTRAM TOWERS, STOCKPORT

Specialist Facades

Lawtech Group’s specialist facades division delivers a range of cladding works in-house utilising Lawtech’s Design & Quality team. Our extensive experience extends across a range of systems such as rainscreen, terracotta, fibre cement and external wall insulation, with structural or concrete repairs as necessary.

Mottram Towers, Stockport

Lawtech was engaged as the Principal Contractor to undertake an energy efficiency improvement programme to 1,050 properties across a range of occupied three-storey tenements and high-rise towers. The properties were spread across the Stockport area and required a high level of planning to complete successfully to budget and on time. The scope of works included:

40,000m² of rainscreen and EWI
External Repairs
Windows
Roof Replacement
Replacement Heating
Windows
Balcony Repairs
Biomass Pods

This project was completed in partnership with British Gas to deliver a major Community Energy Saving Programme (CESP) funded scheme.

Stockport Homes wished to make a visual statement on the skyline of the city by cladding the landmark Mottram Towers with a Rockpanel rainscreen façade system in a high-specification Chameleon metallic finish. This was mounted on aluminium rails with a Rockwool Duo Slab insulation fixed between. New aluminium-profiled windows were installed to match.

The project was nominated for the Project Enterprise Awards, where it was ‘highly commended’.

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