UK Commercial – Cornelius UK Ltd – specialists in glazing services

1 Triton Square

Mariana B — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 13:07:05 +0000

1 Triton Square

Period: 2019 - 2020

Main Contractor: Lendlease

Facade subcontractor: Permasteelisa UK Ltd

Secondary Subcontractor: Cornelius UK Ltd

1 Triton Square

1 Triton Square – a 6-story office facility built in 1990s. The project has been refurbished and the original building extended, with many types of facades.

Installation consisted of the following:

FT1A:

reinstate facade and new walkway doors at L2 to L6
remove the K Guard
modify the walkway and reinstate grills as per original
install climate wall roof cover

FT1B

Installation of modified truss from L1 to L6
reinstate steel assemblies/tension rods at ends
removal of existing glazed ribbon windows facade and installation of new glazing in existing unitised framework
installation of new thermal insulation & ceramic paper to RHS and new insulation to trusses L2, L3, L4 & L5.

FT2, FT3, FT4, FT6, FT7, FT8 and FT9

entirely new unitized facade

FT10

existing mechanical louvre, remove on East,
clean and modify on West

FT11

entirely new stickwork facade, double height glazing including radiused glass.
L6 balustrade

Gateway Central- White City Place

Mariana B — Mon, 29 May 2023 11:28:15 +0000

White City Place - Gateway Central

Period: September 2021 - December 2022

Main Contractor: Sir Robert McAlpine

Facade subcontractor: KFK d.o.o

Secondary Subcontractor: Cornelius UK Ltd

Gateway Central- White City Place

Situated on the southern part of the existing White City Development, Gateway Central is an 11-storey new commercial building providing office and retail floorspace with a single storey basement. The Ground Floor also includes an entrance lobby and back of house areas with cycle parking and shower facilities for occupants. The Basement includes car parking, plant, and storage. All upper floors consist of B1 Offices. A screened open top plant area is accommodated on the 11th floor/roof level. Six floors of the building are pre-let to L’Oréal UK and Ireland for use as their new HQ and training academy (at Ground Floor).

Installation consisted of the following:

12,000m²
Aluminium Stick System, vertical toggle fixed.
Unitised Façade, including external feature panels
Manually operated and automated doors
Metal balustrades
Fire barrier horizontal and vertical
Aluminium soffits
Aluminium copings
Column casing

Urbanest City – Vine Street

Mariana B — Mon, 29 May 2023 11:08:38 +0000

Urbanest City - Vine Street

Period: October 2019 - December 2022

Main Contractor: Balfour Beatty

Facade subcontractor: KFK d.o.o

Secondary Subcontractor: Cornelius UK Ltd

Urbanest City – Vine Street

Urbanest City – Vine Street is a mixed use development comprising 629 student accommodation rooms, 5,687sqm office space, 911sqm incubator offices for start up organizations as well as an exhibition space for the scheduled Ancient Monument (Roman Wall) along with an adjoining café area.

Installation consisted of the following:

18,000m²
Aluminium Stick System, vertical toggle fixed.
Unitised Façade, vertical and inclined with exoskeleton
Manually operated and automated doors
Metal balustrades
Fire barrier horizontal and vertical
Aluminium soffits
Aluminium copings
Standing seam roof

P2020 17 Charterhouse Street

HMGS WebAdmin — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 14:55:29 +0000

P2020 17 Charterhouse Street

Period: January 2019- In progress

Main Contractor: Wates Construction Group

Facade subcontractor: Schneider GB Ltd

Secondary Subcontractor: Cornelius UK Ltd

P2020 17 Charterhouse Street

Project 2020 is a refurbishment project of a building placed in the Charterhouse Street in the zone of Farringdon in London. The building will connect 3 previously independent buildings. The refurbishment implied the change in some parts of the concrete construction before installation of the new facade and interiors. The building will be used as a central office of the company Anglo American and De Beers.

The facade has 11 different types including puncher windows, AOV, fire rated windows and balustrades. The main facade will be built as a unitised curtain wall system made from Schüco aluminium profiles, glass and stone. Furthermore some parts of the facade will be steel stick work and stone curtain walling. The materials used for the facade are mainly aluminium, steel, glass, stone and glazed stone.

Installation consisted of the following:

façade area: 8,000m² of cladding
aluminium curtain wall unitised system made from Schuco aluminium profiles, glass and stone
Balustrade installation at terraces Level 5
Stone installation and capping installation
insulated soffit cladding
steel stick works
stone curtain walling
fire/smoke seal
Aluminium stickwork installation at GF level

London School of Economics

HMGS WebAdmin — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 14:47:29 +0000

London School of Economics

Period: February 2018 - In Progress

Main Contractor: Mace Group Ltd

Facade subcontractor: Dobler Metallbau GmbH

Secondary Subcontractor: Cornelius UK Ltd

London School of Economics

London School of Economics and Political Science, Centre Buildings Redevelopment (LSE CBR) – a hub for the university’s Social Sciences departments, providing a balanced mix of public amenities, departmental space and teaching facilities.

The CBR is on Houghton Street and Clare Market. Buildings that were demolished are: East Building, The Anchorage, Clare Market and St Clement’s: core and eastern wing. The new structure is split into three sections: the 2-storey Amenities Block, the 5-storey Houghton Street Block, and the 13-storey Tower Block.

Installation consisted of the following:

façade area: 11,000m² of cladding
installation of aluminium curtain wall unitised system
unitised cladding through the gap between concrete slab and steel exoskeleton
louver screen façade
aluminium rain screen cladding
fire/smoke steal
aluminium soffits
column cladding
frameless glass balustrades
granite stone rainscreen
metal balustrades

The Post Building

HMGS WebAdmin — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 14:07:27 +0000

The Post Building

Period: January 2018 – March 2018

Main Contractor: Laing O'Rourke

Facade subcontractor: OAG UK Ltd

Secondary Subcontractor: Cornelius UK Ltd

The Post Building

The Post Building (the former Royal Mail Sorting Office) will form a 320,000 sq ft, AHMM- designed scheme providing flexible, Grade A office space with vast section heights, unparalleled volume and light, exciting street-level retail and restaurant space; and rooftop gardens.

The project will significantly enhance the public realm in the area and will be delivered in line with the new Crossrail station at Tottenham Court Road and other significant public realm improvements, to form an emerging new quarter of the West End.

Installation consisted of the following:

façade area: 1,850m²
glazed screens
steel ‘goal post’ framework to provide structural support to the glazed screen within the plasterboard partitions. included sub frames with solid infill panel to close off the void within the raised access floor (350mm).
steel “goal post” frame to suit structural opening

Telehouse North 2

HMGS WebAdmin — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 14:03:46 +0000

Telehouse North 2

Period: January 2016 – November 2016

Main Contractor: Mace Group Ltd

Facade subcontractor: Prater UK Ltd

Secondary Subcontractor: Cornelius UK Ltd

Telehouse North 2

Telehouse North Two is an ultra-modern 7 floor data centre building adjacent to Telehouse North and Telehouse East and securely anchored as part of the Telehouse Docklands Campus. Across the data floors cabinets are housed in “PODS” with hot aisle containment (the first such use on the Telehouse campus) and each cabinet benefits from 2(n+1) power feeds. A typical floor will support just over 500 cabinets each.

The site forms part of the former East India docks that was in-filled in the 1960s and been undeveloped since then.

Installation consisted of the following:

High level fascia band roof
Installation of panels, corner panels,
Glazing north elevation
Euro cladding
IAC Gantry
IAC Gantry Canopy
Window Jamb
Horizontal profile cladding
Setting upstand and installing EPDM
Install panels for parapets
Install flashing to opening doors
Install flashings accessing cradle
Install decking

Guildford Business Park II

HMGS WebAdmin — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 13:43:36 +0000

Guildford Business Park II Project

Period: July 2017 – February 2018

Main Contractor: Brymor Construction Ltd

Facade subcontractor: Nevsimal Ltd

Secondary Subcontractor: Cornelius UK Ltd

Guildford Business Park II

The Guildford Business Park II Project is a 4-story height refurbished office building located in Guildford. With fast access to both the rail and motorway network, Guildford Business Park is ideally located for modern business.

A prime new office development that delivers a market leading environment for tenants to flourish. Designed to offer fun and rewarding lifestyle opportunities, Guildford Business Park provides a range of opportunities both on and off park.

Installation consisted of the following:

façade area: 5,578 m2
main façade – ground floor, level 1, 2 and 3 – aluminium stick work with glass, panels, rain screen panels and acm boards
sloped façade – levels 1 and 2 north – aluminium stick work with glass and glass panels and rain screen panels
skylight and internal walls under skylight – structurally glazed frameless solution
entrance and canopy – aluminium stick work with glass, rain screen panels and acm boards
cycle store and link bridge – rainscreen panels
cleaning of the façade inside and outside

Coal Drops Yard

HMGS WebAdmin — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 13:39:54 +0000

Coal Drops Yard

Period: September 2017 – September 2018

Main Contractor: BAM Construct UK

Facade subcontractor: Frener & Reifer UK

Secondary Subcontractor: Cornelius UK Ltd

Coal Drops Yard

These listed Victorian sheds have been converted into a new high-end, 9,290 sq metre, shopping complex and privately-owned public space.

Thomas Heatherwick took the two converging arcaded sheds and connected them with the ‘kissing roof. The two brick and wrought iron coal drops were designed at different times so were structurally different, but shared a common roof line.

The additional glazed space, in the roof, two storeys high that adds 20,000 square feet (1,900 m²) of space. The 35m wide roof adds no extra weight to the wall structures; it is supported on 54 steel columns that are embedded within the building. The slate used in the roof comes from the same seam in the same Welsh slate quarry as was used in the original roof.

Installation consisted of the following:

roof lights
gable ends
upper level glazing
glass floor viaduct walks
glass floor heritage bay
substructure for pigeon ledge
top flashings including the substructure and EPDM
bottom flashings including the substructure and EPDM
vertical and horizontal pressure plate, butyl tape and insulation
pressure plate, butyl tape, insulation and mastic on top of glass
flashings, insulation and EPDM at gutter

Kingsgate House

HMGS WebAdmin — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 13:36:45 +0000

Kingsgate House

Period: November 2014 - February 2016

Main Contractor: Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd

Facade subcontractor: Josef Gartner GmBH

Secondary Subcontractor: Cornelius UK Ltd

Kingsgate House

Kings Gate represents a notable new landmark that will have a positive ripple effect throughout Victoria. The façade of Kings Gate presents a confident face to Victoria Street, with striking limestone pillars and bronze–color metal balustrades. The elegant geometry of the exterior design creates a series of discrete and sociable terrace spaces, and allows light to flood into the main living areas.

Installation consisted of the following:

Stainless steel soffit panels
Installation of pressure plates
Installation of aluminium panels
Installation of galvanised panels, sheets and rockwool
Installation of mullions
Install steel roof, stainless steel louvres
Glaze oriel curtain wall frame and install galvanized roof cladding and closer pieces
Install insulation to roof, closer panels, pressure plates to curtain wall off the scaffold
Panels to link Canopy
Double doors, single Dorset and escape doors
Louvered Door
GRC panels and soffits