Contemporary thinking
Contemporary thinking
Contemporary thinking runs right through this project with increased build quality, and the safety and wellbeing of occupants, central to every design and specification decision. Creating bright, airy and spacious accommodation, Sky House sets the standard for 21st century living.
The structural solution maximises the use of our loadbearing Thrubuild® system – specified as it integrates prefabricated light steel walling and flooring solutions, offering performance guarantees and fire resistance of 60 – 120 minutes. After completing rigorous fire, acoustic, weathering, airtightness and mechanical testing, Thrubuild® systems are supported by an Etex 30-year product and performance warranty.
Design and vision
Design and vision
Sky House is derived from the homes’ unique roof gardens and expansive glazing, creating bright, airy and spacious accommodation with unrivalled views from every level. Designed by award-winning Architects CODA, based on the ‘back-to-back’ housing concept, Sky House Construction aims to establish a close-knit neighbourhood that is centred around open spaces. The design references the area’s industrial heritage with saw-tooth roofs in a sensitive contemporary style echoing commercial developments of the past.
Remagin Solutions
Remagin Solutions
Thrubuild® was the structural light steel system chosen for this development, a system designed in collaboration with our Etex Group partners Siniat, Promat and FSi, and developed using the latest products, technical know-how and manufacturing excellence of the combined team.
Our Thrubuild® range has been developed to form external and internal separating and dividing walls, together with dividing and separating floors. Supplied as a tried and tested custom-designed kit of parts, the Thrubuild® system includes steel framing, external Siniat Weather Defence sheathing, rock mineral wool insulation, Siniat internal drylining, ancillary parts, fixtures and fittings.
Having rigorously tested all components together as a complete system, Thrubuild® was relied on to offer excellent fire, acoustic, thermal and structural capabilities to meet the needs of the Sky House Construction team.
Our engineers worked with CODA’s architectural team to rationalise their design by adjusting walls and loading path lines through the building, optimising the cold rolled steel Thrubuild® solution and value engineering out various hot rolled steel elements, thereby reducing costs and construction carbon emissions.
By selecting Thrubuild®, Sky House Construction embraced the very best in offsite technology to produce a range of precision-engineered housing types that delivered the highest quality on a fast-track construction programme.