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Fire Curtains to EW120 for 125 Deansgate Manchester UK

OVERVIEW

Whilst certainly not the most iconic or largest project the A1S Group has ever been involved with, 125 Deansgate in Manchester in many ways represents for us "a bread and butter project", the like of which we are involved with throughout the UK on an almost monthly basis. Despite the doom and gloom of office rationalisation during the pandemic, high end office new build and cat A and B refurbishment continues to be one of our strongest sectors. We have completed literally hundreds of office projects over the last decade including We Work premises throughout London and the UK, Goldmann Sachs, Barclays at Canary Wharf and Norfolk House in St James Square, London.

Fire and smoke curtains continue to be integral to modern office design, allowing for more open spaces within the building's wider fire strategy framework.

The A1S Group manufactured, installed 54 Flameshield fire curtains, all with smoke seals and multi function panels. For us, the 125 Deansgate building was noteworthy as it was the first time that we installed our high performance Flameshield EW120 fire curtain to provide a minimum of EW90 compartmentation. We also manufactured and installed our a Flameshield fire and smoke curtain system to provide 120 minutes integrity and 15 kw/m2 to protect the lift and lift shaft. This striking building is clad in a rich red terracotta with 12 storeys of flexible office and retail space all achieving BREEAM 'excellent' and is now considered one of Manchester's premier offices. The A1S Group have a long term planned preventative maintenance in schedule in place to comply with the 2005 Regulatory Reform Order.

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A1S Flameshield EW120 Fire and Smoke Curtain - Fire Curtain

A1S Flameshield EW120 Fire and Smoke Curtain - Fire Curtain

A1S Flameshield 8524 (S) Fire and Smoke Curtain - Fire and Smoke Curtain

A1S Flameshield 8524 (S) Fire and Smoke Curtain - Fire and Smoke Curtain

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