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SETTING THE STANDARD FOR LPS 1175 - GRADE 2
Blyweert Beaufort Aluminium is the first aluminium systems company in the UK to offer the specification market a commercial door package tested and certified to BRE's prestigious and much sought after LPS 1175 ; the industry's latest and most stringent security standard.
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KRATOS ACHIEVES THE HIGHEST LEVELS WITH CWCT CERTIFICATION
Kratos thermally enhanced aluminium high rise Curtain Walling is the latest addition to a long line of pioneering new products from leading architectural aluminium experts, Blyweert Beaufort Aluminium.
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BLYWEERT BEAUFORT HAVE GOT WER's FOR YOU
The latest revisions to Part L Building Regulations, which are due to come into force in England and Wales in October, will set a new mandatory requirement for window energy performance within the Window Energy Ratings (WERs) Scheme. Russell Yates, Technical Director for Blyweert Beaufort Aluminium, explains how forward-thinking investment in product development and testing over the past few years has put the pioneering aluminium systems company -- and its customers - one step ahead of this major update of energy efficiency regulations.
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FIRST TO ACHIEVE 'A' RATING - BRE GREEN GUIDE TO SPECIFICATION
Blyweert Beaufort Aluminium's Advanced Plus window range is the first of its kind to meet this demanding specification. The Advanced Plus Window suite corresponds to the BRE Global Green Guide online generic specification for windows and achieves a summary rating of A for non-domestic and a ‘B’ rating domestic schemes.
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FIRST TO ACHIEVE LEVEL 4 - CODE FOR SUSTAINABLE HOMES
Blyweert Beaufort's Advanced Plus window range further endorses its position as the most pioneering and benchmark setting aluminium window system by achieving Level 4 - Code for sustainable homes. Level 4 requires a system to offer a 44% reduction in carbon emissions.
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YET ANOTHER SPARKLING PERFORMANCE
A brand new four-star hotel on the Isle of Wight is proving a shining example for high-performance, sustainable aluminium windows, doors and curtain walling supplied by Beaufort Secure Design and Midland Window Group. Designed, manufactured and installed by commercial sector specialists MWG, one of Beaufort's largest customers, the external aluminium glazing systems totalling ?300,000 fulfilled the demanding specification for the prestigious Lakeside Hotel at Ryde, which features an impressive eight-metre high entrance conservatory and covered walkway. Working to a tight four-month schedule, MWG fabricated frames for the curtain walling and a further 100 reversible windows using the TSR system which is part of Beaufort's acclaimed Advanced Plus 'A' Window Energy Rated (WER) aluminium system. The company also supplied 17 exterior ground floor doors, including two automated front entrance doors at the 65-bed hotel.
Aluminium adds up for Astra Windows
Within eight weeks of signing up for Beaufort?s new fully integrated Advanced Plus 'A'' Window Energy Rated (WER) aluminium system, Astra Windows gained almost as many new customers ' proof that entering a new market can create genuine business opportunities. Following a highly successful 19-year track record in PVC-U fabrication, Managing Director Dave Jackson decided the time was right to diversify into aluminium and build on Astra's existing strength in commercial projects, notably schools, shop fronts, health centres and offices. The company supplies both trade and commercial customers throughout the North West.
Beaufort joins Blyweert Group
Beaufort Secure Design, the UK's pioneering aluminium window and door systems company, has become a wholly owned subsidiary of the Blyweert Aluminium Group in Belgium. This important development for Newport-based Beaufort means the company can now accelerate the expansion of its business and product range as part of one of Europe's leading aluminium systems suppliers
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Fenestration industry recognition for Blyweert Beaufort at G08 awards
Beaufort's groundbreaking Advanced Plus aluminium window system has won the prestigious G08 Energy Efficiency Initiative Award. As the first aluminium system in the UK market to achieve an ?A? WER (Window Energy Rating) with a double-glazed sealed unit, the Advanced Plus is a worthy winner of this prestigious prize, says Beaufort?s Head of Sales, Patrick Burke: ?
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Metal guru - choose aluminium, choose Blyweert Beaufort
Whether entering the aluminium market for the first time or looking for added value, PVC-U and aluminium fabricators alike can capitalise on the new business opportunities this growing market sector offers. The transition can be easier than you think with the right support in software, manufacturing and marketing from a knowledgeable systems supplier, says Patrick Burke, Head of Sales at Beaufort Secure Design.
Blyweert Beaufort delivers high spec solutions for prestigious newbuild projects
Choosing a systems supplier that understands the demanding newbuild market, has a range of products to suit it and can offer its customers a comprehensive support package to satisfy it, are all crucial to success in serving it, says Patrick Burke, Head of Sales at Beaufort Secure Design, one of the UK?s leading aluminium fenestration companies.
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Blyweert Beaufort advances into G08 finals
Beaufort?s Advanced Plus aluminium window system, featuring cutting edge design and performance, has been nominated for the G08 Energy Efficiency Initiative Award. The Advanced Plus has earned its place in the finals as the first aluminium system in the UK market to achieve an ?A? WER (Window Energy Rating) with a double-glazed sealed unit. The window features a state-of-the-art polyamide thermal break and boasts a U-value as low as1.3w/mK2, which qualifies for Level 4 of the Code for Sustainable Homes. This standard is much in demand by architects and specifiers and brings benefits to the consumer in terms of a more thermally efficient product and lower SAP rating, plus an overall reduction in a property?s carbon footprint.
Phoenix windows gets an 'A' with Blyweert Beaufort
Phoenix Windows in Nuneaton has signed up for Beaufort?s new fully integrated Advanced Plus ?A? Window Energy Rated (WER) aluminium system to offer its customers market-leading, thermally-efficient products alongside its PVC-U range.
'Grand' design for Blyweert Beaufort windows and doors
Aluminium windows, doors and screens from Beaufort Secure Design met stringent acoustic and thermal performance specifications at a major new residential development by Fairview Homes in North London.
Blyweert Beaufort heads for Interbuild
Beaufort Secure Design is putting its full support behind Interbuild?s concept of an annual autumn exhibition with the announcement that it has already signed-up for the show, taking stand 04-E115.
Blyweert Beaufort Delivers a Good Value Solution
Aluminium windows from Beaufort?s Advanced System are combining a traditional look with modern energy efficiency and easy maintenance at Bickenhall Mansions, a Listed residential building in London?s west end. The new windows have replaced timber fenestration in 33 luxury apartments. The slim sightlines and attractive styling of the Advanced system satisfied Westminster Council?s local planning requirements for Bickenhall Mansions, which date back to around 1850, and also exceeded the project?s specification in terms of thermal and weather performance.
Blyweert Beaufort backs the Blues
The HS horizontal sliding window from Beaufort?s aluminium system is providing a premier solution at Southend United Football Club. Twenty HS windows in a gleaming white powder paint finish have recently replaced double glazed units in timber frames in hospitality boxes at The Blues? Roots Hall ground.
Blyweert Beside the Sea with Beaufort
Residents at an exclusive development on the North Devon coast can enjoy the sea views from their balconies courtesy of aluminium patio doors from Beaufort. Nassau Court consists of 26 apartments and two penthouses in the picturesque village of Westward Ho! The distinctive properties have been designed and built to an exceptionally high specification throughout, including sliding patio doors in an anodised blue/grey finish to complement the coastal location.
Blyweert Beaufort Stars in Affordable Homes Project
Aluminium systems supplier Beaufort Secure Design has secured a window and door installation package on a major new build contract by Botes Construction on behalf of Acton Housing Association. The contract requires over 600 windows and 400 residential doors in apartment blocks in Surrey using Beaufort's Advanced Polyamide System.
Blyweert Beaufort Advances Aluminium System Design
The all-new Advanced Polyamide System from Beaufort Secure Design marks a major step forward in aluminium window design. The internally glazed range of windows has been specifically developed by Beaufort to combine superb thermal and weather performance with a pioneering design for faster fabrication and enhanced aesthetic appeal. Indeed, the Advanced is the first internally glazed aluminium system to feature built-in trickle ventilators as standard, together with a double bead option that eliminates the need for dummy vents.
Blyweert Beaufort Excels at Enigma
A coloured aluminium system from Beaufort is providing a secure and stylish solution for a new business unit in Worcestershire. A local installer has recently fitted blue doors and windows for the project at Malvern's Enigma Business Park, which offers high quality premises for local and national companies.
Conservation Project for Blyweert Beaufort
The ultra-slim sightlines and attractive styling of aluminium windows from Beaufort Secure Design have satisfied stringent local planning requirements at a period building in the heart of London. Built around 1930, Kenton Court comprises over 80 fully refurbished flats above shops in Kensington High Street.
Blyweert Beaufort Gets a Handle on New Patio Lock
As part of ongoing enhancements to its aluminium sliding door system, Beaufort Secure Design has introduced a new patio door lock that is quick to fit, simple to use and offers maximum security. The Eurogroove lockstile also offers the fabricator greater manufacturing flexibility and more versatility with handle options. Manufactured by leading German hardware designer and manufacturer, Roto Frank, the high quality lock and hardware is now supplied as standard on all Beaufort's aluminium patio doors.
A Room with a View
Having a 'Room with a view' certainly came true for a customer in the North West USA recently with an award-winning lakeside conservatory, for which the words 'bespoke' and 'unique' could have been coined specifically! In fact, the design so impressed the judges at this year's Glassex Conservatory Design Competition that it deservedly won the Bronze Award for manufacturer, Trade-PLAS.
Conserving the Beauty of the Cotswolds
Beaufort's new Advanced aluminium system has met the aesthetic and performance demands of a hilltop conservatory in the heart of the Cotswolds. Specified in an attractive moss green finish, the conservatory blends perfectly with its rural surroundings in the ancient village of Twyning near Tewkesbury. The Advanced System's internally glazed range of windows is fully Part L compliant and weather tested to BS6375. Combined with Beaufort's tough polyester powder paint finish the Advanced System has provided the ideal solution for the conservatory's exposed location.
Quiet Night at Former Pub
Residents are raising a glass in peace to the high performance aluminium windows in their brand new apartments, which have been built on the site of a former pub.
Blyweert Beaufort Goes Sky High
The refurbishment of a high-rise housing block in north London includes aluminium windows and doors from Beaufort Secure Design. The ?330,000 fenestration contract was recently completed for Green Horizons Housing as part of their ongoing regeneration of the properties it manages in Edmonton for the benefit of residents and the wider community.
A Complete Solution
Aluminium windows and doors were the choice for both new build and refurbishment at a major ?600,000 London local authority project at Lisson Green Estate in Westminster.
Room for Aluminium
Aluminium still offers exciting growth opportunities despite the current challenging economic climate, and, with the conservatory market also still relatively buoyant, Nigel Yates, Managing Director of Beaufort Secure Design, explores the advantages of adding an aluminium conservatory option for PVC-U fabricators and installers.
Opportunities in Colour
In this third of a series of articles on the aluminium industry, Nigel Yates, Managing Director of aluminium systems supplier Beaufort Secure Design, looks at the growing demand for colour in both the commercial and domestic sectors and the profit potential this trend is opening up for all areas of the industry.
Science Project
Aluminium windows and doors from Beaufort Secure Design have been specified as part of a major three-phase refurbishment programme at Compton School in Finchley. The project includes both new build and the upgrading of the main school building's original steel windows. A brand new science block, plus replacement windows in the main building to match the new ones, comprised the first stage of the project at the north London School.