Hambleside Danelaw recently collaborated with refurbishment specialist, Weatherproofing Advisors to provide Zenon GRP rooflights at Smurfitt Kappa in Norwich. Profiled to match their metal envelope supply chain partner, Joris Ide, the strip and re-sheet resulted in a revitalised roof enhancing the operational reliability and safety standards of the global corrugated sheet board supplier.
The Norwich hub of Smurfitt Kappa is a significant cog in their UK operations, operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Located on Fishergate Street in the heart of the cathedral city, it occupies an expansive footprint housing state of the art machinery and is a vital part of their enterprise. It was imperative that the location could continue operating while the roofing refurbishment was underway.
As a result of a comprehensive condition report, the 11,500m² roof was found to be well beyond its service life, resulting in severe water ingress and creating significant disruption to the operations of the building. Weatherproofing Advisors, who specialise in the maintenance and refurbishment of roofing and cladding both regionally and nationally, were involved from an early stage in the process due to their well-earned reputation for providing unparalleled levels of service.
Whilst the whole project entailed multifaceted roofing systems, the primary scope of works was to remove the existing roof and replace with a new, metal built-up system incorporating GRP rooflights; all while ensuring the factory’s operations remained uninterrupted.
The benefits of natural daylight in the built environment are well documented. During daylight hours, it is an unlimited free resource, reducing the reliance on artificial lighting. This reduces electrical energy consumption, in turn decreasing CO2 emissions and the operational carbon of the building. The building occupants also gain the health and wellbeing benefits associated with natural daylight. The diffused nature of daylight from GRP prevents glare and localised heat build-up, critical in a manufacturing environment where there may be many reflective surfaces.
This project incorporated a triple skin assembly with a weather sheet of Zenon Evolution LC1. Zenon Evolution is Hambleside Danelaw’s low carbon rooflight product. By using advanced manufacturing reinforcement technology and continuous product development, we have been able reduce the amount of resin used during manufacture compared with our traditionally reinforced Zenon Pro range. The result is a thinner, lighter product with exceptional strength that exceeds the requirements of the industry standard non-fragility testing, withstanding impacts of more than twice the force needed to pass the test. The lower resin to glass ratio also reduces the embodied carbon content when compared to traditionally reinforced products with similar performance.
Ben Orton, Service Centre Manager at Weatherproofing Advisor’s London office quoted “the excellent service levels along with a quality product are the reasons that Hambleside Danelaw continue to be a trusted member of our supply chain”.
The project has shown the effectiveness of a collaborative supply chain working well together providing Smurfit Kappa Norwich with an updated facility which will benefit from long-term security and operational stability.
To learn more about the range of Zenon rooflight solutions from Hambleside Danelaw, get in touch with the team on 01327 701920 or fill in the contact form on our website.