Staticus, one of the largest façade engineering contractors in Northern Europe specialised in providing design, production and installation services, has reportedly won a contract to install a combination of unitised timber and aluminium stick facades across the area of 8,700 square metres of Two New Bailey Square. Staticus will manufacture the unitised façade panels in its factory in Lithuania and install over the next 12 months.
Two New Bailey Square is designed by architect Allford Hall Monaghan Morris and developed by English Cities Fund and Muse Developments. Per the report, it will provide 180,000 square metres of commercial space in Salford Central with private balconies on each floor.
“An interesting aspect of this project is the external structural steel frame with its visible connections and splices left exposed and protruding from the façade,” said Staticus’ UK managing director Paulius Gurksnys.
He further said, “Whilst this is unique and looks extremely striking, it means that we will need to use special sealing and prefabrication techniques to build the cladding units and overlay the façade panels. It is an extremely complicated installation.”
Timber features heavily in the ground and first floor of the building, at a scale which is unusual for office development. Staticus will install aluminium façade onto the timber profiles, milling connection joints into the profiles.
Paulius Gurksnys continued: “We have grown our presence in the UK exponentially [in 2018], opening a new office in London and taking on lucrative contracts in the City, Manchester, and Liverpool. This positions Staticus strategically for further expansion in the first quarter of 2019, so we are looking forward to what we anticipate will be a very successful year.”
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