In the Spring of 2016 Hazlemere Commercial completed a £308,000 + VAT replacement fenestration project at Burnham Grammar School in South Bucks, manufacturing and installing thermally broken double glazed replacement Sapa aluminium windows and doors. The project took an unexpected turn, when the first existing window was removed, revealing the presence of asbestos. Hazlemere had …
Hazlemere Commercial have completed five phases of replacement aluminium windows at John Hampden Grammar School for boys over a three year period from 2013 to 2016, replacing the original silver anodised vertical sliding single glazed windows, known to many former pupils as “guillotines” the original windows were sprung and sometimes had the tendency to move …
The refurbished Marylebone Campus of the University of Westminster is home to the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, as well as Westminster Business School. The Faculty of Architecture is one of the UK’s leading centres for the study of Architecture and the Built Environment, inspiring more than 2,000 students at its teaching base at …
An extensive refurbishment at Radcliffe School in Milton Keynes featured more than 360 Monaframe casement windows and 45 Stormframe high performance doors. Based on a 50-acre site, the once grammar, now mixed comprehensive school dates back to the 1950’s and accommodates 1300 students in two separate buildings, which are both named after previous headmasters, Morgan …
A foundation school for children aged between 7 and 11 years and serving a wide area of Milton Keynes presented another challenge which Hazlemere’s Commercial Team overcame with their customary expertise. The existing windows had structural Glue-lam timber roof joists projecting through the window line above the existing mullions. Before the replacement Sapa Dualframe aluminium …
This project involved the construction of a new entrance lobby with a glazed roof to increase security and management of people access to the school (see picture below showing part of the glazed lobby roof). Lane End Primary School asked Buckinghamshire County Council to advise them which contractor they should use. Hazlemere Commercial were suggested, …
Desborough College is now a secondary school with academy status located on Shoppenhangers Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. Until 2009 it was an all-boys school, however, the Sixth form has since become co-educational. Originally Desborough School, was founded as a boys grammar school over 100 years ago, and then became a Comprehensive Community School for 11-18 year …
Several phases of school refurbishment were undertaken on behalf of the client, Wokingham District Council, both in term time and during school holidays. Overall, the staged project occupied some three weeks in August 2005 and about three weeks in August and September 2006. The project involved two phases of replacing windows using the Architectonic Euroline …
Working directly for Milton Keynes Council (Architecture MK) and the school, the complete replacement of all windows and doors within the complex was undertaken across term time and the school holidays. Although most of the critical work was undertaken during the summer closure period, completion had to be undertaken while the school was open. It …
