The renovation project for County Hall in Aylesbury, being undertaken by Buckinghamshire based independent commercial aluminium double glazing manufacturers and installers was featured in a half page newspaper article in the Bucks Herald on Wednesday 16th October 2013 entitled “Contractors on a high with County Hall job (just mind the peregrines)“. The article was then published on the Bucks Herald’s website on 20th October.
This £2.2m replacement window refurbishment project was awarded to High Wycombe based Hazlemere Commercial by Buckinghamshire County Council due to their experience and expertise in designing, surveying, manufacturing and installing high quality thermally efficient aluminium double glazed windows, plus they were also a local family firm with a tried and trusted reputation in dealing with Bucks County Council.
In the Bucks Herald article it amusingly commented that “Standing 200ft above the ground, the last thing you need to be worrying about is being attacked by Peregrine Falcon defending its nest. But that is just one of many factors the team changing 1,437 windows at Bucks County Hall has had to consider.”
Bucks County Council’s Peter Edington is overseeing the £2 million project. He said: “We had to think about their breeding season, which put restrictions on when we could be at roof level.We could not get up there before June and need to be away by January.”
The article went onto explain that “The authority is undertaking the mammoth project, which attracted criticism for its huge costs, to bring the 1960s building up to date, reduce energy costs and improve staff working conditions. Bucks-based contractor Hazlemere Group has been brought in to do the work, using 15,000 scaffold tubes, 55,000 fittings and 5,000 walking boards.”
Company director Barry Matthews said: “I have lived in Aylesbury all my life and it makes a nice change for a local contractor to be involved in such a prestigious job.”
The Bucks Herald article pointed out that “As not all the windows are the same size, the company has had to spend 8,600 man hours making them.”
Hazlemere Commercial are used to challenging large scale commercial window projects, as in 2010 undertook to fabricate, supply and fit £2.4m worth of commercial aluminium windows (and doors etc.) made from 100% re-cycled aluminium for the new Bideford College being built by Devon County Council.
Hazlemere Commercial are currently replacing all the windows in Merton Civic Centre in Morden with £2.5m worth of double glazed aluminium windows made in their 38,000 square foot High Wycombe factory in South Buckinghamshire. Find out more about Hazlemere Commercial
