Construction is underway on the Dame Clare Marx Building, a new orthopaedic centre at Colchester Hospital. With an estimated cost of £64 million, this facility is being built to accommodate patients from Essex and Suffolk requiring planned orthopaedic procedures, including hip and knee replacements.

KFK will be undertaking a full envelope design of the modular hospital building, consisting of:

  • Nvelope Backing Grid (HHB, Rails, C Channels)
  • Rockwool Class A Insulation
  • Rockpanel Class A Rainscreen Panels
  • 3mm PPC alum Feature Flashings and Cappings
  • Active and Non Active Louvres to Plant Room Areas

KFK are part of the team tasked with building the new Frimley Park Hospital. National funding has been secured for this project, to deliver a state-of-the-art facility. Our aim is to create a modern, efficient environment for patients and staff, and to deliver quality results as part of this important healthcare initiative.

Full Envelope Design of modular hospital building, consisting of:

  • Nvelope Backing Grid (HHB, Rails, C Channels)
  • Rockwool Class A Insulation
  • Rockpanel Class A Rainscreen panels
  • 3mm PPC Alum Feature Flashings and Cappings
  • Active and Non Active Louvres to Plant Room Areas

Following on from our steady stream of successful Irish Projects, KFK Design are delighted to be appointed on a further project with our new client ERS Ltd.

Northern Regional College is a £45 million capital project, fully funded by the Department for the Economy, to develop a new state-of-the-art campus in Ballymena. KFK Design Project Details as below:

Design Start Date |  March 2023

WALLS

1200m2 Kingspan Composite Panels
1200m2 Bruscha Composite Panels
1200m2 Zinc Standing Seam

ROOFS

6500m2 Felt BUR
1000m2 Kingspan TopDek Panel

Development proposals for this prominent city centre site in Dundee include a new Regional Headquarters totalling 76,000 sq.ft pre let to BT PLC and two ground floor café units. A second building provides a further two retail units and 16 flats.

KFK DESIGN PROJECT DETAILS
Full Façade interface design including interfaces with roofing, glazing and Gabion wall contractors

  • All associated Anodised interface flashings
  • 1200m2 CGL Anodised Alumnium Rainscreen
  • 1200m2 RJ Facades HHB and Rails and Rockwool insulation
  • 150m2 GRC Rainscreen
  • 150m2 RJ Facades HHB and Rails and Rockwool Insulation

Plevna Crescent is a planned four-block, residential development in Haringey, London N15. The design for this 72-unit housing scheme embraces the existing landscape and responds to neighbouring residential areas to create a strong sense of place and community for future residents.

KFK DESIGN PROJECT DETAILS

Full Façade interface design including interfaces with roofing, glazing and Gabion wall contractors. All associated PPC interface flashings, including window pods.

3000m2 VIDAR Clay Shingles Rainscreen

3000m2 Backing Structure and Insulation

 

KFK have been working away busily during lockdown on a large project in Belfast, the University of Ulster.

We were initially appointed by the Main Contractor (SACYR Somague) directly, to work on Block BD, however our work impressed the main façade contractor (TEF Ltd) sufficiently enough that they have awarded us numerous elements on Block BC also.

This project is very technical and a real challenge with tight timescales and highly detailed air tight and blast proof interfaces to all areas, we have utilised our 3D skills on some elements to allow installers to appreciate how intricate flashings are pieced together on site, and this has proven to be very successful.

 

KFK are delighted to continue our growing relationship with Curtis Moore Ltd by being appointed as principal façade designers on the new Spen Valley Leisure Centre being constructed by Kier with Ellis Williams Architects.

The contract itself features multiple rainscreen elements and a prominent ‘Feature Box’ with materials from industry leading suppliers such as Sotech Ltd (TFC Plus System) and Etex (Equitone) amongst others.

Its always nice to see a site progress photo for a completed design project.

It allows us, as a design company, to see how our ideas come together and also gives us a more rounded understanding of the real world scenarios required to bring a building to life. This can help us greatly on future projects

A full façade refurbishment project is ongoing. Student accommodation, housed in the IQ Building in Manchester, is being upgraded to improve the structure safety and integrity. 

Design work includes:

  • Soffits
  • Timber Terraces
  • Projecting Window Pods
  • Telling Terracotta Rainscreen
  • 3mm Alum PPC panels

All engineered to be installed with manufacturer approved helping hand brackets and rails.

The Summit Building, one of Leicester’s tallest buildings, is undergoing a full façade refurbishment.

KFK are designing and planning out various structural elements including:

  • Roof
  • Soffits
  • 3mm Alum PPC Aluminum cassette panels.

All engineered to be installed with a floor-to-floor spanning support structure.