ntegrated Glass and Aluminium (IG+A) made a contribution to The Rocket which is visible for miles around: They manufactured and installed the glazed curtain wall for the distinctive 15 storey tower.
is one of the most significant elements of a building’s appearance; it makes a significant contribution to a Green Star rating. Facades are the first aesthetical feature that distinguishes one building from another”.
That amounted to more than 1,200 aluminium unitised double-glazed panels, totalling in excess of 6,100m² of glass installed for the curtain wall. The panels have a high strength to weight ratio, and achieve an SHGC of .23 with a U-Value of 1.8, giving a high environmental performance. Those on the South Western façade also feature clear anodised embellishments which show up as wings.
“The growing trend is Green Star. One of the reasons developers are choosing to go this way is future-proofing them for letting in five to ten years time. Government departments won’t move into non-Green Star offices and businesses benefit from Green star because of lower ongoing costs as there can be a 20 to 30 percent energy saving”.
IG+A also manufactured and installed the podium glazing, entrance glazing and bi-folds for the ground floor retail spaces. It took a work crew of 14 full time on site throughout the first half of 2009 and 16 in the factory making and glazing panels from December 2008, to complete the task.
Wholly Queensland owned, IG+A has been in the trade since 1989 and provides a complete and professional aluminium fabrication and glazing service to South East Queensland and Northern New South Wales. They have the resources to manage several multi-million dollar projects concurrently, and custom design all products to the highest quality to suit a project’s climate and design. All products are manufactured to ISO 9001 standards.
“Everything was fabricated in our factory at Stapylton”, said IG+A Director, Christopher Murray. “Any project of this size and scope presents its own challenges. From the outset we were working with the builder, architect and client to make sure the end result met their requirements. The Curtain Wall system has been tested for winds up to 495km/h for both water tightness and structural integrity”. “We have been doing work with Glenzeil, the builder, for the last 20 years. This was the largest job we’d undertaken with them. The facade WWW.ANCR.COM.AU
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