EOS Facades Corporate Brochure

YOUR FRAMEWORK FOR BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE www.eos-facades.co.uk

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Fulbourne Road, Cambridge

WHY EOS? EOS Facades are pioneers in the manufacture of steel frame systems, specialising in the design, manufacture and supply of a wide range of component based and panelised solutions.

Greenwich Peninsula, London

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Light Steel Frame Awaiting Delivery

Advanced Building Technology Modelling and manufacturing processes have now pushed light steel frame to the forefront of fast, sustainable and high quality construction.

EOS have been driving light gauge steel for offsite solutions, providing the industry with quality products through precision manufacturing, whilst delivering accurate results on time and on budget, resulting in high performance construction that is energy efficient and more predictable.

Over the past ten years EOS Facades has become recognised for exceptional quality, innovative solutions and outstanding service to the construction industry. We have a proven track record in: • Steel Framing Systems • Facade Panels • Flooring and Roofing Systems • Modular Systems

How We Do It We like to get involved right from the beginning, providing advice and guidance throughout the project process.

Our client and partner focus has led to a number of innovations in the design and application of light steel frame in construction. As experts in offsite engineering, we have been actively involved in a range of privately and publicly funded research and technology development projects.

Our offsite steel solutions have also been used across a broad range of sectors including, healthcare, residential, leisure and education.

We offer a comprehensive range of support services from pre-contract solutions and value engineering to design and structural calculations.

Our in-house design and structural engineering teams work as an integral part of the clients business to deliver the most comprehensive and cost effective design solutions.

Rykneld Primary School, Staffordshire

Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, Cramlington

If you have a specific project need, or you are looking to develop a new offsite solution, then please get in touch.

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WHY USE LIGHT STEEL FRAME?

Enderby Wharf, London

There are many benefits to using offsite manufactured light steel frame compared to traditional methods of construction, these benefits include: • Manufacture in factory controlled conditions – superior quality • Speed of construction – shorter build times • Safer construction – improves onsite health and safety • Reduced site labour requirement – increases resource efficiency • Reduced wastage in manufacture and onsite – minimises the impact on the environment and disposal costs • High strength to low weight ratio – delivering reduced loading on foundations and infrastructure

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Light gauge steel is perfectly positioned to meet construction industry demands – it is future proof and future ready:

Faster Delivery - time is a critical factor in construction – as every project manager well knows – it is because of this that light steel frame has become the preferred construction method for forward-thinking building professionals.

Offsite construction projects can be delivered in less than half the time compared to traditional construction, delivering radically reduced build times, leading to less time onsite and ultimately, a faster return on investment.

Lower Emissions - with stretching national targets for housebuilding, stringent legalisation to reduce carbon emissions and the push for ‘zero carbon’ buildings, light gauge steel minimises the impact on the environment and offers a solution to meet and deliver these targets. Generating no onsite waste and the ability to be multicycled, light steel frame offers the prospect of a more sustainable future.

Reduction in Costs - light steel frame provides a lower cost option, whilst still maintaining superior quality. Cost savings are made due to the speed of construction - the frame is installed rapidly onsite and resource efficiencies are also made due to the reduction in site labour requirement.

Manufacture in exacting factory controlled conditions eradicates the risk of onsite variability, delivering safer construction and improved health and safety – these benefits combine to provide more predictable outcomes. Furthermore, the robust nature and longevity of light steel frame minimises long term costs.

Steel is unaffected by shrinkage, resulting in dramatically reduced repair costs down the line.

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OUR SERVICES EOS has three core service

EOS Facades/SFS

cassettes. These frames are supplied

offerings, with each one

EOS Facades/SFS is an innovative panel

in kits, panels or in a fully assembled

system which is fully engineered and

airframe/volumetric module. From

focusing on specialist

assembled offsite in a state-of-the-art

framing solutions to modular housing

markets;

manufacturing facility or provided in

schemes, the EOS Modular systems are

stud & track format. EOS manufacture

custom manufactured and developed

the versatile stud & track and infill

to meet your specific needs.

• EOS Facade/SFS

panels systems that is then applied to a primary structural frame. The primary

EOS Consult

• EOS Modular

structure typically consists of concrete

Delivering beyond expectations has

• EOS Consult

or hot-rolled steel and the EOS

earned EOS a reputation for reliability

solution can be integrated either as an

and dependability. We believe that it

infill walling solution or as a continuous

is essential to work closely with our

walling system, where light steel frames

customers, to always add value and

are fixed on to the outside face of the

provide the most comprehensive

main structural frame.

solution possible. EOS invest our time

The fully engineered bespoke

in helping clients meet their needs.

EOS frame solution is designed to

Our unique consultancy investment

accommodate the fixing of any type

means EOS offer support throughout

of facade panelling or curtain walling

the construction journey. With expert

system.

advisors on hand for you to contact at any point, whether it is design,

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EOS Modular

engineering, manufacturing or simply

EOS Modular solutions include factory-

a technical query - one of our experts

to-factory framing products that consist

will be on hand to assist quickly

of panelled wall sections and flooring

and efficiently.

S U S TA I N A B I L I T Y EOS use HD Z3 coil to EN 10140 S390Nmm2 proof steel G275gsm-Normalas coated Chemical Passivation. By using steel with a protective coating and design detail that eliminates prolonged exposure to moisture, we are confident in the durability of our system. In fact, research has shown that the coated steel, in these conditions, has a potential life of over 1000 years.

Cradle-to-grave lifecycle assessments

operational energy after approximately

provide a comprehensive analysis of

7 years. The ease in which insulation

the resource used and the substances

can be upgraded means that this period

emitted through a product’s whole

can be shortened further.

lifecycle. The lifecycle assessment takes more than the energy used in construction into account but also the energy used in demolition, recycling and throughout a buildings entire life.

The energy use of a building throughout its lifetime is very important to its occupancy. Over a 60 year period, an occupied building’s energy use is up to 10 times greater than that used to construct it,

Steel construction provides the benefits of:• High energy efficiency • Adaptability and versatility • Low waste in construction • High recycled content • Materials and efficiency with optimum performance

with embodied energy exceeding

Illustration TATA Steel

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Waterhead Academy, Oldham

OUR SOLUTIONS As specialists in the manufacture of steel frame systems, EOS Facades offer solutions for all aspects of light steel framing. By combining strength, durability and precision engineering - the EOS portfolio offers broad parameters to explore innovative solutions and optimise value engineering. Our design and technical teams will work with you to ensure specifications are accurate and that the system fits first time.

Waterhead Academy, Oldham

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The EOS Facades product portfolio includes:

Century House, London

EOS Stud & Track - custom-

placed individually or as floor cassettes.

manufactured to exacting requirements

Pre-assembled floor cassettes are

to meet the client’s bespoke needs.

manufactured to stringent factory

Suitable for all types of infill panels into

tolerances and can be bolted into the

primary framed hot rolled steel and

structure as a complete unit, providing

in-situ concrete framed buildings. The

a secure platform that can take a load

EOS stud & track system is supplied as

straight away - significantly speeding

cold-rolled U and C sections produced

up the building process and ensuring

to the client’s specific dimensions

precise accuracy. Light gauge steel

which reduces cost and generates

flooring joists and cassettes offer a

minimum onsite waste. The frame

real alternative to timber flooring and

can carry aesthetic external cladding

joists, and there is no risk of shrinkage

and accommodate complex design

or movement - eliminating squeaking

features such as ribbon windows

floors or popping nails.

or curved walls.

EOS Roof Systems - formed using

The EOS Factory, County Durham

EOS Facade Panels - innovative

steel lattice beams or frames, the

panel systems which are fully

systems are lightweight and offer a high

engineered and assembled offsite in a

strength to weight ratio that makes

state-of-the-art manufacturing facility.

them ideal for reducing the pressure

The framed solution is designed to

exerted on the primary structure,

accommodate fixings of any type of

whilst supporting the roof with its

facade panelling or curtain walling

robust strength. The roofing systems

system. EOS facade panels are entirely

support the creation of energy-

manufactured offsite, arriving pre-

efficient, well insulated buildings that

insulated (if required) as a complete

outperform traditional methods.

unitised system, minimising variability and enabling rapid construction onsite,

Offsite - from panellised solutions to

thereby supporting efficient project

pods and modular housing schemes,

management and meaning a weather

EOS modular systems are bespoke

tight envelope can be constructed

and developed to meet client specific

much quicker.

needs. Offsite solutions include factoryto-factory framing products consisting

The Barn, University of Nottingham

EOS Flooring Systems - offer a

of panelled wall sections and flooring

wide variety of applications - from

cassettes. The modules can be supplied

lattice beam solutions to fully

in kits, panels or as a fully assembled

panellised flooring systems. Suitable

volumetric airframe.

for all types of load bearing floors from intermediate separating floors to bespoke mezzanine flooring solutions.

Flooring applications can be supplied as C or lattice cross-section joists, to be

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PUSHING BOUNDARIES WITH LIGHT STEEL FRAME Research & Development

the factory pre-assembled. This is a flexible service

At EOS Facades, we are constantly striving to improve

and should the client require the product to arrive

the way we work and the resulting benefits are passed

unassembled, EOS will pre-punch in the factory, ghost

on to our customers. Research and development is a

assemble and supply, together with providing all the

core focus of the business and it is not just down to one

necessary screws and special drill bits, for assembly

specific team, at EOS everybody is encouraged to put

and installation onsite.

recommendations forward, whether this is a process or a development of a product – that way every part of our

Corporate Social Responsibility

business can be enhanced.

EOS Facades uphold sustainable development principles, both within the manufacturing and construction industry

Quality Products

and beyond in other sectors. We are continually developing 2

EOS Facades only use minimum S390Nmm G275gsm

sustainable solutions in line with internationally

steel - higher grades and coatings are available on

recognised standards.

request. By only using steel with a protective coating and design detailing that eliminates prolonged exposure, EOS

As a responsible company we recognise that we

are confident in the durability of the systems. Research

have a key role to play in influencing the industry, the

has shown that coated steel has a potential life of over

government and the wider community, to adopt more

1000 years. Customers can also have confidence that

sustainable policies and working practices.

all products are CE Marked under the Construction Products Regulations – EN 1090-1: 2009 + AL: 2011.

EOS Facades will continue to collaborate with external organisations to ensure that we address the key areas

All Inclusive Packages

of sustainability. The organisation will embrace and

EOS Facades also offer all-inclusive fixed price packages

apply best practice principles in all activities over and

that are supplied with proprietary brackets and fixings

above legislative requirements - setting clear strategies,

required, plus we are now offering all double studs/

ensuring open and transparent reporting structures.

opening jambs/DSL lintels and sills dispatched from

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Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, Cramlington Hendon Metropolitan Police Station, Northumberland The Shard, London Shoreditch Square Two, London Amenities Building at Nottingham University, Nottingham Glasgow Southern General Hospital, Glasgow Lincoln Gateway, Lincoln Victoria Halls, London

A SNAPSHOT OF OUR WORK EOS has worked on projects across all construction sectors, including Education, Healthcare, Leisure, Commercial and Residential.

Our portfolio of successfully completed projects and track record stretches back nearly 10 years, so clients will benefit from a wealth of experience and expertise.

For examples of past projects view the case studies at www.eos-facades.co.uk/case-studies

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For detailed up to date information, to book a CPD session or to arrange a meeting please contact: EOS Facades Ltd Heighington Lane Aycliffe Industrial Park Newton Aycliffe County Durham DL5 6QG T: 01325 303 030 E: enquiries@eosuk.org W: eos-facades.co.uk EOS_Facades

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