EJOT Colorfast colour-matched fasteners have been used in the creation of the building envelope for a new 60,000 ft2 parcel hub near Wolverhampton, designed to be amongst the UK’s most sustainable buildings of its kind.
The state-of-the-art facility will be a regional base for leading European parcel delivery company DPD, which has agreed a 25-year lease. Designed by UMC Architects and constructed by main contractor A&H Construction, the new BREEAM ‘Excellent’ superhub sets the standard for industrial and commercial buildings in the net zero carbon economy.
The building features two distinctive pods—one being a single storey unit housing staff facilities, and the other a two-storey office block.
The building envelope is designed with carbon savings in mind by performing to an extremely well-insulated standard, and it is here where 93,000 EJOT Colorfast over-moulded fasteners made an important contribution.
The architect specified the TATA Steel Trisobuild built-up system for the roof and walls, with additional walls using Trimpanel Micro Rib, to meet the envelope’s target performance goals.
Using a mix of EJOT Colorfast CF15 and CF19 JT3-3-5.5 X 25 self-drilling fasteners in conjunction with the TATA Steel system meant a high level of thermal insulation could be assured. And it was a fastening specification for longevity too, with the stainless steel Colorfast fasteners being highly resistant to corrosion and qualifying for a 25-year TATA Platinum Plus Warranty which applied to this project.
