New Office for Statistics South Africa the winner of the
Global Roofing Solutions Metal Cladding Category
The cladding to the New Head Office for Statistics SA, winner of the Global Roofing
Solutions Metal Cladding Category at Steel Awards 2016, accentuates the strong
geometric lines of the building.
“Over and above its aesthetic appeal is the innovative use of metal side cladding
on a commercial building, which is most unusual these days. It’s also unusual and
interesting because on this state of the art modern building, we have a profile used
that dates back to the 1960s. Another thing that impressed me was the incredible
quality of the workmanship. In this type of an application you really have to pay
attention to the detail, or the cladding will look very tacky very quickly.” – Dennis
White, Director, SAMCRA (The Southern African Metal Cladding and Roofing
Association)
The Stats SA project consists of new offices and an archive building. Roof and side
cladding is 0.58mm thick Galvanized Z200 GRS Brownbuilt 406 profiled sheeting with
standard Chromadek finish one side and standard backing coat to other side. Sheeting
colours include Dove Grey, Dark Dolphin and Charcoal. Insulation used over purlin on
roof and sides were 40mm thick white faced Lambdaboard and Sisalation 405.
The site was extremely congested and installation programme duration very
short. The buildings were high, with lots of angles and direction changes on sides.
Underslung sheeting in long lengths in Brownbuilt 406 profile tapered with angles.
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