Case Studies

Explore our case studies below to see how we’ve helped clients tackle real-world challenges and deliver measurable results. Each example highlights our approach, the solutions we implemented, and the impact achieved, giving you a clear insight into what we can do for you.

Centre Point London

This iconic Grade II listed skyscraper stands in the centre of London’s West End.

Built in the early sixties using H-shaped precast concrete units, the units were bolted together along with the concrete floor to form the loadbearing façade of the building. Brutalist in its architecture, it is still very unique in its construction form. So much so that in its redevelopment the old façade is being fully retained.

The tower is being turned into apartments offering some of the most incredible and uninterrupted views across the capital. This is where close attention of the fixing system comes into play.

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Bury Townside

We were asked to design a fixing/bracket system to install aluminium window pods through a rainscreen façade.

The design brief was to create a ‘secret’ fixing point whilst considering shear loadings and bending moments; this coupled with the angular shape of the window pods ruled out the use of conventional angle brackets.

Fixings Plus devised, tested and manufactured a ‘cylindrical type’ system to suit all requirements. High tensile A4 M16 stainless steel threaded bar was fixed into the back of the window pods at the manufacturing stage. High tensile stainless steel tubing was welded to a back plate and bolted back to the SFS early in the build schedule at required fixing locations.

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Library of Birmingham

Fixings Plus were awarded the supply chain package for the envelope of this award-winning and very hi-tech £188m building.

The design of the façade includes thousands of interlocking circles. This intricate steellattice work represents both the city’s industrial past and its heritage in jewellery making. It reflects and dissects the daylight to create ever-changing shadows on the library’s walls and floors.

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Birmingham Tunnels

This contract involved the installation of 26,000m² of Fendolite MII fire protection system to line Birmingham’s major road tunnels.

As the tunnels were fully closed for an eight-week period and a twenty-four-hour working day programme was implemented, a streamlined and efficient supply chain for a fast turnaround of product was paramount for the project to complete on schedule.

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Kenilworth Castle

This was a highly interesting project for Fixings Plus to be involved in. We were asked to propose a fixing system to install viewing balconies and stairways to the ruins of historic Kenilworth Castle. High loads were required in a substrate of 800-year-old soft sandstone.

After satisfying the design constraints of the architect and English Heritage, a Fischer FIS EM epoxy resin system was specified; ideal for the required loadings and diamond drilled holes.

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Coventry High-Rises

Our client had to install a floor to floor spanning system for a decorative rainscreen façade, using Steni high-pressure laminate panels. The challenge, for what usually would be a straightforward fixing application, was the fact that brackets had to be fixed into very poor quality 1950s concrete with an extremely low compressive strength.

After extensive testing and liaising with Coventry City Council’s Structural Engineers, MKT VM-Polar was specified using an M10 A4 special length V-A Chemical stud. A deeper than standard embedment depth had to be used, due to a high performance design criterion and poor condition of substrate.

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Construction Fixings Association

As an Associate Member of the Construction Fixings Association, Fixings Plus endeavours to always promote best practice when specifying and using construction fixings.

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