NEW 100mm & 150mm Frontline Suites

Ever-growing importance is being placed on energy conservation, thermal efficiency and human comfort. Green Star ratings encompassing a range of values are becoming the norm. And when making a decision, clients are taking a much longer term view regarding building operating costs.

“The market is demanding better energy efficient solutions,” Ross Craigie, Bradnam’s Commercial, Henderson Manager explains. The introduction of more sophisticated glazing products has seen glass thicknesses getting increasingly larger. “Along with the growing demand for double glazing in commercial buildings, we’re also seeing more laminated products being used to cope with sound, safety and ultra violet rays,” Ross says.

The Frontline suites allow architects to accommodate these trends in their designs. “A 12mm air space is recommended in double glazed products, requiring 20mm minimum size using standard 4mm glass,” Ross explains. The Frontline suites provide up to 12.38mm for single glazing and 26mm for double glazing, so designers can select different combinations of glass and laminates.

The increases in glass sizes and types have also seen a growing requirement for wider span options. This demand for stronger transoms and mullions have driven designers to generate higher I values within the suites to accommodate these spans.

Pictured above is "The Candida Office Park" Constellation Drive, Auckland Supplied by Bradnam’s Commercial, Henderson

These three huge office blocks dominate Constellation Drive and represents a recent Bradnam’s project. The Office Park showcases Bradnam’s 150mm Frontline Suite with concealed mullions (which have been structurally glazed) and expressed transoms.

Enquiries: Phone Bradnam’s Henderson Tel: 0-9-837 1515

View Bradnams Blueprint Newsletter Spring 2008