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sharing success is the ethos of SAS International.

Relationships with specifiers, contractors, developers and clients are based on trust,respect and understanding. Adhering to such values, SAS over the past four decadeshas evolved as a world leader in the design and manufacture of metal ceilings.

Projects demand a range of interactive interior solutions thus SAS has diversifiedfrom metal ceilings into associated disciplines, partitioning, heating, coolingsolutions and architectural (specialist) metalwork.

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Ceilings play an important aesthetic role in all buildings. Suspendedceilings are not just there to cover unsightly services. Theyintegrate with the functional needs of a building whether acoustics,access, partition integration, cleanliness and aesthetics. Differentmarket sectors and individual projects have varying demands.

Ceilings play an important role in the effective use ofspace within a building, working together withconstruction professionals SAS provide solutions.

As manufacturers of metal systems SAS set thebenchmark, incorporating performance, innovativedesign and value engineering. Your continuing needsfuel our success.

Ceilings should fulfil the functional needs of the spaceand harmonise with the design character of thebuilding.

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Forty one floors and 76,400 m2 of space it is one of thetallest buildings in London and accommodates offices,shops and spacious public plaza. Due to the circular andtapering shape with triangular atriums throughout thefootprint of each floor is different.

SAS worked with Foster & Partners, Bennet InteriorDesign, Hoare Lee (M&E) and Sandy Brown (Acousticengineers) for twelve months on the radial design ofthe metal ceiling system.

The design team wanted a monolithic non-directionalceiling incorporating all the air terminal supply devices.

Acoustic correction in the space is achieved by microperforations of hole size 0.6mm’s (exceptionally smallperforations) thus contributing to the overallmonolithic appearance of the ceiling plane.

Ceiling tiles are designed to be exactly the same size,being interchangeable for tenant’s flexibility in the re-arrangement of partitioning and lighting layouts.

The upper floors being without atrium breaks, acontinuous circular space has allowed SAS to providean interesting geometric solution (non-directionalceiling) sympathetic to tenant space optimisation.

An ‘innovative success’ the Academy was short-listedfor the Stirling prize and has been used as the nationaltemplate for other academies.

The design objective of David Garrard the Academy’sprivate sponsor was to create a ‘transparent, open planspace, creating an atmosphere of brightness, toencourage learning.’ In keeping with this ethos, thereare no corridors in the Academy and the teachingspaces are separated only by partitions.

This open plan design placed significant demands onthe building, the architect wanted to use acousticbaffles. As a solution SAS designed a series of twelvemetre acoustic baffles that also acted as solar shadesdirecting sunlight into the three main atrium areas.

In individual classrooms acoustic floating rafts wereused leaving an open soffit for natural mass cooling. Inmore demanding working areas such as the sciencelaboratories metal systems were used to meet acousticsand rigorous cleaning and maintenance requirements.

Since moving to the new building students results havedramatically improved, two students obtaining five A*-C GCSE passes has now developed to 95% of studentsobtaining A* – G Grades placing the school in the top25% of all schools in the UK.

This project is an example of how dynamic thinking anddesign of a workplace environment has deliveredbenefits to its users, in this case the staff and studentsof Bexley.

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Hopkins Architects consulted children currently treated atGuy’s Hospital about the layout, design, colour schemesand themes for the interior of the hospital. Staff ensuredthe design met functional needs of a modern children’shospital. The finished building of 16,000 m2 means that theproject bypassed the normal NHS procurement process.

Each floor is themed around the natural world, from theocean to the sky, using symbols to make moving aroundeasier. The seven-storey building is glass fronted with anaturally ventilated conservatory area providing naturaldaylight to the hospital.

Patients situated on the upper levels of the building enjoythe best view, overlooking the heart of the building,housing a gallery, performance space, café and the hospitalschool (for children).

SAS contributed to the new design with a solution thatwhile meeting stringent standards such as acoustics andcleanability also reflected the ethos of the client, patients,staff and design team.

In the 20-bed intensive care unit a linear plank systemwith large ceiling panels highlighted the size of the openplan space. Using large ceiling panels meant that scale ismaximised and the number of joints minimisedcontributing to ease of cleaning.

In the larger circulation zones and corridors clip in hingedown tiles improved accessibility to services and non-perforated metal tiles were used to improve ambientacoustics creating comfortable noise free surroundings.

The design of the building reflects comfort and spaceproviding patients every opportunity to recover quickly.

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Comfort products generate the environment you experience, be itheating, cooling, privacy or noise. Being comfortable is thebackbone of happy content people. Whether you are working orrelaxing, the environment you are in is often more contributory toproductivity, team building and success than you realise.

Having been manufacturing and supplying ‘comfort’products and systems for a number of years, SAS havebeen involved in projects where the specification of aproduct enhances productivity in the workplace andincreases the building users comfort.

SAS have a dedicated heating and cooling division calledHCP (Heating and Cooling Products) manufacturing andsupplying comfort products specified by mechanicalengineers. Products such as radiant heated ceilings,

chilled ceilings and beams encompass an aesthetic andfunctional need shared by the design team ideallyserviced by the SAS solutions approach.

The division provides chilled ceilings, passive beams,active beams, integrated service modules (ISM’s), system600, Integrated lighting and acoustic units, radiantheating ceiling panels and water / electric air assistedtrench perimeter heating.

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The project team in fulfilling the rigid expectations ofthe client chose SAS metal ceilings throughout thebuilding. SAS also provided the metal ceilings to aprevious phase of the development. As one wouldexpect with a client like the BBC, acoustic performancecriteria in the space is stringent and fully met by the SASproducts used.

Working closely with consulting engineers Buro Happoldand architects Allies and Morrison the schemeepitomises HCP’s strength as a bespoke heating solutionprovider manufacturing and installing several thousandmetres of perimeter trench heating.

The ground and fifth floor uses a cantilevered unit withoversized grilles to clear obstructions along theperimeter of the building.

Deep trench heating casings are used in conjunctionwith 600mm bridge sections to overcome the interfaceof cladding support brackets.

BBC Media village has obtained an excellent rating underBREEAM, the Building Research EstablishmentEnvironmental Assessment method that assesses theenvironmental impact of buildings.

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Working with Architects Foster & Partners and BattleMcCarthy, consultant engineers, SAS developed thedesign of the comfort control solution. Rather than aconventional ceiling system an exposed concrete soffithoused purpose designed ceiling rafts containing passivechilled beams, luminaries and related services. Asignificant part of these rafts were fabricated off site.Combined with external solar shading the vast area ofopen soffit contributes thermal mass cooling to theimmediate working environment.

Incorporated in the design of the ceiling rafts is amodular facility to receive partitioning systems providingthe occupier with maximum use of the space.

As the entire perimeter of the building was fully glazedHCP trench perimeter heating is installed to the perimeterof all floors ensuring all year round comfort.

The project has achieved a BREEAM rating of excellentfor its low environmental impact.

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Architects Fletcher Priest and consultantengineers Cundall Johnson and Partners soughta lighting, cooling, IT, services solution providingvisual drama to the space.

The solution, 8,000 metres of prefabricatedintegrated service modules containing chilledbeams, luminaries, data, public address services,fire alarms and partition heads.

Prefabricated and pressure tested off site thefourteen metre modules were split in to threemanageable sections for installation. Withestimated installation time savings of 75% (incomparison to a conventional system) thesemodules reduced site and project managementcost, producing life cycle and businesscost benefits.

To offset any fabric losses and cold down draftsat the perimeter of the building a high level heatbarrier combined with an HCP floor recessedtrench heating system is used.

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partitioning The preferred “open plan” design of buildings iscompromised when high privacy office meeting spaces are required.Partitioning plays an important role in the segregating of such areasin a building. It can create simple and functional divisions of space tohighly performing acoustic and fire resistant standards.

Workspace is becoming more demanding. In all types ofbuilding users need to maximize space utilisation to meetever changing needs.

This means that product specification has to be as flexibleas possible without compromising the quality or standardof performance.

SAS systems are fully demountable and relocatablemeaning that working environments can be designed tochange completely with little cost or effort.

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Partitioning requires fire and acoustic performance criteria.

As with any space acoustics and attenuation areparticularly important in a private meeting room or office.

All walls (and ceilings) have to be specified to meetrequired acoustic ratings depending on how the room maybe used.

Five main systems are available with wood, metal,aluminium and glass finished options.

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When considering partitioning, doors with matchingperformance criteria have to integrate within a system.

The SAS door range can be installed in dry lining or blockwork applications as well as demountable partitioning.

Available in all colours and popular natural wood veneers,value-added options include vision panels and pre-mortising for locks and hinges saving time and coston site.

CPL finishes are also available to conform to consistentgrain, colour matching and additional durability.

SAS partitioning is fully relocatable. Most partitioningsystems require mechanical fixings into a ceiling tileor grid.

Our systems have been designed to be totally compatiblewith all SAS ceiling systems. Engineered to integrate andperform perfectly together, there are no visible fixingholes when a system is relocated.

As the supplier of the ceiling and partition there can beno doubt on the performance of both products.

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The desire of clients, end users and specifiers to be unique isparamount in projects where a building is required to make astatement or add to its immediate environment.

These circumstances occur on a daily basis wheresometimes designs demand superior performance.However, it is usually when a landmark project dictatesthe highest possible design, development andperformance that the SAS characteristics of intelligent,innovative thinking and value added solutions help.

Stretching design, manufacturing parameters andprocesses are really demonstrated through the“architectural metalwork” we produce.

SAS are involved in some of the most contemporaryand innovatively designed projects in the constructionindustry. Working with various project teams (usuallyat early design stage) we have developed anddesigned bespoke architectural solutions for a varietyof applications.

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Built on reclaimed land the terminal building designincluded a service free roof, natural lighting and openspace with integrated transportation links directly intothe city.

SAS’s ceiling design, born out of the Stansted airportexperience, is a very functional and practical engineeringsolution to the architects design requirements. The roofstructure is constructed from a series of ‘I’ beamsconnected at noad points forming parallelograms,

Approximately 78,000 pre-engineered panels weresupplied, allowing them to be simply fixed to the structureon site. The concealed fixing system allowed the panelsto individually hinge down for void access. Surface areawas approximately 160,000m2.

14,000m2 of panels used on the exterior complementedthe interior and were specially designed to withstandextreme weather conditions including force 14 typhoons.

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Daylight Reflectors & Service GantryWithout doubt one of the key visual impacts and mostmemorable design features of the terminal building is thedaylight reflector.

The final engineering solution for this imposing featurewas decided on at design stage and post contract award.Being in excess of 4 kilometres long and with a width of 6metres it represents approximately 27,000m2 of 3mmthick aluminum cladding in a triangular formation withperforated panels of sizes not previously manufactured byany other metalwork supplier.

The daylight reflectors also act as service gantries tofacilitate maintenance of the lighting systems,loudspeakers, CCTV, smoke/fire detection andother services.

BinnaclesThe primary function of the binnacles at Chek Lap Kokwas to house air conditioning supply ducts andaccommodate signage, break glass units, FIDS monitors,speakers, hose reels, fire hydrants, power sockets, clocks,internal and public telephones.

The structural steel framework supported the claddingand integral M&E services, with some units being up totwelve metres high and weighing in excess of five tons.There were 202 binnacles of 34 different sizes, whilstmost were floor standing, four twelve metre highbinnacles are wall mounted supported by cantileveredsteelwork. The 12,000m2 of binnacle panelling wasmanufactured from 1.6mm galvanised steel with acomposite backing material to achieve the acoustic andimpact resistance requirements.

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The Bibliotheca was short-listed for the InternationalAward by the British Construction Industry (BCI) and hasbeen a winner of the Quality in Construction InternationalPerformance of the Year Award.

Chosen as the only architectural metalwork manufacturerto understand the brief, SAS provided products that werehugely challenging geometrically.

Working with the architectural consortiumSnohetta/Hamza, Balfour Beatty main contractors andAIG roofing contractors, SAS co-designed, manufactured,supplied and gave on site project management to thelocal labour construction team throughout the build.

The ceiling is totally bespoke, over 100 bays of 3mmaluminium panels in seven different ceiling planes.

Most of the bull nosed ceiling panels could not bemodelled in any Computer Aided Design package, theyare hand made.

One of the most important elements of the project wasthe dramatic design of the natural light shaft. Sittingbetween the roof and ceiling membrane there arecountless light shafts that were integral to lighting theinterior all manufactured to varying geometric shapes.

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Marks and Spencer designed their store as a conceptstore including a large food hall with bakery, butchersshop, delicatessen and coffee bar.

Having supplied the ceiling system to Marks and SpencerSAS were also asked to design and supply architecturalmetalwork throughout the shopping centre.

Column casings with a stainless steel finish were suppliedthroughout which integrated directly with the “bullnose”bulkheads on the facing perimeter of each floor.

The generous naturally lit space and landscaping raisesCribbs Causeway above its peers. The food court on theupper floor overlooks Filton Airfield. With the aviationtheme in mind “plane” aluminium daylight reflectors weredesigned to be suspended from the glazed roof structurereflecting natural daylight directly in to the atrium.

This aeronautical feature diffuses natural light throughperforated wings and also housed featured artificial light.The plane design had a spine and three-rib structure,which was then, covered with perforated polyesterpowder painted aluminium sheets.

Overall the unusual architectural features stand out withinthe space and also give Cribbs Causeway a direct link toits immediate surroundings.

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Being involved in projects at design development stage isessential for SAS. This consists of listening to projectdemands, design criteria and potential areas of concern.This transparent relationship with the project team fromthe beginning is instrumental in ensuring a project runssmoothly throughout.

With the knowledge and experience formed from productresearch and development SAS are able to offer efficientand constructive design solutions using the mostcontemporary technology available.

When issues such as performance, aesthetics and budgetcriteria are raised or designs are ambitious and new thecapacity and flexibility that SAS can offer is beneficial tothe development of ideas and concepts.

Our factory based engineering staff in close liaison withour sales executives provide designers and clients withimmediate answers, practicality, costand delivery.

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ign The success and performance of SAS is due to the calibre

of our people.

With constant review, training and measurement we striveto meet the demands of a client, customer and projectteam operating within ever changing processes, projectsand markets.

Experienced, skilled and with forty years experience theSAS team aim to give a constant and distinctive servicethroughout the development of a project.

Our facilities contain teams of dedicated people workingtogether. From a variety of backgrounds and skill sets, allretaining the common SAS theme of transparency.

Information, design, specification, technical detailing,estimating, manufacturing, project management, andlogistics form the working chain to manage the sharedsuccess of a project.su

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contributing quality There are many elements that definequality. At SAS we strive to excel in every aspect of the projectprocess. From concept to completion we aim to exceedexpectations and offer uncompromised value.

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Though essentially a design and manufacturing businessproviding design and product services to specialistinstallation contractors, SAS have a dedicated projectmanagement division that will undertake completeprojects through concept, design and installation.

A one stop design, cost and deliverable certainty.

On many of today’s major construction projects whereclients wish to have the comfort and benefit of allencompassing warranties, SAS are very pleased to take onthis role.

In many cases we confer with the client and their designteam on their preferred on-site installation process,locally seconded specialist contractor or personneldirectly provided by the main contractor.

This approach is often preferred on major overseasprojects where there is an ample and capable local skilledworkforce and commercial constraints dictate thesolution.

An occupants use of commercial buildings is rarely static.Companies grow and contract in size, change in structureand employ increasingly sophisticated communication andIT systems. Such changes may place different demands onthe interior finishes in a working environment.

SAS are involved in projects throughout. Maintenance andchanges in many buildings have to made quickly,efficiently and cost effectively. The After Sales resourceprovides a specialist repair, maintenance and alterationservice for clients with SAS products installed within theirbuildings. This service has allowed many clients to extendthe life and make better use of existing installations,accommodating the changing needs of the building user.Virtually any SAS component can be identified orderedand replaced be it a single product or a moreextensive system.

This service facility is becoming an important clientconsideration as the UK market adapts to shorter leasesand the exercise of lease break clauses due to everchanging space requirements.

SAS can provide both a materials and an installationservice for dilapidations, related minor works (in periods asshort as fourteen days) and prior to lease expiry datesprovide a dilapidations review of ceilings and associatedceiling works.

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The commitment to invest in the continuousimprovement of the SAS manufacturing facilities isparamount. This is a major factor of our market leadershipin the UK and our commitment to value.

It is integral to the increased success of SAS as a businessthat all management processes are measured, reported onand developed.

Investment leads to new technology giving us moreopportunity to stretch the possibilities of designimplementation, efficiency, new ideas and solutions.

SAS invest in their people. Employing the best, developingtheir knowledge and skills thus contributing to the flexibleand adaptable nature of our business.

SAS continues to differentiate itself through innovationservice and integrity.

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Designed and built in accordance with stringent SASmanufacturing processes each facility is responsible fordifferent SAS products.

Our Bridgend facility in South Wales manufactures ceilingtiles, and heating and cooling elements. West Bromwichproduces partitioning and Maybole in Scotland isresponsible for architectural (specialist) metalwork.

These facilities also undertake research and developmentand constantly maintain all aspects of the manufacturingprocess including tooling. This makes SAS completely selfsufficient when approaching any form of manufacturing.

With BS EN ISO 9001: 2000 accreditation and completecontrol over production the SAS commitment exists todecrease the cost of manufacturing whilst maintainingproduct quality and ensuring maximum value.

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delivering innovation Developing and transforming isimperative. As a product manufacturer we have to design, inspireand innovate. SAS are committed to constant investment andproviding value driven intelligent metal solutions.

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It is the objective of SAS to contribute where possible toadopt a responsible attitude to protecting theenvironment by developing innovative and sustainabledesign solutions.

We collaborate to develop and adopt best practicesustainable development. Our people endeavour todesign and manufacture materials which are durable,economic and don't require significant amounts ofenergy to produce.

Removing or reducing any environmental impactsassociated with a product or a service is done at thedesign stage. By using less materials and energy; usingnon-toxic materials; designing a product that can bedisassembled at the end of its normal life, meanscomponents are recycled or re-used and retain residualvalue.

We believe that the SAS approach is unique.

Maintaining relationships with construction professionalsacross the world we are able to share our ownexperience and knowledge whilst learning how newdesigns and building concepts develop.

SAS works throughout the Far and Middle East and allparts of Europe. With facilities based in the UK,substantial resources are available to members of anyproject team.

We endeavour to ensure that our commitment toproduct quality delivers inspired innovative solutions,resulting in customers and construction projectsreceiving maximum value.

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