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acrjournal.uk CMYK / .ai CMYK / .ai CMYK / .ai 05 NEWS Union Industries delivers biggest freezer door Union Industries has manufactured its largest ever rapid roll freezer door as part of a multi-door project for a giant distribution centre. The Leeds-based company has supplied six of its Eiger Doors to Uniserve’s new 750,000 square foot ambient and freezer distribution centre close to the Port of Felixstowe. Contracted through the Felixstowe Mega DC’s main contractor, TSL Ltd, Union was brought in to supply its high-speed industrial freezer doors to help manage temperature control between a chilled and freezer location and support productivity through their fast-acting operation and minimal maintenance requirements. Positioned adjacent to each other between a chilled marshalling area and the freezer, five of the Eiger Doors measure 4mx4m but are towered over by the massive 6mx4m door, the largest produced by Union Industries in terms of total area size. This is the latest in a series of large scale new-build distribution and customer fulfilment centre contracts secured in recent months by Union Industries and was overseen by its project co-ordinator, Simon Casewell. He said: “As new-build DCs get bigger it was inevitable that we’d soon break the record for our biggest rapid-roll Eiger Door, and we’re delighted that it is part of Uniserve’s mega site in Felixstowe. Since its launch the Eiger has disrupted the industrial freezer door market through its innovation and reliability and continues to be specified by contractors like TSL Ltd for prestigious developments such as this.” From left, Union Industries’ Simon Casewell, Ignes Saknaiti from Uniserve and Dave Bowden from Seafast WATERLOO HELPING THE SPINE STAY HEALTHY Waterloo has provided air distribution for the new northern home of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) in Liverpool, described as one of the world’s healthiest buildings. The Spine, a £35m building in the city’s Knowledge Quarter, has been designed by AHR to meet the international WELL Building Standard. The building is the gateway to KQ Liverpool’s Paddington Village site, a new health, technology and science community developed by Liverpool City Council that has brought together many influential organisations and revitalised this corner of the city centre. With the goal of achieving the WELL Building Standard in mind, the concept and design of the air distribution system needed to meet the highest possible specification. Working with consulting engineers BDP throughout RIBA Design Stages 2 & 3, Waterloo’s north west technical sales manager Tony Sherlock helped to establish optimum air distribution solutions in line with the challenging architectural design. Through workshop sessions with the design team, the CS-F Linear Slot Di¡user was chosen as a consistent visual approach for most of the building. A key advantage of the CS-F is that it could be carefully adapted to suit the various feature ceiling types and the plank tile ceiling systems designed for the new building by SAS International. Other Waterloo products included in the air distribution design plans were Swirl Di¡users and Airline Linear Grilles, all of which were selected and finished to suit the interior design. Designed by AHR, with regional director Robert Hopkins as the lead, The Spine takes its name from a distinctive staircase visible from the outside which is similar in form to vertebrae, and the façade is made up of 23 million individual polygons that represent human skin. With the highest outlook of any building in Liverpool, The Spine commands views across the city and beyond to Snowdonia, the Peak District, the Pennines and along the Lancashire coast. www.waterloo.co.uk Beijer Ref and National Refrigerants strengthen partnership The long-standing partnership between National Refrigerants and Beijer Ref UK has been further strengthened by the signing of a five-year exclusive supply deal for RW Refrigeration Wholesale. In addition, National is appointed a key partner to Dean & Wood with exclusivity to supply all their C0 2 requirements. John Billson, MD of Beijer Ref UK and Ireland, said: “We were delighted to announce National Refrigerants as the Beijer Ref UK supplier of the year in 2019 for all the reasons given at the time. This next step further adheres the long standing relationship.” National Refrigerants MD Paul Mottram added: “The passion and aspirations for Beijer Ref UK are aligned with our own and I look forward to the future as a key partner.” John Billson of Beijer Ref, left, and Paul Mottram of National Refrigerants