Ventilated façade specialist, Shackerley, is to custom-manufacture 1322m2 of its SureClad® Ceramic Granite cladding system for the £13 million extension of Market Walk; a retail and leisure destination in the Lancashire town of Chorley.
The project is part of a major investment in Chorley town centre, extending a successful shopping centre with an extension that will provide additional retail units, a mix of restaurants and a multiplex cinema, along with public realm improvements.
The system is fully-tested as A1 rated to the BS EN 13501-1 fire safety standard for construction products. It will be installed in combination with Kingspan Facades’ QuadCore Karrier Panel – an insulated wall panel system which offers excellent thermal performance, superior fire safety, excellent environmental credentials and an extended service life. The Shackerley SureClad® Access system will be used to install both the cladding and the Kingspan Facades insulated panels.
Mark Lester, Director at Chorley Council Comments: “This project is a major element of our plans to rejuvenate Chorley town centre and we feel strongly that the long-term economic benefits of the scheme in terms of jobs and local consumer spending should be mirrored by similar benefits during the construction phase by leveraging a local supply chain.
We are fortunate to have a market leading company in ventilated façade systems on our doorstep and their local manufacturing capabilities mean that the cladding system will be delivered to site from within a five mile radius.”
Shackerley will produce the 1200 x 600mm SureClad Ceramic Granite panels for the project at its ISO 9001-2015 accredited, quality-assured production plant in Euxton. The system provides a natural stone appearance while providing a lightweight and robust cladding solution that is freeze-thaw and UV resistant, resistant to algae growth and graffiti and will not discolour over time.
Brian G Newell, founder and chief executive of Shackerley comments: “We’re delighted to be involved with this fantastic project for Chorley, which builds on a wide array of retail and leisure SureClad® projects.
We have led the UK cladding industry with a range of ventilated façade systems for more than 40 years, which includes our SureClad® Ceramic Granite, Engineered Stone and Terracotta systems, our StoneClad® Natural Stone system and our brand new ‘BrickClad’ Brick Slip façade system, so it’s great to be bringing our expertise home for a local project.”
