24 September 2007

IAC supplies giant louvre screen for Somerset retail park

A giant 20m-long Acoustic Louvre Screen is to be installed at the Townsend Retail Park under construction in Shepton Mallet, Somerset.

Townsend Retail Park will be home to many of the UK’s best-known brands including Tescos and Argos and the Louvre Screen will ensure that shoppers enjoy a quieter shopping experience. The construction project is being undertaken by McLaren Construction, a member of the construction professionals’ Green Register – a company committed to upholding good environmental principles in all its projects.

Noise generated by a plant room serving five major retail outlets will be attenuated by the freestanding Screen. It will consist of energy-saving, high performance R-type louvres of IAC’s standard aerodynamic design and low pressure-drop characteristics.

The robust all-metal Screen will measure 20m long and 3m high with a white powder finish to match the cladding on the plant room building. The Screen is being designed for trouble free, long life.

Mark Holmes of specialist retail architects, Lyons Sleeman and Hoare of Hook in Hampshire, specified IAC’s noise solution and led the project: “The IAC consultant that visited our practice to work through our acoustic screening design informed us of the suitable IAC systems available for our project and helped us realise the product that would best suit our acoustic and architectural requirements.”

The most challenging aspect of the project has been time management. Kevin Shipway is IAC’s Project Manager. “From site scoping and design through to installation we have had an extremely tight timeframe. We are confident that we are one of only a few companies in the UK that have the capacity to deliver in such circumstances.”

All IAC noise control products are lab-tested and rated and supplied with published data containing air flow and self-noise details.

For more information on this retail solution and all IAC building services products, contact Kevin Shipway on 01962 873000 or kevins@iacl.co.uk

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For further press information please contact Sally Davis in the IAC Press Office on 023 9266 1600 sally@theprdepartment.co.uk