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COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS ON SITE_pag. 2: This is no ordinary roof; this is a CA River-Therm® roof! case history_pag. 4 Sailing Club of Sangatte TECHNOLOGy_pag.6 Centro Agroalimentare in Verona case history_pag. 8 Swimming pool in Yerres/Crosnes Elegance and Sustainable Development case history_pag. 10: Troia Casino Hotel The flat metal roof as fifth façade Newsletter ISCOM Year 2009 International Edition [ English ] Troia Casino Hotel The flat metal roof as fifth façade 12 Cabel Industry (Empoli) Italy Sofit (Roreto - Cuneo) Italy Aziende Agrarie (Riva del Garda) Italy

This is no ordinary roof This is a CA River-Therm® roof! Donna Hart CA GROUP, the north east-based metal roofing and cladding manufacturer, is currently at work on a new roofing contract using metal roofing sheets of record-breaking size. F or more than two years, CA’s technical department has been working alongside ProLogis, a leading global provider of distribution facilities and its architectural team to deliver a cost effective solution for Marks & Spencer’s new distribution warehouse in Bradford, Yorkshire. The project involves a roof size of over 90,000 m2, consisting of 1.5 km radius...

This is no ordinary roof; this is a CA River-Therm® roof! What are the most suitable systems in these cases? “Ordinarily, architects design this type of building with several roof slopes incorporating a number of valley gutters, which effectively reduces the overall height of the building. In the case of this new build, we worked with ProLogis and their design team to both reduce the building height and reduce the number of gutters/drainage systems and eliminating risk of water entering the building. Owing to the flatness of the roof only a standing seam or secret fix roof design was a...

are roll-formed on site as River-Therm® is – to offer unbroken sheet coverage over the width of the building – there is still the issue of unsealed or vented seams between sheets along the building’s length. A traditional standing seam could, if inundated by ponding rainwater, potentially leak straight inside of the building, unless it had the River-Therm® patented drainage channel designed into the joint. Manufactured using Colorcoat HPS200 Ultra® pre-finished steel from Corus, the River-Therm® secret fix roofing solution is supplied CarbonNeutral as part of the Corus Confidex Sustain®...

CASE HISTORY Sangatte Sailing Club The new Sailing Club has been built in Sangatte, on the shoreline of an existing lake of 24 hectares, making it the ideal location for the practice of water sports. onceived as part of a development plan by the CAC (Communauté d’Agglomération du Calaisis), the Sangatte sailing club is hoping to create a centre for water sports, tourists and environmental activities. Additionally providing several water sport activities for more than 10.000 young people, such as sailing, catamarans, canoeing and, in the future, it will be possible to host boat races under...

Designer: Place: Cabinet COLAIS ET LOUIS Calais (France) ROOF: Surface: Profile: Material: Roof Contractor: crédit Photo: ©PHMüller La Voix du Nord Atelier d’Architecture Colas et Louis

Centro Agroalimentare in Verona A roof covering realized with Riverclack system 10 years ago. 22260 photovoltaic panels are being installed in these days: they are snap-locked to the existing roof panels without any through perforation. Paolo Massi he “Centro Agroalimentare” in Verona: one of the largest fruit and vegetable markets in Italy has a 85000 m2 floor area facility which is distributed under a 1km long roof constructed over 10 years ago by Iscom with the Riverclack system. A forward thinking board of directors, from the Veronamercato, after analysing all opportunities of...

ISCOM Photovoltaic CLIP-IN Solutions RIVERCLACK ELIOS the thin film laminate amorphous photovoltaic panel from Unisolar, is glued and seamed into the Riverclack sheet ensuring adhesion for the full warranty of the system. RIVERCLACK ELIOS DECK By far the best in terms of integration, flexibility and adhesion to the metal of the thin film Unisolar laminate. The unique design of EliosDeck allows the laminate to be bonded to its own metal tray and then clipped into the roof systems external profile. As a matter of fact, Iscom has designed this clip fixing system on its Riverclack profiles,...

CASE HISTORY Swimming pool in Yerres / Crosnes Elegance and Sustainable Development Paolo Massi ituated in Yerres (28,000 inhabitants) on the bank of the homonymous river which crosses the town, Pierre de Coubertin swimming pool is the result of a project started in 2004 by the community of Yerres, aiming to promote sport meetings and social relationships among its inhabitants. Thanks to its ideal concept and design, which was conceived as a basis of its functionality, the swimming pool allows the facilities to be utilised for sport activities (with a 25 m x 25 m pool) and at the same time...

1. Plain or perforated steel deck 2. Acoustic insulation, in the case of an acoustic roof 3. Adhesive tape on top of each rib (in case of perforated decks) 4. Foamglas® 5. Bitumen 6. Foamglas® plate 7. Bituminous membrane 8. Riverclack fixing bracket 9. Riverclack55® or Rivergrip® sheet Designer: Place: Cabinet DUVAL-RAYNAL-FOLLIOT-LEVERRIER Yerres (Paris,France) ROOF: Surface: 4000 m2 Profile: Riverclack55® Material: Alu 0.7 mm Old Copper Roof Contractor: ETANCHISOL Architect Gilles Leverrier, associated to the DUVALRAYNALFOLLIOT-LEVERRIER design firm, stated that the research of an...

CASE HISTORY Troia Casino Hotel The flat metal roof as fifth façade Arch. Roberto Ragazzi ituated on Troia peninsula, on the south of Lisbon, the Troia casino Hotel is part of the recently restored Troia Resort, surrounded by golden beaches, by the bright blue of the Atlantic Ocean and dived into rich vegetation. The architectural project of Promontório Arquitectos includes several buildings: a re-established tower and new lower structures, with different functions, such as Conference Centre, the Showing Centre, Casino, Hotel and Spa. An important factor to consider during the planning...