Case Study
Balustrades: GRP works at Barton Square, Trafford Centre.
Specialists in the manufacture of GRP Architectural Industrial Modular Buildings Ship Fit Out Water Treatment The extention of the Trafford Centre called for 1.5km of stone finish balustrading specified in GRP to reduce weight and in turn, steelwork costs. The program restraints made design, supply and fix of this scope of works technically challenging and Millfield were the only respondent to the Bovis Lend Lease GRP tender enquiry. Our innovative solution was to produce the 1200 baluster 'bottles' by RTM closed mould process using the facilities at our Composites Division at Hartlepool and their CNC controlled five axis machining facility in conjuntion with our hand lay operations in Newcastle, producing the handrail, capping and pier mouldings. Millfield enjoys Bovis Lend Lease Sub Cont