A landmark commercial development in Reading features the largest known butt-jointed fire- rated glazing construction in Europe manufactured by Arkoni Metalwork of Brighouse, West Yorkshire. The 17,300 square metre No 1 Forbury Place, completed in Summer 2015, was designed by Aukett Swanke Architects on behalf of owners M&G Real Estate and Bell Hammer. It is the first of two prestigious ground plus seven floor office complexes on the site, delivered by contractors Galliford Try, with work set to start on No 2 Forbury Place in the near future. Arkoni were asked to manufacture and install fire rated glazing around the ground plus seven levels of the atrium area as part of a £1.5 million contract, the biggest to date for the 24-year-old business. Martin Quarmby of Arkoni explai

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