Case Study
Phoenix House, Birmingham
SIKA AT WORK PHOENIX HOUSE, BIRMINGHAM ROOFING: Decothane Ultra BACKGROUND As part of the property sector’s response to a lack of grade A office accommodation in the centre of Birmingham, property investor, Ardstone Capital, acquired the vacant Phoenix House office building and redeveloped it as ‘1 Newhall Street’; a grade ‘A’ rated commercial development. REQUIREMENT Alongside internal remodelling works and the installation of new building services, the building required a roof refurbishment to address issues of water ingress with the existing asphalt covering, which was leaking in several places on the main level nine roof and the plant room roof. The scope of works for the roofing project also included two new roof areas totalling 109m 2 to accommodate small extensions at lev