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Bryn Alyn School Freestanding Canopy

Date: 24 Aug 2011
Case Studies

Product:

30m x 2.5m Freestanding Canopy

Location:

Bryn Alyn School Wrexham North Wales.

Able Canopies Ltd invited us to design and quote a freestanding walkway canopy at Bryn Alyn School in North Wales early this year. Two members of our team travelled to Wrexham to undertake a site survey and to identify what design would work the best with the area, we quickly realised that it would not be straight forward as the construction company building the school had already laid the concrete foundations for the canopy so we had to work from the ground level they had set.

To add to this problem, parts of the area had not yet been built so we had to also work from construction drawings supplied by the contractor. Having completed a full site survey, Fabrications Direct produced a quotation for a solution that matched the design criteria, which was within budget and of sufficient size to meet the client’s needs and we were awarded the contract.

We produced a number of designs however Able Canopies eventually chose a curved roof design which would provide optimum weather proof coverage for the outdoor walkway. After the final design was approved we got straight to work with the manufacturing of the canopy, a total of 29 separate drawings were produced for each individual part in the canopy and our team of fabricators began the work.

The Complete Canopy

The Valley Section of the Canopy

The Valley Section of the Canopy (Workshop)

Large parts of the frame work had to be assembled in the factory due to the compacted nature of them such as the corner section which was particularly difficult as we had designed it as one complete unit to make installation of the canopy simpler. Every piece of the steel frame work was numbered and an onsite drawing was produced showing where all the parts, this was a great time saver for the installation team. The frame was finished in the 8 days it was required in and it was installed by Able Canopies with no difficulties or problems reported.

“This type of job would have normally created many issues for us however with the design input from Fabrications Direct the install was without any problems. Great work”.