The team at McVeigh are most experienced at real snow ski slope enclosures having completed all but 1 in the UK. Early engagement is critical on a ski slope project as there are early fundamental design decisions to be made that will impact the whole process. Since the first project in Milton Keynes our detailing and techniques has been developed and refined so we can offer our Clients the benefits our experience and knowledge.
We’ve constructed various different ski box flooring systems on all the developments in the UK and travelled around Europe to educate ourselves on how our friends overseas construct the floors. There are many considerations but our most recent method seems to perform the best.
We use highly insulated composite panels to construct the walls of a ski box. The insulated core is typically either Polyisocyanurate (PIR) or Mineral fibre and often a mix of both depending on the fire strategy of the project. The vapour sealing details of the joints and interfaces is critical, at McVeigh we have the experience to detail, specify and apply the right products to use that will perform for the life expectancy of the building.
All the ski slope enclosures have glazed sections to some extent. On the different developments we have used Curtain Walling, Aluminium frames and timber frames all with double and triple glazed units. Again, the important bit is all in the detailing that needs to incorporate structural support, glazed frames, insulated panel surrounds and the all-important vapour seals. Other considerations on the warn side include back ground heating, sprinkler systems and crowd loads.
We use numerous door types in a ski box as you can imagine. We firstly have the Air lock doors that, if you have visited any of the UK snow centres are the doors that you have walked through to enter the cold space. These are generally standard doors but with the addition of heating elements to prevent them from freezing up! Then we have the emergency exit doors that are specialist cold store doors that are adapted for use on this application and then we have the massive Garage doors that give access to the Piste Basher that grooms the snow at night. Again, the Garage doors are adapted to suit this specialist application.
Liverpool
2012
Located at 1A Grove Street, the University Veterinary Practice is a purpose built, state of the art veterinary practice ideally located in the heart of Liverpool, minutes from the main University Campus.
London
2014
McVeigh Offsite delivered BREEAM Excellent-rated buildings using SIPs construction methods, demonstrating sustainable building excellence.
Mellor
2015
Mellor Primary School has become quite a prestigious project for us, as it has won numerous accolades.
