Background

The Boatman’s House scheme, located on the waterfront of Millwall Dock in East London, has delivered 98 apartments and includes balcony areas on 3 elevations, with the west offering views of the city.

Project detail

BA Systems began correspondence with HG Construction once it had been awarded the contract. The scheme had a variety of requirements for balustrades across the project; BA Systems' proposal was just for the privacy screens.

Proposal

Product specification 1:

  • Area: B20 post and glass infill privacy screens

  • Infill: designed with 10mm-thick opaque privacy toughened and heat-soaked glass supported in base and top channel

  • Design load: 0.74kN/m

  • Balustrade height: 1800mm plus SSL to FFL build-up

  • Handrail: flat bar top rail with u-profile to clamp the glass, PPC finish

Product specification 2:

  • Area: B20 post and perforated metal infill balustrades

  • Infill: decorative perforated metal infill PPC-coated supported in top and bottom horizontal channels

  • Design load: 0.74kN/m

  • Balustrade height: 1700mm plus SSL to FFL build-up

  • No handrail required

The screens were required for the 4th floor balcony, and 5th, 6th and 8th floor roof terraces, and the ground floor terraces.