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The Lumen, Newcastle
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The Client
The Lumen is a state-of-the-art commercial office development located within Newcastle Helix - a leading innovation district bringing together businesses, researchers and organisations working across science, technology and innovation.
The building’s extensive glazed façade required a permanent access solution capable of supporting ongoing window cleaning, façade maintenance and future glazing replacement.
The Requirements
A safe, reliable and efficient façade access system was required to provide maintenance teams with comprehensive access across the building envelope.
The solution needed to support:
Routine window cleaning and façade maintenance
Safe two-person access to all required areas of the building façade
Efficient access without reliance on temporary access equipment
Glazing replacement operations requiring additional lifting capacity
With large areas of glazing forming an integral part of the building envelope, the system also needed to provide a practical method of handling replacement glazing during future maintenance operations.
The Solution
Working in collaboration with our specialist partner GPBMU, Eurosafe delivered a bespoke façade access solution incorporating a GPI Building Maintenance Unit (BMU).
The BMU provides safe and reliable two-person cradle access to the building façade, enabling maintenance teams to carry out routine window cleaning, inspection and external maintenance efficiently.
To accommodate future glazing replacement requirements, the BMU is also equipped with an integrated auxiliary hoist offering a 500 kg lifting capacity. This provides controlled lifting capability for replacement glazing and other maintenance operations, reducing the need to introduce separate temporary lifting equipment.
The result is a permanent façade access system designed around the operational requirements of The Lumen, providing an efficient long-term solution for cleaning, maintenance and glazing replacement.
The Outcome
The bespoke BMU installation provides The Lumen with a dedicated façade access solution that supports both routine maintenance and more complex future works.
By combining two-person cradle access with integrated lifting capability, the system gives maintenance teams the flexibility to undertake window cleaning, façade inspections and glazing replacement using a single permanent access solution.
Applied Solutions
For more information on this project or solutions used please contact...
Richard Dolan
Operations Director, Façade Access, Contracting
