Clients
Mossley Mill
- Project - Mossley Mill
- Main Contractor - Graham Contracts
- Architect - Ostick & Williams
Project Outline
An original 19th century flax spinning mill, Mossley Mill was redeveloped to provide a new Civic Centre and Town Hall for Newtownabbey Council.
The £16million scheme, undertaken by Graham Construction, was completed in 2 phases. First phase was the complete refurbishment of the existing mill building, while the second comprised new build of a Community Arts and Cultural Centre, including a new Theatre.
Many features from the original building, such as vaulted brick ceilings and the cast iron structure, were retained.
Scope of Works
ASSA ABLOY Security Doors manufactured two oversized Powershield doors for the new building
The scene loading dock doorset was a double leaf configuration of approx 3400mm high and 3400mm wide. As this door formed part of the external enclosure it had to provide high sound reduction capability, with STC rating of up to 40dB. The door incorporated a dense acoustic core and perimeter acoustic seals, all supplied and fitted by ASSA ABLOY Security Doors. The steel door between the scene dock and the stage was even higher to allow large items of prefabricated scenery to enter the stage area. This double leaf steel door was almost 6m tall and necessitated substantial steel reinforcement to the door leaf core in order to maintain the performance expectations.
Mervyn Peel, Ostick and Williams, comments, "The design and construction of these steel doors was worked up by ASSA ABLOY's in-house door design team in conjunction with the architect's and Theatre consultant's requirements. These doors are a testament of what can be achieved when a project requires a bespoke product and members of the design team work in conjunction with specialist fabricators and installers to produce a specific end result".
Security was enhanced around the exterior of the building using standard size Powershield security doors with ASSA ABLOY high security locking.
The Works
Powershield steel doors were designed by Senior Draughtsman Graeme Devenney using Autocad 2002 with Mechanical Desktop version 6 and Auto SM with facility for seamless integration with the CNC manufacturing equipment, thereby ensuring ultimate quality.
Due to the unique features of the steel doors, manufacturing and installation was completed and managed by Senior Fabricator Geoff Chambers. The dimensions of these doors meant that Geoff and his team needed to develop and manufacture specially-made handling equipment, designed specifically for this project that ensured a seamless and safe on-site installation. Due to the size and installation needs, these oversized steel doors were then finish painted on site to ensure the high aesthetic finish expected for this prestige project.
