Teddington Cricket Club
A prestigious Cricket Club in Bushey Park in the London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames, being the second largest of all the Royal Parks, now home to a brand new SIPs Cricket Pavillion, Designed, manufactured and erected by Thomas Carter.
Thomas Carter Ltd were proud to be involved with a project of this size and type,delivering a Feature Glulam Framed SIPs structure, offering scenic Balcony area for 50+ people and green roof area, changing rooms, kitchen, club room, office, bar & reception area, garaging and storage for pitch machinery.
The design incorporates exposed Glulam timbers within the large open span areas both for structural support and aesthetics. Thomas Carter Ltd. carefully designed the TEK panels, including the interactions around the timber. They then sent their computer aided design (CAD) file to Kingspan to allow the panels to be factory cut to the precise dimensions.
Through the CAD design process Thomas Carter Ltd. were able to accurately predesign all interactions between the TEK panels and internal timbers including the Glulam beams
Thomas Carter Ltd. then rapidly erected them with a mobile crane. In addition to supporting a fast-track construction.
The TEK Building System also supported work to achieve a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating. Its outstanding fabric performance contributed towards the award of credits within the Health & Wellbeing and Energy sections of the assessment. Furthermore, Kingspan Insulation’s manufacturing facility, at which TEK Building System panels are produced, carries FSC® (FSC-C109304) and PEFC Chain of Custody certification. As standard, the OSB/3 facing of TEK Building System panels is PEFC certified at 70%, supporting credits within the Responsible Sourcing of Materials sub-section.
Thomas Carter Ltd worked with Reeds Watts on the overall design of the project including the specification of the Kingspan TEK Building System. The panels offer excellent fabric performance out of the box, whilst their unique jointing system helps to limit thermal bridges and air-leakage. These were key considerations on the project.
The original pavilion was very inefficient thermally making it uncomfortable and expensive to heat. In designing the new building, we wanted to ensure the fabric would reduce the loss of air and heat in order to maximise passive environmental gains in heating, lighting and ventilation. By using the Kingspan TEK Building System within the outer-shell, we were able to meet these requirements with an efficient build programme.
Max Crichton, Reed Watts
