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Offering an alternative to a flat faced facade, the Trisobuild range increases the aesthetic options available for building designs whilst also delivering peace of mind
Designed to meet the post-Grenfell demand for non-combustible and limited combustible products, Tata Steel has launched a new rainscreen facade system.
Backed with a 25 year system guarantee, The Trisobuild facade range offer eye-catching rainscreen options that the manufacturer claims to be non-combustible.
Available only in the Colocoat Prisma pre-finished steel, all profiles are designed to work as part of a facade system so as not to compromise the systems integrity, ensuring the fire performance of the cladding systems they are used in. Covered by the Confidex Guarantee, Colorcoat Prisma also provides a wide range of contemporary colour and finish options.
The range includes three types of facade:
Trisobuild Tailored Profiles are a bespoke set of steel profiles which have been developed to create geometry and to challenge the concept of traditional facades in the UK. The new profile shapes offer creative freedom for building modern and contemporary looking structures that will provide unique building facades.
Available in tapered plank, castellated and louvred profiles.
Versatile and cost-effective, Trisobuild Linear Plank is a concealed fix facade plank system with variable widths up to 500mm. They are available in two profiles – micro-rib and flat.
The systems were originally developed to provide an economic alternative to more sophisticated rainscreen systems, whilst continuing to offer an attractive and flexible facade option. Trisobuild Linear Plank has been designed to allow freedom in orientation, flexibility in cover width, and the ability to include a variety of widths within the same facade.
Trisobuild Seam is a long strip standing seam facade system which provides an aesthetic alternative to traditional hard metal systems.
Fully supported standing seam cladding systems are typically fixed back to continuous plywood or OSB backing boards which would provide little performance in a fire scenario and could not be utilised above 18m. In the Trisobuild Seam facade system these combustible backing boards are replaced by a non-combustible Trisobuild D32S steel profile, which is directly affixed to the ‘helping hand’ bracket and rail system.
Jonathan Arnold, Product Development and Technical Services Manager at Tata Steel’s Building Systems UK, said: ”Since Grenfell all cladding products for medium and high rise buildings must be limited or non-combustible. The Trisobuild range is designed to be used on both new and refurbishment projects, so building owners can easily upgrade their facades to something that not only looks good and can be obtained in a wide range of profiles and colours, but delivers peace of mind.
“The Trisobuild range increases the aesthetic options available for building designs. Our new products are an alternative to a flat faced facade, they come in a wide range of profiles as well as colours, allowing architects more scope to express a vision for a building, as well as a bespoke service.”
Key markets will include hospitals, schools, medium and high rise residential and modular buildings.
Tata Steel is the largest steelmaker in the UK with primary steelmaking at Port Talbot in South Wales supporting manufacturing and distribution operations at sites across Wales, England and Northern Ireland as well as Norway and Sweden
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