ISD Solutions completes firewall project at JLR ‘Body in White’ facilityISD Solutions, a leader in single envelope cold store construction, has completed a multi-million pound manufacturing plants – the new ‘Body-in-White’ vehicle assembly plant at Solihull in the West Midlands, for Jaguar Land Rover
By: ISD Solutions In July 2013 ISD Solutions’ Firewall and Data Division was awarded a £1.1 million contract by lead contractor Vinci Construction to design, supply and install over 8500m2 of internal partitions and ceilings to form acoustic and fire rated walls and ceilings in the massive “Body in White” production facility. These firewalls are crucial to staff welfare and the production environment where a vehicle body’s sheet metal components are welded together before any moving parts are added. Both Kingspan KS1100CS composite panels and the Eurobond Firemaster panel system were utilised in the single storey facility which is constructed on a previous JLR site covering some 600,000 sq ft. Other works carried out by ISD Solutions included the installation of thermal insulation to the plant room soffit in the roof and to accompany the firewall installation, ISD also installed passive fire protection (http://www.isd- Ends / 215 words NOTES TO EDITORS About ISD Solutions ISD Solutions is the UK’s leading contractor in the design, installation and maintenance of composite panel-based structures from cold stores, food processing facilities & distribution centres to clean rooms & data centres. Pioneers of thermally efficient, low cost, single envelope construction, ISD is growing market share in the hospitality industry for its modular cold stores. A diverse customer base of blue chip organisations includes Ocado, Aldi, Waitrose and Partner Logistics. ISD Solutions is an active member of the IACSC (International Association of Cold Storage Construction (European Division), and has accreditations from Achilles, LPCB (LPS 1500, 1531) and Safe Contractor. For more information visit http://www.isd- End
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