News and Events

Recently Commissioned – The East London Line Project

Boundary Metal’s new order for the Transport for London project is great news for the future. The project, a joint venture between Balfour Beatty and Carillion is designed to provide a new modern service from Highbury & Islington to New Cross, Crystal Place and West Croydon. The entire line is closed at the moment but By June 2010, it will run from Dalston Junction to stations such as West Croydon and by 2011 it will have been extended to Highbury and Islington. Boundary Metal is currently involved in design work for this project. As the project develops the company will be supplying a range of specialist architectural metalwork and façade systems.

Boundary Metal invests in new waterjet cutting equipment

Investment in waterjet cutting technology is the latest development in the company’s expansion. Capacity is suitable for component sizes of just a few millimeters up to three metres2 metres. Almost any material including rubber, synthetics, glass aluminium and even titanium can be profile cut in thickness from less than 1mm up to 200mm in Boundary Metal’s speed Multi -head, high–pressure waterjet facility. Offering this profiling service to all types of industry customers benefit from cold cutting (no thermal influences) tension-free parts (due to minimal cutting force) and environmentally friendly production without poisonous gasses.

RIBA - NBS Plus Specifying software

Boundary Metal now subscribes to RIBA's NBS Plus software package. This is used by architects and specifiers and contains our product details, allowing the information to be quickly and easily added to contract specifications in the official National Building Specification format. For information about NBS plus visit www.nbsplus.co.uk

The launch of Boundary Design Engineering

Boundary Metal’s design department has become so successful that we have launched Boundary Design Engineering to service all type of industry within the construction sector as well as unrelated industries where there is a need for a dynamic approach to design and drawing. Our engineering design services offer a complete solution, including initial design and feasibility consultancy, development of design using the latest 3D parametric modelling technology, and structural engineering design. We provide analytical design services, including full engineering justification for the developed design, provide engineering reports and undertake stress analysis using Finite Element Analysis. Boundary Design Engineering offers a site surveying service to complement our design and draughting service. For information about Boundary Design Engineering visit www.drawings.uk.com.

The new Boundary Metal brochure

Boundary Metal’s latest brochure has just been published and includes numerous project references. The publication is already proving to be a great success with contractors, architect and project clients as it contains very useful design ideas for a wide range of metal products.