Lawtech Ltd was appointed to carry out the external wall insulation, in partnership with British Gas for the ultimate client Salix Homes.

In September 2010,Lawtech Ltd were approached by its Framework Client British Gas to develop a design and cost model to upgrade 50 houses in the Salford area of Manchester to current building regulations in respect to the thermal performance of the properties. The scheme was to be part funded under the Community Energy Saving Programme (CESP) by British Gas and Lawtech is proud to be one of British Gas’s framework contractors for the provision of external wall insulation.

The Community Energy Saving Programme (CESP) CESP targets households across Great Britain, in areas of low income, to improve energy efficiency standards, and reduce fuel bills. There are 4,500 areas eligible for CESP. CESP is funded by an obligation on energy suppliers and electricity generators. It is expected to deliver up to £350m of efficiency measures.

The properties were constructed using a solid wall timber frame to the entire building envelope. The scope of works required a full design and installation of Ecorock external wall insulation to provide a thermal performance to current building regulations. The finish of the system was split into a 1.5mm silicone render to the top floor and a brick render to the lower floor.

Once the cost model had been confirmed along with the outline design, Lawtech Ltd were asked to work with Salix Homes' framework contractor HT Forrest and quickly finalised designs and calculations to meet the client’s requirements. This was completed following a series of on-site surveys, creating bespoke technical drawings to suit the works, alongside the development of quality control points to ensure that the works were carried out to in accordance with system specific requirements and to meet Lawtech ISO9001 quality standard.

Our company is centered on quality and delivery for our clients, and our full time management team based on site, along with our Technical and Quality departments ensured that the project could be delivered to a high technical standard. The project was also delivered on time, to an exceptional quality, safely and on budget.

Lawtech is one of the largest installers of external wall insulation systems across the UK with offices in Rochester and Glasgow. Lawtech is UKAS accredited to ISO 9001 & ISO 14001 and is an active member of both the NIA & INCA.

Lawtech is able to act as a Principal Contractor on multi million pound “green” retrofit schemes installing and managing multiple energy saving measures, and in addition as a specialist façade contractor working with other contractor partners. We are able to offer advice and assistance in respect to grants and funds schemes available under CERT, CESP and from 2013 Green Deal.