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26 November 2014
Michelmersh Brick Holdings PLC
("Michelmersh" or the "Company")
Winner of Best Public Building at Brick Awards 2014
New High Profile Projects Secured
Michelmersh Brick Holdings PLC (AIM:MBH.L), the specialist brick company, is pleased to announce that it won Best Public Building at the Brick Awards 2014 for the East Ham Customer Service Centre & Library. The Company also takes this opportunity to give shareholders an update following a series of significant brick projects including the redevelopment of 10.2 hectares of Elephant and Castle, the repair and improvement of the terracotta façade of Jimmy Choo's largest store globally, located on New Bond Street, and also the RFU Centre for Athletic Development at Pennyhill Park.
Winner of Best Public Building - Brick Awards 2014
At the Annual Brick Awards held on Wednesday 12th November, the Company was presented with the Best Public Building, which showcased the Company's newest handmade innovative product i-line, a slim line modern brick which complements contemporary designs.
Elephant & Castle regeneration project
The Company was engaged by Lend Lease, the international company with a 50 year track record of building and managing residential developments across the world, and Southwark Council to deliver high quality standards of sustainable brick products for the regeneration of Elephant & Castle, a large-scale urban regeneration scheme to deliver new homes and revitalize the area.
This project is committed to implementing meaningful and sustainable climate-related policies and programs as part of the Climate Positive Development Program, which challenges large scale urban regeneration projects to deliver climate positive developments. These buildings will showcase the latest sustainable building practices, which includes the use of MBH's bricks as a product offering longevity and an improvement in energy efficiency whilst still being aesthetically pleasing. In the most recent order from the project, an additional 397,000 pre-blended bricks were ordered.
Jimmy Choo, New Bond Street
The Jimmy Choo store, located on New Bond Street, London, recently underwent a face-lift to reinstate its original terracotta façade. Michelmersh was approached to help with the intricate restoration designed by Burogloo and MPA Architects. This was a technical job for the Company in which sculptors, at the Hathern Terra Cotta branch of the Company, had to use replica casting using only a photo available of the original façade, demonstrating the highly skilled workforce employed at Michelmersh.
The objective was to provide detailed and intricate terracotta units that would blend seamlessly into the shop floor, whilst also standing out as an architectural achievement on New Bond Street.
RFU (Rugby Football Union) Centre for Athletic Development at Pennyhill Park
This new indoor training facility used by England's elite rugby teams adopted Michelmersh's i -line blend to offer modern elongated brick facades to complement the contemporary design. i -line is popular with a new generation of brick architects and is featured on many recently completed projects due to its ability to offer an infinite blend of bespoke combinations, aesthetics and textures.
Martin Warner, CEO commented: "We are delighted to have received the Best Public Building Award this year at the Brick Awards, an accolade which we feel recognises our innovative and quality products.
"We are also extremely encouraged by the use of our bricks as part of such iconic projects. The Elephant & Castle regeneration project demonstrates the sustainable and energy efficient use of bricks, whilst the Jimmy Choo project reveals our quality craftsmanship in our handmade products. It is particularly encouraging to see modern architects adopting the use of bricks for their projects which demonstrates the timeless demand for our product as well as a modern brick revival with our innovative products."
About Michelmersh Brick Holdings PLC:
Michelmersh Brick Holdings PLC is a business with five leading market brands: Blockleys, Charnwood, Freshfield Lane, Michelmersh and Hathern Terra Cotta. These divisions operate within a fully integrated business combining the manufacture of clay bricks, tiles and pavers. The Group also includes a landfill operator, New Acres Limited, and seeks to develop future landfill and development opportunities on ancillary land assets.
Established in 1997 the Company has grown through acquisition and organic growth into a profitable and asset rich business, producing approximately 70 million clay bricks, tiles and pavers per annum. MBH PLC currently owns most of the UK's premium manufacturing brands and is a leading specification brick and clay paving manufacturer.
Recently Michelmersh's products have been successfully used in projects such as the extension of the Lutyens-designed, Grade II Listed, Henrietta Barnett School in Hampstead Garden Suburb, the award-winning Holiday Inn Express in Manchester and the contemporary Falmer Academy building in Brighton. We are also suppliers to high value housing developers such as Berkeley and St James Homes, delivering to key city regeneration projects such as Battersea Reach.
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