1. Swaminarayan Hindu Temple - Neasden, London
2. The Celtic Manor Resort - Newport, Gwent
3. Shaw Park Plaza - London
4. Lords Cricket Ground

Architect: Triad Architects, London
Internationally recognised as one of the most ornate buildings of the world, the Swaminarayan Hindu Temple, in North London has used Alco Beldan NW100 movable walls to acoustically divide the Prayer Hall.

The Prayer Hall is the central part of this complex, but because the complete floor area of 2,300 m² is used only a few times each year, the Hall needed to be divided into smaller, more manageable and efficient areas for everyday use. Alco Beldan were asked to design a system that would divide the Hall into three separate rooms, yet still be manually moved into place by the resident staff.

The impressive proportions of the 51 x 45 metres of Hall floor area is balanced by the 7.2 metres height and this meant there were two important aspects to consider; the weight of the panels and ease of their operation.

Architect: Goff Associates
There cannot be many in the independent hotel sector that haven’t heard of the rebuilding of the Celtic Manor Hotel. Travellers along the M4 corridor at this gateway into Wales cannot miss this magnificent hotel which sits in an imposing position high on a hill overlooking the motorway and which has selected to host the Ryder Cup in 2009.

Alco Beldan NW100 movable walls have been installed in the convention hall and the syndicate rooms but the most difficult challenge facing the technical staff was how to support the 6.30 metre high panels in the Caernarfon Suite. Above the ceiling is a 5.00 metre deep void to the substantial roof structure, which also supports the car park. In order for the heavy panels to operate in all conditions we had to take account of 100mm dead-load deflection in the roof structure which could deflect a further 50mm under live load from the car park. The key to this successful solution was our standard rapid action scissor link mechanism, which provides more than 50mm of spring assisted travel to our unique, double depth top and bottom seal carriers, specially developed for this job.

This conference centre won the award for the most effective functional design in the European Hotel design and development awards 2000.

This project is interesting because it is on the site of the George Bernard Shaw Theatre, part of which has been incorporated into the scheme. The movable wall in the main function area is 4300mm high and has a sound reduction rating of Rw 53dB. The panel finish on our walls complement and match the structural walls around the rest of the room. Movable walls are also installed in the reception breakout area leading into the main function room and incorporate 2 sets of double pass doors. Additionally, operable walls have been installed in the syndicate rooms with a sound reduction of Rw 50dB.

The Nicholas Grimshaw designed new stand at Lords Cricket Ground has a number of private boxes divided by Alco Beldan NW100 Series Movable Walls.

Acoustically these walls had to be manufactured to the highest standard (Rw 58dB) to maintain privacy.

The success of the installation has created flexibility for Lords to also lease out the enlarged boxes as meeting rooms to companies. This again creates a multiuse stand that does not stand empty when there is no cricket.

Alco Beldan have also installed movable walls in the offices of the English Cricket Board, which is also within Lords grounds.