TPI May 2013

news business & market Soil and rainwater system for Snow Hill development

The Snow Hill development site

for both above and below ground applications.

years, attracting world-class business tenants. The development includes office, residential, leisure and retail uses set around new landscaped gardens and piazzas. Derrick Brookes of Saint-Gobain PAM commented, “We are proud to be associated with the Snow Hill project and look forward to further orders for our Ensign soil system as this prestigious development continues. The main contractor is Balfour Beatty and the M&E contractor is C A Southers, who sub-let the plumbing to C&M Mech of Leicester.” Ensign comprises pipes and fittings from 50 to 600mm diameter for above ground applications and 100, 150- 600mm diameter for below ground. The system can be connected by cast iron mechanical joints or push-fit joints

Iron technology firm Saint-Gobain PAM UK, part of materials company Saint- Gobain, has secured its second phase of orders for its Ensign soil and rainwater system for installation at the prestigious new 96,000m 2 Snow Hill mixed use development in Birmingham, UK. The development by Ballymore has been on-site for over three years, with the orders for the first three buildings on Snow Hill 1 being supplied by Saint- Gobain PAM UK in 2009. The latest orders of Ensign Soil are being delivered by Drain Center to C&M Mechanical of Leicester. The system is for installation on the soil and vent stacks. Phase 1 of the Snow Hill development was up, running and fully occupied in just four years, and it is planned to make Snow Hill the largest commercial leasing outside of London for many

Approved to BS EN 877, Ensign offers specifiers, contractors and installers a fit-and-forget system. Combining all the proven material properties of cast iron, Ensign is a comprehensive and versatile system. Saint-Gobain PAM UK is a supplier of ductile iron pipes, fittings, valves, access covers and gratings, as well as a producer of cast iron above and below ground drainage systems. Its markets include water and sewerage, telecommunications, highways, civil engineering, construction and housing.

saint-Gobain PaM uK sales.uk.pam@saint-gobain.com www.saint-gobain-pam.co.uk

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