Contractor: Briggs Roofing & Cladding Ltd. Glasgow
Project Management: Capita Group
Architect: Nicoll Russell Studios
Location: Stornoway, Western Isles

EJOT® Products used: FDD Anchors, EJOT Super-SAPHIR® Stainless Steel

In January 2002 An Lanntair was awarded £3.06 Million from the Scottish Arts Council National Lottery towards the development of a new arts centre on a prime site on the sea front in Stornoway. The development is of key strategic regional importance to the arts and culture in the North West Highlands and is the largest arts development in the Highlands & Islands since Eden Court opened in Inverness in the 1970s. The other main funding partners are Highlands & Islands Special Transitional Programme (ERDF), Western Isles Enterprise and Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council). The project started on site on the 10th November 2003 and is
projected to take 77 weeks to completion.

As the appointed roofing contractor, Briggs Roofing & Cladding of Glasgow chose EJOT® for its capability to supply a complete range of fasteners and anchors specifically designed for single ply applications.

"EJOT®’s FDD anchors fitted the bill perfectly" said Tony Lawther. "The new Arts Centre has an in-situ concrete main roof and the FDD is very effective for fixing insulation and singly ply waterproof membranes to concrete decks."

"So much so that they withstood winds up to 124mph in November, this figure was recorded before the weather station blew away, the actual figure may have been a lot more!"

The FDD is a nylon hammer-set anchor, with an integral washer and plastic headed, zinc plated carbon steel expansion pin. Its ease of installation puts it ahead of other products in the marketplace.
In addition the EJOT® flat roofing range includes deck fasteners, plastic tube washer systems, stress plates and perimeter fasteners. .