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Associated Steel Window Services (ASWS) recently welcomed students from London Design and Engineering UTC to site at 21–29 Glasshouse Street, offering hands‑on insight into the specialist skills involved in heritage window refurbishment. The visit formed part of the students’ Designing the Built Environment studies and was delivered in collaboration with BAM Construction. During the site …

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Leading window repair specialist, Associated Steel Window Services (ASWS), employed impressive skills to bear during a two-year refurbishment contract addressing one of London’s best known retail landmarks. Within the project, the trio of shallow domed steel lanterns on an upper mezzanine level presented one of the most difficult challenges, both in terms of technical difficulty …

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Associated Steel Window Services (ASWS), a leading specialist in heritage fenestration and architectural metalwork, proudly supported the Glasshouse Street Christmas Charity Collection for The Whitechapel Mission, joining forces with BAM and fellow subcontractors to make a meaningful difference this festive season. The Whitechapel Mission provides vital services to the homeless, including food, showering facilities, clothing, …

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Operations Director for Associated Steel Window Services (ASWS), Kris Bennell, reflects on the work to restore three large system glazed bronze shopfronts and the historic doors now opening into the new Ikea store in one of London’s busiest retail locations.   Best known for expertise in repairing ageing steel windows, ASWS, which had previously worked alongside …

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As an acknowledged industry expert in the repair and replacement of steel, timber and other fenestration types, Associated Steel Window Services (ASWS) was awarded four separate prestigious packages, as well as being tasked with additional project elements, during the conversion of a former furniture warehouse. The high-spec office spaces now afford the occupants contemporary standards …

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As arguably the best-known retailer of timber furniture across Europe and beyond, Ikea takes its environmental responsibilities; these include the sustainable sourcing of materials, very seriously. It is fitting, therefore, that the creation of the company’s latest store in the UK has featured the conservation of 14 large hardwood windows which had been exposed to …

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Kris Bennell of Associated Steel Window Services discusses how the company helps heritage, W20 and other traditional steel and timber windows attain contemporary standards of energy performance. Over the last few years, Associated Steel Window Services has seen an increased desire and necessity to bring older windows into our modern building requirements. As a leading …

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A strong reputation, and an expanding capability to take on the upgrade of ageing timber fenestration, has led to Associated Steel Window Services (ASWS) being appointed as a specialist sub-contractor for the refurbishment of 28 St George Street in Mayfair, London, where the company has a sizeable team striving to fulfil a compressed programme. Vert …

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Best known in recent decades as Topshop’s flagship store, 214 Oxford Street has undergone a two-year refurbishment and restoration project that not only extends its working life as Ikea’s new London headquarters, but that also fully respects the building’s Grade II listing, with its unusually broad mix of window types which extend from street level …

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