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Various Kingspan insulated panels have been used at the Harringay shopping park, an £8m retail development in north London.
The Kingzip standing-seam roof system was specified for the roofing; while a combination of the company’s Optimo and Thermatile wall and facade systems was chosen for the walls.
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