Solaglas Contracting Scotland has won the contract for a new chain of hotels. It has completed the futuristic Dakota Hotel at Eurocentral business park in Glasgow, which is the second hotel in the chain to be built.

The company was awarded the project as a preferred supplier of Dawn Construction and because it has the expertise and capability to install large complex fenestration projects. The team from Solaglas gave advice to the project managers about the structural requirements for the bar and brasserie areas, where curtain walling sits proud of the structure.

Each hotel in the chain will be designed by Rio Architects to meet the particular needs of its site in terms of capacity and layout. The 92-bedroom five-storey facility, with adjoining offices at Motherwell, is a black box, clad in metal with dark grey tinted glass, which looks more like a government agency than a hotel.

The glazing specification consists of Technal Trame Horizontale curtain walling with concealed vents for a streamlined finish and Fxi52 casement windows. Double glazed units were fitted with 6mm SGG Parsol grey to the outer and 6mm low-E SGG Planitherm to the inner pane, with 6mm SGG Emalit dark grey for private areas. Solaglas also installed Dorma revolving doors in the adjoining office building.

The chain of hotels has been created by Ken McCulloch, owner of Malmaison hotels and David Coulthard, Formula 1 driver.

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Glass Age