Insulated, secret-fix, smooth faced composite wall panel with enhanced fire resistance

Formawall® FW from Building Systems UK is an insulated secret fix smooth faced architectural wall panel with enhanced fire resistance that provides an architectural external aesthetic to your building facade.

Manufactured in factory conditions operating to quality management standard BS EN ISO 9001:2015, environmental management standard BS EN ISO 14001: 2015 and occupational health and safety management standard BS EN ISO 45001:2018. Full traceability of all component materials and certified ‘very good’ to BRE’s responsible sourcing standard BES 6001.
 

Platinum® Plus 25 year system guarantee.

Formawall® FW and a range of system components including fixings, wall lights, sealants and fillers are available with our Platinum® Plus system guarantee providing a complete building envelope solution guarantee for 25 years. Colorcoat Prisma® pre-finished steel is used as standard, offering long-term performance with the Confidex® Guarantee and providing peace of mind for up to 40 years.

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Fire Resistance

The Formawall® FW system offers over 15 mins insulation and over 60 mins integrity performance to BS EN 1364-1. The scope of tested product can vary, i.e. thickness, orientation, unexposed finish, span etc, therefore, to obtain the correct specification to meet your project needs, please contact out technical department, view the datasheet or obtain a specification through the SPECGEN tool.

Reaction to fire

Formawall® FW Panels are classified B-s2,d0 according to the European Reaction to Fire classification system (Euroclasses) BS EN 13501–1: 2018 when tested on the standard internal face of the product.

Third party accreditations

• LPCB (Loss Prevention Certification Board) approval to LPS 1181 Part 1.2 certified to EXT-B for all thicknesses. 
• Approved to FM Class 4880, 4881 and 4471 to an unlimited wall height. Specification is critical for compliance. 
• Our Technical Team can help you with your specification drafting - or you can use our SPECGEN tool.

Weatherability

In accordance with product standard BS EN 14509, the watertightness of a system should be tested to BS EN 12865. The standard advises that the system should achieve watertightness to a pressure of 600 Pa for normal conditions. Laboratory testing evidenced that the Formawall® FW system is water-tight up to a pressure of 1050 Pa.

Air-tightness

In accordance with product standard BS EN 14509, the air tightness of a system should be tested to BS EN 12114. Laboratory tests evidenced that the Formawall® FW system has an air leakageas low as 0.48 m3/h/m2.

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BES 6001 Responsible Sourcing

Building Systems UK operations, supply chain and products are certified under the BRE Responsible Sourcing Framework Specification BES 6001. We are able to help our customers to operate more sustainably by providing guidance on the specification of our products and the impact on obtaining credits under building certification schemes such as BREEAM.

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Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs)

Building Systems UK’s vision is to ‘enable the creation of sustainable spaces where we live work and play’. As a manufacturer we have a duty to operate responsibly and in a transparent way. Building Systems UK are one of the most transparent and reported construction product manufacturers in the UK, with a unique offering of project specific and bespoke Environmental Product Declarations. This is enabled by our unique operatorship of an Environmental Product Declaration Programme.

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Optemis® Carbon Lite

Optemis Carbon Lite is a fully certified in-setting scheme verified by leading assurance organisation DNV. Our continued commitment to decarbonisation means reductions in CO2 emissions can now be passed on to our customers, enabling them to achieve immediate Scope 3 emission savings.

Revenues generated from the sale of Optemis Carbon Lite certificates are used to fund additional projects, generating further CO2 savings to be verified by DNV and speeding up our decarbonisation efforts.

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Specification Generator tool - SPECGEN

Our online specification generator tool has been designed to help you create the right specification to suit the needs of your project, making sure all roofing and cladding components listed are compatible and perform as a guaranteed system.

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