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Outdoor Canopies at the BBC

To blend with an intensively landscaped environment at Central TV Studios, the BBC’s requirement was for a smoking shelter with a relaxed natural feel.

Working out of hours in a high security controlled area, Fordingbridge built an outdoor canopy in laminated timber and galvanised steelwork with a fabric PVC curved roof.

Fordingbridge Specialist Structures provide a good choice of solutions to the smoking ban which came into effect recently.

Most of our curved roof structures could be made for use as smoking shelters.

Smoking shelter canopies are available in steel and in laminated timber.

Steel frameworks may be hot dip galvanised for a maintenance free life, powder coated or painted to complement existing buildings.

Roof claddings can be either Opal 60 which has an expected life of 8 years or a hard wearing triple wall polycarbonate which has an expected life of 15 years. Both fabrics are translucent, reduce UV transmission by at least 95% and meet appropriate British Standards for fire performance.

Similarly our tension fabric structures can be adapted to suit any shape or size of courtyard or garden. They consist of a steel framework with hot-dip galvanised or RAL/BS painted finish, plus fabric membrane offering durability of 10 to 20 years for the PVC membrane, to 25-30 years with the PTFE membrane coating.

Tension fabric structure shapes include: cantilevered, hypar, umbrella and double conic. We are continually exploring the application’s possibilities.

So be it:

Tension fabric structures
Timber canopies
Steel canopies

which you would like to see in your pub garden, all are available in fire retardant fabrics with UV protection as well and can be individually designed to suit areas of any shape or size.

Whatever the English weather throws at you, your smokers will be comfortable and well protected under our well designed, strong curved roof structures.