IQ-PROTECT Hightech
QbiQ introduces the IQ-PROTECT Hightech. A new EI60 fire-resistant facade with a profile height of just 33mm and a fully 0-joint. This EI60 facade is a breakthrough in the design of fire-resistant facades that up until now were also made with much higher profiles.
This new fire facade is a welcome extension of the IQ Protect assortment that consists of multiple fire and impact-resistant wall systems and glass facades with EI30, EI60,EW30 and EW60 classification.
33 mm profile height
QbiQ modular walls are widely known for their integral profile height of just 33 mm. All QbiQ wall systems can therefore be seamlessly combined and linked. From now on it is therefore also possible to seamlessly combine the fire-resistant and/or compartment separating walls. With a wall like this one, architects get the opportunity to design an even sleeker, highly aesthetic interior.
Transparent 0-joint
In this fire-resistant wall system QbiQ also chose a 0-joint. No vertical supports are therefore needed in this EI60 wall. This enables creating a full glass wall where a EI60 classification is required.
More information?
Would you like more information about this IQ-PROTECT Hightech facade? Then call +31 88 50 10 500 or send an e-mail to info@qbiq.nl
HIP Herengracht industry prize
The HIP (Herengracht industry prize), of which QbiQ is a partner, takes place every other year.
This biannual award is presented to an architect or interior architect for an interior project realised in the Netherlands. We are currently working hard to make this year another success. The HIP is an event where interior architects can send in projects. The winner receives the HIP Trophy and €2,500 in cash.
The idea for this prize originated in the Lensvelt HUB at Herengracht in Amsterdam. HIP wants to give architects and/or interior architects who realise high-grade projects and are loyal to the industry a pat on the back. To put it differently: an architect who goes for quality, sustainability, originality and authenticity.
The third edition of this wonderful award will take place in 2018. Once again, attention will be paid to high-grade interior projects realised in the Netherlands.
To take part, make sure the project is realised between 14 April 2016 and 14 April 2018. Submitting is possible up to 14 April 2018 on www.herengrachtindustrieprijs.nl (you can send in several projects). The winner will be announced in Amsterdam on 14 June 2018. You can expect a possible personal invitation to this festive award ceremony at the end of April.
Completed: Housing corporation Viveste in Bunnik
We recently supplied two fire resistant facades at housing corporation Viveste in Bunnik. What makes these IQ-Protect wall so unique is that the glass panels are connected to each other with an 0-joint (sealant joint) instead of always having to place a vertical stand. This creates one big glass wall. The walls at Viveste are EW30 certified.
For pictures, visit: QbiQ Gallery
Circular office for the Nutrition Center The Hague
Circular office for the Food Centre
The Food Centre in The Hague has moved and now probably -partly thanks to QbiQ- has the most circular office in the Netherlands. LIAG architects and building consultants designed a circular interior of which the basic assumption was to include as many used materials as possible. For instance, the floor covering was previously used at trade fairs and exhibitions and the cupboards and staircase are made of untreated underlayment.
Reuse of modular walls
Most modular glass walls moved along from the old building to the new office at the Bezuidenhoutseweg in The Hague. The extra QbiQ walls that are to be placed, which are Cradle to Cradle certified, were made of remnant profiles and of glass that remains after the cutting process, so-called cutting waste. As we departed from the available material for the construction of the modular walls, it was possible that the profiles as well as the glass panels had different colours. In addition, the modulation of the glass panels was irregular because the width of the glass panels from the cutting waste.
This way the Food Centre, as a socially involved institute, took the lead and shows that you can design an office with a minimum burden on the environment.
View the project photos for your inspiratie and all photos
Obvion Hypotheken in Heerlen
In the head office of Obvion Hypotheken is a wonderful monumental building, which previously accommodated the technical school. Large, open work spaces were created on several floors. To be able to work concentrated, small bright concentration units were placed. These are made of high-grade modular walls with double glazing and high acoustic values. The doors in these concentration areas are made of an aluminium frame with a sleet plate on both sides.
The eye-catcher in the entrance hall is a large oval consulting room, also with double glazing with high acoustic values. An impressive piece of workmanship, especially if you realise that the inside and outside glass walls both have a different radius.
Completed: the Minnaert building
The Minnaert building was originally designed by Willem-Jan Neutelings and Michiel Riedijk and houses the Faculty of Science of Utrecht University in The Netherlands. In 2016/2017, a sustainable renovation of the facility took place, including the glass system walls that QbiQ installed. Our glass walls are a pleasant mix of flexibility, functionality and design.
Photos and further info can be found here.
EI60 fire resistant glass wall with 33mm profile
QbiQ will soon introduce a fire-resistant façade with a 33m high profile and 0-joint. This wall will be added to the IQ-Protect range that consists of fire, smoke and fall resistant glass walls. The first tests with an EI60 fire-resistant façade seem promising. Recently, our R&D department worked hard on a 33mm high profile for a fire-resistant wall with EI60 classification. No vertical stands are required for the glass panels. The glass panels can be connected with a fire-resistant kit and 0-joint.
The walls of QbiQ are known for slim and slender profiles of just 33mm height. Until now, a fire-resistant façade was not available for this profile height. The request for such a fire-resistant façade arose from an aesthetic viewpoint.
With this fire-resistant façade we lift the aesthetics of glass and modular walls to a higher level.
TruBend Center 5030 typesetting machine
QbiQ bought a new, very advanced TruBend Center 5030 typesetting machine for the production of steel wall panels. With this investment we can serve our customers even better.
The TruBend Series 5000 is the world’s most successful bending machine of TRUMPF. From programming and equipping until the eventual bending, you can produce much more productively. Innovative features, such as the mould shift and the six-axle back gauge, offer you complete freedom of use. Numerous innovations, such as the revolutionary simple and intuitive operation and new solutions in the field of ergonomics, such as the MagicShoe, lighten the operator’s work.
The TruBend Center 5030 is a machine for bending the edges of steel plates. With this machine we can better anticipate the demands of our customers who want steel panels in the modular walls alongside glass panels. Due to our own manufacture of steel wall panels, we can considerably reduce delivery times and increase flexibility. The machine will be supplied early in March 2018. After a two-week installation period the machine will be fully operational by the end of March.
Reversible Experience Modules – Built to be rebuilt
In January 2018 a big journey will start, and it will be a circular one! the Buildings As Materials Banks project launches the largest travelling exhibition of circularity in the built environment. The Reversible Experience Modules exhibition is built from more than 70 products and systems designed for reuse, recovery and recycling, and available on the market today. Also QbiQ makes part of this project. Together, they form an exhibition showcasing how to realize adaptable, modular and circular buildings. The key tool to make this possible is the BAMB Materials Passports Platform; providing information to architects, project developers, contractors, planners and all relevant stakeholders on the circular potential of products, systems and buildings. Materials and products in the Reversible Experience Modules are labelled with Materials Passports that describe what they are, where they come from and where they can go next. These reveal their true potential in a circular economy and will be accessible from multiple devices.
You are invited
The Reversible Experience Modules will be launched in January in Brussels, and then go on tour throughout Europe. See and experience them at ecobuild 2018 in London, Building Holland 2018 in Amsterdam or any of the other locations that are shown and continuously updated on our website: www.epea.nl/rems. At each location there will be presentations, workshops and trainings for professionals from the built environment about Materials Passports, Circularity, and reversible building design.
Building like nature does
Imagine if an entire building, the concrete, the wood, the steel, and all of the products inside such as chairs, computers and lighting were designed to be fully reusable and recyclable; if a former office can be transformed into a new apartment building. While this is done sometimes today at a basic level, Reversible Experience Modules show the visitor how buildings can be transformed from demolition cost and liabilities, into the material banks of the future, based on circularity and the Cradle to Cradle design concept. Materials passports will let designers select products for their healthy use and reuse potential during design, and let building owners find partners to reuse the materials during maintenance and dismantling. Every day millions of products inside buildings are replaced and hundreds of buildings are torn down. The take, make waste linear pathway leads from new products made of new materials to old materials that are thrown away. Reversible Experience Modules demonstrate the transition from linear pathways to continuous cycles.
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Bronze certificate for QbiQ
QbiQ seriously dedicates itself to a reduced burden on the environment. The Cradle to Cradle Bronze certificate indisputably proves this.
This certificate also indicates that we do not use toxic substances in coatings and assesses green energy use, water pollution and good working conditions. For instance, we developed our own recycling method by constructing the walls with materials that can be fully reused. This already starts with placing the modular walls. All materials in our walls are recycled in a high quality manner after use. The waste is then collected separately.
Apart from the Cradle to Cradle Bronze certification, QbiQ also scored Gold in the areas of Renewable energy & carbon management and Social fairness, and Silver for Material reutilization.
