High performance column casings for Porsche Preston
Decorative metal column casings, from the Pendock Radius range, are being used at the Porsche Centre in Preston, Lancashire, to conceal interior structural steelwork and add to the high-quality interior of the two-storey main showroom and office area.
Part of the Bowker Motor Group, the Porsche Centre is located in the city’s Docklands area and features new and pre-owned Porsche sales, as well as administration and workshop facilities at the 43,000 square feet site.
Bespoke manufactured from 3 mm thick aluminium, to meet the precise project specifications, each of the 12 circular column casings has a diameter of 375 mm and is stacked to reach the full floor-to-ceiling height of almost 6.0 metres.
To ensure that they adhere to the Porsche brand and corporate colour scheme, the casings are finished with a polyester powder coating in RAL 9007 grey, which is also durable and easy to maintain.
This is also applied to column casings’ colour-matched joint covers, headers and skirting collar infills, to give an integrated finish to the showroom interior, while the casings also act as a secure fixing point for the showroom’s directional spotlights.
The MET-CL style casings use on the Porsche project are one of six different column casing products within Pendock’s Radius brand, which includes a range of shapes, finishes and materials, including pre-formed MDF and plywood options, as well as glass-reinforced gypsum (GRG) and glass reinforced plastic (GRP).
