Turn-Key Package for High Street Bank - Case Study

Case Study: Customer description: High Street Bank in Ghana

Requirement: Motorised upright louvre blades and fixed blade Brise Soleil

Overview: The client wished to have a combination of motorised adjustable window louvres, a fixed blade shading canopy and a fixed blade roof screen

Solution: Aluminium Systems designed the various elements of the systems, using a combination of 200 mm and 145 mm wide elliptical blades.
The 200 mm wide blades were attached to top and bottom frames, set within the window reveals, which housed the actuators and connectors for the adjustable window louvre blinds. The 145 mm wide blades were used for the fixed blade elements of the system, and were attached to the building using standard vertical and horizontal mullions with bird beak blade supports built in to them.

The challenges: The initial trial systems supplied were for five bank branches, which involved five horizontal canopy systems, five vertical screen systems and a total of 35 motorised systems. These were all fabricated in the UK, dismantled and packed in kit form for shipping to Ghana. The kits included all of the powder coated aluminium elements, the electric motors, the connecting systems, the wiring harnesses and remote wireless controllers. 

All of the kits were colour coded and labelled for ease of identification once on site. Each branch kit had a comprehensive parts list and full installation and test instructions. The first branch, which was in the city of Kumasi, was installed under supervision by Aluminium Systems staff. Subsequent braches were installed by local installation teams. 

This is part of an ongoing rebranding project that the bank expects to roll out to all its’ other branches across Ghana over time.