{"id":131353,"date":"2023-08-15T10:56:21","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T09:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=131353"},"modified":"2023-08-15T10:56:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T09:56:21","slug":"beard-refurbishment-spectrum-building-swindon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/beard-refurbishment-spectrum-building-swindon\/131353\/","title":{"rendered":"Beard starts refurbishment on Spectrum Building in Swindon"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Recognisable for its yellow steel umbrella masts, the Spectrum Building in Swindon featured in the 1985 James Bond film \u2018A View to a Kill\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Work has started on the Grade II listed Spectrum Building in Swindon, which will see the 260,000 sq ft building fully externally refurbished.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beardconstruction.co.uk\/our-projects\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beard<\/a> is undertaking the \u00a34.7m project, which will install a new liquid-applied roof coating, refurbish and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/cladding-indemnity-the-case-for-industry-transparency\/115540\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">decorate the external cladding and fire escapes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Internal works will overhaul the existing mechanical, electrical and fire systems.<\/p>\n<h3>The Spectrum Building featured as a Bond villain&#8217;s lair<\/h3>\n<p>First designed for Renault by Sir Norman Foster, the Spectrum Building was formerly known as the Renault Centre until 2001.<\/p>\n<p>Considered to embody the characteristics of the British &#8216;High Tech Movement&#8217;, the site is perhaps most famous for starring in the Roger Moore 007 film \u2018A View to a Kill\u2019 as the base of antagonist Max Zorin, played by Christopher Walken, in 1985.<\/p>\n<h3>Precision and preservation are key<\/h3>\n<p>Colour-matching the iconic yellow paint for the steel frame presented its own challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Beard and Bagnalls Decorations used an inconspicuous area inside the building to test multiple samples and find the matching modern colour.<\/p>\n<p>Beard is also working closely with Davis Roofing to install the Polyroof liquid system and both Bagnalls Decorations and Just Spray to redecorate the steel frame and silver wall panels, as well as the Spectrum Building&#8217;s managers MAPP Building Consultancy.<\/p>\n<h3>Bringing modern sustainability to a unique heritage location<\/h3>\n<p>Jamie Harwood, Beard\u2019s Swindon director said: \u201cAs a proud Swindon firm with roots dating back more than 130 years in the town, we\u2019re immensely proud to be involved in the regeneration of another one of Swindon\u2019s most iconic buildings. While it may not be your traditional listed building, it still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/challenges-renovating-historic-buildings-sustainably\/107955\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">presents its own challenges and calls upon our expertise<\/a> in the heritage sector to ensure the project is completed both sensitively and to the very highest of standards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alex Herrmann, partner at MAPP Building Consultancy added: \u201cMAPP is very proud and excited to be part of the refurbishment of this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/sustainable-regeneration-of-historic-buildings\/111170\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">historic and architecturally important<\/a> building. The intense scrutiny on sustainability and the changing way occupiers are interacting with the built environment has made refurbishments such as this even more important.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeard has an established track record in the region and with similar specialised projects and structures. We are pleased to partner with them on this project to give this iconic building a new lease of life.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recognisable for its yellow steel umbrella masts, the Spectrum Building in Swindon featured in the 1985 James Bond film \u2018A View to a Kill\u2019. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[172731],"tags":[675,669],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-131353","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-projects","7":"tag-heritage","8":"tag-regeneration"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Beard starts refurbishment on Spectrum Building in Swindon<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Recognisable for its yellow steel umbrella masts, the Spectrum Building in Swindon featured in the 1985 James Bond film \u2018A View to a Kill\u2019\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/beard-refurbishment-spectrum-building-swindon\/131353\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Beard starts refurbishment on Spectrum Building in Swindon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Recognisable for its yellow steel umbrella masts, the Spectrum Building in Swindon featured in the 1985 James Bond film \u2018A View to a Kill\u2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/beard-refurbishment-spectrum-building-swindon\/131353\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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