8,900 façade pieces crafted by Shackerley features on police HQ by Vincent+Gorbing & Willmott Dixon - installed by A2O Facades.

Shackerley has manufactured a total of 8,900 façade pieces for a 4016m2 SureClad® Porcelain Stone façade, installed by A2O Facades as part of a Willmott Dixon project - the Hertfordshire Police HQ building in Welwyn Garden City.

Designed by architects Vincent+Gorbing, the 9750m2 police headquarters building features a SureClad® Porcelain Stone façade in a creamy beige colourway, using 1200 x 600 x 11mm large format panels. The specification was part of a quality-driven specification for the BREEAM Excellent project, which has been designed to ultra-high sustainability standards and is targeting WELL Platinum Certification.

A section of Shackerley’s SureClad®️ support system was even used to create a ‘guest book’ for topping out delegates during the construction project, creating a permanent memento of the use of the SureClad® façade system.

Shackerley’s SureClad® - and BrickClad® - façade systems have both been recognised by the Façade Awards, with two of the company’s projects being named as finalists in the 2026 shortlist, including this in the ‘Best use of a Rainscreen using Glass, Ceramic or Stone’ category.

In the ‘Best Use of a Brick Slip Cladding System’ category, Shackerley’s BrickClad® mechanically fixed brick cladding system was recognised as part of the Vaux Housing Neighbourhood project at Riverside Sunderland. Installed by Certa Roofing & Cladding, BrickClad® was specified in both red bricks from the BrickClad® Saxony range, and specially produced glazed green bricks, which complement the riverside location and the development’s focus on sustainability and green spaces.

Shackerley’s BrickClad® brick cladding system was installed on a total façade area of 2234m2, with the glazed green bricks utilised for a 1447m2 area, and the remaining 784m2 completed using the BrickClad® Saxony red bricks. The whole BrickClad® project was constructed using Shackerley’s SureClad® primary support system and BrickClad® Magnelis steel cassette rails, which are roll-formed in-house at the company’s ISO 9001 certified factories in Lancashire.

The Echo Street student accommodation project under construction in Manchester by Bowmer + Kirkland has also been shortlisted in the awards, including in the ‘Best New Build – Large Residential Project’ category. This project features Shackerley’s SureClad® SureStone® cladding system on façade areas totalling 1357m2 , with 766 large, installation-ready façade panels and 521 factory-attached reveals prefabricated by Shackerley at their ISO9001 certified factories in Lancashire using 423 raw slabs of SureStone®.

The Façade Awards offer prestigious recognition for manufacturers and installers and these projects are the latest in a long line of successes for Shackerley - a Partner at Material Source Studio Manchester.

Last year, the Animate leisure complex in Preston was a winner, featuring a Shackerley SureClad® façade that included two variants of SureClad® porcelain stone, along with a large area of SureClad® natural stone.

Shackerley’s BrickClad® Multi-Rail system was also shortlisted last year in the ‘Most Innovative Product of the Year’ category. In 2023, Shackerley’s Royal Warwick Square project with Berkeley Group (St Edward) won the Best use of a Rainscreen using Glass Ceramic or Stone category. The winners for 2026 will be announced in November.

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