Permalite aluminium roofing and walling used in Novotel Ningaloo Resort
Permalite aluminium cladding
A new resort in Australia which accommodates visitors on Western Australia’s North West Cape in facilities is built to withstand a beachfront environment in a cyclone zone.
Central facilities and accommodation units of the Novotel Ningaloo Resort at Exmouth, 1200 kilometres north of Perth, are just 50 metres from the high water mark in a region famous for fringing coral reefs in the world.
Developers of the resort chose Permalite aluminium roofing and walling from BlueScope Lysaght’s Design and Construction business as an attractive, durable cladding for the villas, bungalows and central facilities in the $25 million development.
The Permalite cladding system chosen for the Novotel resort at Ningaloo Reef is made from marine grade aluminium and is popular for commercial applications in coastal and industrial areas due to its long term durability in aggressive environments.
Nearly 15,000 square metres of Permalite in the colour Silver Coin was supplied for the project. The majority was roll formed in the familiar Lysaght Custom Orb profile at BlueScope Lysaght’s Forestfield service centre in Perth, which also fabricated the custom flashings required.
Permalite cladding in LT7 profile for low pitch roof areas was roll formed in Sydney then delivered to site. Construction was carried out as a joint venture by local Exmouth area building contractors, Norcape Carpentry and DLR Building, with cladding work performed by experienced roofing contractor S&L Marinich.
S&L Marinich has completed many jobs with Permalite in remote locations, but the resort was a big project. S&L Marinich was absolutely impressed with Permalite cladding and they suggested that it be used because it suited the salt air environment and because of the ease of working with it.
The developer agreed because of considerable cost advantages over the alternatives. There are no special requirements when handling the Permalite sheets. It was specified in a rigid 0.9mm thickness, which meant there were no problems with roof traffic during the construction phase.
S&L Marinich took three roof fixers to Exmouth from Perth and construction took place over eight months, including two shutdowns because of cyclone activity in the area.
Because the resort is located in a cyclone area S&L Marinich used special stainless steel fixings to secure the cladding and they were particularly careful to seal the roof areas against wind driven rain. The cladding work took no longer than a steel deck would have required.
All wall cladding was applied horizontally, except for the division screens between accommodation units. The Permalite cladding was applied to steel framing on the accommodation units and to timber framing on the central facilities building.
A layer of insulation between the cladding and the steel framing eliminated any risk of electrolysis problems. S&L Marinich said the resort project was the first time he had worked with the Lysaght Custom Orb profile in Permalite. It had subsequently had requests for quotes to fix it to three houses on the Exmouth Marina near the Novotel Ningaloo.
The Permalite range is part of the BlueScope Lysaght portfolio of niche products which enable Lysaght products to provide cladding solutions for all building environments.
Permalite products provide a cladding option between Lysaght profiles in Colorbond Ultra and Colorbond Stainless steel for corrosive environments in terms of durability and cost.
19-Mar-2007