- Market
- 2 min read
HKL launches new brand identity and website
HKL has launched a new brand identity, logo and website – built to show clients and partners the full picture of the…
WILLING.
COLLABORATIVE.
SAFE.
HKL is a specialist facade contractor in the building envelope sector – designing, supplying and installing curtain walling, rainscreen cladding, fire-rated glazing, structural glass, SFS and roofing, among other services.
SEE OUR WORK
View all work
WEST BAR BTR BLOCKS 1A & 1B, SHEFFIELD
- Built-to-Rent and Multi-Unit Residential
- £4.5M
- 12 MONTHS
A glazed envelope with various cladding infill and firestopping works on Sheffield’s largest construction project in Sheffield over recent years.
WEST BAR BUILDING 4, SHEFFIELD
- Commercial and Mixed-use
- £2M
- 9 MONTHS
Anodised aluminium rainscreen cladding, plant room panelling, ground floor aluminium soffit and GRC column casings – part of the wider West Bar development, which is widely regarded as the largest mixed-use project in Sheffield.
RIVERSIDE PLACE, BRAINTREE
- £2.6M
- 12 MONTHS
Appointed as full supply and install contractor on a live residential development, following removal of existing blockwork and cavity barriers installed by others. 2,500m² of rendered rainscreen cladding, progressing on schedule with third-party sign-off at every elevation.
KIRKSTALL ROAD, LEEDS
- Commercial and Mixed-use
- £5M
- 7 MONTHS
Pre-glazed window unit fabrication compressed the on-site programme. Currently windows complete and on-site completing retail curtain walling and doors
6 MORE, LONDON
- Commercial and Mixed-use
- £3.2M
- 9 MONTHS
Inherited 3 months after the targeted façade contractor appointment date. Despite this, HKL delivered to the original programme.
QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL (EAST BLOCK), BIRMINGHAM
- 14 MONTHS
Rainscreen and curtain walling on a live, occupied NHS estate, with Schueco FW50+ and Trespa Meteon, BSA-aware delivery throughout.
HKL In Numbers
SPECIALISTS
£10M
Up to £10M PI cover
ZERO
legacy defects in 260 projects
500,000+
site hours completed
PROJECTS
£10M
Up to £10M PI cover
ZERO
legacy defects in 60 projects
200,000+
site hours completed
HOW WE OPERATE
FOR PLANNED,
LARGE-FORMAT,
FACADE WORK.
£100K – £5M
HKL Specialists offers curtain walling, rainscreen cladding, fire-rated glazing, structural framing systems, windows and doors. We work with Tier 1 main contractors, developers, public sector organisations and industrial and commercial building owners.
FOR FAST-RESPONSE,
SMALL-SCALE,
RESCUE WORK.
£200K – £3M
We offer smaller facade packages, fire protection, liquid-applied roofing, refurbishment and remediation – as well as summer school holiday facade remediation.
Insights
VIEW ALL INSIGHTS-
-
- Thought-leadership
- 3 min read
Why your facade contractor should be in the room at RIBA Stage 2
These are questions that get more expensive the later they are asked. Early input means the output does not just have fewer problems – it is better designed and has better procurement.
-
- Field note
- 3 min read
What 500,000 hours on site actually tells you about a subcontractor
Safety culture is what happens when the pressure is on, when the programme is behind, when a short-cut is available and when nobody senior is watching.
-
- Thought-leadership
- 3 min read
What the Building Safety Act means for your next cladding specification
For those procuring or delivering facade packages – particularly on residential buildings above 18 metres – the implications are already being felt and the full weight of the regime is still being absorbed across the industry.