A wedding tower and restaurant on Blackpool seafront is being built using Finnforest’s Leno cross-laminated panels.
The structure, to be known as Tower Festival Headland, is designed by DRMM and being constructed by F Parkinson Ltd, with Finnforest responsible for project management, production and erection of the timber structure.
The telescopic shaped structure will be clad in gold-coloured stainless steel shingles and feature picture windows to enable visitors or couples exchanging vows to enjoy the summer sun or winter illuminations.
Leno was identified as the build solution because of the tight timescales involved and because of Leno’s high degree of off-site fabrication.
Typical cross-laminated panels used are 12x3m, with thicknesses varying from 61mm to 306mm. Finnforest supplied 1,850m² of panels and nine tones of steelwork.
Leno is produced from slow-grow softwood in Finland, with panels built up by gluing a minimum of three layers together crosswide, creating a product with a very high strength to weight ratio.
Finnforest has also supplied its Thermowood exterior cladding for a new storage hub for the Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford.
