Cladding solutions from Wallspan

A building facade made by Wallspan

Wallspan has introduced a range of innovative, high quality and sustainable cladding solutions to the Sri Lankan building facade market within the past few years.

Director, Wallspan, Fazal Fausz said, "Our passion for façade engineering and the know-how on the science of resolving aesthetic, environmental and structural issues have helped us to establish ourselves as a leader in the mesh cladding segment, where we have improved the appearance of a number of building facades of brand conscious corporates in Sri Lanka."

A part of the Rainco Group of companies which has a thirty-year history, Wallspan has been working with German, French, Italian, Spanish and Singaporean partners to provide custom engineered façade solutions of international standard.

Director Wallspan, Ramzeen Rauff said, "With more and more international chains entering Sri Lanka such as Shangri-La, Movenpic, Grand Hyatt and the Port City Development, a high standard in architecture and design was identified and as a nation looking to secure a place in the international business hub, our design community is facing an increasing challenge to provide the right façade solutions to meet these multifaceted demands that include reducing the carbon footprint and keeping pace with international construction standards."

"Unfortunately the availability of low quality cladding products with short term cost benefit have let down building owners, contractors and the design community," he said.

According to Rauff, clients and architects today are no longer looking for monotonous façades, they are looking for the combined benefits of functional values and aesthetics.

"Functional values whereby the building needs to be more energy efficient vis-a-vis controlling temperature, providing better comfort and safety, reducing maintenance and energy bills, reducing interruption to day-to-day business by avoiding regular maintenance. Our cities and business have to offer greater facilities and services to attract global investors," said Rauff .