Modular Brick-Faced Units

Ancon MDC systems can be designed and manufactured to support modular factory made brick-faced units, where brick slips are adhered to either steelwork or precast concrete. The units are simply bolted to the underside of the prefixed support angle. This two-part process provides maximum adjustability, both vertically and horizontally, to ensure alignment.

Nexus® Suspended Brickwork System

Creating brick-faced reveals and soffits is much simpler and quicker with the Nexus^® suspended brickwork system.

The BBA approved family of NEXUS^® brick-faced soffit and lintel systems is a next generation solution that brings together a high integrity steel Ancon support system with engineered brick-faced units from Ibstock Futures. Its lightweight design sees weight cut by more than half when compared to traditional precast concrete alternatives, and its ease of handling ensures it can be installed without the use of specialist lifting equipment.

Nexus XI^®

NEXUS XI^® provides an innovative, mechanically fixed suspended brickwork soffit and lintel solution. It has a Reaction to Fire classification of A2-s-1,d0 as stated in the BBA certificate, meaning it can be specified and installed with confidence on high-rise buildings over 11 metres, in compliance with building regulations in all UK home nations.

The system comprises a stainless steel soffit tray or lintel with an A2 rated chemical bond to reduce vibrational forces between the brick slip and stainless steel.

Alongside its key safety credentials, NEXUS XI packs a number of other primary benefits, including:

• Quicker to install – no mechanical lifting
• Lighter than precast alternatives
• Simply lift into position
• Designed and prefabricated to fit any size or shape soffit
• Any brick type and bond pattern can be accommodated
• Increase your project’s pre-manufactured value with this offsite solution
• Suitable for buildings over 11m high
• Two part system allows full adjustment for perfect alignment
• BBA Certified for any building height

Nexus® Brick-Faced Lintels

Nexus^® brick faced lintels are designed to carry a single leaf of a cavity wall.

Prefabricated from stainless steel for maximum corrosion protection, they offer a quick and simple way of creating deep soffits above window and door openings. They are ideal where speed is important - the permanently bonded brick slip facings, applied off-site, are manufactured from the same batch as the main brickwork providing a seamless blend meaning no compromise on quality or appearance. The lightweight design means the lintels can be simply lifted into place by hand, with no mechanical lifting equipment required, saving time on site.

Related Projects

Silchester Estate, Kensington & Chelsea, London

Nexus® brick faced soffit units and lintels were installed at the window heads and entrance way of this major regeneration project on the edge of the 1969 Silchester estate.

Bow River Village, London

This mixed use development, on the southern fringes of the Olympic Park, utilised the Nexus system to achieve flawless brick-faced soffits to the hundreds of door and window heads.

Muirfield Community Centre, Scotland

235 Nexus® brick faced soffit units and lintels were installed in window heads and ground level colonnades of this modern, purpose-built community hub.