Made in our factory

Our own SFS, made in Rainham and installed by our teams

We manufacture our own SFS (steel framing system) in our Rainham factory and install it with our own teams, so the frame and the façade come from one company.

Made in our factory
Rainham
Project capacity
Up to £50m
Core team with Express
15+ years
Long elevation of the St Dunstan's College teaching block: red brick-faced cladding, stacked windows and a glazed ground floor
St Dunstan's College, Catford, for Willmott Dixon: SFS, CP board with fire barriers, GeBrik and aluminium rainscreen in our package.

Why our own SFS matters to you

  • One company for the work and the materials

    No separate framing supplier to chase.

  • Lead times in our control

    The frame is made in our factory, not queued with a third party.

  • Design and manufacture joined up

    Our design team details the frame and our factory makes it to those drawings.

  • One point of responsibility

    The company that made the frame installs it and the façade on it.

What we frame

  • External walls behind façades, render and cladding
  • Load-bearing SFS walls and floorsInstalled for McCarthy & Stone in Bexley
  • Framing for recladding and refurbishment projects

MET-PRO SFS: sections and specification

The façades we build on it
Cream rendered wall with high-level windows above a brick plinth at Cobham Free School
Cobham Free School, Phase 2: SFS with CP board, GeBrik, render and flashings.
Visualisation of UEA CDP Phase 1: pale panelled buildings with full-height glazing set in landscaped grounds at the University of East Anglia
Visualisation.

Flagship projectOn site now

UEA CDP Phase 1

University of East Anglia, Norwich

Our scope: GRC and Equitone panels on secret-fix frame systems, SFS works, internal wall lining, an acoustic wall screen, louvre screens and heavy-duty steel louvre doors.

Main contractor
Mace
Location
Norwich
  • GRC panels
  • Equitone panels
  • SFS
  • Wall lining
  • Acoustic screen
  • Louvre screens
  • Steel louvre doors
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SFS on our projects

Key facts and our scope for each package.

View all SFS projects
Aerial view of Cobham Free School: a cream rendered block with the school sign, above a brick base

Education · 2020

Complete

Cobham Free School, Phase 2

Location
Cobham
  • Strip-out
  • SFS
  • CP board
  • Flashings
  • +6 more: GeBrik cladding, render, ceilings, partitions, acoustic panels, fire stopping
Dark brick-slip façade with gold-framed glazing at the Kennedy Building, University of Kent

Education · 2019

Complete

Kennedy Building, University of Kent

Location
Canterbury
  • SFS
  • CP board
  • Flashings
  • GeBrik panels
  • +4 more: Ceilings, partitions, fire stopping, acoustic panels

Residential · 2017

Complete

McCarthy & Stone, Bexley

Location
Bexley
  • Load-bearing SFS

Need SFS priced with the façade?

Send the structural and architectural drawings. We will price the frame and the façade together, or the SFS on its own.

SFS questions

Anything else? Call 01708 554777.

Do you supply SFS only, or supply and install?

Express Group supplies and installs. For supply-only SFS, contact our sister company Express Facades.

Can you design the SFS?

Our in-house design team details the frame and coordinates it with the façade. See design and pre-construction.

Where is your SFS made?

In our factory at 1 Lamson Road, Rainham, Essex.

What is SFS in construction?

SFS (steel framing system) is light gauge galvanised steel framing, used for the external walls of a building, as infill between the floors of its frame or oversailing them. It carries the boards, insulation and cladding of the façade. We make ours in Rainham and install it with our own teams.