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Originally erected on Honda’s Swindon site in 2001, this 927m<sup>2</sup> (10,300 square feet) steel-framed warehouse building was dismantled in 2004 and put into storage. In September 2005, the structure was [[Construction#Steel_erection|re-erected]], at a different location on the same Swindon site, as a new Central Receiving Area for all incoming components delivered to Honda UK.

All the main frame structural steelwork was reused including the [[Steel_construction_products#Standard_open_sections|column]] base plates, [[Braced_frames|bracing]]
and [[Steel_construction_products#.27Light_steel.27_sections|cold-rolled secondary steel]]. Unfortunately it was not possible to reuse the original cladding mainly because of the change of use of the building and changes to the Building Regulations. However the composite steel [[Building_envelopes|cladding]] was carefully dismantled and reused as an internal noise abatement lining by the steelwork contractor Caunton Engineering, near Nottingham.

The dismantled steel structure was [[Construction#Steel_erection|re-erected]] in just one week! The condition of the steelwork was assessed by the coating manufacturer Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine Coatings, cleaned and then repainted to Honda’s specification for the newly erected building.

A new [[Building_envelopes#Built-up_double_skin_cladding|built-up steel cladding]] system, meeting the needs of the Building Regulations at that time, and Honda’s corporate requirements, was installed to the primary structure.

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