The Cegléd Center was built with millimetre-precise, curved cladding

The Cegléd Center, with nine shops on an area of about 5,000 square metres, now serves the residents of the Cegléd area, and its construction has provided many technical features.The project started in early 2024 and was granted the occupancy permit on 18 December 2024. The construction required the screening of nearly 11,000 m³ of backfill and the installation of 201 D40 cm CFA piles 4 m deep under the foundation bodies. The construction also required the replacement of 150 m of D400 mm asbestos-cement pressure water mains and the rehabilitation of approximately 200 m of Highway 4.

Nearly 600 m² of aluminium curtain walling was installed on the façade of the shopping centre's customer entrances, which have a usable floor space of 4,815 m², while the remaining surfaces were clad with 10 cm thick Kingspan cladding. A 2-metre-high cantilevered canopy with variable projection runs continuously around the building, with a suspended ceiling and façade manufactured by Orha Művek Zrt. and a OMClad strip-patterned, wood-effect steel sheet cladding manufactured by Trespa.

1700 square metres of paving delivered

Gábor Natkó Gábor, Head of Sales Group, Business Unit Development informed us about the task:

"a particular interest of the building design was to find the ideal module size for the curved parts of the building, so that the façade could be distributed as nicely as possible without major cutting or alteration".

Finally, a module width of 185 mm and a 15 mm joint option were used to manufacture the enclosure from 0.5 mm thick steel sheet in walnut colour. Approximately 1700 m² of cladding material was delivered to site with the associated nails, which were fixed to raised galvanised steel profiles by the contractor during construction.

As a renowned manufacturer with a modern and reliable production technology, Orha Művek has guaranteed dimensional manufacturing and material quality, which has been proven by product samples. To ensure proper construction, the company provided documentation on the required fixings and junctions, but also assisted in the design and undertook the manufacture of the necessary tin cover elements from the same material to ensure colour consistency.

Precise production for a spectacular end result

In a first step, the main task of the Orha Művek was to provide the raw material, because

"We pay particular attention to colour consistency (even for the associated tin elements) as well as quality in our projects, so we always place great emphasis on the choice of materials"

- Gábor Natkó told us. The production took place on a special profiling machine, where the product is made according to the setting of the main parameters (profile width, groove), and the related nails and tin elements were made on edge bending machines in 7 m lengths from the same raw material.

"Fortunately," the business development manager explained, "there was time for production, so it took approximately three months to prepare, approve and produce the consignment (in three phases)."

OMClad is also suitable for paving representative spaces

"As a design element, our OMClad strip cladding system can be used to clad more prominent areas of offices, commercial buildings or even halls - even with insulation"

- emphasized Gábor Natkó. Because they have tests in wall layering, their product can also be used in the case of a facade fire spread limit requirement. In addition to the other Orha Művek products - Z-C panels up to 4 mm thick; T153 load-bearing panels; low-ribbed trapezoidal panels (T20, T35); edge-bent panels up to 5 mm thick, 6.5 m long; from up to 1 mm below 1 mm up to 7 m - the role of precision-manufactured and multi-surface facade cladding is therefore becoming increasingly important, making it a great choice for a wide range of projects.