Case Studies

This is the new series of canopies, shelters and bin stores Falco recently manufactured, supplied and installed for Ada Lovelace High School in Ealing, West London. The client originally contacted Falco back in April with a requirement for a functional dining canopy to cover 950 square ft of picnic tables along with three practical cycle shelters to accommodate a total of 180 bikes and a robust bin store. Falco provided the client with a free site survey, free CAD design and free rendering graphics to help visualise the scheme. The open and spacious FalcoTrustin design was chosen to provide wide coverage for the outdoor dining area. Measuring a generous 18m x 5m, the FalcoTrustin shelter, complete with clear roof sheets to provide a maximum flow of light and additional FSC timber cladding supports, complimented the Architects design scheme and was sympathetic to the surrounding area.   Three clad-less cycle shelters based on the popular FalcoLok design was chosen by the client to provide mass cycle parking for student use. Accommodating a total of 180 cycle parking spaces utilising the traditional Sheffield Stand, Falco installed three separate cycle shelters across the campus creating a network of secure cycle parking. The shelters also provided convenient parking for up to 12 cargo and adaptive bikes, providing a universal facility for all cycling capabilities. The popular FalcoLok-500 design was used again for the bin store. With mesh cladding, double doors and a green sedum roof, the bin stores measures 5m x 4m and provides ample space for storage and a restricted secure access system. The scheme shown here at Ada Lovelace is only one of many cycle parking and shelter installations for schools and universities recently installed by Falco. With other recent installations at the University of Oxford and Cambridge, Leeds Trinity & All Saints University College, University of St Andrews, Queens Manor Primary School in Fulham, Coppermill and Woodside Primary School in Walthamstow and Chelmsford College. For more information about the scheme shown here at Ada Lovelace High School or how Falco can assist your cycle parking scheme, please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.

This is the new eye-catching cycle hub recently designed, manufactured, supplied and installed by Falco for Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Adopting the traditional FalcoLok design, the new 11m x 22m cycle hub is kitted out with the latest version of the FalcoSound cycle rack featuring additional support posts to provide cyclists with enhanced cycle security. FalcoBloc seating has been placed at the entrance to the cycle hub for added convenience and bold and distinctive signage placed on the outside for easy identification of the cycle hub from long distances. A secure keypad locking system has been installed at the front entrance with users given a secure access code in order to access the cycle hub facility. The new addition has been installed at the ends of terminals 3 and 4 and is now open to members of the public on a free of charge basis for up to four weeks per bike! Feed back from users has been incredibly positive with members of the public commenting on the large facility available and convenient location from all amenities. In addition to the new cycle hub shown here, Falco has also previously supplied a FalcoLok cycle shelter to the airports Schiphol-Noord bus station and numerous smoking shelters and street furniture products across the site. Schiphol is only one of many airports Falco has previously supplied cycle parking products to, with other airports including; cycle parking facilities at Birmingham International, cycle racks for Heathrow Airport, cycle lockers at Liverpool John Lennon Airport and eBike charging lockers at both Barra and Oban Airports. FalcoHub Cycle Hub The FalcoHub shown here at Schiphol Airport is a contemporary cycle store manufactured from a combination of powder coated steel and laminated glass, designed to be sympathetic to the surrounding area. The FalcoHub was developed by Falco’s in house design team to ensure it met the client’s specification including structural calculations so that the whole design meets the UK/European CPR regulations EN1090 and is CE marked as per UK law. The popular FalcoHub design has been used across the UK for secure cycle and waiting hubs including; the capitals first series of community cycle hubs as part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest Mini Holland Programme, a bespoke cycle hub and 32m waiting shelter at Derby Midland Station, Northern Ireland’s first ever cycle hub for software company Allstate and recent cycle hub installations at Hull, Birmingham International, Dewsbury, Irlam and Upminster stations. For more information about the cycle hub installation at Schiphol Airport or how Falco can assist your cycle parking scheme, please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.

Sustainable transport charity, Moray Carshare, continues with the rollout of its new e-Bike rental service, with the latest addition at Tulloch Park car park in Forres, North of Scotland. Featuring a new installation of the FalcoCrea cycle locker, complete with vibrant, eye-catching branding graphics provided by the charity, the cycle locker is now equipped with two e-Bikes for members of the public to rent, with a further two more coming in the spring. The latest e-Bike service shown here at Tulloch Park now joins existing e-Bike rental stations at Fiddich Park car park and Speyside Way Visitor Centre, creating a network of e-Bike cycle rental hubs operated by the charity. The image attached shows a festive elf cutting the ribbon to the latest FalcoCrea cycle locker and announcing it open with members of the public now able to rent eBikes for as little as 99p per hour! The FalcoCrea has proven to be a highly popular cycle locker since its launch last year providing local authorities, with a cycle parking solution which answers three common problems; security, spacing footprint and branding. The FalcoCrea is designed to provide maximum security, within a compact space saving design and fully capable to incorporate branding to promote cycling as a principal mode of transport.   The ingenious cycle locker has already been commissioned for a number of schemes across the UK including recent installations at; Queens Cross Housing Association for Glasgow City Council, The Social Bite Village in Edinburgh, Rouken Glen Park in Glasgow, Barra Airport and Oban Airport. With the use of an electric cycle charging point (FalcoCrea+), the cycle locker can be transformed into a convenient charging hub for electric bikes whilst retaining all of the benefits from the standard model. Image: Daniel Forsyth For more information about the innovative FalcoCrea cycle locker, please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.

Falco continues with the roll-out of cycle parking infrastructure to Abellio ScotRail stations with the latest addition at Kintore Station, as part of a new £15m development to re-join the derelict station back into the Scottish Railway network after 56 years! Two key products of the scheme are the tried and tested FalcoLevel-Premium+ two-tier cycle parking system and the EN 1090 FalcoRail cycle canopy, which have been used throughout the ScotRail network to give cyclists using the railway the same experience across the region’s stations. When combined together, the Falco facilities create the ultimate cycle park - providing cyclists with high levels of cycle security in a spacious contemporary canopy design. As part of the new development, Falco installed a series of 48 spaces of the UK’s best-selling two-tier cycle rack, combined with 10m of the open and spacious FalcoRail cycle canopy, providing cycle-rail users to the new station with everything they might need as part of their daily commute. The new cycle parking infrastructure is located adjacent to the station bus stop for easy accessibility. Kintore is only one of over 70 stations on the Abellio ScotRail franchise to receive Falco cycle parking infrastructure, with other recent installations at Dundee, Partick Interchange, Dyce, Perth, Girvan, Beauly, Prestwick, Partick Central and Blantyre Stations! In addition, Kintore is only one of hundreds of key UK-wide stations to receive Falco cycle parking in recent months, with major installations also including a flagship cycle hub for Hull Paragon Interchange, over 146 stations as part of the Abellio West Midlands franchise and a series of stations for TransPennine Express including a bespoke cycle hub for Huddersfield Station. For more information about the scheme at Kintore or how Falco can assist your cycle parking scheme, please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.

Selfridges Department Stores recently appointed Falco as the provider of secure high density cycle racks for employee use at two of its flagship stores. The second largest shop in the UK, Selfridges Oxford Street and its iconic landmark Bull Ring store in Birmingham, were chosen to receive new compact cycle parking facilities for employees to travel to and from work. Falco manufactured, supplied and installed 72 spaces of the FalcoLevel-Eco Two-Tier cycle rack with 20 spaces of FalcoVert-Pro semi-vertical cycle rack for Level 1 of the car park at Oxford Street and 11 spaces of the innovative VelowUp® vertical cycle rack at its midlands branch, as part of measures to support the increase in cycling at its Bullring Shopping Centre in Birmingham. All of the innovative cycle parking products were an ideal cycle parking solution for the tight constraints of the space envelopes available, providing a maximum number of cycle parking spaces compared to other traditional forms of cycle parking such as Sheffield Stands and A-11 racks. The recent installation shown here at Selfridges is just one of many retail environments Falco has supplied and installed cycle parking equipment for. Other recent examples include an array of shelters and cycle racks for B&Ms southern distribution centre in Wixams, new cycle parking facilities as part of the new redeveloped Potteries Shopping Centre in Stoke-on-Trent, 150 two-tier cycle rack spaces for Marks & Spencer at Paddington Basin in London as well as cycle parking for Ikea in Cardiff! The FalcoLevel-Eco is a high density and budget friendly two-tier cycle parking system which accommodates twice the number of bicycles compared to any other traditional cycle rack or stand.  The FalcoLevel two-tier series is the UK’s best-selling high density cycle rack and is used at the UK’s first ever cycle hub at Leeds City Station as well as the UK’s two largest cycle hubs at Cambridge and Chelmsford Stations. The VelowUp® cycle rack is purposely designed to maximise the amount of cycle parking spaces in areas where space is at a premium. The system is designed to save up to 40% more space compared to any other conventional cycle rack or stand. The VelowUp® is easy to install, simple to operate and securely accommodates all types of bicycles. The innovative cycle parking system has been used at recent schemes including the University of Edinburgh, Valentines Park in London Borough of Redbridge and Rotterdam Town Hall. For more information about the scheme at Selfridges or how Falco can assist your cycle parking scheme, please contact our helpful sales team on 01538 380080.

This is the new eye-catching cycle hub recently designed, manufactured, supplied and installed by Falco for Newham University NHS Hospital in Plaistow, East London. Commissioned by the hospital for staff use, the cycle hub is positioned in a prominent location opposite the Emergency Department entrance and puts cycling at the forefront of transport innovation at the hospital. The 16m cycle hub, powder coated in an attractive NHS blue, is based on Falco’s best-selling FalcoLok design. The cycle hub has been fitted with an automatic door, 50 spaces of FalcoLevel-Eco two-tier cycle parking, twelve Sheffield Stands for cargo and adaptive bikes, low power LED lighting and finished off with some eye catching branding graphics. The two-tier cycle racks are housed in a bespoke contemporary design of the classic Falco Cycle Hub shelter, which features clean lines through the glass cladding supported by stainless steel glass clamps. The whole shelter is hot dip galvanised to BS EN ISO 1461 and then polyester powder coated in RAL 5012 Light Blue. Rainwater is collected via innovative integral gutters as part of the roof system and a bespoke bund ensure that the cycle hub is weather proof. Attractive and eye catching branding graphics create a bold statement around the positive impact of cycling and helps to really advertise commuting to work by bike amongst the hospital workforce! The contemporary cycle store is manufactured from a combination of powder coated steel and laminated glass and designed to be sympathetic to the surrounding area. The FalcoHub was developed by Falco’s in house design team to ensure it met the client’s specification including structural calculations so that the whole design meets the UK/European CPR regulations EN1090 and is CE marked as per UK law. The popular FalcoHub design has been used across the UK for secure cycle and waiting hubs including; the capitals first series of community cycle hubs as part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest Mini Holland Programme, a bespoke cycle hub and 32m waiting shelter at Derby Midland Station, Northern Ireland’s first ever cycle hub for software company Allstate and recent cycle hub installations at Hull, Birmingham International, Dewsbury, Irlam and Upminster stations. For more information about the scheme at Newham Hospital or how Falco can assist your cycle parking project, please contact our helpful sales team at sales@falco.co.uk.