Case Studies

Bowler bollards and FalcoLite shelter for University College Dublin UCD dates its origin from the foundation in 1851 of the Catholic University of Ireland. Since the 1960s, the campus has been extensively developed as UCD has responded to the increased demand for university places and the need for specialist academic and student facilities. UCD is now the largest university in Ireland, offering a comprehensive range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. It’s student population is over 18,600 of which approximately 25% are students engaged in postgraduate study and research. Bollards The 316 grade stainless steel Bowler bollards have been chosen as the specified bollard for the campus and are fitted through out the campus. Bicycle shelter The FalcoLite 76.3 bicycle shelters along with the Falco A-11 bicycle stands with add on supports is the bicycle facilities of choice for the University because of their attractive design and ease of use.

Muckross Park College in Dublin, recently completed their new buildings. Muckross College choose the FalcoLite bicycle shelter because it is cost effective, space efficient and aesthetically pleasing. The transparent shelter is sturdy and has an attractive design. The Falcolite is one of our most popular cycle shelters. Through the transparent cover you can keep a close eye on the bicycles parked in it which makes it extremely safe and dry for the users. Also the frames can be powdercoated in any RAL colour.

The William Pears group viewed our products on the Falco Website in November 2008. They were looking for a shelter to cover and protect some existing stainless steel cycle stands. After searching through a range of our products, they made the decision to go for the clean and simple lines of the clear-roof FalcoGamma general purpose canopy. The cycle stands were pre-installed and so the canopy had bespoke alterations done via the Falco design office to fit with their requirements. The stands were situated next to the building entrance so the canopy needed to be a special length, with the height modified to clear the door entrance. The shelter was installed in the December and the client was so impressed with the Falco shelter that later this year they are looking to add some of our other products such as a bay of FalcoGamma smoking shelters as well as a Falco Camilla bench.

Ecclesbourne School are the best performing state school in the Derbyshire league tables and they contacted Falco after being named as the preferred supplier on the Derbyshire County Council’s list of contractors. They viewed our products on the Falco Building Schools for the Future website and enquired about a secure cycle store along with 6 benches for the students’ garden area. The school was looking for a robust yet contemporary design requiring the minimum of maintenance and found exactly what they were looking for in the FalcoQuarter cycle store and the Camilla range of all steel benches. The Falco benches were hot dip galvanised and then powder coated in the school colours, as standard. Due to the popularity with the students, they have recently added a further 16 benches to the garden area and complimented them by adding 3 of our Eliseo litter bins.

Newly promoted Premier League team Burnley FC have also promoted their supporters with a new canopy! Falco installed 15m of our FalcoGamma canopies over Burnley’s disabled seating area enabling over 32 people to remain under cover for those cold Northern Winter matches! The bolt down FalcoGamma canopy is a quick and easy to install solution for both new developments and retrofitting onto existing spaces. Ideal as a weather shelter, or cycle canopy the FalcoGamma is manufactured from hot dipped galvanised steel and provides a long lasting robust solution.

Falco has a long trading history with Higgins Construction and completed a number of high profile projects on their behalf. At this prestigious Granville Road site, Higgins used the FalcoLok store for its versatility and quality, and as Londoners are keen cyclists, wanted a robust and secure solution. The FalcoLok in its different sizes was an ideal solution for securely storing all of the residents cycles in the various locations on the site. The residents also wanted a store for their bins and so the FalcoLok series was a perfect choice because of its multi-purpose functions. Both bicycles and bins were safely locked out of site which created a tidy and secure area Falco also supplied all of the brick built garden store flat steel roofs, so as to be in keeping with the cycle stores nearby. Each roof had to be made to measure as many of the garden stores were bespoke to each individual property.