A £23 million showpiece development in South West England is under construction using Knauf Aquapanel Exterior from Knauf Drywall to provide a swiftly installed, weatherproof envelope that is also an attractive façade, the company says.<br> <br> Places for Peoples' Marlborough Park consists of 204 properties of which 36 are houses, 168 are apartments and 14 flats are over-garage apartments. The bulk of these are of timber frame construction with a masonry façade that is then rendered but the main contractor, Wates Living Space, needed a robust weatherproof board that could be rendered in the areas where there was no blockwork, such as around dormers and the stepped wall areas above the roof line.<br> <br> "We chose Knauf Aquapanel Exterior because it is strong, waterproof and can be fixed directly to the timber frame without any extra structural support. It gets the building weatherproof quickly and the render can be applied directly," comments Adrian Moore, senior design manager at Wates Living Space.<br> <br> www.knaufdrywall.co.uk or enter E0113 on the reader enquiry card