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Why Choose Barracuda

01

Authentic brick appearance

Barracuda aligns the top of each brick slip rather than the bottom, producing a finish that reads much closer to traditional brickwork.

02

Fast accurate installation

Its push-fit, pre-gauged rail system reduces setup complexity and supports faster installation without extra gauge rods or templates.

03

Tested non-combustible build-up

Stainless steel and aluminium components deliver strong pull-out, impact, weather, and A1 non-combustible performance characteristics.

Barracuda Overview

A complete, tested brick facade solution

Brick facades remain a timeless design choice, but current projects also demand structural efficiency, fire compliance, design flexibility, and installation practicality. Barracuda addresses that by delivering the look of genuine brick through a precision-engineered brick slip rainscreen system.

As New Zealand’s exclusive supplier, The Building Agency positions Barracuda as a facade option for architects and specifiers who want the visual depth of masonry with the installation logic and performance expectations of a modern lightweight facade assembly.

What makes Barracuda unique

  • Authentic top-alignment of the brick slip for a result closer to traditional brickwork.
  • Compatibility with almost any brick type, including solid bricks, frogs, core-hole bricks, and handmade stock bricks.
  • Push-fit, pre-gauged rail structure for fast, accurate installation.
  • Robust testing for pull-out, impact, and weather performance with stainless steel and aluminium A1-rated components.
  • Potential to generate two slips from a single parent brick, improving material efficiency and expanding design choice.

Why specify Barracuda

  • Design integrity across complicated elevations, corners, and reveals.
  • Structural and fire-performance assurance for demanding facade applications.
  • Installation efficiency with lower site labour demand and reduced scaffolding time.
  • Long-term durability backed by supporting technical documentation.
  • NZ-market guidance from The Building Agency for samples, specification, and project support.

Applications in New Zealand

  • Multi-storey residential towers and apartments.
  • Commercial and mixed-use facades.
  • Education, healthcare, and public sector buildings.
  • Refurbishments and over-clads where structural weight or height limits apply.

Project-ready facade system

Barracuda is suited to teams that want brick expression without the structural and construction compromises of traditional full-depth masonry. It gives specifiers a controllable facade system that remains visually grounded in genuine brick materiality.

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