Aliva UK specialises in facades designed with Italian flair.

Its Italian parent company Gruppo Ivas has celebrated its 70th anniversary, demonstrating market strength of a global business alongside longevity.

Aliva UK has been operating in the UK for 25 years in 2025. It is a market-leading, multi award-winning External Wall Insulation (ETICS) and rainscreen cladding specialist, with a suite of facade systems suitable for all sectors to realise architectural design intent and deliver on creative vision.

Aliva’s proposition includes a full concept to customisation service to realise any architectural vision.

Aliva’s facade systems feature on new build developments and refurbishment and retrofit projects spanning a range of sectors including: private residential, Build To Rent, Purpose Built Student Accommodation and social housing through to hotels, leisure and car parks, education, historic buildings, corporate buildings and flagship office complexes.

Aliva provides an end-to-end service covering: consultancy, including Gateway 2 compliance, design, structural calculation, manufacturing and supply, on site project training and installation assessment.

Aliva’s External Wall Insulation Systems (ETICS)

Aliva’s EWI proposition includes an extensive range of finishes, from coloured granular textures in pastel shades to vibrant, bold tones in its AlivaClassic range to bespoke design finishes including timber, corten and travertine tile effects in its AlivaDesign range.

The EWI systems are also used with great success in combination with slip systems including clay brick slips in its AlivaBrick series, lightweight brick slips in itsAlivaFlex range and ceramic tiles in its AlivaCeramic collection.

Its External Wall Insulation systems are certified with Kiwa UK, the British Board of Agrément (BBA) and the Istituto Giordano.

It is a member of the Insulated Render and Cladding Association (INCA), the Solid Wall Insulation Guarantee Agency (SWIGA) and the National Insulation Association (NIA).

Aliva’s Rainscreen Cladding systems

Aliva’s A-rated facade systems encompass a full rainscreen cladding product suite spanning a comprehensive material range that creates flagship coverings on buildings across all sectors.

Aliva’s cladding material types include: aluminium, expanded and perforated mesh, terracotta, stone, ceramic, glass, Glass Reinforced Concrete (GRC) and Ultra High Performance Concrete (UHPC).

Aliva’s core rainscreen cladding range includes: Alu.covering® , Mesh.covering, Terra.covering, Terratoscana.covering, Concrete.covering, Ceramic.covering, Stone.covering and Glass.covering.

Its Rainscreen Cladding systems are certified with the British Board of Agrément (BBA), the Centre for Window & Cladding Technology (CWCT), the Istituto Giordano and UNICMI (the National Union of the Metal Construction Industries of the Envelope and Windows.)

Building Safety Act and Gateway 2 Compliance

Aliva UK recognises the importance of the Building Safety Act, designed to improve building safety standards, ensuring they are planned, constructed and maintained in a way that reduces risks to residents and occupants.

Gateway 2, a critical part of the Act, focuses on the safety of buildings during the design and construction phases, especially for high-rise residential properties. One of Gateway 2’s primary objectives is to ensure building designs and construction practices meet safety standards.

Ensuring system choice is managed to ensure regulatory compliance, minimise risks, improving construction quality, and providing ongoing safety support, which is a key part of the BSA Golden Thread makes Aliva UK an invaluable Gateway 2 compliance partner and system designer.


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