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interbuild
‘Child friendly’
Pocca canopy provides excellent outdoor
installation from
facilities at Kader primary school
DORMA makes
the grade
K
ader Primary School is located in a residential which met the school’s needs. Inside2Outside
suburb of Middlesbrough and has more provided details of the canopy and
than 380 pupils. arrangements were then put in place for it
Although there is a large playing field to be installed once the building work had
attached to the school, its use for curriculum been completed. From the school’s
activities often has to be restricted, thanks to perspective, the installation went very
the British weather. When the school smoothlyand the resulting canopy has
decided to extend their building, a key provided excellent outdoor facilities which
requirement was to provide an are used every day by the Early Year
inside/outside teaching and play area that Foundation pupils.
would not be restricted by poor weather. Headteacher Lynne Chalk said: “I was very
Extensive discussions were held with the impressed by the service that Inside2Outside
DORMA ES200 sliding door operators and
architect and much research was undertaken provided. Even when we had to contact the
complementary fixed glass screenwork have been
by the school before a decision was made to company about some minor damage, several
installed at the main entrance of The Perse School in
employ “Inside2Outside” to provide a Pocca weeks after the canopy had been installed,
Cambridge, one of the leading educational
canopy as part of the works. they were only too happy to visit the school
establishments in the area.
Inside2Outside quickly arranged for one to see what could be done. A repair was
With approximately 750 pupils, the provision of
of their representatives to visit the school to undertaken without disrupting the school’s
safe and reliable access and egress at this secondary
discuss costs and requirements. It was quickly day to day activities. I therefore would have
school was vital. The pedigree of the ES200 made it
evident that the company had extensive no hesitation in letting others visit the school
a natural choice for this type of high-traffic
experience of providing canopies to schools to see the installation and would the
environment, and the accompanying fixed glass
and an appropriate company to other schools.”
screenwork has been designed to provide additional
design was
safety. The screens effectively provide a recess for
chosen
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the doors when they are activated to open,
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ensuring that no one is at risk of a fall by leaning
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against the encroaching end of the doors.
Ruth Scally, Architect, at Surveyors and Architects
Pleasance Hookham & Nix comments: “We were
advised that the DORMA products would meet all
the required technical specifications and they are
aesthetically designed too, but what really
impressed us was the child friendly installation. This
was a critical requirement as far as we were
concerned in such a demanding environment.
DORMA and the contractor, T Butler & Son
(Sawston) Ltd, were very accommodating and
completed the project in a very tight timeframe
during the school holidays”.
The innovative ES200 is designed to meet the
requirements of every automatic sliding door
application. A microprocessor automatically controls
the opening and closing speeds of the door to
ensure the highest possible levels of safety. Thanks
to the new programming functions, installation, set-
up and maintenance are simpler and faster.
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Terrapin takes an offsite approach to new children’s centre
The new Felpham Children and Family Centre on
the site of the Bishop Tufnell School in Bognor
Regis, West Sussex has been completed on time
and on budget using Terrapin’s offsite building
technology. The ‘C’ shaped building by architects
Felce & Guy posed no problem for Terrapin’s
versatile panel-based Unitrex system, which
combines design flexibility with the quality, value
and speed associated with offsite construction.
Purpose-designed Unitrex elements for the 180m
2
building were factory fabricated by Terrapin whilst
groundworks were being completed and then
delivered to site in ‘flat pack’ panelised units for
rapid erection.
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