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Building, Maintenance, Refurbishment & Grounds
Geberit Wall-Hung WC’s – an
Polysafe Strata makes a
Educated Choice
welcome statement at Clwyd
Geberit wall-hung sanitary systems are the perfect choice for toilets and
Vibrant shades from the highly
washrooms in schools and other educational establishments. The long term
decorative Polysafe Strata
benefits and cost savings in respect of water conservation, maintenance
collection of sheet vinyl safety
time and the longevity of cistern parts, quickly outweigh those of traditional
floors – from commercial flooring
floor-standing sanitaryware.
specialist Polyflor Ltd – have been
The Geberit Duofix system comprises a sturdy metal frame, which supports
used to reproduce a striking
the ceramics and includes all pipework and a sound insulated cistern, hidden
school crest, inset into flooring of the
behind a stud or panelled wall. This makes the floor easy to clean, being free
same material, in the main entrance
of awkward spaces which gather dust and harbour germs.
hall at Clwyd Community Primary
Access to the cistern for general maintenance purposes or to replace the
School, Swansea.
flushing mechanism, is through the flush plate, which has a single or
The inlay was created via the
dual-flush operation offering a reduced 3ltr flush to contribute to water
Polyflor Expressions Design
saving measures. However, the frame’s cistern can be reversed for easy rear
Service which uses computerised
access through a maintenance duct, should a flush button be preferred.
water jet cutting technology to
produce with pinpoint accuracy the
precise shapes and styles required
for complex inlaid decoration.
As well as in the entrance hall,
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an eye-catching deep blue
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shade from Polysafe Strata was
installed in circulation and
walkway areas.
“We are very pleased with the
flooring chosen to reproduce the in nine exciting shades, each
school crest,” says head teacher Ann featuring a different multi-coloured
Morgan. “It has helped create a flake decoration. Polysafe
highly colourful and warm welcome Strata’s base colours are already
for our visitors and is also slip popular choices in Polyflor’s
resistant. This improves safety for established Polysafe Standard
pupils and staff alike. Plus it’s range.
extremely easy to keep clean.”
Polysafe Strata is available
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Interface celebrates a 15 year
milestone on its journey to
Durability and flexibility is
Mission Zero
formula for school success
Neaco’s design flexibility and the
Monday 31st August 2009 marked
hard-wearing and aesthetic
15 years since Ray Anderson,
qualities of their products were
founder and chairman of Interface
all put to good use for an
Inc., the global modular flooring
extensive specification at
specialist, set his company on the
Whitburn Church of England
path to becoming the world’s first
School in South Tyneside.
sustainable business by 2020. Now
The recently completed new
defined as Mission Zero, the
build development includes two
company’s drive to achieve a zero
external coast-facing terraces
environmental footprint plays a
which feature Neaco’s Techdek
central role in the organisation’s
aluminium decking with a
ethos and culture and has set
bespoke balustrade design
Interface on a course that has
adapted from their Spectrum
characterised its development ever
range. The stainless steel and
since.
nylon coated aluminium versions project and we worked closely
Interface is now over half way in
of Spectrum are also featured on with Neaco at an early stage in
completing Mission Zero and has
interior stairwells and an atrium. the design of the whole building
made significant progress towards
“Techdek was chosen partly to ensure the aesthetics of this
reaching its 2020 goal:
due to its aesthetics and design component worked with the
The company also continues to
but also because of its durability building design.”
push the boundaries of sustainable
in coastal sites,” said Dominic “The balustrades and decking
manufacturing, having recently
also become widely recognised as a
Marshall, partner at Silvester are prominent parts of the
developed and introduced two
pioneer in sustainable
Ashton Partnership. “The design and obviously receive
leading-edge technologies in its
manufacturing and business
building design appears simple heavy usage in such an
facilities in Europe to significantly
practices, and is currently ranked
yet contemporary and the use of educational building and we are
reduce manufacturing waste.
number 1 in Globescan’s survey of
the Techdek complements this happy that they are performing
Interface has won numerous
sustainability experts worldwide.
approach. The external well.
design and innovation awards for its
balustrade to the balconies was
market-leading modular floor
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designed specifically for this
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covering products. In addition, it has
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September 2009
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