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Building, Maintenance, Refurbishment & Grounds
A new school of thought
behind cubicle systems
Tarkett intelligent
flooring creates
brighter learning
at Milton Keynes
Academy
As the first of the Government’s Academies Framework schemes to achieve
planning permission, the brand new Milton Keynes Academy opened its
IGLOOS Washrooms has redeveloped their existing cubicle systems following
doors to pupils for the first time in September 2009. Complete with over
recent research into common issues associated with school toilets. This research
6000m2 of Tarkett iQ flooring products, the £30m state-of-the-art building
has resulted in designing a new range purely for the education sector, split into
will accommodate over 1500 pupils and 200 staff. The ground floor is
pre-school, primary and secondary school ages.
home to specialist departments such as sciences, music, arts and design and
Problems identified by IGLOOS varied according to the age ranges. For
technology, and Tarkett’s iQ Granit was installed throughout these areas.
example privacy is an issue in primary schools as the pupils are quite self
Tarkett’s Granit flooring is part of the iQ range, offering the best life cycle
conscious of using urinals, therefore there was a need for urinal partitions and
costs on the market together with outstanding quality, performance and
higher cubicles. Poor hygiene and ventilation was found to be a general problem
design characteristics. Made from high-quality raw materials, Granit features a
across the board.
3rd generation PUR reinforcement that guarantees no wax or polish will ever
IGLOOS has recently completed an installation of the Education range into an
be needed. The Unique Surface Restoration means it is possible to fully restore
under 5’s establishment near Hertford. The toilets consisted of 3 cubicles, a 3 bay
the flooring surface to its original appearance and properties with simple dry
hand basin unit and one full height cubicle for staff. The school chose to have a
buffing, giving extreme longevity and minimising maintenance costs.
simple washroom with 3 plain painted walls with just a colourful rainbow over
the hand basin unit to enhance the cubicles as it is already a very colourful range.
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Telus Centre Royal Conservatory
of Music, Toronto
W
ith aspirations that their new orchestral, chamber and choral
facilities be at least as good as music, traditional music, the
their world renowned music education evolution of (global) music,
programmes, Toronto’s Royal electronics and concert-going
Conservatory of Music set out to create habits in the coming decades.
the best possible facilities on a tight Recording sessions, multi-media,
budget. Together with the faculty and electronic events and popular music
administration, Sound Space Design set will all find a home in this hall
standards for the acoustics of the without compromising the
Koerner Concert Hall and the new mandate for excellent orchestral
teaching studios. The facility brings and chamber music acoustics.
professionals and students together for Integration of room acoustics
the musical growth of both. design, noise control and sound
The RCM realised that their need isolation brought sensible low-tech,
for an excellent performance and low cost solutions to the design
rehearsal venue for their orchestras table with solid engineering and
and choirs was compatible with the experience. Integration of audio
greater music community’s need for and video technologies and
an excellent chamber music hall of performance lighting and staging
about 1000 seats in central Toronto. with Anne Minors Performance
So the Sound Space Design team Consultants has created operational
created acoustics that would be efficiency integrated with acoustical
excellent for student symphony performance.
orchestra as well as for top rank
professional chamber music and
chamber orchestras.
The Koerner Hall acoustics are
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