Design & Build
‘Work at height’ innovation C
ooling innovators Cool Technology and access equipment manufacturer Planet Platforms have come together for a unique work at height solution. Designed and installed by award-winning company Planet Platforms, the completely custom solution is installed at EDF energy, a client of Cool Technology. The access solution will be used for the maintenance of the cooling systems installed at the EDF Energy training centre at Risby, Suffolk.
Using a combination of Spandeck and Alutec, Planet Platforms’ work at height solution allows access to all 3 sides of the cooler units enabling maintenance to be conducted on them. The access system has been designed to also allow access to the edge of the roof. Additionally, handrails and a vertical roof ladder make this a safe way to work at height.
Altro innovation ensures rain doesn’t stop play
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hen moisture in the subfloor caused irreparable damage to the new canteen floor at Herne Bay High School, XpressLay, an innovative safety floor covering from Altro, provided the perfect solution with minimum disruption to the school’s operations. Altro XpressLay features a pioneering embossed underside which allows moisture in the subfloor to escape. It is installed using double sided tape rather than conventional adhesive which saves both time and money as well as offering environmental advantages.
XpressLay was the ideal alternative when rain damage threatened to disrupt Herne Bay High School with lengthy closures for repairs. Instead of a six week construction programme to remove the damaged flooring and re-screed the subfloor, Altro XpressLay was installed over a weekend, enabling a scheduled parents’ evening to go ahead on the Monday. Ken Bills of Quality Walls and Floors Ltd, who carried out the installation at Herne Bay High School, said: “Time was of the essence on this job and Altro XpressLay was the ideal solution. The installation went very smoothly and was completed in a fraction of the time it would have taken to rip up the old floor and start again.”
Cliff Reader of Provian Construction Ltd, the main contractors working on a three year refurbishment at the school, said “Xpresslay is a very good product with lots of clear advantages. It’s easy to use and very efficient – what could have been a costly delay to the construction programme was averted due to the time savings offered by this product.”
u01462 707 600
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Cool Technology provides a full evaporative cooling service, which is a popular green alternative to air conditioning. With a tiny carbon footprint, and one-tenth of the running costs of air conditioning, evaporative cooling generates fresh, non-recycled air.
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Terrapin takes the pressure off space in school
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new two-storey classroom building from Terrapin is set to take the pressure off existing learning space at a high performing school in Barnet. Terrapin is providing a fast track solution for Queen Elizabeth’s Girls’ School using the latest ‘flat pack’ offsite construction techniques for a rapid, high quality building with minimum disruption to the school and its neighbours. The two-storey Terrapin building will consist of six classrooms ranging in size from 28m2 to 59m2, a staff room, office, storerooms and entrance lobby with a ramped approach and overhead canopy. The classroom package is just one of the fast and flexible offsite construction solutions offered by Terrapin for permanent and temporary building requirements in the public and private sectors. Terrapin’s proven technology offers a cost- effective alternative to traditional building techniques, plus the quality assurance of factory built structures and the benefits of less disruption, fewer deliveries, reduced noise, waste and lower risk of theft or vandalism.
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www.education-today.co.uk June 2010
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