Highly sustainable recycled modular approach
Sparsholt College Hampshire, near Winchester, a centre of excellence in land- based studies, has chosen the highly sustainable recycled modular building approach from Foremans Relocatable Building Systems to expand its teaching accommodation.
Five modular buildings were required by the College following an increase in students and as part of its continued expansion. The single-storey teaching blocks were refurbished ready for installation on three sites around the campus during the holidays to minimise any disruption to students. The entire project was completed by Foremans just four months from receipt of order. Each building is partially clad in timber from sustainable sources to help them blend into the surrounding rural environment, and were fully refurbished and fitted out off site at Foremans’ production centre.
Nigel Stephens, Property Manager at Sparsholt College, said, “The use of recycled building modules is highly sustainable, and minimised any impact on the environment – an important requirement for the College. The modular approach also helped us to address the
limitations of our site and its restricted access, as well as ensuring the classrooms would be in place for the start of the new term.”
“This is the first time we have used recycled and refurbished modular buildings and we are very pleased. You really can’t tell the difference between these classrooms and newly manufactured modular buildings. This was a very successful project and Foremans’ service was very good.”
Each recycled modular building was fully refurbished with new windows, wall linings, partitions, M&E services, doors and flooring, creating high quality teaching accommodation for the College’s permanent use.
The recycling and refurbishment of relocatable buildings is one of the most sustainable methods of construction – helping to reduce carbon emissions, waste sent to landfill, and improving a building’s carbon footprint. The sustainability benefits include:
The Foremans approach generates less than 10 per cent of the carbon emissions compared to a newly manufactured building of equivalent size (source: CO2 Emissions from Use, Scrapping and
Manufacture of Modular Buildings, MPBA). Because much of the refurbishment work takes place off site, the approach generates fewer vehicle movements to site than traditional new build. The bulk of the embodied energy in a modular building is in the steel components and the insulation materials used in the manufacture of the building envelope. By refurbishing the building modules and preserving these elements which have significant embodied energy, Foremans is extending the life of the building.
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Helping to light up the lives of sick children
Caring for patients aged 16 and under, the new Children’s Resource Centre at Trafford General Hospital brings together the hospital’s paediatric services under one roof in specially designed facilities. A key feature of the interiors is the fun, decorative theme. This was created using SPM branded wall protection and Gerflor’s flooring products as part of an integrated design involving Gerflor’s Buying Solutions’ approved installation partner, Crown. Both Gerflor and Crown have extensive experience of delivering innovative and cost-effective wall protection and flooring solutions in the healthcare sector and had previously worked with the Trafford Healthcare Trust. In the case of the centre, the brief required a strong decorative design element combined with products
that perform to the highest standards. Gerflor illustrated potential solutions using case studies of installations from previous projects. With these in mind, children at a local school were invited to come up with a theme. The designs were then co-ordinated to produce a solution that could be practicably delivered. The ideas were exciting and, as a result, the reception desk is shaped like a drum kit and the nursing station has been built in the form of a piano. This musical theme was continued in the wall and door protection through the use of inlaid designs.
Working closely with hospital managers, Gerflor’s unique in-house design service used CAD and CNC machines to produce precision-cut decorative frescoes from SPM Decosheet incorporating musical notes and instruments. This facility offered flexibility and fast turnaround times so the finished elements could be delivered to site quickly and efficiently. The resulting scheme is fun and yet highly functional. In all, 450m² of Decosheet wall protection was used. Hygienic and durable, it offers high impact and scratch resistance so damage from trolley and bed traffic is minimised and little maintenance is required. Decosheet was employed in
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conjunction with SPM Protecta 2 corner protection and, in the outpatients corridor, with Escort tubular hand rail.
Safety, hygiene, ease of maintenance and noise management were all key factors in the choice of Gerflor flooring products. These were selected to complement the wall protection and to differentiate the various areas within the centre. In the corridors, Nera Contract Wood was employed to provide a warm feel with a Taralay Impression Papyrus boarder giving a modern finish. Taralay Impression was also used to highlight play and waiting areas and to provide coloured feature inlays. The wards were differentiated using Taralay Initial Pacifica with the colours Coast, Seagull and Mout inlaid together. Gerflor’s Tarasafe safety flooring provided the ideal solution for the wet areas, the bathrooms and sluice. By working directly with the Trust as a partnership to project manage and offer the complete installation, Gerflor and Crown were able to deliver a reliable and cost effective scheme under the Buying Solutions Framework without the need for expensive consultants – an important consideration when NHS budgets are under pressure. Tel: 01926 622600
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contractuk@gerflor.com Building & Facilities Management – April 2011
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