INDUSTRIAL FLOORING
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If any flooring needs to be industrial, it’s the one at the entrance of a very busy train station. As part of one of the single largest entrance mat contracts ever placed in Europe, which involves safety upgrades to nine British Network Rail stations across the country, Manchester Piccadilly recently got fitted with Forbo’s Nuway Tuftiguard HD and Coral Brush Active entrance flooring.
Manchester Piccadilly is the largest of Central Manchester and Salford’s city centre stations, accommodating over 98 million people per year. It is for this very reason that the entrance flooring products specified had to meet all safety concerns and perform to the highest level of functionality, whilst also adding to the aesthetics of the station.
Master Matting Installations in Halifax, an approved Forbo Entrance Systems Specialist Installer (FESSI), was subcontracted by Amco to carry out the installations. Director, Sam Webb, commented: “The main priority was safety, so the project required a heavy duty entrance barrier
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matting system for internal use that would be highly effective at removing and retaining moisture and dirt within the entrance system to prevent any hazardous areas on the interior floor that people might slip on - a key consideration for all publicly accessed buildings. The heavy and frequent traffic throughout the station includes wheeled vehicles and heavy suitcases, so another requirement for the flooring was the load bearing capabilities and performance, whilst achieving an aesthetically pleasing appearance.”
Forbo’s Nuway Tuftiguard HD classic, an engineered product with a heavy pile double wiper strip and unique aluminium scraper
bar design, proved ideal for this application. Pivotal in protecting people from slips, this highly effective entrance flooring system is the best method of preventing wet and dry soiling from causing serious hazards. It can withstand static loads of up to 900kg/cm² and has a level surface for ease of movement of wheeled vehicles and luggage making it suitable for use in the most heavily trafficked passenger interchanges.
Whilst Nuway Tuftiguard HD was used in the areas with the heaviest footfall, Coral Brush Activ anthracite, an attractive and hardwearing ‘clean off’ entrance flooring product was used in areas at the side of the entrances where lighter traffic was
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