interiors
Metal and mineral ceiling systems for new teaching block
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£12.5M new secondary teaching block has been built for Ystalyfera Welsh Medium Comprehensive
School in the upper Swansea Valley. The two- to three-storey steel-frame
building replaces a 1970s CLASP-type teaching block to bring accommodation into the 21st Century and was designed to BREEAM Excellent and BIM Level 2 standards. The 19-month build saw a mixture of
metal and mineral fibre systems from Armstrong Ceiling Solutions installed in the new teaching block. Some 2,000 sqm of Armstrong's D-H 700 microperforated metal Hook-On canopies, Axiom Knife Edge canopies with Ultima+ tiles and MicroLook 8 wood-effect metal tiles were specified by Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council for the scheme. “The ceiling rafts in the classrooms
Modular, anti-bacterial furniture for nurseries
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RANGE of antibacterial furniture has been developed for the nursery market by British Thornton.
The ‘trudy nursery’ range has been
designed to meet requirements highlighted by nursery managers, while allowing children to enjoy learning and interaction. This includes the use of solid, natural materials, minimal colour and designs that emphasise imaginative play. The child friendly anti-bacterial coating
involves a surface treatment with powerful properties that prevent bacteria from living on the surface of panels, significantly reducing the bacterial count. As nursery age children are particularly susceptible to illness this key feature, the new educational furniture is intended to help reduce the spreading of germs in the classroom. A key feature is the innovative ‘nut
and bolt’ linking mechanism which allows nursery staff to quickly and easily alter the configuration of the modular system. For additional safety, there are no trap-points and all edges are smooth
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and rounded. Whilst the pupil-centric trudy range
has been used in primary schools for the past eight years, the company noticed that the furniture was not being incorporated into any nursery areas. “After looking into this we discovered that nurseries prized furniture made of solid, natural materials with extended warranties – perhaps due to the strain classes of toddlers can put on it!” says Jonathan Clark, British Thornton’s product design director. “Nurseries need flexibility. Children at
that age have rapid fire imaginations and nursery staff have to work hard to keep up with them – we just wanted to give staff another tool to help them out. The nut and bolt linking device we pioneered for this range means it’s extremely easy for staff to quickly change the layout of a room – into a space station, a pirate ship or anything else that kids can imagine.”
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complied with sound and visual requirements but also allowed us to use the exposed structural slab as thermal mass," a council spokesman explained. Used throughout the 6,500 sqm building,
the D-H 700 canopies with acoustic fleece were installed in classrooms whilst the Axiom Knife Edge with Ultima+ Vector tiles were used in other areas. Perla 600mm x 600mm mineral fibre tiles were also fitted in classrooms and toilet areas. In addition, the 1200mm x 300mm
MicroLook 8 Lay-In tiles finished in an oak wood effect and featuring a 100mm Axiom Classic profile were used in spaces such as circulation and break-out areas and the three-storey atrium.
www.armstrongceilings.co.uk
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