interiors
Polysafe flooring helps bring hospital wards to Derby campus
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AFETY flooring products from Polyflor, the commercial vinyl flooring specialist, were chosen to help create
a new learning environment for health and social care students at the University of Derby’s Chesterfield Campus. Opened in 1911, the Grade II listed St
Helena Building has been renovated as part of a £6.7m project for the university, led by architects Frank Shaw Associates and main contractors Henry Boot Construction. Polysafe safety flooring was installed around the campus by Nottingham-based contractors Diamond Flooring, including in a clinical skills suite, six-bed NHS-standard mock ward and an immersive simulation suite which represent a real-life working environment for students to learn in. Polysafe Wood fx PUR vinyl safety
flooring in Sun Bleached Oak was used alongside textile-effect Polysafe Arena in Steelwool in communal break areas such as the campus refectory. Polysafe Wood fx is a hard-wearing sheet vinyl flooring which combines the authentic reproduction of wood with virtually invisible aggregates to provide traction for underfoot safety without compromising the high clarity look of the floor. Tim Zijlstra, Resource Centre Manager
at the St Helena Campus, commented, “We have tried to replicate the look of a real-life hospital on campus to give our students a taste of their future working environment. The choice of flooring helps
add to the realism, as well as providing our students and staff with a safe environment to study in.” The Polysafe Wood fx, Arena and
Verona safety flooring ranges are all fully HSE Compliant and classified as low slip potential, achieving a minimum of 36+ on the Pendulum Wet Test and meeting the 50,000 cycles abrasion test which assures slip resistance for the guaranteed life of the product. Polysafe Ultima achieves 40+
in the Pendulum Wet Test, offering enhanced slip resistance in busy kitchen environments where grease spillages may be present.
www.polyflor.com www.frankshawassociates.co.uk www.henrybootconstruction.co.uk
Jesus College’s air of academic excellence
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HE refurbishment of West Court at Jesus College, Cambridge has incorporated GEZE’s natural
ventilation system to help create the ideal learning environment. Four areas of the development,
including a conference room with the iconic Lantern Tower, lobby and reception area, use GEZE’s award-winning Slimchain automatic window drive and the WS 1000 indoor climate building control. This is connected to a weather station and together they balance internal conditions such as air quality, temperature and humidity with external elements such as rain and wind speeds to achieve desired requirements. Experts believe that improving indoor air quality by utilising natural air flow
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significantly improves cognitive performance – ideal for a building which houses the College’s new Intellectual Forum, a spearheading research organisation that applies critical-thinking to global problems. GEZE UK provided a full suite of natural
ventilation products which include Slimchain window actuators for outward opening vents, DMS 5 open/close controllers, temperature sensors, weather station and WS 1000 touch screen controller. Andy Howland, GEZE UK’s Sales and
Marketing Director, said he was “thrilled that GEZE’s natural ventilation and indoor climate control system was incorporated into such a landmark development.”
www.geze.co.uk
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