Latest guide helps healthcare designers
DESIGNING better healthcare facilities is the aim of a new guide produced by flooring experts Tarkett. The company has drawn on its 130 years of commercial flooring expertise to produce …
Healthcare Buildings
Healthcare facilities are warming to prefabricated heating systems
Jeff House, Marketing & Applications Manager, Baxi Commercial, considers the heating options available to healthcare facilities and the increasing interest in prefabricated solutions Healthcare buildings come in all shapes and …
Gerflor’s Taralay Premium is “a class above its rivals”
THE reasons why newly improved Taralay Premium flooring range satisfies so many demanding clients are almost as numerous as the range of customers who rely on it. Produced by international …
A healthy dose of Tarkett flooring
WHEN tasked with replacing the flooring in two respite care centres, for Ward Flooring Solutions, Tarkett was the obvious choice. The Shaw Healthcare and Kent County Council centres needed updating …
Hush Acoustics – Healthcare Soundproofing
As part of the Hush Acoustics range of products we provide acoustic materials for floors, walls and ceilings in new build and refurbishment health care projects. In order to meet …
Living hoarding helps hospital become NHS sustainability champion
Urban greening company Treebox has installed a living hoarding at Guy’s Hospital in London to help the hospital minimise its carbon footprint and achieve its ambition of being a sustainability …
HECKMONDWIKE’S CARPET SCORES A HOLE IN ONE
A Country Club in Hertfordshire has experienced a surge in wedding bookings and an increased uptake in golf memberships after a stylish new carpet from Heckmondwike was installed as part …
Altro Floors & Walls ensure award-winning Ferndene is ideal healing environment
A wide selection of Altro floors and walls have been used in the award-winning Ferndene Children and Young People’s Centre to create a healing environment that is visually stunning, as …
NHS SURREY REDUCES CARBON EMISSIONS WITH HEATING AND HOT WATER SYSTEMS UPGRADE
With the aim of reducing carbon emissions and improving efficiencies, NHS Surrey embarked on a programme of upgrade to their heating and hot water systems across more than twenty sites. …
MAJOR RETAILER CHOOSES ALUGLAZE PANELS FOR NEW DISTRIBUTION CENTRE
Sheffield-based architectural panel manufacturer Panel Systems has supplied Aluglaze insulated panels to a major supermarket retailer for a 633,500sq ft distribution centre on Kingsway Business Park in Rochdale. Over 400 …
High thermal performance from UNILIN
UNIPUR PLUS Structural Insulated Roof Panels by UNILIN, division insulation, now offer architects and specifiers 0.15W/m2K thermal performance across a span of 4.2m, dramatically improving the thermal performance of large …
Tarkett Wetroom concept extended with 73 new colours
With close to one million Wetrooms installed worldwide to date, Tarkett’s system has proved so popular that the manufacturer is responding to demand and extending its range. Tarkett was the …
Total Glass and suppliers support children’s cancer charity
Donations from window and door company Total Glass and building trade suppliers have helped a Wrexham-based charity dedicated to improving the quality of life for children with cancer. The firms …
ALTRO IS FIRST FOR SAFETY IN FOUR NEW FIRE STATIONS
A range of Altro safety flooring has been laid in four newly-constructed Gloucestershire community fire stations, underlining its reputation for high performance in demanding environments. Built by Kier Construction as …
A Brighter & Longer Lasting Appearance Thanks To Evercare
The celebrated Mipolam range already has an outstanding reputation for its performance in health and education buildings and the new Mipolam Esprit is impressively durable and now even easier to …
A unique new wall covering that gives you an outstanding finish!
After three years of research and development, global flooring and finishing brand leader Gerflor has released its new decorative wall covering range called Mural Calypso. Replacing Taradouche Mural with immediate …
Pioneering design helps dementia sufferers
St Catherines View in Winchester opened in May 2012 – its design reflecting the latest thinking in dementia care. The Colten Care home is set out in five house groups, …
PIONEERING JOINT PROJECT BRINGS SUSTAINABILITY SAVINGS
Residents of Selby, West Yorkshire look forward to a future of state-of-the-art healthcare, thanks to a joint project between the NHS and Selby District Council to deliver a …
IMPACT PROTECTION SHEET – A LONG TERM SOLUTION
As maintenance and estate managers consider how far their budgets will stretch, there is one product on the market that will ensure their budget is maximised. It is cost effective, …
Formica Group satisfies healthcare demands
The Healthcare environment demands clean and easily maintained surfaces that create a warm and welcoming atmosphere. Formica Group provides the depth of range of surfacing materials to satisfy both demands. …
£8Million hospital car park sports stunning living wall
An impressive living wall has been installed on a new £8m 667 space multi-storey car park at Lister Hospital in Stevenage. The car park has been developed with sustainability and …
Ambulance stations benefit from Ash & Lacy emergency treatment
Ash & Lacy Building Systems has proved invaluable to several ambulance stations in Yorkshire that have all undergone refurbishments or re-roofing projects. Stations from the Yorkshire Ambulance service in Halifax, …
MHA Lighting helps slash hospital infection rates with new fully sealed lighting
AWARD winning LED specialist MHA Lighting is helping NHS Trusts fight hospital acquired infection rates with revolutionary new sealed lighting units. MHA Lighting’s patented LED technology has been designed as …
Equality Act Compliance High on the Agenda
With many of our largest institutions now insisting that the door set opening force requirements set out in the Equality Act are met, it is vitally important for specifiers to …
Fastlane and Elta Fans part of NHS injection into Thurso dental services
Two air handling units supplied by Fastlane Ventilation and two units by Elta Fans have been installed in a new dental facility at Dunbar Hospital in Thurso, Caithness in the …
ST BARTHOLOMEW’S GETS INTERNAL PROTECTION OVER ALL FROM C/S
Construction Specialties’ (C/S) advanced internal protection systems have been specified as part of the Barts and The London New Hospitals Redevelopment Scheme being undertaken by Skanska which is the UK’s …
Wernick Eco AVflex for award winning construction company
The Sewell Group, a Times Top 100 company for three years running, has also been chosen by Hull City’s Primary Care Trust to be its estates and development partner through …
Accessible bathrooms made simple with Intatec’s Doc M solution
Intatec’s range of Doc M products is designed to make it easy for anyone with a duty to provide accessible bathrooms to offer a robust and compliant solution. Tougher regulation …