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09.01.09
Duracryl to Exibit ...Continued
Duracryl flooring systems to exhibit at Building Schools Exhibition and Conference 11 and 12th February 2009, visit us at stand 252
The BSEC exhibition will host over 180 companies from across the whole spectrum of the supply chain, in addition to public sector organisations such as: Department for Children, Schools & Families, Partnerships for Schools, BECTA, NCSL, CABE and RIBA.
It will also include a Local Authority Village featuring many Wave 4, 5 and 6 authorities who are showcasing their education vision and just about to procure.
The key performance requirements for flooring within the new schools include acoustics, Durability, Fire resistance, slip resistance, sustainability and hygiene.
With the flooring finishes comprising of three to four present of the total construction cost (excluding screeds and raised floors) it is no wonder that whole life costs play an important role in the specification decision. Whole life costs look at initial installation costs as well as cleaning and planned maintenance, repairs and reactive maintenance and life span of the asset compared to life expectancy of the floor. If the product needs to be changed, costs need to be calculated in for replacement including disposal and disruption costs.
if the perfect floor finish did exist, it would be a product that would be decorative to fit the modern design, fire resistant, slip resistant when wet and dry, friendly to the environment, be able to take heavy traffic and impact, be abrasion resistant against scraping chairs, easy and inexpensive to clean and maintain, be able to cope with spills of chemicals in the science labs and carry a guarantee of twenty five years. If a utopian system like this did exist you would expect it to fall outside of the guided costs of £35 to £40 a square meter as recommended by the SSLD.
You may be surprised that this floor finish does exist and has been around in Europe for more than thirty years. Duracryl flooring systems Ltd in Manchester introduced the CQF seamless resin floor finish designed for the education sector in January 2008. Since then the system has been used by the Wigan county counsel on a number of schools with fantastic results.
The head teacher ‘Elaine Kucharski’ of the first school where the Duracryl CQF seamless resin flooring was specified was understandably concerned that the system would have an industrial look to it. On completion she said “great stuff, fit for purpose, bomb proof and looks fantastic”
Duracryl use an installation technology that gives the resin finish a refined commercial look as apposed to a cold industrial feel that you may expect from a resin floor. The system is seamless with no welded joints, can be installed over underfloor heating and offers seamless coving in the same material as the floor.
Cleaning is easy as the product is impermeable to liquids and there are no welds to trap dirt and the high natural content of the flooring together with the fact that unused material is instantly re-cycled, give the system good environmental ratings.
BSF is building schools for the future, with the future in mind lets specify a value product that will last.
