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Project provides turn-key solution
for office interior challenges
Project: has capitalised on its unique
and extensive experience and understanding
of how offices work by extending
its offering to embrace every aspect
of the office or workspace environment.
Already well established as one of the
country’s premier office furniture
brands, Project: is now increasingly
using its knowledge, working in partnership
with private and public sector
clients to deliver turn-key interior solutions
that embody creativity and fitness
for purpose, efficiency and an excellent
return on the investment.
The Project: service empowers clients to
make the best possible use of their available
budget, while reducing contract
timescales and removing cost uncertainty.
It also ensures that every aspect of the
new interior fully complies with the latest
ergonomic and safety standards. The service
is geared to facilitate efficient
change processes, minimise disruption
and boost employee morale and motivation.
The service is process-driven at every
stage from concept to completion, with
particular attention being paid to consultation
and communication. Frequently,
this will necessitate Project: personnel
conducting a detailed Project: Insights
office analysis to gain a full appreciation
of the issues and challenges of the existing
workspace before any recommendations
are formulated.
When construction and property
consultants AYH plc moved to
their new London offices, their
decision to select Interface to
provide flooring was an easy one.
AYH plc provides project management,
cost consultancy, facilities
consultancy and move management
- so they already had considerable
knowledge of lnterface
products.
Choosing 3,000m2 of Heuga
Transformation, AYH plc were
attracted to the impressive choice
of colours available and the product’s
environmental credentials -
not to mention the great service
that Interface had provided in the
past. The company’s new offices
occupy three floors of 10 Furnival
Street, London E04, a listed building
dating from around 1900. The
floorcovering had to suit the refur-
The process also enables Project: to identify
and recommend key criteria and performance
standards that will form the
basis for the ongoing measurement of the
success of the new working environment.
These measured benefits of the Project:
solution empower the client’s project
team to justify the cost of the project on
an ongoing basis.
Proposals for these single-source, single
responsibility Project: contracts often
take the form of 3D images and an electronically-generated
3D “walk through” of
a virtual image of the new offices. These
are accompanied by a detailed review of
the Project: Insights process and findings,
the rationale behind the design brief, the
design proposals, costings, and the
planned implementation procedure.
Throughout, Project: team members work
closely with relevant departments in the
client organisation to address, for example,
any IT challenges or HR initiatives.
This cooperation also extends to agents or
specialists nominated by the client to
ensure that everyone involved in the contract
is working to a shared agenda. At
every stage, management and users of the
new environment are kept fully informed.
Project: is one of a number prominent
brands in the UK office furniture market
that are manufactured by Haverhill-based
Workspace Office Solutions Limited, the
others being Arc, Asher, Caplan and Elect.
Reader Reply No.:85069
AYH plc
selects
Interface
bished, largely open plan interior
where original fireplaces, joinery
and doors contrast with the overall
contemporary design.
Heuga Transformation is a highly
textured tip sheared loop pile carpet
tile. It was selected because it
is designed for random installation,
is made from recycled solution
dyed nylon and offers design inspiration
through a choice of 12
colours. The random concept
means that no two tiles are the
same so installation waste is minimised
and tiles can easily be
replaced with no incompatibility
issues, moreover the replacement
tiles may be laid in any direction.
Single-dye-lot manufacturing
ensures batch-to-batch consistency
making large stock-holding of spare
tiles unnecessary.
Within the modern working environment
of the AYH plc offices,
Transformation Fern has been laid
in the main open plan areas while
Transformation Wildflower has
been employed for the meeting
rooms and directors offices occupying
the cellular space.
Reader Reply No.: 85035
Welconstruct provides
space measures for
the Sheffield College
When space became an issue at
The Sheffield College’s
Engineering Centre, moving to
new premises within the city centre
just wasn’t an option. The
central location of the existing
building was ideal for the purpose,
but with growing numbers
of students wishing to take engineering
courses, it became apparent
that the facilities needed to
grow.
The College employed Price
Tomlinson Architecture (PTA) to
find a solution, which could be
invoked as soon as possible and
cause the least disruption to ongoing
classes. An extension to the
existing mezzanine floor undertaken
by Welconstruct Customer
Solutions proved to be the answer.
Barry Price of Price Tomlinson
Architecture says: “There was no
space to extend the building outwards
so we looked upwards and to
extending the existing mezzanine
floor at the Olive Grove Road site.
However, this route had its own
challenges as the floor of the structure
had a Superlux board fire rating
to stop students puncturing the
office interiors
ceiling whilst handling engineering
material such as copper piping.”
Welconstruct Customer Solutions’
was selected to manufacture and
install the new extension based on
its expertise, ability to meet the
specification and the needs of the
non-standard fire rating. The mezzanine
floor extension had an
8.5knIm2 loading to meet the
architect’s specification, with a
9mm Superlux board 1200mm x
600mm to adhere to the fire rating.
Reader Reply No.: 85076
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