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16NEWSnewsSpace age stylefor children’s unitBright colours from the Polyflor XLPU range of lower maintenanceheavy duty sheet vinyl flooring havebeen used to create eye catching insetimages of planets, suns and spaceshipsat the observation and assessment unitof the Royal Bolton Hospital Children’sA&E Department.“Our aim was to create a warm and friendlyambience for the unit and the XL PU colour paletteproved ideal in helping us achieve this objective,”said Vivienne Davies from local architects Bradshaw,Gass and Hope.The images were created via the PolyflorExpressions Design Service, which usescomputerised water jet cutting techniques toproduce precise shapes and styles for inlaiddecoration. The flooring was installed by Boltonbasedflooring contractor Diamond Flooring, whoalso fitted low maintenance Polysafe Corona sheetvinyl safety flooring in the unit’s treatment rooms.Meeting the performance requirements of EN 649,Arnold Laver opensdoor to council dealArnold Laver Timber World hassecured a major contract with twoYorkshire and Humberside citycouncils.The deal will see Arnold Laver Timber Worldsupplying Sheffield and Hull Councils, via KierBuilding Maintenance (KBM) North, with ForestStewardship Council (FSC) certified internaldoors.All the JELD-WEN UK doors will be used as partof Kier’s major redevelopment of council housesin the cities.David Oldfield, Joinery Group’s Manager at ArnoldLaver Timber World, said: “The doors are moreenvironmentally friendly because they don’t usehardwood edging strips known as ‘lipping,’ whichstandard internal doors normally have.“This is good news for council house tenants anda good boost to the councils’ initiatives to reducetheir carbon foot print. We are also very pleasedto continue our relationship with JELD-WEN andKier.”Arnold Laver has become one of a select numberof distributors of JELD-WEN doors with thousandsof their products available across the country.JELD-WEN, which has a head office atWoodhouse Mill on Retford Road, Sheffield is oneof the country’s leading manufacturer of windows,external and internal doors, patio doors, garagedoors and stairs.In May 2006, Arnold Laver, JELD-WEN and KierSheffield’s manufacturing unit, Sharrow Industries,began the supply of 80,000 new door sets for amajor Kier-led refit of council houses in Sheffield -one of the largest single government contracts fordoors ever made in Europe. RR No: 112009Polyflor XL PU features a specially formulatedpolyurethane surface treatment - reducingmaintenance costs by up to 24% by improving thesoil resistance and cleanability of the floor. Therange offers a choice of 24 attractive colourwaysand of 1.5mm and 2mm gauges to suit differingtraffic levels.Combining the latest advanced performance andmaintenance technology with a superbly fresh colourpalette, Polysafe Corona incorporates Supratec+,the second generation of Polyflor’s unique soilreleasing polymer system, now includingpolyurethane for reduced dirt pick up and eveneasier maintenance. This means that Corona canoffer cleaning cost savings of up to 6000 overtraditional safety flooring over a 15 year period.The range also features an advanced fonnulation,providing enhanced flexibility for even easier finingand welding. As well as being BBA Agrémentcertified as G5ws, Corona provides sustainable slipresistance throughout its guaranteed life, achieving≥36 on the RRL Pendulum wet test (Four-S/SliderUnion Industries, themarket leading designerand manufacturer of theMatadoor Range of Hi-Speed Doors, is continuingto support a programme ofenvironmental temperaturecontrol at SCATSCountrystores (SCATS)distribution warehouse inHampshire.SCATS, which is part of the UK’slargest rural retailer Mole ValleyFarmers, has installed one of UnionIndustries robust Ramdoors to theirdistribution depot to reduce heatloss and prevent vermin getting into the warehouse.A significant reduction in heat loss has been96 rubber). This, combined with a surface roughnessof Rz ≥20pin, ensures that Corona complies withHealth and Safety Executive guidance and with EN13845, the European Nonn for Safety Flooring.The practical appeal of the range is matched by itsaesthetic appearance - a superb choice of 12 fresh,vivid colours, carefully chosen to complementshades available in Prestige PUR and NIL PU two ofPolyflor’s heavy duty smooth ranges of commercialfloor coverings, thus enabling architects anddesigners to co-ordinate and contrast colours indifferent use areas. Reader Reply No.: 112001Union Industries Ramdoor gives a‘lifetime’ of benefits at warehouseFluke, the global leader in handheldelectronic test and measurementtechnology, is offering free participationin Building Inspection withThermography seminars via the Webfrom a PC on the participant’s desk.Each Webinar looks at a wide range of performanceissues including moisture intrusion, sources of heatloss such as insufficient insulation or broken seals,the insulation around furnaces andboilers, and mechanical andelectrical components liable toimminent failure. Participants canask questions at the end of theirsession.The planned dates are the followingTuesdays – 29th April, 6th and 27thMay, and 10th June – all from 13.00to 14.15.Participants will be taken throughnoticeable since the fast actingRamdoor, opening at 1.0 metre persecond and closing automatically,was installed to the large 5.6mwide x4.5m high Despatch Door openingreplacing a slow operating RollerShutter door.The Ramdoor not only profits fromUnion’s famous bottom beam ‘Crashout’feature, but also from heavy dutysteel columns with bolt-on sideguides,hard wearing anti-static andfire retardant 2-ply ‘Ramhide’ doorblade fabric, 12 Health & Safetyfeatures as standard along with nofewer than 5 Food & Hygienefeatures, which are all very important in this type ofworking environment. Reader Reply No: 112012FREE Fluke Building Inspectionwith Thermography webinarsthe benefits of thermal imaging, how to identifypotential problems more effectively, how todetermine the best troubleshooting strategy, how tobe more productive through implementation of thatstrategy, and how to report the results. The Webinaruses many images captured in the workplace andexplains how to interpret those images and what iscausing them.Thermal imaging is a non-contact technique that canbe applied to many buildingconditions and is quick at scanninglarge areas to identify specificproblems. Fluke has recentlyintroduced the Fluke TiR1 andTiR Thermal Imagers, designedas affordable and completesolutions for building diagnosticand roofing professionals, andrestoration and remediationspecialists. RR No: 112019