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PEF and the National Children's Hospital for Wales...
Following five months of hard work, the flooring at the brand new National Children's Hospital for Wales is now complete. The hospital has a host of features designed to make it a more friendly place, to complement the excellent clinical care already provided for sick children. Each of the four floors is designed around a different theme for which we have supplied hand cut design work in contrasting colours.
CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL RECEIVES THE PERFECT FLOORING TREATMENT
Released: April 2005.
National specialist flooring contractors, Peter Evans Flooring of Barry, Mid Glamorgan, were delighted to specify and install ideal floorcoverings for the new Children’s Hospital for Wales at Heath Park, Cardiff.
Part of the Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust and located in the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, the purpose built, state-of-the-art hospital will provide specialist paediatric care for patients throughout South Wales and beyond. The project brief was to install durable, easily maintained and cost efficient floorcoverings, which would withstand the demands of a busy hospital environment.
With a wealth of successful installations throughout a range of domestic and commercial locations, Peter Evans Flooring specified a flooring solution, which would completely fulfil the performance criteria for this impressive new Children’s Hospital.
Polyflor XL PU hard wearing vinyl sheet and tile flooring was specified for installation throughout the circulation areas, main wards, lift lobbies, corridors and stairs. Developed as a heavy duty sheet and tile floorcovering, Polyflor XL PU provides ease of maintenance and long life under heavy foot traffic, making it ideal for use within a range of environments including hospitals, schools, laboratories etc.
Altro VM20 Walkway anti-slip safety flooring was specified for use within the toilets and washroom. Specifically designed as a slip and wear resistance floorcovering, Altro VM20 Walkway benefits from the built-in Easyclean technology, and is suitable for use within locations where rigorous hygiene routines will be implemented and underfoot safety is crucial.
"It is essential when working on behalf of the healthcare sector to specify efficient flooring solutions which will fulfil all aspects of this demanding environment. Our experience and expertise allows us to do just that, and we were delighted to provide a superb result on behalf of the new Children's Hospital for Wales", commented Peter Evans, Managing Director of Peter Evans Flooring.
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EDITORS NOTES:
Contact details
Peter Evans Flooring, Unit 1A Palmersvale Business Centre, Palmerston Road, Barry,
Vale of Glamorgan CF63 2XA
T: 01446 700600
Email: info@peflooring.com
www.peflooring.com
PR Agency contact
Karen Barwell - Kyte Communication Ltd,
1 Ravenscroft, Chatteris,
Cambs PE16 6NW
T: 01354 695014
F: 01354 696663
Email: karen@kytecomm.co.uk
www.kytecomm.co.uk
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Commencement: May 2004.
Completion: September 2004.
This project consisted of flooring for 4 floors (ground, first, second and third floor levels) of the National Children's Hospital for Wales. All the ward areas (including corridors, circulation areas, lift lobbies and stairs) were installed in Polyflor XL PU, with the exception of the wet areas (where we used anti slip flooring) and the office, dining and LATCH areas (which received various carpet finishes).
Polyflor XL PU (24 shades)
This is a hardwearing vinyl sheet and tile flooring with marbleised decoration. This heavy-duty flooring has a Polyurethane surface treatment and comes in 24 brilliant, brand-new colours.
Each floor was laid in 2 differing colours of Polyflor XL PU (i.e. 8 colours were used, with an additional colour for staircase work).
Each floor level was laid in a mainfield colour (the majority colourway), then in corridors, circulation areas, reception areas and the like, hand cut design work was laid in a contrasting colourway as follows:
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Mainfield Colourway |
Design Work |
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| Ground Floor |
Zircon Blue 3760 |
Flowline “Swirls” Sedona 3860 - all hand cut |
| First Floor |
Ruby 3840 |
Flowline “Woven” Citrine 3930 - all hand cut |
| Second Floor |
Tanzanite 3750 |
Flowline Clouds Carnelian 3890 - all hand cut |
| Third Floor |
Flint |
Flowline Planets Ironstone 3850 - waterjet cutting at the factory |
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Together with the hand cutting of the swirl, woven and cloud designs on site, all floors including the lift car floor have designs which were aqua jet cut at the factory. These include:
Lift car floor - a circular design in 4 colours representing a “target” (diameter 1m)
Ground floor - a circular design in 5 colours representing the “sea” (diameter 2m)
First floor - a circular design in 5 colours representing the “land” (diameter 2m)
Second floor - a circular design in 5 colours representing the “sky” (diameter 2m)
Third floor - a circular design in 5 colours representing “space” (diameter 2m)
The Third floor has also been installed with approximately 15 circular designs representing the “planets”.
The Ground Floor Play area contained within the reception has a “jelly bean” shaped, Aqua cut motif containing 7 colours forming various geometric patterns.
Within the reception entrance lobby area, an aqua cut circular motif approximately 7.50m in diameter was laid, in 8 colourways. This large, impressive motif represents a “Fish Tank” and is designed with a swirl of SEDONA PINK that leads to the entrance of the Ground floor ward. This complements the aquarium sited in the reception area.
All of our experienced floor layers demonstrated their skill at the hand cutting of ‘swirls’ etc, together with their expertise at thermo hot welding, as all of the designs, including the aqua cut ones, were welded upon completion.
All of the wet areas were laid in Altro VM20 Walkway anti slip safety flooring. Each floor was laid in a differing colour although it is complementary to the colour of the Polyflor XL PU in the main areas.
Ground Floor – Blue 412
First Floor – Cerise 906
Second Floor – Blue Waterfall 912
Third floor – Rosa 909
The carpeting to the main office areas throughout the building has been installed with Joseph Hamilton & Seaton Ltd “Hospicare” in 524 Teal Green.
On the third floor level are the LATCH areas, where 8 ensuite bedrooms are sited. Again a Joseph Hamilton & Seaton Ltd carpet was used, this time in Whittington Twist, laid in 3 colourways (Capri Blue, Sherwood and Damson). The carpeting to these bedrooms was laid on a “double-stick” underlay system. To complement this area, the corridor to the latch areas was laid in JHS “Matrix” in Orange 321.
Finally, to complete the project, a small amount of Interface carpet tiles (Universe) and entrance matting were also used.
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