With hospitals all over the country sprouting new wings, specifiers will need to keep their eye on the latest in everything from curtain wall to kickplates
Glazy days at King's
A total of 600 m2 of fire-resistant glass from Vetrotech Saint-Gobain has been installed in the new Golden Jubilee Wing of King's College Hospital. A range of glass types was used to ensure that the varying specifications for fire resistance were met. The products, installed by FireShield Glazing, included SGG Pyroswiss Classic, SGG Pyroswiss Extra, SGG Contraflam-N2 and SSG Swissflam Lite. Vetrotech Saint Gobain says its glass can be incorporated into double-glazed units for additional protection. It can also be combined with solar control glasses, such as SGG Parsol, SGG Antelio, and SGG Cool-Lite, or with low-emissivity products such as SGG Eko Plus to help specifiers comply with Part L.
Vetrotech Saint-Gobain
www.vetrotech.com
www.building.co.uk/enquiries 901

Prefab on a roll at Westhaven
Rollalong, manufacturer of modular buildings for the healthcare sector, has supplied a community mental health team with offices and an outpatients department at Westhaven Hospital in Weymouth. The single-storey pitched-roof building, was completed in two months at a cost of £360,000. Rollalong says healthcare property managers are turning to modular buildings because they are capable of delivering more space, and have significantly lower lead times, than traditional buildings.
Rollalong
www.rollalong.co.uk
www.building.co.uk/enquiries 902

Pressure's off at the Great Western
Honeywell has provided the Great Western Hospital in Swindon with more than 60 pressure-reducing valves to ensure water is delivered from all outlets at a pressure of 2 bars. The valves vary in size from 0.5 to 6 inches in diameter and are designed to provide the ideal water pressure for equipment and taps. The water system is fed at 6 bar by a booster set to ensure adequate pressure at the top of the six-storey building. Without the valves, pressure on the lower floors would be too high for sinks, toilets and laundry and kitchen equipment.
Honeywell Control Systems
www.honeywell.com/uk/homes.htm
www.building.co.uk/enquiries 903

Furnishing the Churchill
David Bailey's Healthline furniture is being fitted throughout the new Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism at Churchill Hospital. The Kent-based company is supplying fitted furniture for 10 single bedrooms on the ward, the outpatient consulting rooms and the staffed kitchen areas. It has also been asked to supply bespoke vanity units with pull-out bins and cupboards to house fridges.
David Bailey Furniture Systems
www.davidbaileyfurniture.co.uk
www.building.co.uk/enquiries 904

Trio of reconstituted masonry products
Fyfestone Architectural Masonry has launched three reconstituted masonry products: the Premier Split, Premier Fairfaced, and a range of Facing Bricks. Fyfestone says the Premier Split is a masonry product that gives the traditional dressed appearance of natural rustic stone and sandstone masonry. It is available in six colours in two course heights. According to Fyfestone, Premier Fairfaced is a competitively priced unit with a distinctive masonry look. It is available in natural buff, red, marigold, charcoal and yellow. Architectural dressings will be available on a made-to-order basis for both products. The range of facing bricks comprises six smooth and six textured bricks in grey, red, yellow, marigold, brown and charcoal.
Fyfestone Architectural Masonry
www.fyfestone.com
www.building.co.uk/enquiries 905

Yorkon to provide modular extension
Yorkon has won a £1.7m contract for a single-storey extension to the accident and emergency department of Whipps Cross University Hospital, east London. The building has been designed with Broadway Malyan Healthcare. Yorkon will deliver 24 modules over four days and says the A&E department will remain open during construction. The facility will open in March and will include blood, gas and ultrasound units, clean rooms and a shower-room for the disabled.
Yorkon
www.yorkon.com
www.building.co.uk/enquiries 906

Protection for doors and walls
Interiors specialist Gradus has launched Armaclad, a medium-duty protection strip for doors and walls. Armaclad is available in two heights and has been designed to reduce the impact of scrapes and dirt on surfaces and reduce the costs associated with maintenance and refurbishment. The protection strip is part of the Inpro range of wall, corner and door protection products. Gradus claims it is cost effective and easy to install: foam tape fixed to the strips is used to adhere it to walls and doors. The product has been designed for use as a rubrail, kickplate or pushplate and Gradus claims it is resistant to fire, chemicals, bacteria and fungus. The range is available in 20 colours, six of which are in the rapid response colour range, which means specifiers can get hold of them within 24 hours.
Gradus Acessories
www.gradusworld.com
www.building.co.uk/enquiries 909

Janex brings Scandinavia to Greenock
Scandinavian windows and doors supplier Janex is to supply Alu-clad windows and external doors to a new-build nursing home development in Greenock, Inverclyde. The external door sets for the Little Sisters of the Poor nursing home are being constructed from high-quality Nordic pine frames and hardwood thresholds with aluminium cladding. All doors are supplied with frames and ironmongery and have a typical U value of 0.7 W/m2. The Alu-clad windows are aluminium-clad timber windows, which have been tested to BS7950. Janex says the windows are thermally efficient, and have outstanding stability against extreme weather conditions.
Janex
www.janex.co.uk
www.building.co.uk/enquiries 910

Painting the roots of recovery
The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Middlesex has used Dulux's paint advice service to redecorate its outpatient room. Dulux Trade, in collaboration with the in-house project team, got children to paint tree-shaped panels using "fashion effect" paints from Dulux Trade. The resulting designs were hung and lit using directional lighting. Dulux Trade says the aim was to promote a positive, engaging and energising atmosphere to aid patients' recovery.
Dulux Trade
www.duluxtrade.co.uk
www.building.co.uk/enquiries 911

King’s College Hospital

Technal has provided 2000 m2 of curtain walling for the new wing of King’s College Hospital in London. The £76m scheme includes a maternity unit, medical wards, and a large ambulatory care centre. The six-storey clinical building, designed by Nightingale Associates, has a curved glazed facade made up of Technal’s MC Trame Horizontale curtain walling. The glazed facade spans four storeys to allow maximum daylight into the building, which is on a tight site. To reduce glare, the curtain walling was glazed in smoked grey tinted glass. About 200 top-hung concealed windows from Technal’s MC suite were also installed to provide natural ventilation.
Technal
www.technal.co.uk
www.building.co.uk/enquiries 900

Prefab spout

There are numerous prefabricated building products on the market that can offer a great solution for he