Door Industry Journal - Summer 2013

Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk 47 THE door industry journal summer 2013 doorsets LEADERFLUSH SHAPLAND REVIVES MICROSOFT HEADQUARTERS Leaderflush Shapland has supplied a range of flush performance timber doorsets to the new Microsoft Research building in Cambridge. The Leaderflush Shapland doorsets offered Wates Construction a best value solution that met both the aesthetic and long-term performance requirements of the project. The 83,000sqft, six-storey office building forms part of the CB1 masterplan for Cambridge, a mixed-use development designed to provide a much needed boost to the heart of the city’s central business district and one of Cambridge’s most popular areas for visitors, Station Road. Wates Construction specified 328 performance doorsets from Leaderflush Shapland’s Designer and Extended Performance ranges. The doorsets were constructed using the cost effective engineered performance core EnduraCor - its durability and stability make it especially suitable for busy office environments. In a recent independent test, EnduraCor was shown to be one hundred times more durable than multi-layered chipboard, achieving 1,000 more impacts than required by EN1192 Class 4, (at which point, the test was stopped), as well as achieving 2,000,000 cycles, 1,000,000 more than required by EN1191 Class 8. This highly cost-effective solution could significantly reduce ‘whole life’ repair and maintenance costs and may never have to be replaced. Each doorset was finished with Hygienilac, Leaderflush Shapland’s anti-microbial additive incorporated within the lacquer on all veneered doorsets as standard, which inhibits the risk of infection against harmful bacteria such as E.Coli, Salmonella and Listeria, boasting a proven 99.9% kill rate. For electrical and server rooms, noise transmission has been dampened by utilising doorsets to meet performance characteristics of up to 46RwdB sound reduction. All doorsets were finished in an American cherry quarter cut veneer, in-keeping with the design values of the project. For more information please visit www.leaderflushshapland.co.uk LEADERFLUSH SHAPLAND PROVIDES PRODUCT SOLUTIONS TO THE LEWISHAM BSF SCHEME Leaderflush Shapland has supplied approximately 2,000 doorsets to nine different schools across the London Borough of Lewisham as part of the Building Schools for the Future Programme (BSF). The wide-ranging needs of an educational establishment were met by a range of products - meeting requirements in fire and acoustic, through to hygiene and safety. Leaderflush Shapland has supported the Lewisham BSF programme, which encompasses both the new build and refurbishment of several secondary and ‘All-through’ schools in the area. Vulcan doorsets, offering 120 minutes fire resistance were used for lobby entrance doors and server rooms. Whereas any acoustic requirements were met by Leaderflush Shapland’s bespoke Designer range of doorsets, which combine aesthetics with sound control properties - offering sound reduction levels of up to 32 RwdB. For the kitchen areas Leaderflush Shapland’s Plasform performance doorsets were ideal due to the radiused vertical edges of the door leaves and frame edges, in addition to the postforming of facings around them. These features make the doors easy to clean and resistant to low impact damage. Safety was a major deciding factor for the specification of certain products, especially on the ‘All-through’ schools and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) schools - with figures from RoSPA suggesting that around 30,000 children trap and seriously injure their fingers in doors every year, a solution was needed that would ensure this became a thing of the past. As such, the scalloped profile of the Sentinel doorset from Leaderflush Shapland was perfect. Due to the way in which the door leaf sits within the frame, delivering unobtrusive finger protection, Sentinel is perfect for use in schools and delivers an added means of protection against possible injury. ...Continued overleaf