Crawley Hospital
Manufacturing fun, imaginative structures in a brand-new Children’s Development Centre
- High Quality
- Reliable Service
- British Made
- Fast Turnaround
- Competitively Priced
Overview
Retail Furniture joined forces once again with LST Projects and Jefferson Sheard Architects to work on a large project at Crawley Hospital, manufacturing the framework of a Children’s Development Centre.
Project Management
Jon Nock, our sales Manager, has previously managed jobs that have been in connection with LST Projects and Jefferson Sheard Architects so it was a no brainer to have Jon managing the manufacturing and installation process from production side.
The Brief
Manufacture fun, imaginative structures in a brand-new Children’s Development Centre. The previous layout had become too crowded and needed to be moved within the hospital to meet the new health and safety requirements.
The manufacturing job requirements were:
- Seating Wall – to include hexagon seats and pads
- Tree – including acrylic hanging leaves and all fixings
- Reception Desk
Overall Features and Materials Used:
- Formica Surf ColourCore
- Formica Lime Colourcore
- Flexi Long Grain Ply
- Diab Lightweight Structural Foam
Overcoming Hurdles
The large branches needed to be suspended from the ceiling with wires, but in doing this the ceiling tiles needed to be temporarily removed, to access the rafters. At first this was an issue due to the accessibility of the rafters but it was worth it for the end result. Fortunately, the branches were made from lightweight structural foam, covered with laminate so they weren’t as heavy as they look.
Sustainability
Did you know we are FSC Certified? We’re committed to protecting the environment and by doing this we ensure that we follow the FSC guidelines. By being a part of this, it means that the suppliers we buy the material off also follow these FSC guidelines.
Why we follow the Chain of Custody?
FSC Chain of Custody certification tracks the FSC certified material through the production processes from managed forest all the way to end user allowing a “hand on heart” approach to the sustainable credentials of the products we produce, confident that they are genuinely FSC certified.
Find out more about Sustainability at Retail Furniture:
