Article Date: 12th January 2012

Construction Specialties Secures Spate Of Healthcare Contracts

Wall Protection - Impact Protection - Hand Rails - Door Protection

Construction Specialties (C/S) is set to begin extensive interior retrofit works at North Manchester General Hospital following a series of successful installations across the North West.

C/S and its in-house installation team, Conspec Contracts, will be providing the nuclear medicine, paediatric, outpatients and phlebotomy areas at North Manchester General with a total solution designed to protect the hospital interiors from wear-and-tear in heavy traffic areas.

The contract comes on the back of the company's previous works in the hospital's A&E and orthopaedic outpatients' areas in conjunction with VINCI Construction UK, who also consulted and employed C/S on a £17m pioneering cancer centre at The Christie in Oldham, Greater Manchester.

Working alongside project architects Taylor Young, C/S provided and installed bespoke protection systems to the ground, first and second floors of The Christie's Radiotherapy Department.

"We were looking at ways to prolong the lifespan of the facility and indeed safeguard the huge investment that was ploughed into creating the Centre," says VINCI Construction UK's Alistair Ruttle, Project Quantity Surveyor. "Construction Specialties appreciates the architectural requirements in such a high impact and sensitive environment and the resulting system achieves superior yet unobtrusive protection to the walls and door surfaces throughout the building."

To protect external corners vulnerable to damage, C/S installed its Acrovyn® corner guards, which flex under impact and prevent continuous maintenance. Crash rails from the same range were also fitted with shock-absorbing bumper cushions to maximise impact protection and pedestrian support; while bed locators mounted on powder coated aluminium brackets were fitted to prevent damage to the department's walls. From a hygiene perspective, Acrovyn sheeting was used to stop chemicals and other stains spoiling wall and door surfaces.

At North Manchester General Hospital, C/S has already installed heavy duty crashrails, impact and scratch resistant rub rails and corner guards; as well as 2mm Acrovyn sheeting to the walls. Kick plates and push plates protect internal doors throughout the hospital. The next works will begin in late November 2011.

"We're obviously immensely proud to be associated with such landmark projects. Our relationship with VINCI Construction UK is growing project-by-project and we are delighted that they are seeing the value in our work. It is especially gratifying to be involved in transforming patient services and creating a lasting legacy that will help people for many more years to come," says Kate Waterston, Acrovyn product manager.

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