Improving acoustic clarity in a specialist healthcare environment
Dorma Variflex, with its 49dB acoustic rating, was selected as the most suitable option with a laminate, pearl grey finish and mahogany veneer pass door. The laminate finish was particularly chosen so that Bolton could add its own stylish graphics at a later stage.
Working directly with the football club, the requirement was to create flexible space in the chairman’s suite so that the room could be divided easily into a lounge and private dining area, or opened up into one large conferencing and hospitality suite.
DORMA Variflex, with its 49dB acoustic rating, was selected as the most suitable option with a laminate, pearl grey finish and mahogany veneer pass door. The laminate finish was particularly chosen so that Bolton could add its own stylish graphics at a later stage.
“We’re delighted to have been chosen to work with some great teams,” said Andy Gibson, Style’s director for the North. “The hospitality areas of any football club are an extremely important aspect of generating revenue, both on match days and at other times of the week.
“By enabling space to be used flexibly means concurrent events can take place, maximising the income potential for the club.”
Style is the sole UK distributor for DORMA’s range of moveable partitioning walls, as well being the sole UK supplier for Skyfold and SWG as well. The company also provides ongoing after care and maintenance contracts to protect each club’s investment in their operable wall.
“We have such a broad portfolio of moveable wall solutions that we can meet all requirements and budgets,” said Andy. “We can also satisfy a huge range of interior design tastes by offering a fantastic array of finishes.”
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HBN 00-09 sets out these surface characteristics because unsealed joints are a recognised place for moisture and micro-organisms to collect. A genuinely joint-free edge is designed to address that specific detail.
This is a surface and edge specification, not a clinical claim. Zero-joint technology has not been evaluated or certified by NHS England, and does not claim to reduce infection rates.
Food-service and guest-facing areas are typically inspected under hygiene and housekeeping standards that look closely at surfaces and joints. A seamless, moisture-resistant edge is designed with exactly that kind of scrutiny in mind.
Every one of these sectors shares the same underlying surface problem: a bonded-strip edge is a seam, and a seam is a place where dirt, moisture or wear can concentrate in a way a continuous surface can't. Zero-joint technology addresses that one structural detail across offices, schools, healthcare and hospitality settings alike — one construction detail, one shared weak point removed, four sectors that each care about it for their own reasons.
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