Education Flooring solution

Educational flooring solution

Both students and staff deserve environments that are conducive to learning and growth. Therefore, it’s important to find the right, long-term flooring solution for your facility to keep your school safe and sanitary.

Too often, flooring projects are budgeted as inexpensively as possible in the short-term which results in higher lifetime facility costs. Choose a flooring partner that shares your vision and takes a collaborative approach to solving problems within your facility. High-performance, seamless epoxy floors provide exceptional value and low life-cycle costs - all in a variety of colours, styles, and textures to meet your needs. Aesthetics and performance are both important in factoring your decision for a flooring provider. Seamless epoxy floors are available in a number of standard and custom colours, tweed blends, and patterns. Floors can also be created with logos and inlays.

Pure and simple – seamless means cleaner. With a seamless floor, there are no joints or cracks to trap dirt and bacteria. They are durable, easy to clean, and stand up to demanding high-traffic environments. Seamless floors require no waxing, buffing, or stripping and are resistant to salt damage and stains which saves precious maintenance time.

Whether intended for a hightraffic corridor, cafeteria, classroom, kitchen, washroom, or laboratory, epoxy flooring systems are specifically designed for performance. They are uniquely designed to outperform traditional surfaces such as carpet, vinyl, tile, or sheet goods providing exceptional value and low life-cycle cost. In the long term, epoxy does not need to be replaced. It can be sanded and topcoated for minimal costs, whereas resilient and vinyl flooring often require complete removal and installation of new material costing more than the initial installation.

In an educational setting, safety is extremely important. When it comes to flooring, slips and falls shouldn’t be a concern. Epoxy floor systems are available in a number of textured surfaces to help keep students, faculty, and visitors safe even when it’s wet or muddy.

Seamless wear-resistant floors are specially formulated to stand up to heavy traffic and offer more flexibility under foot by providing far more comfort than many other hard surfaces. Most flooring products will amplify even small sounds creating distraction and an unappealing acoustical environment. Seamless, resinous floors can posi-

tively influence acoustics without sacrificing durability, function, or design.

Unlike many other products, seamless floors are part of the building’s structure and are ecofriendly. Look for water-based urethanes or 100 per cent solid epoxybased chemistry. These products not only provide safer floor and coating products for all markets, they also reduce hazardous waste. Choosing a solution provider that has experience and has cultivated loyalty and relationships with their customers will provide all the technical knowledge you require in addition to helping your project becoming LEED Certified.

When it comes to installation, choosing a company that provides both manufacturing and installation will warrant piece of mind. Industry flooring experts understand how educational facilities work and will work with you when you require faster service and quick turnarounds without sacrificing quality and help you choose low VOC options to improve indoor air quality during installation. It is important to work with a company that coordinates with your whole project team and are responsive to scheduling, maintenance, and budget constraints. n

Martha Currie Elementary School

courtesy of Schubert Plumbing

Sunnyside Elementary School

courtesy of Grant + Sinclair Architects Mar Jok Elementary School

Courtesy of Think Space & Sawchuck Rogers Elementary School

Norma Rose

JL Crowe Secondary School Lynn Fripps Elementary

Courtesy of Craven Huston Powers Architects Royal Bay Secondary

ME CHA NICAL C ONS UL TI NG ENGI NE ERS

Contact us today at one of our seven BC locations to learn more about how we can provide you with intelligent building engineering solutions for your school facilities or other buildings

VANCOUVER

102 – 211 E. Georgia Street Vancouver, BC V5T 4L6 Phone: 604-559-8809

LANGLEY

#208 - 20171 92A Avenue Langley, BC V1M 3A5 Phone: 604-888-7779

VICTORIA

202 -1701 Island Highway Victoria BC V9B 1J1 Phone: 250-704-4427

NANAIMO

#102 - 3721 Shenton Road Nanaimo, BC V9T 2H1 Phone: 250-585-0222

KELOWNA

#201 - 1420 St. Paul Street Kelowna, BC V1Y 2E6 Phone: 250-763-3759

KAMLOOPS

#202 - 1339 McGill Road Kamloops, BC V2C 6K7 Phone: 778-471-6472

NELSON

#2 – 373 Baker Street Nelson, BC V1L 4H6 Phone: 250-352-7933

For more information visit our website at www.rpeng.ca

TIME ACCESS

SYSTEMS INC.

Canada's most complete supplier of time systems for educational facilities. Our line of products include classroom clocks, master clock systems, signal timers, wireless clock systems, supplies, replacement parts for Simplex, Lathem, Cincinnati, Edwards clock systems.

Master Clock Systems

Wireless Corrective Clock Systems Battery Quartz and Electric Commercial Clocks

Digital Clocks

For more information please contact us

Local Phone (604) 460-8670 Toll Free 1-877-460-9602 sales@timeaccessinc.com Website: www.timeaccessinc.com

Don’t forget the importance of measuring airflow and using UVGI for the best building IAQ!

Ensuring quality in the products and services we provide is our number one goal.

Merlin Instrumentation is your local rep of EBTRON airflow stations including on-site support.

Visit us at www.merlinhvac.com to learn about Badger and Sage meters for all your liquid, gas, and BTU measurement needs.

merlin instrumentation

Call George @ 778.867.1658

Unit 200 - 1851 Brigantine Dr., Coquitlam, BC V3K 7B4 T: 604-294-6000 www.dgmaclock.com