The new £20 million North Glasgow College campus, built on a brownfield site in the Springburn area, includes a fully-equipped games hall, music rooms and libraries. It marks a significant stage in the regeneration of north Glasgow and the development of one of Scotland's largest further education colleges.

The project, which has won an award from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and was a RIBA 2009 award winner, includes over 400 doorsets from Leaderflush Shapland’s Extended Performance and Designer ranges to meet performance characteristics specifically for fire resistance (up to 60 minutes) and sound reduction (up to 44RwdB).

Leaderflush Shapland doorsets are designed as complete engineered units to meet specific performance requirements and are manufactured to exacting standards from established components. Fire resistant doorsets are third party certificated by the BWF-Certifire Scheme and are supplied with appropriate smoke seals and intumescents to suit performance.

Paul Stallan from architects RMJM commented, “The safety of students and staff is the most important aspect when designing any educational building, so of course we ensured that products of the highest standard were used in every aspect of the design and construction to guarantee the best protection against the effects of fire.”

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Hywel Dda NHS Trust has completed a new Accident and Emergency Unit for the Withybush Hospital. The new £10.9million A&E unit consists of a nineteen bed adult clinical decision unit, two operating theatre suites and 5 treatment rooms giving immediate access to primary medical and surgical assessment treatment and care. The new A&E unit is one of the most modern developments in Wales and means 50,000 more patients can be treated a year.

275 Leaderflush Shapland Plasform® post-formed doorsets were specified for the new Withybush Hospital A&E unit. The doorsets provide up to 60 minutes fire resistance and were faced in Shiraz, Emerald and Bottle Green Hygieniform, Leaderflush Shapland’s extremely effective high impact PVC facing material, which contains an antimicrobial additive that kills most harmful bacteria including C.diff, MRSA, Salmonella and E.coli – ideal in healthcare environments where infection control is a major concern. X-ray doorsets from the Plasform® Extended Performance range were also specified to provide radiation protection in accordance with the National Radiological Protection Board’s guidance.

The use of radiused vertical edges to door leaves and all frame edges, and the post forming of facings around them, is an integral part of the Plasform® concept. This gives a distinctive appearance as well as easy to clean, damage resistant and ergonomically friendly surfaces. The Plasform® Range has four distinct product groups Plasform® Original, Plasform® Extended Performance, Plasform® Unique and Plasform® WR, all suitable for healthcare environments.

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Urban Edge is a division of Leaderflush Shapland especially dedicated to giving property developers the edge. In recognition that the needs of sectors such as key worker and student accommodation, hotels and city living are vastly different from others, Urban Edge makes all the difference by offering a complete, cost-effective doorset solution that helps developers realise their unique design vision.

As well as providing an exciting range of doorset design options to suit all budgets and specifications, Urban Edge gives developers complete design freedom by adapting to unique project requirements. At the same time, the products meet the specific performance requirements of the sector, such as independently accredited 30, 60, 90, and 120 minute fire ratings, Secured By Design accreditation and acoustic performance, while ensuring environmental credentials, ISO 14001 and FSC Chain of Custody.

Leaderflush Shapland’s well established supply chain and capacity to deliver also makes Urban Edge the ideal choice for developers. By dealing with one supplier that can offer a complete doorset and architectural hardware solution, the time-consuming processes and inconsistencies that often come with traditional door assemblies are eliminated.

The University of Strathclyde has recently been recognised for its high teaching standards by achieving second place out of 100 entrants in the Guardian University poll for Pharmacy and Pharmacology. By harnessing its knowledge in these fields the University has created the Strachclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences (SIPBS) and invested in building a new biomedical building.

237 Leaderflush Shapland doorsets were specified for the SIPBS new biomedical building, including Plasform® Unique doorsets from the Plasform® range of post-formed doorsets. Specified to incorporate Leaderflush Shapland’s Hygieniform Mist high impact PVC facing material, the Flushglaze® flush glazing system and to provide up to 60 minutes fire resistance, the Plasform Unique® doorsets were the natural choice for such an environment where hygiene, durability and performance are of extreme importance.

In environments where contamination is of paramount importance, the need to install fully integrated and certified doorsets, where the frame and door leaf are designed and manufactured to operate as a single unit, is vital.

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Many recent projects have benefited from the performance characteristics and visual appeal of Fitzpatrick doorsets: over 4,000 doorsets for the major redevelopment of the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth; over 100 doorsets for three schools in the Peterborough BSF Programme – the Voyager School, the Jack Hunt School and the Ken Stimpson Community School; 80 doorsets for two schools in Lewisham – Forest Hill and Crofton; and 20 doorsets for the Frederick Bremer School in Walthamstow.

Fitzpatrick doorsets are designed and manufactured using sophisticated computerised equipment to be accurate robust and low maintenance and with a wide selection of finishes, including decorative metallic and textured finishes from Akzo Nobel’s Interpon Elements range, Fitzpatrick is able to help designers realise their design vision both practically and aesthetically.

Based in Birmingham, Fitzpatrick has manufactured metal doors and doorsets for the commercial and industrial building sectors since the 1940s and can draw on a wide range of expertise as part of Leaderflush Shapland, the UK's leading performance doorset manufacturer, including a wealth of knowledge and experience in the health and education sectors.

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