GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL – Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Disease in Children - London

Pure Design – Bolidtop 525

Colour – S 6500-N

800m²

Architect – Stanton Williams

Main Contractor - Skanska

Installation dates – 2019

Challenge 

Zayed Centre of Research into Rare Disease in Children is a building where those who work within it play a crucial part in our society. Stratum helped create a healthy and fresh environment in the specialist research laboratories based at the world-renowned Great Ormond Street Hospital. The space would be heavily used and the nature of the work in the labs required the floor to be hygienic, seamless, easy to clean and with high resistance to chemicals. The design of the building allows the public to see through the windows into the laboratories from street level, meaning aesthetics were equally as important in product selection as functional properties. Stratum installed 800m² of Pure Design – Bolidtop 525 with integrated skirting throughout.

Solution

-      Joint free makes for a very hygienic solution, with integrated joint free skirting adding to this.

-      Close co-ordination with the contractor, enabled the structure to be sufficiently progressed early in the programme. This allowed the resin to be installed early and fully protected in ample time for the lab benches to be installed over.

-      Electrical Floor Bokes, seamless skirting.

Result

-      The resin flooring installed here is an excellent addition to this multi-award winning building.

“The Bolidt resin provides the perfect seamless floor finish in the main laboratory spaces within the Zayed Centre for Research. These are most visible laboratory spaces within the building, both internally and from the public realm, and a choice of floor finish was important. As well as giving the right visual appearance it provides the functional properties required for these hard working spaces. Pre-installation samples of the resin flooring were tested by the client user team and passed on all technical requirements. The resin floor is used in both dry and wet areas of the laboratory and is easy to maintain. Stratum provided a great overall service, both with pre-installation queries and during the installation itself”.

Kalpesh Intwala | Associate Director | Stanton Williams