Podsolve
The ‘pods’ concept represents the perfect solution for educational facilities and corporate offices wishing to refurbish or build new premises because it can be tailored completely to their requirements, offers a truly competitive build cost and shorter installation time.
The key differentiating component is a pod that maximises the use of daylight though the building to create warmth, but which also has natural ventilation, allowing air to pass out through the ceiling and air to flow in through the walls at low level.
The insulated panels also offer excellent U values, and the panel thickness can be increased or decreased to meet specific requirements. Acoustic challenges have been resolved by creating perforated end walls which absorb sound with acoustic glazed solutions to the front of the pods. All power and data have been accommodated as part of the off- site construction brief by utilising wire ways within the panels and the ceiling planks. The feeds for the light fittings are also buried inside the ceiling plank unit giving a totally flush, clean surface to the lid and inner faces of wall panels. All service connections are ‘plug and play’ to each unit.
The panels are designed as stand-alone demountable units, giving the client the ability to increase or decrease the pod size in-house without major disruption of services and core activities. In essence, a very functional space has been created with the ability to grow and shrink to suit trends. The inner space is ambient for temperature, light and very quiet. The space can be private or open, depending on working trends.
As well as providing high quality teaching areas, it will include leading edge information and communication technology, and provide opportunities for the local community to use its leisure and other facilities. Personal learning spaces will be complemented by arts, drama and music studios; the establishment will feature high quality catering and sports facilities; and lots of open spaces will all contribute to a hugely positive learning experience for the pupils.
To see recent press coverage please follow the links below:
The Construction Index: Interserve cuts school building costs 25% with pod design
4-Traders: Revolutionary school design slashes building costs and time
Building.co.uk: Interserve claims standardised school design will cut costs by 25%'
other news:
03/11/11 Interserve Innovative Podsolve Concept Wins £13.65M E-Act Leeds East Academy
25/11/10 £3m Qatari deal for Norwood
4/3/10 Mediline - the demountable healthcare partition system with built-in fire safety
24/2/10 Norwood delivers world class modular clean room system
15/2/10 Norwood – changing the face of steel partition system design
28/1/10 Adding protection to healthcare with Mediline.
11/1/10 Norwood lands Cleanroom at Aberdeen Fisheries
2/12/09 Key Norwood team member returns to Norwood
