CASE STUDIES
Below is a list of key project sites in which products from Quantum Flooring Solutions have been fitted. Click on any one to see further details of the work done.
OFFICES - CAPITAL CONTENT - STAIR NOSINGS
Quantum Flooring's Q-Range DUO Stair Nosings were fitted in Capital Content's offices by G Harding Flooring. Read the case study here.
DISTRIBUTION - AMAZON - ENTRANCE MATTING
Amazon is one of the largest companies in the world, with over 1.6 million employees. It operates 185 distribution warehouses, or fulfilment centres, around North America and Europe. From these centres, Amazon staff pack and distribute products for its 200 million worldwide customers.
EDUCATION - WATH ACADEMY - STAIR NOSINGS
Wath Academy is a secondary school in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. It was founded in 1923, and has around 1,900 pupils between the ages of 11 and 18 today. This puts it in the top 25 largest schools in England.
OFFICE - ALBION MILLS - TOPCLIP
Albion Mills is a high-end, purpose-built office complex near Willerby Shopping Park in Hull. It is a two-storey building, with numerous office suites for businesses to utilise.
RESIDENTIAL - MARLOWE HOUSE - STAIR NOSINGS & ENTRANCE MATTING
Marlowe House is a Police Regional Learning Centre in Sidcup, London. It was built in 1966, and the building is used for many purposes across its 17 floors. These include administrative offices, various fitness-based training rooms, and other facilities for the Metropolitan Police.
FACTORY - ROBINSONS BREWERY - STAIR NOSINGS
Robinsons is one of the largest independent breweries in the UK. It has a rich history, with the family brewing in the centre of Stockport since 1849. Its main building is called the Unicorn Brewery, after the pub which the family originally ran from 1838.
EDUCATION - LOUGHBOROUGH COLLEGE - STAIR NOSINGS
Loughborough College provides a range of courses in further education, along with apprenticeships and professional qualifications. It is based on one of the largest student campuses in Europe, sharing the area with Loughborough University. Over 2000 students attend the college, with some living in adjacent halls of residence.
EDUCATION - MIDDLESBROUGH COLLEGE - STAIR NOSINGS
Middlesbrough College is the largest college in Teesside, with around 16,000 students. It is located on one campus in Middlehaven on Middlesbrough’s riverfront. The main college building has won numerous design awards as a landmark project in the regeneration of the area.
RESIDENTIAL - HADRIAN’S TOWER, NEWCASTLE - STAIR NOSING
Hadrian’s Tower is the tallest building in Newcastle at 82 metres high. Located in the heart of the city, it is a residential skyscraper with 162 luxury apartments. The tower has 26 storeys, and incorporates a champagne lounge and a coffee house among other communal spaces.
OFFICES - MIDLANDS - STAIR NOSINGS
G Harding Flooring are nationwide flooring contractors. The company specialises in bespoke designs and installations. It has worked with some of the UK’s largest brands, in all sectors from hospitality to healthcare.
EDUCATION - LOGAN HALL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON - STAIR NOSINGS
Logan Hall is an auditorium at the University of London. It is a venue based in the famous 20 Bedford Way building, and is used for various events such as award ceremonies, film screenings and conferences.
HOTEL AND LEISURE - SMUGGLERS COVE, BOURNEMOUTH - STAIR NOSING
Smugglers Cove Adventure Golf is a tourist attraction at Bournemouth Beach. The 18 hole course is part of Bournemouth’s famous seafront, which has over 7 million visitors per year. For safety purposes, it was necessary to fit Stair Nosings onto a fire exit staircase at the site.
OFFICE – GRANITE EXCHANGE CO-WORKING SPACE – STAIR NOSING
Granite Exchange is a development in the centre of Newry, Northern Ireland. It opened in 2018, and is conveniently placed midway between Belfast and Dublin.
OFFICE – PEGASUS PLACE – ENTRANCE MATTING
The Straumann Group is a global leader in tooth replacement solutions, and corrective and aesthetic dentistry. It is based in Basel, Switzerland but employs over 6000 people worldwide. The Head Office for Straumann UK is at 3 Pegasus Place in Crawley.
OFFICE – HSE, LIVERPOOL – ENTRANCE MATTING
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in the North West is based out of Redgrave Court in Bootle. Redgrave Court is the headquarters for the HSE, with 2000 people working in the building. Such a busy workplace needs safe and quality matting, and the HSE were looking for an upgrade. 90 sqm of matting needed to be replaced, both on the outside and inside of the building’s entrances.
HOTEL & LEISURE - THE MAJESTIC HOTEL - STAIR NOSINGS
The Majestic Hotel is a famous landmark in Harrogate. It first opened in 1900 and is a magnificent example of grand Victorian architecture. The hotel is set in 8 acres of land and boasts 170 rooms, along with 8 large function rooms.
OFFICE - GAZETTE BUILDING - STAIR NOSINGS
Gazette Buildings is in the courts area of Corporation Street in Birmingham. It was built in 1886 as lawyers’ chambers and has been more recently used as solicitors’ practices and citizens’ advice centres.
OFFICE - INGENUITY HOUSE - STAIR NOSINGS
Ingenuity House is a huge 12,000 sqm structure adjacent to Birmingham’s International Airport and Train Station. This brand new, state of the art building consists of a series of office spaces spread over four floors.
RETAIL - MAILBOX - ENTRANCE MATTING
Birmingham’s Harvey Nichols store is located at The Mailbox, just five minutes’ walk from Birmingham New Street station. This huge luxury department store stocks over 200 high-class brands selling products such as clothing and perfumes.
EDUCATION - ST MICHAELS - STAIR NOSING
St Michael’s is a newly built Primary School located at Larkhill in Salisbury. The school boasts state of the art facilities including a dance studio and a sensory garden.
RETAIL - CAFFÉ NERO - STAIR NOSING
Caffé Nero has more than 825 coffee houses around the world and has won many awards for both its coffee making and its service. Its unique, elevated café in Coventry’s Lower Precinct shopping centre is known as The Rotunda.
RETAIL - ASHBOURN - STAIR NOSING
The Sally Montague Hair Group has been in business for 35 years, and runs six luxury hair salons and spas across Derbyshire. The Ashbourne salon is one of the largest developments of its kind in the UK and has been in the planning and design stages for eight years. It is designed around a central concrete staircase.
OFFICE - BBC, LONDON - STAIR NOSING
The BBC is the world’s oldest national broadcasting organisation, with sites and studios across the UK and around the world. BBC Broadcasting House is the BBC’s headquarters, where many of its flagship news, sports and current affairs programmes are recorded. With the BBC’s major radio networks also operating within, Broadcasting House has around 6,000 staff.
HEALTHCARE - HAWKINS DENTAL PRACTICE - STAIR NOSING
The timber bull nosed stairs leading up to the treatment rooms in the Birmingham based Hawkins Dental Practice had become worn through daily foot traffic over many years. The stair floorcovering and consequently the stair nosings needed to be replaced.
HOTEL AND LEISURE - SHOREFIELD HOLIDAYS - STAIR NOSING
Oakdene Forest Park is a beautiful holiday destination in St Leonards in Dorset, which is run by Shorefield Holidays. The park is peaceful and family-friendly, with a range of activities available both on- and off-site and accommodation to suit a variety of tastes.
HOTEL AND LEISURE -SUTTON LIBRARY - STAIR NOSING
Sutton Library is a vibrant community hub in the heart of Sutton Coldfield. It caters to people of all ages, with a café and soft play area alongside the books.
RESIDENTIAL - ASPREY HOUSE - STAIR NOSING
Asprey House is the site of Asprey Court Care Home. This is a purpose-built luxury care and nursing home situated in the town of Sutton Coldfield in near Birmingham.
OFFICE - THAMES COURT - ENTRANCE MATTING
Situated in the heart of London’s financial city centre, Thames Court is a busy, multi occupied office building which has won many design awards since it was built in 1998.
TRANSPORT - TODDINGTON SERVICES - ENTRANCE MATTING
The Toddington Moto Motorway Services on the M1 is one of the busiest stops for travelling motorists in the country. The footfall into the north and southbound premises is tremendous throughout every 24 hour period. It never stops. With such intense exposure, the matting in the entrance to the southbound section had become seriously worn and ineffective.
RESIDENTIAL - LAKEVIEW COURT CARE HOME - ENTRANCE MATTING
Built in 2010 Lakeview Court is a housing development of 58 extra care single and two bedroomed flats for the elderly. It is a place where elderly people can live together and retain their independence. Knowing all the time that if help is needed the qualified on-site care staff are on hand for any emergency. It is independence with peace of mind!
HOTEL AND LEISURE - ALDWYCH THEATRE - STAIR NOSINGS
Quantum Flooring Solutions is a hard act to follow at the Aldwych Theatre in London Bespoke stair nosings have been fitted on the stairs in the Theatre that accommodate the gauge of the extra thick carpet laid in the foyer and on the stairs throughout the public areas of the building.
HOTEL AND LEISURE - THE TITANIC HOTEL - STAIR NOSINGS
Quantum Flooring Solutions supplies the stair nosings for a most prestigious hotel in Belfast. Recently restored, the Titanic Hotel in the heart of the old Harland and Wolff shipyard is an historical inspiration of how the past can become the future.
OFFICES - ELGIN - STAIR NOSINGS
Way up north on the shores of the Moray Firth, the old Cathedral City of Elgin is part of an expanding area of business in Scotland. To cope with the increasing demand for office space, the town centre located Caledonian House has undergone a high spec refurbishment. The outcome being a suite of prestigious offices in the new Caledonian House Business Centre.
OFFICE - HM NAVY DOCKYARD IN PORTSMOUTH - ENTRANCE MATTING
The new Royal Navy’s Ark Royal Building at the HM Navy Dockyard in Portsmouth is dedicated to the new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth. It has an entrance with an external approach that is exposed to the elements.
HEALTHCARE - DORSET NHS TRUST - ENTRANCE MATTING
The busy main A&E lobby at Poole General Hospital needed an entrance matting system that would comply with Health and Safety requirements and effectively prevent moisture and dirt from being transferred to the main hospital floor. The matting also had to be wheelchair and caster-wheel friendly. Ambulance crews regularly cross the entrance with heavy trolley beds.
EDUCATION - DRAPERS MILLS PRIMARY - STAIR NOSINGS
Ward Flooring were required to fit a Stair Nosing which met DDA and Equality Act guidelines. Whilst helping to create an attractive and colour new learning environment for the school's students. Please click here to continue reading.
OFFICE - BOSTIK - STAIR NOSINGS
The most suitable solution proved to be Quantum Flooring Solution’s QR-HF153, with it’s deeper riser height, this Heavy Duty Stair Nosing was also suitable for a thicker gauge floorcovering such as carpet. Click here to continue reading.
