Creating practical and attractive interiors is never an easy task, but for public buildings, the challenges can be even more acute. This is particularly true in the leisure, education and health sectors, as well as local authority buildings and service centres, where the combined demands for durability, practicality and aesthetics all need to be met.
Encasement’s Verta column casing range provides architects and contractors with an unrivalled choice of solutions that are already widely used in a range of public sector projects.
Sports & leisure
At Gateshead International Stadium, Encasement supplied and installed 16 Circa pre-formed plywood column casings, finished in a brushed aluminium Formica DecoMetal® laminate, to conceal structural columns in the reception and main entrance foyer.
Local authority services
Metal column casings from Encasement’s Forma range were chosen by Brighton & Hove Council to conceal structural columns, whilst also forming part of an integrated circular seating arrangement at its five storey customer services centre in the city.
Education
Forma metal column casings are used to conceal exterior structural supports at Maidstone’s New Line Learning Academy, while also helping create a feature entrance to the front of the building.
Square and rectangular Quadra pre-formed plywood column casings are used extensively in public areas at both Howley Grange Primary School, in Halesowen, and Farnborough Sixth Form College to conceal structural elements and improve aesthetics.
Healthcare
For Blackpool’s Moor Park Health Centre, 26 column casings were supplied by Encasement, including a bespoke manufactured, 7 metre high elliptical casing, from its Polyma GRP range.
Elliptical Polyma casings are also being used at a 40 bedroom Extra Care facility in Lincolnshire for people with specialist care needs. Measuring 800mm x 500mm and standing 2.7 metres high, the casings conceal internal structural column and rainwater harvesting pipework.