Construction Specialties , architectural specialty product suppliers, have recently introduced a product range that is energy efficient, has premier aesthetic design and offer protection against the elements.
Fighting wind, rain, heat and glare, Construction Specialties’ range of sun controls and louvers are functional and have streamlined, environmentally conscious design. The products have been chosen to adorn impressive buildings such as the National Art Gallery and the Australian National University.
The sunshades reduce solar heat gain and glare in interior spaces, while achieving significant reduction in energy consumption and increasing worker productivity. Louvers specialise in water and sound resistance and offer 20 times more effective results.
Construction Specialties also offer the following products:
Construction Specialties Acrovyn: Construction Specialties Acrovyn offers wall protection by reducing wall damage and maintenance costs in buildings. Acrovyn offers a complete line of wall protection for every project and building type. These include corner guards, bumper guards, crash rails, door protection, doorframe protection and wall coverings.
Combining sophisticated shape, functionality and technology, the new profiles use the versatility of acrylics, the warmth of timber, and the strength of stainless steel and are available in various colours, patterns and finish options.
In Australia, Construction Specialties Acrovyn is used in hospitals. These include the Alfred and Austin Hospitals in Melbourne, the Fairfield and Concord in Sydney, the Prince Charles in Brisbane and the Royal Hobart Hospital.
Construction Specialties Pedisystems flooring systems: The entrance flooring mats are suitable for high traffic applications such as retail and office entrances and reduce the cost of damage to interior floor surfaces. There are three products in this range, which includes Pedimat, Pediluxe and Pedigrid. Pedimat and Pediluxe can be rolled back to enable cleaning of the recess, while Pedigrid is a rigid mat system that can be used where water collects in the recess.
Research shows that 95% of appearance problems on textile floor coverings are caused by tracked in dirt. The abrasive effect of grit brought in by as few as 1500 people can remove 42% of the floor finish on hard floors, leaving an uninspiring impression to newly entered customers.
The key is to prevent the ingress of soil by the effective use of entrance flooring systems. Pedisystems remove and retain soil and moisture, can be cleaned easily, and are hard wearing. All Pedisystems mats have exceptional load bearing capability and feature a range of hard-wearing tread inserts in a range of colours. Pedisystems also have hard-wearing nylon carpet treads that include fibre filaments to keep the pile from being flattened out.
Construction Specialties Pedisystems have been incorporated in major projects including Aldi Supermarkets throughout Australia; Taronga Zoo, Sydney; Audi Showroom Five Dock, Sydney; University of New South Wales; Department of Corrective Services New South Wales and the Caroline Springs Library, Melbourne.
Construction Specialties Expansion Joints offer high performance expansion joints that include architectural expansion joints, car park and stadium expansion joints and expansion joints for fire barriers. Architectural expansion joints include standard and custom expansion joint systems.
Car park expansion joints are designed to eliminate the problems associated with old style systems. Products include the exclusive Zip Block seal that installs in half the time of elastomeric seals and minimises water penetration, and the seismic metal expansion joints, which are designed to stand up under continual dynamic wheel loads.
The chimney effect caused by fire at traditional unprotected expansion joints can advance the fire spread. For this reason, Construction Specialties have developed three fire barrier systems that are designed to be used with any Construction Specialties’ expansion joints. All systems have been tested at Underwriters Laboratories and are UL Classified and labelled.