Eco Flooring Systems Pty Limited are proud to have been able to provide their high quality, beautiful and hard wearing solution to the flooring needs of Lend Lease in their new environmentally friend headquarters at 30 The Bond in Sydney.
An Australian owned company operating since 1996, Eco Flooring Systems has a proven track record in supplying high quality BT Bamboo flooring including high profile installations such as David Jones in Perth and Sydney, The Chinese Consulate, Port Douglas Mirage Resort, The Beach Club, Palm Cove, Nestle headquarters in Sydney to name a few. Eco Flooring is the exclusive distributor of BT Bamboo flooring available Australia wide.
Lend Lease have been committed to incorporating environmentally sustainable development (ESD) initiatives into the project brief for 30 The Bond. Seven ESD priorities were identified and materials selection was of high priority. The stringent criteria placed on all materials selected for the development has ensured that the BT Bamboo flooring has the highest environmental and quality credentials.
In choosing BT Bamboo, Lend Lease looked at a range of factors including the manufacturing process, coatings applied and the glues used in lamination. They also looked at the practicalities such as the hardness and durability and the uniqueness and aesthetic appeal of bamboo flooring.
BT Bamboo flooring is stronger, harder and more stable thank most other hardwoods. BT Bamboo is equal in hardness to jarrah and tallowwood and is quality assured. (ISO 9002)
The water based coatings with zero emission, the non toxic glues and environmentally responsible manufacturing process used to BT bamboo flooring in China satisfied the strict criteria placed on materials chosen for the development.
The clarity of the flooring, and the fact that it is one of the few pale yellow, solid hardwood timbers available that are suitable for this purpose made it a natural.
BT Bamboo flooring, whilst complying with the architect’s requirements also complimented and enhanced the mood of the building and the overall theme of the new headquarters helping to create a light open environment of quality in which to work.
BT Bamboo was not only chosen by Lend Lease for its environmental qualities though, it is also a unique leading edge product that although widely used overseas is relatively new to Australia. This was seen to be in keeping with the innovative approach to the development.
Lend Lease chose BT Bamboo Light Sand Vertical Wide boards (152mm x 1830mm x 15mm) with a satin finish and, as a feature for the new board room, a darker, coffee coloured BT bamboo Carbonated Amber Vertical wide board was selected.
The selection of BT Bamboo flooring for this project is a demonstration of the innovative and careful choice of materials undertaken by developers, and as such, they and Eco Flooring Systems have created a benchmark for future developments that will be hard to match.
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