Covid 19 Partition Barrier – Manchester

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Shrink Wrap Partitions

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Covid 19 Barrier, Covid 19 Partition, Shrink Wrap Screen

ABOUT THIS PROJECT

Covid 19 Partition For Canteen ‘Corridor’

Current government advice (May 2020), as the UK deals with the Covid-19 pandemic, is for everyone to work from home wherever possible and limit contact with other people. However, for jobs where working from home is not possible, employers have a ‘duty of care’ for staff and customers visiting the workplace. This means employers must do all they reasonably can to support health, safety and wellbeing. As employers around the UK carry out ‘Covid 19 risk assessments’, they are looking to implementing measures to mitigate identified risks.

One of the ways to make workplaces safer is by using screens to ensure social or physical distancing. At Rhino Shrink Wrap we have completed a number of Covid 19 partitions in factories, distribution centres and

construction sites around the UK using our heavy duty, flame retardant shrink wrap film. For our latest project, a team of 3 installers from Rhino, worked over 3 days for Bowmer & Kirkland to complete the installation of a 65m long x 2.9m high shrink wrap screen. The screen was requested to provide a physical barrier between a canteen / rest area in an office development and the walking routes that passed through it.

The usual process for installing a shrink wrap screen is to fix a timber batten or aluminium track to the floor, ceiling and any uprights. However, on this project, the customer requested that no surfaces could be drilled so a new batten fixing method using heavy duty ties was devised. The 300 micron thickness, heavy duty shrink wrap sheeting was then fixed between the floor and ceiling track and heat shrink ‘drum tight’ using our hot air tool. The end result was a smart looking, smooth and tight shrink wrap screen.

At some point in the future, (hopefully soon), when the Covid 19 screens are no longer required, it will be easy to to cut down the shrink wrap in sections using a Stanley knife and fold it for recycling before removing the batten and track. (All Rhino Shrink Wrap sheeting products are 100% recyclable.) If graphics or signage is required, it is easy to apply self adhesive vinyl signage and zipped access hatches can ensure emergency exit routes remain accessible.

Compared to other Covid 19 barriers, such as solid hoarding, a shrink wrap screen offers more flexibility with regard to installation. Our standard product is available in sheets up to 7m wide x 15m long, and where joins are required, the sheets are heat welded so there is no limit to the size and shape of area that can be covered. As standard, our sheet is supplied in a white colour, but we can supply & install transparent screening also. If you prefer, we can provide ‘materials only’ and guidance to help you install the screens using your in-house teams.

For more information about our internal building screens, contact our friendly team on 01477 532222 or e-mail info@rhinoshrinkwrap.com. We look forward to hearing from you.

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