An educated flooring choice from Safety Flooring.

Project: Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College

Location: North Sydney, NSW

Flooring size: approx 1000 sqm

Flooring Product: Low Profile Navy with Gray Tactile supplied by Safety Floorings

Completion: April 2010

The Federal Government's 2009 stimulus package injected millions of dollars into Australian schools through its Building the Education Revolution (BER) funding scheme. Within 10 months of BER's commencement 52 per cent of NSW school building projects funded by BER are now completed.

Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College, located harbour-side in North Sydney, NSW, recently completed the upgrade of its exterior walkways providing a safer and a more acoustically sympathetic environment for the 1000 students studying at the College.

“The injection of Federal Government funding allowed the College to undertake some much needed renovation to its exterior walkways,” said Owen Field, manager facilities and resources, Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College. “Monte needed a flooring product that offered the highest of safety standards, looked great and would be durable for years to come. Our architect specified Comcork Low Profile ii as the best solution.”

With an expected life span of more than 15 years, Low Profile is green star compliant making it an environmentally sustainable choice. Suitable for both commercial and domestic applications, it offers great underfoot comfort, absorbs walking noise, is slip resistant to meet Australian standards plus is highly resistant to UV light and extreme temperatures, a clear advantage when coping with hot Sydney summers.

Loretta Pearson, Director of Safety Floorings, exclusive NSW distributors of Comcork Flooring products comments: “Many schools sought an Australian-made product for their BER projects to ensure the stimulus funding boosted the Australian economy rather than go off shore s. Low Profile is 100% Australian made and manufactured which made it a natural choice for architects and designers.”

“Tens of thousands of feet stomp across the school's walkways every day dragging grit, dirt, rain and dust with them however we are confident Low Profile will withstand the test of time and will remain as safe and comfortable to walk and look good decades from now,” said Owen Field.

“An unexpected bonus has been the reduction in noise from students constantly slamming locker doors - the acoustic abilities of the product has really come to the fore and has all but drowned out excessive noise from these areas. Monte staff and students are very happy with the outcome!”

“We are very proud to be an Australian owned and operated business that only offers 100% Australian made, environmentally sustainable products,” said Ms Pearson.