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Case Histories REAL-WORLD SOLUTIONS
WAalls Stand Up to Demands of Nursing Education
REFLECTION OF THE It was essential that the walls in the growing healthcare occupational nursing skills lab could contend with trend is apparent in Pellis- a busy, educational atmosphere. This
sippi State Community College’s Nursing Program, where enrollment at the Knoxville, TN, campus continues to increase. The col- lege’s administrators wanted to transform a single, open lab space and a classroom into three protected, unique spaces. The solution included Acrovyn by Design on partition walls to artfully designate separate areas.
The learning environment in the Jenny & Randy Boyd Building at the Strawberry Plains campus required renovations of the 24,250 available-square-feet to meet the needs of both students and faculty.
The addition of an operable wall was necessary to better accommodate multiple teaching scenarios, such as learning how to perform and master skills prior to entering the obstetric and pediatric clinical sites.
required the walls to be durable and easy to clean. The design team focused on deliver- ing a look that exceeded all the project’s requirements for durability, professional- ism and cleanliness.
“Our solution to put Acrovyn by Design on the partition walls makes them as beautiful as they are easy to clean. We are also pleased with the durability Acrovyn by Design brings to Pellissippi’s nursing skills lab. In a dynamic learning space with moving nursing beds and carts, protection for the operable walls was imperative,” says Bill Vinson of Community Tectonics Architects. “Acrovyn by Design’s Organic Collection fit beautifully into the lab’s healthcare aesthetic.”
Pleased with the beautiful modification of its nursing skills lab, Pellissippi adminis-
Acrovyn by Design partition walls stood up to the rigorous demands of a nursing lab environment, while also fitting in well with the lab’s “healthcare aesthetic.”
trators requested that Acrovyn by Design be placed on additional partition walls in the pediatric skills lab, the obstetrics lab and another classroom at the Strawberry Plains campus as well.
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Cleaning Made Easier with Cordless Backpack Vacuums
THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH’S campus in Salt Lake City is comprised of 130 buildings with 8.5 million square feet of facility space. The custodial staff of about 300 people main- tains the campus through a district system with six groups that run somewhat inde- pendently of one another. Todd Stoneking works with a core group that supports the other six groups with equipment, training and other knowledge.
Motivated to protect the health of build- ing occupants and enhance the respected image of the university, Stoneking and the rest of the custodial staff work to maintain the campus to a high standard in spite of challenging spaces. To improve cleaner productivity in challenging spaces, they implemented eight GoFree Flex Pro cordless backpack vacuums from ProTeam in six different buildings.
“Cordless backpack vacuums have their fit in cleaning a university, places where it is cost-effective to use them,” says Stonek- ing. “We can’t put one in every room, so we place them where they save enough time to save manpower in relation to the cost of the unit.”
The GoFree Flex Pro cleans in areas where power outlets are infrequent, where obstacles are prevalent, and where 24-hour traffic makes it difficult to clean safely. In each of those areas, it saves time. In the case of the campus library and lecture-style classrooms, it cut vacuuming time in half. “We have another brand of cordless backpack vacuum as well,” says Stoneking. “After using them both a bit, my personal feeling is that the ProTeam is just a stronger vacuum with a better runtime.”
Stoneking improved upon the universi- ty’s cordless backpack vacuums by upgrad-
Protecting student health and the institution’s reputation was made easier for the University of Utah when they adopted the GoFree Flex Pro cordless vacuum in their cleaning operations.
ing to the most recent harness design. “The staff likes the new FlexFit harness
a lot better than the previous harness,” says Stoneking. “It has better padding, so it’s a lot more comfortable.” CPM
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