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KBAC FLOORING SPECIFIED FOR ASSUPOL HEAD OFFICE
Leading Johannesburg-based interior designers, Mindspace Interior Concepts, closely collaborated with KBAC Flooring and specified only the company’ s products for the flooring of the new head offices of Assupol Life in Pretoria.
The major component of the Mindspace specification for the new offices was KBAC’ s Interface Composure carpet tiles used in combination with various other Interface ranges to provide colour highlights. In total, the ultra-sustainable Interface modular flooring covers about 5,000m 2 of the new Assupol office floors.
Interface Composure flooring is ideal for the creation of tranquil contemporary interiors and has been widely installed by KBAC in many new commercial properties throughout South Africa. The Composure range mimics the subtle variations found in rock and stone formations to create adaptable, non-directional surfaces that are perfect for large areas of flooring, such as in the Assupol premises.
Interface Composure is available in 21 neutral colours that allow for the blending of darker shades of carpet tiles with lighter tones to naturally enhance office spaces.“ Mindspace applied colour in the flooring to differentiate between the Assupol departments and, as the floors are open plan, the distinctive colours selected add individual‘ personalities’ to their allocated working spaces,” stated Mindspace designer, Kim Luyt-Rosenberg.
KBAC Flooring was also asked to supply Wineo Purline stone vinyl tiles for the Assupol office’ s executive area. Purline vinyl tiles, imported from Germany, are produced from organic polyurethane. The realistic-looking and extremely durable vinyl tiles are made from renewable raw materials and natural fillers and have exceptional acoustical qualities.“ Wimeo Purline stone vinyl tiles were chosen for the Assupol executive area because the product’ s seamless natural stone look created space that looked opulent – but still natural. The flooring’ s acoustical value was also important in an area utilised by top management decision-makers,” Kim explained.
KBAC’ s Vanguard Woodlands LVTs were specified for the fifth floor as a highlight strip to create a walkway around the Assupol Call Centre. Woodlands is Vanguard’ s heavy-duty range and features hand scraped embossing and planks 1.5m in length. The tiles have 0.5mm thick wear layers and fibreglass reinforcement to maintain dimensional stability. www. kbac. co. za
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