Special construction site barriers made of SmartPly SiteProtect have formed a bright and eye-catching addition to a site in Tilburg in the Netherlands, during the new build of a new Amarant day-care centre. Amarant is a global organisation founded to provided support and assistance for people with disabilities and their families. Amarant enables young people and children with mental health difficulties to enjoy a high quality of life, from family to school and social. Marquart Architects, the designers of the centre, were also responsible for designing the barriers.

The barrier design incorporates a number of ‘spy holes’ to allow passers-by to take a look at the construction work taking place. The SiteProtect panel, supplied ex-works, is already coated with a durable base coat, and the day-care centre staff coordinators have gone a step further by encouraging their clients to use the barriers as a blank canvas for their own forms of artistic expression.

SmartPly SiteProtect is a coated OSB product recently launched specifically for uses such as site hoarding and security installations. The smooth heavy-duty exterior, cross-linked polymer coating provides an excellent and enduring surface for artwork, advertisements, company logos and paint, and, in this case, offers an ideal base for the users of the new Amarant centre to have some creative fun! The OSB SiteProtect panels were developed especially for construction site barriers, security applications and they also have a range of other uses, from interior walls to roof boarding.

Behind SiteProtect is SmartPly OSB 3, a solid OSB panel that is manufactured without the addition of formaldehyde. The water-based coating contains no volatile organic substances and SiteProtect is suitable for use both indoors and outdoors. The SmartPly SiteProtect panel used for this project is supplied by Jongeneel Breda, a stock-holding distributor for many Medite MDF and SmartPly OSB panel products.

SmartPly SiteProtect is supplied in standard dimensions of 2440 mm x 1220 mm x 18 mm for interior and exterior use. SmartPly OSB is part of the panel products division of Coillte, the Irish forestry and forest products company. For more information, visit www.smartply.com/siteprotect.

PROJECT DATA

Client : Amarant Raamsdonkveer

Architect: Marquart architects, Raamsdonkveer 

SmartPly SiteProtect barrier currently under construction

Contractor: Bouwgroep Moonen

SiteProtect Manufacturer:  Coillte Panel Products: SmartPly Europe

SmartPly SiteProtect Supplier: Jongeneel Breda