Thanks to the installation of ROCKWOOL flat roof insulation products, teachers and students at Stopsley High School are benefitting from a learning environment that has been acoustically treated to reduce noise disruption.
Located in Luton, Stopsley High School is a mixed Comprehensive and Community College that educates children from 11 to 16 years old.
In 2013, the school received funding from the Government, via the Priority School Building Programme (PSBP) to demolish and rebuild some buildings, while others receive upgrades.
To support the increase of pupil capacity from 990 to 1,350, a new school building was built to provide 64 classrooms, a four court sports hall, creative and music spaces and a special needs facility.
Main contractor, Interserve worked with sub-contractor, Briggs Amasco and Acoustic consultant, Arup to deliver a modern, purpose-built and well-insulated school building. The brief for this project included the following:
- To achieve a thermal performance of 0.15 W/m2K in the school building.
- To meet the stringent acoustic performance requirements of BB93, in order to achieve a target noise reduction of Rw44Db.
- To control the noise generated in high traffic areas of the school, such as the sports hall and music rooms was desired.
Offering maximum density and exceptional dimensional stability, approximately 600m2 of the 150mm ROCKWOOL HARDROCK Multi-Fix (DD) boards were adhesively applied on the roof of the building. ROCKWOOL HARDROCK Multi-Fix (DD) Underlay was placed across the roof, followed by the HARDROCK Multi-Fix (DD) roof boards providing a non-combustible surface that was ideal for the application of the torch applied bitumen waterproofing system.
“I have used ROCKWOOL products on several projects previously, so I was confident that the ROCKWOOL HARDROCK Multi-Fix (DD) roof boards would deliver outstanding results,” comments Tony Sutton, Contracts Manager at Briggs Amasco.
“The ROCKWOOL products act as an excellent sound deadening layer, which helped in controlling the high level of noise coming from the sports and the music halls of the school. The products also deliver optimum levels of thermal and acoustic performance, which helped us achieve the set requirements.”
The HARDROCK Multi-Fix (DD) boards have helped to deliver a comprehensive thermal, sound and fire safe solution that is suitable for this type of multi-purpose application. HARDROCK Multi-Fix (DD) products are excellent sound level controlling products and fully compatible for use with other flat roofing systems.
Achieving excellent thermal efficiency and sound insulation was paramount at Stopsley High School. The thermal, acoustic and fire resistance properties of ROCKWOOL products have helped Stopsley High School to provide effective teaching and learning environment. Additionally, the excellent fire resistance properties of the ROCKWOOL products provide a high level of fire protection that will last the lifetime of the school building.
