We exercise a best practice approach in all that we do, especially when assessing the individual requirements of a new learning environment because every last one is unique.
Led by each education establishment's vision and values, our dedicated teams of experts create quality spaces that are long lasting, hard-wearing and designed to bring out the best in everyone, time and time again.
To help us achieve this we take every client through the following four-part process:
1. The brief
A dedicated Remploy Furniture manager will get to know every aspect of the project, conducting a site visit and discussing needs and objectives in full. This allows the resulting proposal to be fully attuned to individual ideals and specifications.
2. Interpretation
Our comprehensive feasibility study ensures the furniture and layout we recommend is attuned to the teaching methods and activities to be conducted within the space, while remaining sympathetic to the acoustics, flooring and colour schemes - both existing and proposed. We'll also consider the detail behind the programme in order to develop a timetable that's effective and timely to all.
3. Recommendation
Our proposals are mindful of all industry guidelines for health and safety, layout and flow. They include design visuals and all associated costings as standard.
4. Evaluation
To gain a better understanding of us and the thousands of products we produce, you are welcome to visit our 2,000-square foot showroom in Neath Port Talbot, South Wales. Furthermore our samples service allows you to touch, feel and test all that we offer. We can even arrange visits to some of our previous projects to see and experience firsthand the educational spaces we've created.
Developing the design brief and client consultation
Complete understanding of the design brief is critical to each and every project we undertake and is fully realised through a thorough consultation process with all stakeholders and faculty representatives who are each approached for comment.
These consultation interviews are conducted by a dedicated FF&E consultant appointed specifically to each project. The outcome(s) of this detailed process generates two documents critical to the ongoing facilitation of the tender process. These are:
1. The Curriculum Audit (sometimes referred to as the Visioning Document)
The conclusion of a detailed consultation process outlining the aspirations and needs of departmental representatives, this document sets out the design brief for each area covered by the project making generic recommendations based on the knowledge gained through the process to date.
2. Asset Register
A comprehensive document detailing all existing campus equipment and outlining both its condition and quality. Each product line includes a photographic representation for easy identification, together with an assessment of the condition and remaining lifespan of the FF&E.
3. Illustrative 2D, 3D and animated fly-through proposals
Computer Aided Design (CAD) drawings - concise, scaled images detailing the proposal in full - allowing you to truly visualise all that is being proposed.