One of the largest state schools in Europe and most expensive state school in Britain, costing ?46m, Thomas Deacon Academy opened in September 2007.

Stortford Interiors were requested to meet the Academys design criteria of glazed screens capable of withstanding a crowd pressure point loading of 1.5kN, 30 minute fire rated double glazed screens and an acoustic performance of 42dB.

Stortford Interiors worked closely with Laing ORourke and Foster and Partners to provide performance solutions to the design requirements of this prestigious project.

Stortford Interiors supplied and installed floor to slab Komfort Polar Double Glazed / PolarTec partitioning systems together with curved feature areas. The installation also included the supply of doors and over panels, as well as integrated fire rated doors to the glazed screens.

AIS Awards Judges commented:
Another outstanding entry of high performance glazed partitioning, only a whisker away from being the Gold award winner.