Beacons Business Interiors was originally established in 1989 and has grown to become one of Britain’s leading facilities support specialists. Keeping the premises for which it is responsible in tip top condition is then of paramount importance for BBI who called in Plastic Surgeon to make good damage to a number of solid wooden doors where key pads and other security measures had been installed and subsequently removed.
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The Challenge Beacons Business Interiors was originally established in 1989 and has grown to become one of Britain’s leading facilities support specialists. Keeping the premises for which it is responsible in tip top condition is then of paramount importance for BBI who called in Plastic Surgeon to make good damage to a number of solid wooden doors where key pads and other security measures had been installed and subsequently removed. The Solution The areas of damage were brought back up to the level of the surrounding timber using a two-pack filler together with coloured hard wax fillers, and then smoothed over using a graduation of sanding materials. Amongst the most important skills Plastic Surgeon’s Fine Finishers are taught is the blending of colours to replicate an existing material, always taking into account the texture of the surface and the lighting conditions. Client: Beacons Business Interiors Sector: Construction: Retail, Facilities management Repairs: Internal Door & Wood Repairs Site: 4th Floor, Heron House, Manchester, M2 5EA Plastic Surgeon Case Study: Beacons Business Interiors (BBI) Heron House, Manchester
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The ChallengeBeacons Business Interiors was originally established in 1989 and has grown to become one of Britain’s leading facilities support specialists. Keeping the premises for which it is responsible in tip top condition is then of paramount importance for BBI who called in Plastic Surgeon to make good damage to a number of solid wooden doors where key pads and other security measures had been installed and subsequently removed.
The SolutionThe areas of damage were brought back up to the level of the surrounding timber using a two-pack filler together with coloured hard wax fillers, and then smoothed over using a graduation of sanding materials. Amongst the most important skills Plastic Surgeon’s Fine Finishers are taught is the blending of colours to replicate an existing material, always taking into account the texture of the surface and the lighting conditions.
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Client: Beacons Business InteriorsSector: Construction: Retail, Facilities management
Beacons Business Interiors (BBI)Heron House, Manchester
Thus the Finisher involved at Heron House used a selection of tints and stains to spray a background colour over the full area of the repair, before the effect of the wood grain was added by hand.
The ResultDue to the care taken and the skills displayed it is now almost impossible for the casual observer to distinguish where the doors have been repaired and BBI’s management was so pleased, Plastic Surgeon was invited to the company’s headquarters in Brecon to give a demonstration of the other types of repair that can be effected.Leading on from this, Plastic Surgeon has been awarded around 40 hours of work for BBI at a variety of sites and the client is benefitting from the other aspects of having an account with the specialist. These include monthly break downs of the categories of work carried out and an estimate of the amount of landfill that has been saved, underlining the sustainability potential of Plastic Surgeon’s unique service.
Sustainable RepairsAt the same time as providing clients with a comprehensive cosmetic repair service addressing virtually every type of product and substrate, Plastic Surgeon is also addressing important aspects of the sustainability agenda. For while the company’s ethos of ‘repairing rather than replacing’ represents a saving of approximately £3 for every pound spent, this approach also significantly reduces waste going to landfill and therefore helps cut a customer’s carbon footprint. Uniquely, Plastic Surgeon has developed its VisibilITy software which translates each finisher’s job report, sent from their palm pilot, into the equivalent weight and other statistics on a data base that participating customers can utilise for their own sustainability reporting.
