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Niche Operable Systems
This unique company designs and installs custom wall systems for a variety of needs and uses throughout the Lancashire, Manchester, and Yorkshire areas and they also include the rest of the United Kingdom and overseas as their field of operation.
As producers of folding, sliding partitions and moveable acoustic walls they cover a diverse range of places that can utilise their systems within the public and commercial sector and also in a variety of domestic situations.
Niche has installed their custom wall systems in schools, hotels, offices, golf clubs, hospitals, blue chip companies and have provided specialty items for architects, designers, and builders, always with the total care for each project from initial consultation, design, preparation, installation, demonstration, maintenance and repair.
Their application of their extensive product range shows their endeavour to provide unique and flexible solutions for each client and proposal. Market leading acoustic and fire ratings, framed glass movable systems and frameless glass sliding partitions put Niche at the forefront of the industry.
Working with leading architects Cassidy and Ashton on the West Lancashire Investment Centre, Niche provided the facility with a flexible and ease of use partition, that not only provided minimal structural load bearing implications and good acoustic control but also an aesthetically pleasing appearance to match the conference furniture. Niche are regularly asked to provide new solutions with bespoke detailing.
In the case of the Telford Golf and Country Q3 Hotels, the client required a bespoke, high specification and up market movable wall, with flexibility of space and excellent acoustic properties and a panel finish that would blend with the interior décor while also being a unique feature. A tall order.
Since this situation did not lend itself to a top hung system, and working with the contractor and structural engineers, Niche Operable Systems, using their extensive experience produced a easily navigable, individual panel system. A central column was created to form a hub from which four individual movable panels could meet, thus creating one, two, three or four rooms at any one time. These panels were also designed to stack away remotely from the main stack line and be hidden when not in use. The panels, four metres high were finished with colour laminate to match the room interior.
The requirements of the Bridge Club - Ansdell Institute NR Lytham were again a unique proposal. The client wanted an "open feel" in a basement area to make the most of borrowed light. Selecting a top hung movable wall (no floor track) with integral blind units for privacy and light passage, a hinged door for passage through walls and a finish that blended with the interior décor provided the privacy and flexibility the client requested.
This last study showcases Niche's work overseas. Niche has been servicing the UK for over a decade and has been undertaking varied and challenging work projects overseas. In Lile, France the schemes included a fast refurbishment for Decathlon (Reebok) for a quick and easy acoustic room
subdivision with panel surface areas that allowed merchandising to be mounted for demonstration purposes. Niche achieved this by applying sheet-steel to the panel finish.
Other overseas work included a large project for Arab Bank of Doha, Quatar and a variety of other supply and installation and export only/ supply only schemes.
