The installation of Hygienic Coating systems to CL3 Laboratories requires detailed technical knowledge and specialist installation contractors. Goss undertake these types of installation on a regular basis. This article provides details of a recent project at Roger Williams Institute of Hepatology.
The Roger Williams Institute of Hepatology is a world-renowned liver disease research facility that was originally founded in 1973. As part of an agreement with King’s College Hospital, London, in 2016, the Research Centre was relocated to the Denmark Hill campus to help capitalise on the opportunities of the new location for clinical translational research into liver disease.
Industrial hygienic coating for cleanroom and containment facilities
As part of the refurbishment project, we were contracted to supply and install heavy duty hygienic ceiling coatings for the extremely important Containment Level 3 (CL3) lab area of the research facility.
Hardwearing, hygienic coatings are a vital requirement when refurbishing a CL3 lab, due to the nature of the work carried out. Therefore, hygienic and robust durability properties are required of specified coatings as they will be consistently cleaned using a range of aggressive cleaning agents and other vigorous decontamination methods.
During our initial risk assessments and discussions with the project’s working group, it was concluded the hygienic coating that would perfectly match such demanding requirements would be white coloured Armourglaze FG Heavy from manufacturer CS Construction Specialities.
Armourglaze FG Heavy is a highly resilient, two pack, polyurethane, anti-microbial hygienic coating which incorporates a heavy fibreglass system for essential durability and impact resistance.
This protective system is highly resistant to the array of strong chemicals and solvents which are used during a decontamination process. In addition, due to the physical strength of the coating, it can also be steam cleaned when required.
The Armourglaze FG Heavy coating was installed to the ceiling of the cleanroom and containment facility and finished approximately 10mm down the wall, along with a pre-formed coving at the wall / ceiling junctions.
Hygienic coating installation process
This is a highly complex, multi-layer system which required several days to complete to the high and exacting standard the facility demands.
As a result, our professional and experienced team followed a well-planned and structured installation process, which consisted of:
Day 1 – The team undertakes the process of general protection, and coving and priming the ceiling area.
Days 2, 3 and 4 – The fibre-glassing of the areas to be treated is carefully developed, quality checked at every stage, then rechecked on practical completion.
Day 5 – Ensuring the previous stages have been completed to the highest standard, the 2nd topcoat is applied. Once dried, the team de-mask the area and sign off the project with the client.
This project was highly complex and required a great deal of planning and expertise. We were delighted to have been asked to supply and install the hygienic coating systems for such a prestigious organisation and look forward to continuing to work with King’s College and their scientific faculties.
