Shopping Centre - Entrance Matting - Drake Circus in Plymouth
Nigel Poulsom, Operations ManagerDrake Circus Shopping Centre, Plymouth"Our Cornwall Street entrance is multidirectional, with visitors entering through doorways set at 90 degrees to each other. When the original matting had been installed it was obvious this had not been accounted for, as visitors entering through one set of doors were walking along the lengths of the strips, rather than across them, giving little foot cleaning or drying properties and the matting was actually creating slip issues as customers walked along the lengths of aluminium.""When we started looking for a replacement product, the number of options available was quite staggering. Syncros surveyed our site and of all the different manufacturer products available, recommended installing Milliken Obex Forma in a closed format, which as a PVC tile product could be easily installed on a diagonal, removing the problems we were having.""Syncros consulted with the Drake Circus team on how the mats would be incorporated into our cleaning regime, and recommended the closed version of Milliken Obex Forma be installed rather than the open version. They also provided full instructions on how best to care for the product, and accordingly we vacuum the installations daily, and steam clean them once a month. 12 months and 18 million visitors later, it's really stood the test of time, as the matting looks great and after being steam cleaned it's even returned to looking like new!""12 months after installation, the matting looks great, and when its steam cleaned each month, it's even returned to looking brand new!"