Case Study Category: Ceiling Tiles

SIT Ceiling

Tertiary training kitchen features hygienic ceiling tiles

A new kitchen in Queenstown provides students and tutors with the perfect training environment. The Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) has five campuses around New Zealand and recently completed a full refurbishment of its hospitality school training kitchen and classrooms in Queenstown. In a tight construction schedule, work began after the final teaching week of 2017 and had to be completed and commissioned ready for the 2018 academic year.

Designed by Bill Mackintosh of Beattie McDowell Architecture, the training kitchen caters for 18 students and is fitted with all the latest gear. The equipment list includes nine Waldorf electric ranges, a six-tray Turbofan demonstration oven, and a 12-tray Turbofan oven for teaching a range of speciality bread and pastry recipes, along with other specialised appliances.

The Queenstown layout is similar to SIT’s Invercargill training kitchen, which works well for students and tutors, offering good sightlines for demonstrations and a safe operating environment for trainee chefs. Kitchen finishes meet B2 Durability and G3 Food Preparation requirements of the New Zealand Building Code for commercial kitchens.

HardieGlaze Premium and Invibe by James Hardie line the walls, and ceilings are the Fenta ceiling tile by Bates Surfaces in a suspended ceiling grid. The high-gloss, light-reflective surfaces of both the white Fenta tile and HardieGlaze panels means light is bounced around the room for maximum energy efficiency, providing excellent lighting conditions for the precise work required for food preparation and presentation.

Made in New Zealand for over 30 years, Fenta ceiling tiles are specially designed for the

humid conditions and cooking residue of commercial kitchens. They feature a 100% UV-cured painted surface on a 4.5mm James Hardie cement board. The antibacterial, scratch-resistant and non-porous surface makes them a benchmark product for these environments.

Product details

The tiles fit into all standard suspended ceiling grids and come in white high-gloss or white satin finish. They can be ordered in any colour when the project meets the minimum order size. Contact Bates Surfaces for further information on info@batessurfaces.co.nz or phone 0800 269 251.

Fenta distributors:

Forman Building Systems | www.forman.co.nz
Potter Interior Systems | www.potters.co.nz
T&R Interior Systems | www.tris.co.nz

Dad’s Pies

Hygienic ceiling tiles printed with a timber pattern

In a refurbished bakery café, Fenta Digital ceiling tiles create a warm plywood look, while complying with fire rating and hygiene best practices.

The Baker’s Son café in Silverdale sits out front of Dad’s Pies bakery, a purpose-built food factory that makes a range of savoury products for retail outlets around New Zealand, and for its main export markets of Australia and Japan.

‘We have always had a café or lunch bar as part of the bakery,’ says owner and founder Eddie Grooten. ’It’s how we trial our products and get customer feedback. It’s a good stand-alone business in its own right, too, so we recently renovated the café interior and extended the range of food. It’s a lot more comfortable, spacious and modern.’

After initially considering a plywood finish, they were introduced to Bates Surfaces who make PlyPlay and Fenta. Fenta commercial ceiling tiles became the natural choice, as they provide a good fire rating and hygienic finish. Normally a white satin or gloss, Fenta tiles can also be digitally printed. Eddie chose a printed plywood image to get the character and aesthetics of timber, but with all the benefits that Fenta brings in terms of durability, maintenance and compliance.

‘We wanted a hygienic ceiling,’ says Eddie. ‘In any food premises, it has to be easy to maintain and easy to clean.’ Coated in Auckland on an advanced UV line, the tile coating has antimicrobial bio silver molecules. This makes the surface uniquely suitable for ceilings in food-prep areas, laboratories, commercial bathrooms and laundries – spaces where hygiene is critical.

The printed ceiling tiles are laid in the suspended ceiling grid so the grain pattern flows from tile to tile. The metal ceiling grid is powder-coated a light tan colour to tone in nicely with the print. Against white walls, and with black and gold accents, the interior feels modern, warm and elegant.

Digital printing onto Fenta tiles – encapsulated within the coating – is a product innovation affording greater design creativity in functional commercial ceilings.
High-resolution printing gives designers enormous scope to communicate identity and personalise interiors with innovative graphics and large-format images.

Product description: Made in New Zealand for 40 years, the Fenta tile is based on a 4.5mm James Hardie fibre cement board, which is cut to 600 x 1200mm tiles (nominal) and then coated with a hard, high-gloss UV-cured paint system by Bates Surface Solutions, New Zealand’s largest coatings applicator for building panel products and a leader in UV-cured paint technology. The Fenta tile drops into standard commercial suspended ceiling grids.

Key features:

• 100% UV-cured and VOC-free paint (primers and topcoats).
• Hygienic and fire-resistant.
• Durable, hard and scratch-resistant.
• Highly light-reflective for brighter spaces.
For further details contact Bates Surfaces at info@batessurfaces.co.nz or phone 0800 269 251.

FENTA DISTRIBUTORS

Forman Building Systems | www.forman.co.nz
Potter Interior Systems | www.potters.co.nz
T&R Interior Systems | www.tris.co.nz

CREDITS
Project: Baker’s Son café
Product: Fenta ceiling tiles
Photos: Bryce Carlton

Burwood Hospital commercial kitchen, Christchurch

Fenta commercial kitchen ceiling tiles: for high performance

The new $215 million Burwood Hospital in Christchurch features a state of the art commercial kitchen. Fenta Ceiling Tiles by Bates Surfaces were selected as part of the high quality and durable material palette.

Designed to provide meals for over 280 patients a day, the Burwood Hospital catering kitchen had to be robust, easy to clean, low maintenance and highly efficient. Fenta ceiling tiles perform on all fronts due to their unique UV-cured painted surface and strong substrate.

The Fenta tiles hard-wearing surface provides the longevity required in a busy hospital environment. And the specialist paint system, developed by Bates Surfaces, means excellent light reflectance for
the window-less kitchen spaces.

Ingredients for optimal light reflectance

The project brief required a high gloss level on the walls and kitchen ceiling, both for easy-clean and a high light reflectance value. The glazed Fenta tiles are about the best option on the market for these requirements because of their non-scratchable surface and unique paint finish.

The UV-cured polyurethane provides a luminous surface. Lighting is amplified in the space, making the artificial lighting more efficient. This leads to improved working conditions and lower energy costs. “We have no natural light,” says food service manager Hellen Donnithorne, “so they help make the kitchen light and bright and easy on the eye.”

A durable surface and a flexible solution

The James Hardie compressed sheet substrate makes the Fenta tiles incredibly tough, while the UV-cured high-gloss paint surface is smooth and hygienic. This makes them very easy to wipe down and maintain in this busy commercial kitchen.

Sheppard and Rout architect, Tim Dagg, describes them as “one of the better options for durability and flexibility, where you can pop out the tiles from the ceiling grid to access and maintain services concealed above.”

Fire retardant where heat sources are used

In addition to hygiene and light-reflectance, the other key feature required for a kitchen environment is fire safety. The fire rated ceiling tiles achieve the maximum New Zealand Building

Code Fire Safety Standard – Code 1-S – and also meet the New Zealand requirements for non-sprinkler environments, making them an ideal choice for food prep and commercial kitchen areas.

Product details

The tiles fit into all standard suspended ceiling grids and come in white high-gloss or white satin finish. They can be ordered in any colour when the project meets the minimum order size. Contact Bates Surfaces for further information on info@batessurfaces.co.nz or phone 0800 269 251.

Fenta distributors:
Forman Building Systems | www.forman.co.nz
Potter Interior Systems | www.potters.co.nz
T&R Interior Systems | www.tris.co.nz

Changing rooms at the EA Networks Centre, Ashburton

The Fenta Ceiling Tile: for hardworking spaces

Bates Surfaces Fenta Ceiling Tiles feature in a new, state-of-the-art sports centre where hygiene,
durability and easy maintenance are essential.

Complete with an aquatic centre, indoor stadium and gymnasium, Ashburton’s EA Networks Centre
is a stunning new multi-sport facility designed by Warren and Mahoney. Fenta Ceiling Tiles feature in
the café and changing rooms where a stylish but hardworking surface was needed. Made from a
premium James Hardie fibre cement board, the tiles have a non-porous, glossy surface coating,
which is highly resistant to mould and mildew, and has excellent reflectivity to enhance areas with
little or no natural light.

“The Fenta Ceiling Tiles were selected because of the need for a durable, hard-wearing, easy-clean
and moisture-resistant ceiling,” says project architect Alex Head. “Changing rooms in aquatic centres
are prone to high abuse, high moisture levels and regular cleaning, and therefore the selection of a
prefinished fibre cement–based panel was an obvious choice.”

A New Zealand product with a 25-year history

The Fenta Ceiling Tile is the original Hardiglaze Ceiling Tile, renamed in 2005 when the product passed from James Hardie to Bates Surfaces. Specified in New Zealand projects for over 25 years, it is seen by many as the industry standard for ceilings in hygiene areas.

Bates Surfaces has retained the 4.5 mm James Hardie substrate, a premium board made of Portland
cement with a hard, smooth surface. This forms the base of the Fenta Tile, which is finished with an UltraLightTM Technology primer and overcoated with a 100% UV coating system that is tough and
environmentally friendly.

A wide range of applications

Their hygiene, durability and light-reflective qualities make these tiles suitable for a wide range of situations: changing rooms and bathrooms, commercial kitchens, general utility rooms, retail fit-outs, laboratories, hospital and health-care environments. The tiles meet the maximum New Zealand Building Code Fire Safety Standard (Code 1-S), as well as code requirements for non-sprinkler environments, making them ideal for commercial kitchens and laboratories.

In the EA Networks Centre changing rooms, one year on, the tile is easily standing up to the high-intensity environment, and proving to be very easy to clean and maintain. “I like the tiles,” comments Dave Folley, who handles plant maintenance at the centre. “They’ve been in twelve months now and are very easy to clean and they reflect light around.” More than simply a practical finish, the tiles’ crisp, modern aesthetic also enhances the architecture of the building.

Product details

The tiles fit into all standard suspended ceiling grids, and come in white high-gloss or white satin
finish. They can be ordered in any colour when the project meets the minimum order size. Contact
Bates Surfaces for further information on info@batessurfaces.co.nz or phone 0800 269 251.
Fenta distributors:
Forman Building Systems | www.forman.co.nz
Potter Interior Systems | www.potters.co.nz
T&R Interior Systems | www.tris.co.nz

EA Networks Centre, Ashburton

Fenta Ceiling Tiles: ideal in sports centre café

The hygienic, light-reflective Fenta Ceiling Tiles feature in EAT café servicing a state-of-the-art new sports centre designed by Warren and Mahoney.

EAT café at the new EA Networks Centre seats up to 100 customers, catering for large sports tournaments as well as regular swimming pool and gym users. Like the fitness areas, the café environment has to be high-performance and low maintenance to be able to run efficiently seven days a week, 52 weeks a year.

Hygienic for food prep areas

Fenta Ceiling Tiles are installed in the café’s commercial kitchen and counter service area where hygiene standards are critical. The tiles’ hard, high-gloss surface makes them resistant to moisture, bacteria, mould and mildew, keeping them pristine years after installation. When cleaning is required, their smooth, non-scratch surface makes this effortless.

Light-reflective for windowless rooms

The stylish tiles have a high-tech appearance due to their glossy white, light-reflective finish, which is designed to maximise illumination inside artificially lit spaces, a common situation for commercial kitchens. To achieve a high durability, ANZAL use a premium James Hardie fibre cement board finished with patented UltraLight™ Technology – an eco-friendly, UV curing process.

Low maintenance to lower running costs

Café manager Kim Jamison says the kitchen has to cater for a range of foods “from gourmet burgers to raw foods popular with gym goers. We have a good extraction system to deal with moisture and heat, and the ceiling tiles still look brand-new a year after opening. They’re amazing – they stay clean and are very low maintenance.”

Fire retardant where heat sources are used

In addition to hygiene and light-reflectance, the other key feature required for a kitchen environment is fire safety. The Fenta tiles achieve the maximum New Zealand Building Code Fire Safety Standard – Code 1-S – and also meet the New Zealand requirements for non-sprinkler environments, making them an ideal choice for food prep and commercial kitchen areas.

Contact Bates Surfaces for further details info@batessurfaces.co.nz or phone 0800 269 251.

Fenta distributors:
Forman Building Systems | www.forman.co.nz
Potter Interior Systems | www.potters.co.nz
T&G Interior Systems | www.tris.co.nz