A basketball court fence at a Hampshire special school is up and running after a £4.4m project of remodelling and refurbishment.
The main works were completed in August by W Stirland, a privately-owned construction company near Chichester.
They involved the conversion and extension of the existing Victorian school building at Linden Education Centre in Aldershot, creating teaching accommodation for 92 secondary age pupils who cannot attend mainstream school because of emotional or behavioural reasons.
Farnham-based PRO Fencing, the fencing division of WL West & Sons Ltd, installed the basketball court using 3m-high Duo Sports steel fencing from Zaun Ltd, with matching 1.2m-high spectator railings to one side.
Duo Sports forms a robust play area with highly durable, low maintenance and ‘graffiti proof, and rubber inserts between panels and posts to keep ‘rattle’ during play to a minimum and eliminate noise during play. Duo Sports is ideal for use on most sports pitches, especially on MUGAs and to form a Basketball Court Fence.
Linden Education Centre caters for students aged 11–16 whose behavioural problems have resulted in them being permanently excluded from a mainstream school or in danger of being excluded.
The aim is to re-integrate students aged 11–14 into a mainstream school. Older students, especially those in Year 11, invariably complete their education at the centre before further education.
About Zaun
Zaun Limited is the sole remaining manufacturer of welded and woven mesh fencing systems manufacturing the UK’s entire system. Zaun makes the mesh, fencing panels, posts, clamp bars and fixings at its state-of-the-art five-acre production facility in Wolverhampton in the West Midlands. Products have been tested and approved by testing organisations, including CPNI, LPCB and Secured by Design.
Zaun works very closely with all stakeholders within the business, including employees, local, national and international suppliers and a long-established customer base of fencing contractors to design, manufacture and supply high-quality fencing systems, increasingly often providing expertise in integrating PIDs and other systems into holistic security solutions.
Zaun was founded in 1996 and remained a private company solely owned by co-founder Alastair Henman with a regional office in Dubai. It manufactures to ISO 9001 standards. It is also a member of the Perimeter Security Suppliers’ Association (PSSA), of which Alastair Henman is a director.
Zaun is a proud British manufacturer and founder of the Made in Britain campaign, a key player in the UK fencing market and one of the fastest-growing companies in an increasingly competitive industry.
