Board appointment for Knauf

Knauf Soundshield is the main component in a range of drywall solutions providing required standards of acoustic privacy and fire resistance in partition walls for the new buildings at Barts, Smithfield, and The London, Whitechapel. Knauf plasterboard will also create architectural effects at both sites.

The redevelopment for Barts and The London NHS Trust is a £1 billion construction project, involving two-year drywall packages totalling £21 million. Drywall specialists The BDL Group have been appointed for the Barts package, sharing the larger package at The London with Measom Dryline.

A dramatic four-storey part plasterboard wall will be the backdrop to the minimalist glazed entrance lobby to the new buildings at The London, while Barts will have a 40 metre entrance “tunnel” lined and vaulted with plasterboard, leading to a seven-storey triangular atrium.

Elsewhere at both sites Knauf Soundshield is used in various specifications to provide airborne sound reductions from 30dB to 45dB (Rw), in line with HTM 2045.