St Clair Recreation and Leisure Centre caters for a wide range of sports and community uses, including function bookings. The centre comprises of a full-size basketball or futsal court, a gymnastic hall, two dance studios and a meeting room.

The centre was looking for a way to be able to divide their large function/meeting area into two smaller areas if needed, thereby allowing them to maximize the use of the area and run simultaneous functions or meetings for different customers.

Operable walls can provide different options for the same venue, through effective space separation and controlling sound transmission and reverberation levels. Bildspec Operable Walls also have an important part to play in improving the acoustic environment. These folding doors are often used to divide areas in clubs or community spaces needing to maximize their patronage at certain times in the day, as well as provide privacy when needed.

The builder, Westbury Constructions, decided to use a Bildspec Series 100 Rw50 Centre Stacking Operable Wall to achieve this objective. The acoustic walls contained fixed top sweep seals and bottom mechanical retracting seals to help achieve the acoustic brief. The panel face chosen was Impact Resistant Timber Look Foil “Modena Oak”, a functional material able to withstand heavy use.