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A wide variety of suspended ceilings with mineral fillers and wooden (grille) panels, along with unique details and special (curved) metal-stud walls, make a significant contribution to the healing environment at HIC Heiloo. BENO Projectafbouw is responsible for this beautiful drywall installation. “No two walls or ceilings here are the same. The only thing they have in common is their high level of quality,” says commercial manager Patrik Nijhuis.
The team at BENO Projectafbouw has been working with contractor De Geus Bouw for many years. “We were approached for this project as well, right from the preliminary phase,” says Nijhuis. “Our scope of work includes all drywall finishing: from metal-stud walls to a wide variety of suspended ceilings. And it’s precisely those ceilings that make this project special. The offices feature traditional mineral ceiling tiles, while the residential clusters use wooden panels in various colors. In the common areas, wooden grid ceilings create a warm atmosphere, while the client rooms feature a virtually seamless ceiling made of 9-millimeter-thick PET felt. The material is made from recycled PET bottles and contributes to both acoustics and impact resistance.”
The suspended ceilings installed at HIC Heiloo are therefore anything but standard. “There’s so much more to it than that. We’re dealing here with a specific aesthetic, acoustic requirements, and future maintenance of the systems located above,” says Dick Oudhuis, work planner at BENO Projectafbouw. “With one type of ceiling, you can easily remove a panel later on, but with another, you can’t. That’s why we ask those questions as early as the planning phase. We deliver the mineral ceilings from stock, but the wooden ceilings are custom-made. This also requires customization around lighting, motion detectors, and other systems. The materials were custom-made for each cluster and building section to minimize on-site cutting. We also went the extra mile in the detailing. For example, special panels with a blind edge were made for the hallway areas, so that the perforations in the ceiling pattern continue seamlessly throughout.”
In addition to the ceilings, the metal-stud walls also feature unique elements, including curved walls and specific connections to the tiling, says Oudhuis. “Profiles are bent and coated for this purpose, resulting in a sleek, finished look.” The wide variety of drywall finishing work made the project complex, but that’s precisely what made it interesting for BENO Projectafbouw. “Once everything is finished, you mainly see the result. Then you almost forget how much effort went into it.” The company installed over 5,000 m² of suspended ceilings, 6,500 m² of metal-stud walls, and 13,000 m² of plasterwork. Not to mention the many square meters of wall cladding and cove trim. “We don’t shy away from a challenge, and that worked out extremely well here,” Nijhuis concludes.
