ICT FURNITURE

DWM supply and install high quality bespoke IT furniture specifically targeted for educational and office environments.

We can provide one off items or a complete solution, depending upon your requirements. All items are made to order with your exact requirements in mind.

We regularly work with Head Teachers and ICT Managers to transform classrooms, offices, staff rooms, cloakrooms, libraries and resource areas - in fact all areas that require furniture to transform them into organised and attractive work spaces.

DWM use only quality natural wood veneers or high grade manmade finishes such as wood effect melamine and high pressure laminates. We aim to ensure that the materials we use age sympathetically to their environments and continue to provide professional areas for learning. Combining these materials with well engineered fittings, we can provide solutions with excellent long term durability, in distinctive designs with superb ergonomic performance.

Our service is founded on quality - with our initial free of charge survey, thorough planning processes and comprehensive layout and 3D drawing designs, we can ensure that you will get your precise requirements, produced as competitively as possible - with the minimum of disruption to staff and pupils.

Our solutions include:

ICT industry suggested posture position guidelines:

Your feet should be flat on the floor, with knees at an angle of 90 degrees or slightly more. If the chair is too high, pressure under the thighs reduces circulation to the lower legs. Sitting in a chair that is too low can result in lower back pain.
The chair’s backrest supports the natural inward curve of the lumbar area, or lower spine. The backrest should either be small enough to fit into the small of the back, clearing the pelvis and back of the rib cage (thoracic region), or curved to provide adequate support. Inadequate lumbar support places excess pressure on the spine.
The backrest angle is set so that your hip-torso angle is 90 degrees or slightly greater. Leaning forward too much compresses the internal organs and disks of the back. Many people prefer to lean back slightly while working at a computer. Don’t lean back too far, though, or you’ll have to extend your arms too much to reach the keyboard and flex your neck forward to see the monitor.
If your chair has a backrest that moves back and forth with you, adjust the backrest tension to give adequate support for your weight.
Back of the knees are 2-3 inches forward of the chairs front edge. This eliminates any pressure in the popliteal area (back of the knee) which contains blood vessels and nerves. Excessive pressure in this area should be avoided. Some backrests adjust to effectively shorten the seat pan. If enough popliteal clearance does not exist and the chair does not adjust, then another chair with a shorter seat pan should be acquired.
Where armrests are used, elbows and lower arms should rest lightly so as not to cause circulatory or nerve problems. Shoulders need to be relaxed, not hunched up. Arms should be close to the body and not required to make frequent, far reaches, or be held away from the body. This can occur if the chair has armrests that do not allow the worker to sit in close to the table. Armrests can also get in the way if they are too high for the user. Where problems occur, lower or remove the armrests, or obtain a different chair.
Change your position occasionally during the day by raising or lowering your chair a little, adjusting the back angle slightly or "unlocking" the backrest, if possible, to let it move with you.

Note: The seat and backrest should support a comfortable posture that permits frequent variations in the sitting position through slight body shifts and/or chair adjustments.

Disability Act:
The Disability Discrimination Act makes it unlawful for education providers to discriminate against disabled pupils, students and adult learners.

DWM can assist in this process. Helping to establish a programme of refurbishment to reception and public areas as well as providing plans to help secure funding for future initiatives throughout your facilities.

Full details of the act and responsibilities can be gained from their website at www.disability.gov.uk.