Kiwibank Head Office, Wellington

Installation: Kiwibank – NZ Post House, Wellington

Specifier: Planet Design

Installer: B&R Flooring

Product: Equilibrium Static, Cubic Colours, I-Line, BounceRE & TacTiles™.

Making the choice to use Interface carpet tile was easy.

The combination of design, technology and life-time value left only one supplier – InterfaceNZ Ltd.

• 15 year NZ backed warranties – vs agency importers who are all care and no responsibility.
• True closed loop product – yes we will recycle the Kiwi Bank carpet tile back into carpet tile at the end of its life.
• Real 3^rd party verification of our product and organization (ECNZ, carboNZero).
• Great design capability.
• TacTiles™ is a new way of installing Interface carpet tiles without using glue. We recommend this installation method to avoid glue smells, VOC’s and definitely when installing while employees continue to work in the same space.
• BounceRE is a high density shock absorbing backing which is installed as a modular square with TacTiles™. It is specifically designed to improve underfoot comfort in all applications.

Kiwibank needed energy, vibrancy and an environment for their call centre that would differentiate themselves from the mainstream banks. Using Equilibrium as the main tile and then the Cubic colours and I-Line to add the colour they succeeded in nailing the high energy brief – see the photos – doesn’t it look great.

And because they used BounceRE there were no minimum order sizes for the colour tiles. Under the old regime of CushionBac – adhering the underlay directly to the carpet tile 100m² minimums, special production runs and recyclability were key issues. With BounceRE all these issues go away.

The result – a floor that is fit for purpose, looks great and meets the brand/culture philosophy of Kiwibank.