Specifying Boards for Colleges and Universities

Ceramic steel / porcelain enamel steel is the surface for continuous writing. The catalog describes it as designed for very long product life under regular institutional use, hard and non-porous, suitable for continuous writing and frequent cleaning, with a smooth surface and consistent performance over time.

Ceramic boards are available in white board (marker writing) and chalk board (chalk writing) options, so the choice of writing type does not force a compromise on the surface. Both ceramic variants are also magnetic — the chalk version is described as scratch-proof, hard and non-porous, glare-free with excellent chalk visibility from all angles.

Metallic Premium is listed for high-end offices, educational institutions and professional environments, with heavy-duty framing and Signature Dual-Tone Corners on white boards, and heavy-duty aluminium framing on chalk boards with rigid core construction.

A lecture hall board is bumped, leaned on and cleaned several times a day. The frame and corner specification is what keeps it square and intact through that, which is why the top series is the sensible specification for halls even when the surface alone would do the job.

Corridor notice display takes two forms. Open notice boards — 2 mm Blazer Cloth with a soft pin-friendly core for frequent and heavy pin usage on Metallic Premium — suit departmental boards that are changed often by staff.

Where notices are statutory, exam-related or must not be altered, acrylic door cover boards are the specification: a transparent acrylic door protecting notices from dust, moisture and handling, with a locking system, in Deluxe 45 mm triple aluminium framing (single door 2 × 3 ft to 4 × 4 ft, double door 5 × 4 ft to 8 × 4 ft) or ECO lightweight framing.

Departments that publish syllabi, timetables, lab instructions and research notices get more out of an acrylic folder display board than a pin board: transparent front folders for clear document viewing, papers inserted and replaced quickly, folder size and quantity as per requirement, in a strong aluminium frame.

Laboratories and workshops add a lockable key hanger board for equipment and room keys, with capacities from 15 / 20 keys up to 150 keys.

Seminar rooms are non-magnetic marker boards — the room writes and wipes and nothing else lives on the surface, so the budget goes into size. Hostels and reading halls use newspaper stands and magazine stands from the same catalog range, and Homework Tables serve study rooms where a foldable table with a 16 × 24 inch white board writing surface is more practical than a fixed desk.

List the locations, and for each one settle three things: the writing or display function, the duty level, and the size. Then assign the series by duty — ceramic or Metallic Premium for halls and corridors, Eco Premium and Deluxe Standard for classrooms and seminar rooms.

Plusmark is a GEM Portal approved brand authorised for school and government supplies, and supplies Pan India. Their boards carry a manufacturing warranty, and the tender language for it is settled with the authorised distributor or marketing executive.