As a leading manufacturer of bespoke canopies, covered walkways, cycle shelters and street furniture, at Miko Engineering, we are committed to providing clients with the best solutions for their needs. Covered walkways are beneficial to any business or indoor building as they protect your visitors come rain or shine! Just like an entrance canopy, the sole puprose of a covered walkway to is provide shelter that can keep you dry from heavy showers and cool in the shade from the summer sunshine. This blog post will take a closer look at what covered walkways are, and some examples of what is available to you here at Miko and how we can help improve your outdoor spaces.

What Is A Covered Walkway?

A Covered Walkway is a structure that is designed to provide protection from the elements when walking from one location to another. Typically, covered walkway systems will be installed outside of existing buildings in a sheltered space and used to connect different areas of a facility. They can make a great difference to a business, school or retail centre, increasing the overall height, dimension and shape of the exterior, and can be used during the process of a renovation. The easy-to-integrate, fixed and free-standing products provided by our team here at Miko Shelter Solutions offer a range of different finishes and engineering extras to ensure that the quality of your covered walkway is second-to-none.

Examples of Covered Walkways:

• Monopitched covered walkway – a simple design that complements even the more traditional buildings
• Timber covered walkway – made with structural timber, combining steel components where necessary
• Curved covered walkway – allows for larger span to the extra strength of the radiused sections
• Wave covered walkway – a quirky design that can be adapted to complement the existing building

What Covered Walkways Can MIKO Provide Me With? 

Here at MIKO we specialise in a range of both standard and bespoke covered walkways for a range of sectors that are both functional and aesthetically pleasing, boosting your overall curb appeal. We can supply you with a range of alternative solutions including: 

Does a Covered Walkway need planning permission?

Whether or not your covered walkway requires planning permission is dependent on a few factors. Firstly, if the land that the covered walkway is on is part of a leasehold agreement, you will require written permission from the landowner to install any additional structures. With that said, even with permission from the landowner, you will also need to inform your local authority of the changes. How simple this process is will depend on the extent of the project.

Before installing a covered walkway, it is important to be informed of any local planning permission requirements. We are happy to support our clients with navigating this process to ensure that the covered walkways we provide meet all necessary regulations.

Curved Covered Walkways –

The curved covered walkway is our most popular covered walkway here at Miko. With a simplistic and robust design that presents a combination of quality and durability at an affordable cost.t. 

Curved covered walkways are manufactured from mild steel in a range of circular hollow sections and rectangular hollow sections, meaning that each walkway can be customised to your personal specifications. The roof of your covered walkway roof can be clad using a range of materials. For example, multi-wall polycarbonate will give it an opaque finish, allowing natural sunlight to shine through whilst also stopping any direct UV light. Alternatively, you could choose another form of roof cladding such as toughened laminated glass. Each covered walkway is then fitted with an aluminium or PVC gutter.

What Do The Measurements Need To Be?

All of our curved covered walkways can be specifically designed and manufactured to fit all projects, both big and small. So if you feel like your business or local school has a particularly small entranceway, then fear not – we can help improve your outdoor area!

Wave Covered Walkways – 

The wave covered walkway is another popular style of canopy that we can supply you with here at Miko. It boasts similarities to our curved covered walkway but with a more elaborate twist for a unique stamp.

How Are They Made And What Do The Measurements Need To Be? 

The materials used, size specifications and finish are the same as the previously mentioned curved covered walkway, so you can guarantee that they will be manufactured to a high standard. There is always the option to add some personal touches to your wave covered walkway at any stage to put your own stamp on your canopy, ensuring that you are 100% happy with the overall finished product.

Can We Work Together On Bespoke Covered Walkways?

structures, which is why we love to work with our clients on bespoke projects. If you have a specific design in mind, we can work with you to create a structure that is tailored to your needs and celebrate with you when the end result shows your idea come to life. If you wish to go one step further than adding personal touches to your canopy, then perhaps you should consider designing your own bespoke solution?

We can work with you to design and manufacture a made-to-measure alternative that is completely unique to you. Our bespoke service usually starts at our head office, where an initial idea is discussed before our engineering experts craft your bespoke covered walkway, with our design specialists and installation experts on hand to ensure that your MIKO product exceeds your expectations and our rigorous high-standard, on-site survey.

Get In Touch For A Covered Walkway Canopy

At Miko Engineering, we offer free site surveys to all our customers, so that we can accurately measure the size of the walkway area and provide the best service possible. If you would like to know more about our covered walkways, or any of our other canopy solutions that we can provide your business with, please do not hesitate to contact our sales team on 0191 428 0452 or drop us a line at [email protected].

So today is #WorldBicycleDay – And it is staggering how little of our population in the UK actively cycle on a daily basis, whether that be for downtime, or your commute to work or to take your children to school. But we think this could change if people really knew the benefits that cycling can have on both your physical AND mental health! It’s time to ditch the car keys and pick up your helmet with Miko’s array of cycling storage and shelter solutions.

Let’s Look At The Stats

In official reports carried out in 2017  in the UK, these were the findings:

• A huge 71% of the population surveyed admitted they never cycle at all these days.
• Only 42% of people (aged 5+) own or have access to a bike.
• 4% of commute trips are made via cycling.
• Between April 2017 and March 2018, there were an estimated 288,000 incidents of bicycle theft.

Cycling Benefits On Your Physical Health

With it being said that it only takes around two to four hours of exercise a week to improve your general health, there really is no excuse to not get on your bike and enjoy a bike ride from time to time. Whether you ride to the local shops to pick up this evening’s dinner, or you switch up your morning commute to work, it can have substantial benefits on your general, physical health. These can include; increased cardiovascular fitness, improve your joint mobility, improve your posture, 45% lower risk of developing cancer.

You will find that gentle exercise in the form of cycling is great for lowering health risks and improving your general physical fitness as firstly it is one of the easiest sports, once you learn how to ride a bike, you never forget. It is low impact exercise which ultimately results in less strain on the body, it provides a good muscle workout leaning your legs, bum and stomach and working all muscle groups as you pedal. And it is good for building stamina and strength over time.

Cycling Benefits On Your Mental Health

Looking after your personal mental health can be as easy as you prefer. You can do the simplest of tasks such as reading a book at the end of your day, to having regular meetings with a trained professional to discuss how you feeling in general about your day to day situation. It is all about finding out what works best for you and what works best for your mind to be calm, comfortable and happy. Cycling is an easy yet effective way of taking care of your mental health. A gentle exercise like such can have astounding benefits on your mental health, taking a little chunk of your day to work on yourself and focusing solely on yourself. You will notice a relieving source for stress – stress can be the main factor of contributing to health problems both externally and internally as well as mentally, causing anxiety and depression. Cycling reduces levels of cortisol, also known as the stress hormone.

Regular cycling is known to benefit your sleeping habits, as the movement of the exercise will leave your body feeling tired which of course is the main contributor to sleep, however, it encourages a release of Human Growth Hormone into your bloodstream while you are sleeping.

Higher self-esteem and energy levels can be benefited by cycling on the regular, as being on the move and increasing your heart rate gives you that little extra motivation you have been looking for to get through your day’s tasks, and when you work out it aids a strength and feel-good factor within, ultimately boosting your general mood and confidence.

Cycling Benefits On Your Day-to-Day Routine

Whether you choose to cycle to and from work, taking your children to school, or just to enjoy long bike rides at the weekend, were you aware on the benefits that cycling can have on your general day-to-day business? For example, it can be a more time-efficient form of transport for you. When you decide to take the car to work, you could run into the unavoidable rush hour traffic, therefore sitting at traffic lights and roundabouts for a substantial amount of time in the morning, wasting valuable time of your day. Cycling to work has been made even easier and safer these days with the brand new and more popular cycle lanes aiding you to beat the rush.

Cycling also helps to settle your financial situation being FREE. That’s right, no petrol costs, general MOT or service maintenance, just hop on your bike, pop on your helmet and off you go!

Tackling The Risks Of Bicycle Theft

With a staggering 288,000 incidents of bicycle theft occurring between 2017-2018, Miko Shelter Solutions have an extensive range of bicycle shelters and storage products that we can offer and design you to ensure that your cycling equipment is kept safe and secure. We can offer you:

• Bike Shelters
• Cycle Lockers
• Cycle Racks
• Cycle Compounds

Contact Us

If you are taking motivation from us this summertime and opting for your bike rather than your car, then don’t hesitate to get in touch and give us a call on 0191 428 0452 to discuss your cycle storage solutions, or arrange a bespoke solution to store your cycling equipment to upmost safety.

On your morning commute into work today, or doing the school run, out of interest how many people did you see travelling by bike? Chances are less likely than how many cars were on the road, or even people walking for that matter. Cycling is proven to have fantastic benefits on both our physical and mental health, including increased muscle strength and flexibility, improve posture and coordination, decrease body fat, reduce stress and anxiety – to name a few. But did you know that in England, under 3% of children between the ages of five to sixteen cycle to school, with more than a third of them commuting by car. This is a seriously disappointing statistic but when compared to the 40% of Dutch children who travel by bike – it’s all the more staggering! And to add that in Denmark’s second city, Odense – 81% of pupils cycle to school.

Something has to be done to initiate our children of the future to take more consideration of their health, and to learn about the benefits that cycling your journey to and from school can have on your general health. We have cycle lanes in place, the correct safety gear available in local stores and safety procedures are put in place on our public roads so there is no reason to not get more active and encourage your children to swap the car for your pedals. Here at Miko we have a range of bicycle storage solutions that are perfect for your child’s school, or even at home, to ensure that your equipment is safe and secure when not in use. Read on to find out what we can offer you…

Our Services

Cycle Shelters

We offer state-of-the-art cycle shelters facilities to ensure that your bicycle is stored safe and securely, ultimately encouraging young ones to kitck-start a more active lifestyle and take their bike to school rather than rely on public transport or a lift off Mum or Dad. Whether you are interested in supplying a traditional, contemporary cycle shelter for the use of the children in your local school, or you wish to design a personal bespoke solution to improve interest and engagement – Miko would be more than happy to help.

Cycle Compounds

Our cycle compounds offer a totally secure and lockable cycle solution to ensure that your children’s equipment is safe when not in use. The cycle compounds can be designed to hold a certain number of bikes and can be fitted with cycle racks and gates. If this is a service that you would be interested in then please don’t hesitate to get in touch as we can design, manufacture and install your cycle compound and provide additional safety features such as lighting and CCTV.

Cycle Lockers

Our range of cycle lockers are manufactured from 1.2mm and 1.5mm galvanised steel and can be powder coated to fit the theme of your building, yard or business colour palette. To check out our range of cycle lockers head to our website for solutions such as horizontal bike lockers, helmet lockers and many more.

Contact Us

If you are interested in any of the safety solutions that we have talked about today then please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us to discuss your ideas and receive a quote. We would love to see the statistics of the number of young children who cycle to school in England increase over time and we ensure that with our services and products, your child’s equipment will be stored safely and securely while not in use, so there really is no excuse!

With the weather getting warmer it is only natural that school children will begin to venture outside during their breaks, but why wait for the weather to get better? At Miko Engineering, we offer a range of school canopies to best suit your needs.

Outdoor Dining Canopies

When considering outdoor dining, in the UK we must also consider shelter solutions from the drastic weather changes. Outdoor dining creates sheltered seating solutions for pupils, meaning they have the option to socialise with friends while eating their lunch in an ‘alfresco’ manner.

Outdoor dining canopies also provide for a much cheaper solution to extending your dining hall, as well as having a positive effect on students productivity and their ability to learn.

Our outdoor dining canopies have multiple uses including using it for dining purposes, as well as a new teaching area, but if you’re wanting more space it would be better for your establishment to get an additional teaching canopy.

Teaching Canopies

Teaching canopies are starting to become the main hub for teaching within schools, especially since it has come to light that teaching outside of the classroom is so important for the development of students. Creative education stated that “taking kids beyond the classroom is like unclipping their wings”. Children outside of the classroom can come up with more creative results, as well as a higher desire to learn, as they feel more engaged.

When designing an outdoor teaching canopy we also make sure to involve the school as much as possible. At Miko Engineering, we provide an extremely bespoke process so that your canopy fits and functions perfectly. We can offer a range of designs, colours and door choices. We can also include details such as internal lighting and even electrical points.

Sun Canopies

Sun canopies are vital for students and employees during those hot summer months. The sun can cause extreme damage to children’s skin, so our sun canopies are designed to safeguard against harmful UVA and UVB rays.

Sun canopies come in various designs, one of the most popular being a sail canopy, as it offers a contemporary, yet impressive shelter solution. A sail canopy is a type of sun canopy that is known for supplying optimum coverage and protection on rainy days and during sunny spells. Sail Canopies are usually installed in schools as a smaller shelter solution for use in playgrounds, this is because they require fewer poles to hold it in place.

All of our sun canopies can be designed to suit your school’s theme and colours, whether this is done using a wooden framework for a more natural appeal, or a galvanised steel for a solution that will be built to last.

Find out more about outdoor canopies

For more information on outdoor canopies for schools and businesses, check out our other canopy blogs:

• The benefits of having an outdoor canopy
• 6 benefits of installing canopies at your school
• The importance of a canopy covered walkway for a commercial building 
• Outdoor canopies for schools
• A guide to entrance canopies
• A guide to outdoor canopies
• The benefits of an entrance canopy
• How can canopies benefit your workplace

Contact Us

All of our school canopies are designed, engineered and installed to meet health and safety regulations. Not only this, but we make sure all of our school canopies also meet our own strict regulations. Without our own intensive regulation system, we may not have become Britain’s best canopy manufacturing company.

Why not contact us today to find out more on how we have maintained our high company status throughout the 30 years that we have been manufacturing shelter solutions, street furniture and more. Contact us on 0191 428 0452 or email us at [email protected]

Here at Miko Shelter Solutions, we love to assist educational developments via our engineering solutions. This January, we are delighted to announce our support for National Storytelling Week! This year the week will be running from 27th January to 3rd February and is set to be as wonderful as always. The agenda of the week is to encourage us to engage with the art of storytelling itself – an ancient practice we all have in common with our oldest ancestors. It is now in it’s 17th year and is a week bursting with fun, from workshops to events at theatres, museums and of course schools! But, where does Miko come in? Miko has worked closely with customers in the education sector for a number of years and through our work we want to encourage schools in the North East and beyond to utilise our shelter solutions during this year’s National Storytelling Week. Here’s how…

Get involved!

As noted, National Storytelling Week runs from 27th January to 3rd February and is a wonderful event to get involved in! Schools across the country will be joining in on the initiative and we encourage the North East to do so as well! Speech and language therapists believe that storytelling is vital for academic success as it promotes narrative skills and strengthens our ability to sequence ideas correctly. But above all, storytelling is fun. Whether we are listening to someone else’s story or telling our own, inventing and adapting narratives can open doors to exciting new worlds — both real and imaginary.

Take the event outside!

Depending on what story you’re covering, be sure that you’re using the best location for telling a story! Outdoor spaces make great locations as they are atmospheric, and children love to learn outside. Outside areas are also a great way to explore stories. For instance, children could re-enact the journey in “The Bear Hunt” around the playground.

That’s where Miko can help! Our playground shelters provide an idyllic learning space for children during National Storytelling week, allowing teachers to take the story outdoors with added protection from the unpredictable British weather in January!

Do you need a shelter solution in the education sector?

Miko Engineering have been working in the education sector since we began over 30 years ago. Miko offer a range of excellent products that suit all environments and help your school make the most of its space. All our products are designed to be as functional as possible, yet remain attractive to add a unique and valuable touch to any school.

Miko have been regular street furniture suppliers to thousands of schools over the last 30 years. Our most popular products include cycle shelters, cycle compounds, covered walkways and entrance canopies. Most recently, many schools are requiring outdoor dining/teaching areas to accommodate higher numbers of pupils. Miko also offer a range of smaller products such as bins, bollards, benches and even recycled picnic tables. Miko Engineering’s product range is designed with your school in mind. We understand that every school’s environment, budgets and needs are different. By working closely with each school, Miko can account for these individual needs.

If you are interested in any of our educational sector services, or have a special enquiry do not hesitate to contact one of our team members on 0191 428 0452.

As December quickly rolls on and we prepare to welcome in the New Year, it’s time to start thinking about your 2019 shelter solutions! Here at Miko, we offer a comprehensive range of engineering services to a range of sectors, and wished to remind you of some of these services if you are looking for anything from street furniture to canopies and covered walkways…

Cycle Shelter

Here at Miko Shelter Solutions, we provide an all-round service for clients of all sizes across a variety of industries. With over 25 years’ experience in the design and manufacturing of street furniture, bike shelters, and cycle storage, we have developed an enviable reputation as market leader and create bespoke solutions for schools and commercial clients looking to upgrade their existing cycle shelters or invest in an innovative product that is tailored to their specific needs.

As well as providing office and school bike & cycle shelters, we also specialise in catering to public buildings, such as hospitals, who want to provide staff and visitors with a high-quality facility to store their bikes safely and securely protecting their cycle equipment from the extremes of the great British weather! We have a comprehensive range of bike & cycle shelter products available. Whether you are looking for a traditional or contemporary addition, our engineering experts can assist with a bike shelter that is designed to complement and enhance its surrounding environment.

Covered Walkways

Miko Shelter Solutions specialise in a range of standard and bespoke covered walkways to satisfy the needs of your commercial, public sector or industrial premises. As well as enhancing the overall curb appeal of your property with a distinctive and elegant upgrade, the addition of a covered walkway can provide that all-important protection for staff members, clients and visitors, come rain or shine.

Playground Shelters

Thanks to our unrivalled reputation and proven track record assisting a number of industry sectors, our experienced engineer’s design, manufacture and install an affordable and high-quality range of school shelters. Our freestanding playground shelters give any size play area an added design feature, whilst providing children with the opportunity to play and learn outside all year round. Being based in the North East of England, we know just how unpredictable the British weather can be and our shelters are designed to offer great protection come rain or shine!

Our beautifully designed products, all of which are created to your exact specification, also work to provide a seamless link from indoor classrooms to outdoor play areas, and each shelter can be customised to complement its surroundings. Available in a number of colours, styles and finishes, our shelters offer a resilient and personalised addition to any school environment.

Smoking Shelters

With the smoking ban in force, designated smoking areas are becoming more popular. Miko can supply a range of smoking shelters or manufacture to your individual requirements. We will regulate to the smoking shelter law and smoking shelter regulations. Enabling you to have the peace of mind that the shelters are designed and manufactured to the correct standards.

We can design shelters with built-in floor or wall mounted cigarette bins for your employees to dispose of their cigarettes in a clean and tidy manner. Additionally, why not compliment your new smoking shelter with seating, ashtrays or planters?

These are just a few of a wide range of services we supply, go to our website for further details on how we could help you today!

SECTORS MIKO SUPPLY

Our bespoke shelter solutions are extremely popular within a wide and diverse range of sectors. Here at Miko we supply a number of sectors within our remit. Miko do a great deal of work with the educational, commercial, healthcare, retail and residential sector so if you fall into any of these categories we also have a range of shelter solutions to assist you.

CHOOSE MIKO

If you are interested in our shelter solutions or additional services, contact us today on 0191 428 0452 or email [email protected]. Furthermore, if you wish to see some of our work in action, go take a look at our client case studies for inspiration and evidence of our amazing work.

As the Christmas school holidays draw closer, Miko wanted to remind you that we offer a range of services to the education sector. The Christmas break is the perfect time to renovate and install engineered school shelter solutions. The need for renovation work often build across the year, therefore, this is the perfect time to have solutions sorted for the children coming back to school in the new year. Miko have been working for a long time with clients in the education sector and we offer a range of excellent products that suit all environments and help your school make the most of its space. All our products are designed to be as functional as possible, yet remain attractive to add a unique and valuable touch to any school. The team at Miko design and engineer products with your school in mind and we understand that every school’s environment, budgets and needs are entirely specific. Our bespoke designs cannot be found elsewhere. We hope that by working alongside you we will be able to meet your individual needs and requirements for a shelter solution, even surpassing your expectations.

Here are some of our most popular products that we supply and install in the education sector…

#1 Alnwick Shelter

The Alnwick cycle shelter is an extremely versatile bike shelter option, offering extensive protection from the extensive British weather conditions with rear and side clear PETg screens. The bike shelter gives all round visibility for holding any number of cycles, with options that house anything from 10 to 30 or more bikes. The design works has been specifically equipped to be used in conjunction with other cycle shelters in our range to create great looking bike shelter storage solutions for schools and offices alike.

#2 Compound Shelter

All Miko Shelter Solution’s cycle compounds offer totally secure, lockable cycle storage with complete all round visibility. The cycle compounds can be designed to hold any number of cycles by combining our ‘Alnwick’ cycle shelters with other shelter designs. The cycle compounds can be fitted with cycle racks and gates. Miko can design, manufacture and install cycle shelter solutions which will complement any building. Enclosed cycle compounds also means that at night the compound is not used as a gathering place. Miko Shelter Solutions can also provide lighting and even CCTV within bike storage compounds.

#3 Covered Walkways

Miko also specialise in a range of standard and bespoke covered walkways to satisfy the needs of your education sector premises. As well as enhancing the overall curb appeal of your property with a distinctive and elegant upgrade, the addition of a covered walkway can provide that all-important protection for staff members, pupils and parents, come rain or shine.

#4 Entrance Canopy

At Miko engineering all of our entrance canopies are bespoke to each client. Miko Engineering has a catalogue of commercial entrance canopies and covered walkways so you can choose from our standard and bespoke products to compliment your building. Miko’s entrance canopies provide ultimate protection from the elements for users. Our entrance canopies can also be built using stainless steel for added impact and a unique finish that creates the perfect first impression.

Our entrance canopies are available for school entrances to give these often tired and lifeless structures a much-needed facelift. You can also customize the exterior of your building with a canopy that is personalised to your school or business; why not finish the entrance using your school or company colours?

#5 Playground Shelters

Making your outside play area a real part of the wider school is a challenge that many fail to overcome. However, Miko’s team of knowledgeable engineers have the skills and expertise to craft a shelter that not only suits your needs but works with your school’s surroundings to provide an exciting outdoor learning experience for pupils of all ages. Throughout our 25 years within the industry, we have specialised in the design, manufacture and installation of bespoke shelters for schools, and our experience has seen us create a number of products to build the outdoor classrooms that children love. Our playground shelters are expertly designed to suit your specific site and we complete a site survey with each and every one of our clients to give us the facts and figures that we need to create something extra special for staff and students alike.

#6 Benches

Miko Shelter Solutions can manufacture a wide range of fabricated steel benches to suit any architectural situation. All street furniture is designed to be of a very robust nature and yet at the same time be aesthetically pleasing. We can powder coat all of our street furniture in any colour the client wants or should you wish we can produce all items in stainless steel.

Bench tops can be in range of hardwoods for ease of maintenance and hard wearing finish. Benches are suitable for schools, parks, playgrounds, open spaces and public areas and can be finished to match other products in our portfolio.

Other sectors Miko supply

Our bespoke shelter solutions within the education sector are extremely popular, however, here at Miko we also supply a diverse range of other sectors within our remit. Miko also do a great deal of work with the commercial, healthcare, retail and residential sector so if you fall into any of these categories we also have a range of shelter solutions to assist you.

Choose Miko

If you are an educational establishment interested in our education sector solutions, contact us today on 0191 428 0452 or email [email protected]. Furthermore, if you wish to see some of our work in action, go take a look at our client case studies for inspiration and evidence of our amazing education sector work.

As the nights draw in and temperatures drop we welcome in the weather of winter. This season it is more important than ever to stay warm and dry. Here at Miko Shelter Solutions, we understand the importance of such and therefore we are at hand to ensure you have access to the very best of shelter solutions that engineering has to offer! That’s why we wanted to remind you of the importance of having weather protective solutions constructed onto your site and how vital it is you invest in these solutions before the harsh winter of the coming months hits. Here at Miko, our two most specialist weather protective products are our entrance canopies and covered walkways.

Do not fret that our engineering solutions will ground to a halt in winter, because here at Miko we work rain or shine! The winter months may be looming but at this time it is more important than ever for us to help your organisation and arrange a shelter solution that will leave you feeling organised and prepared. Whatever your building type, the team at Miko are dedicated to developing a bespoke solution to satisfy the needs of your commercial, public sector or industrial premises. However, if you are a commercial company receiving regular visitors during the winter months there are a number of reasons why it is more important than ever to have adequate shelter solutions foryour building.The Miko team recommend that work is arranged sooner rather than later, so whatever the weather let us upgrade your building to the utmost quality it can be. Here is a breakdown of why these shelters are so important for your commercial building…

Importance of having an entrance canopy on your commercial building

 #1 Aesthetic Benefit

Entrance canopies can have immense importance purely for aesthetic reasons as they can help improve the overall look of your commercial building and draw visitors or customers into visiting your premises.

#2 Shelter

In a far more practical sense, entrance canopies are primarily used as shelter solutions to protect the customers and staff members of commercial buildings from bad weather. Our shelter range includes a number of products from canopies to protect customers from full sun exposure, however, with winter looming we also have products to protect from rain and high winds.

If you employee staff members who smoke entrance canopies can also provide a sheltered area for them to smoke outside of the workplace. However, if your commercial building requires a more permanent smoking shelter for your workplace Miko also design these shelters.

Importance of having an covered walkway on your commercial building

#1 Aesthetic Benefit

A covered walkway is a great way to make your building stand out from the crowd and give it a modern update with this practical design feature.

#2 Shelter

Covered walkways can be highly beneficial in commercial buildings to provide a sheltered space which connects buildings and office space together. This means employees and visitors can stay warm and dry when moving between buildings creating a more pleasant experience for them when they are on your premises. Additionally, it creates a connection between multiple commercial spaces, for instance if you wish to link two premises together.

Find out more about outdoor canopies

For more information on outdoor canopies for schools and businesses, check out our other canopy blogs:

• The benefits of having an outdoor canopy
• 6 benefits of installing canopies at your school
• Outdoor canopies for schools
• A guide to entrance canopies
• A guide to outdoor canopies
• The benefits of an entrance canopy
• How can canopies benefit your workplace
• School canopies for summer terms

But, why choose Miko for your winter shelter solutions?

Here at Miko we have years of knowledge and experience within the engineering industry and have worked extensively with a multitude of organisations to tailor and design specific solutions for their commercial building. As a family run business and a firm believer in delivering an honest and professional service, we believe ‘anything is possible’ and are dedicated to this philosophy when designing winter shelter solutions for our clients. So, keep covered this coming winter with Miko.

If you are interested in either our entrance canopy or covered walkway products, Miko offer free site surveys so if you would like any more information on organising this please do not hesitate to contact our sales team on 0191 428 0452 to discover more about how we can help you this winter and beyond!

It’s officially September and we all know what that means- After the long, hot summer the kids are back to school (finally!!!). Whether you dread the back to school season or long for it here at Miko we has been working hard all summer long to develop cycle shelter solutions adaptable to the needs of each and every school across the North East. Miko engineering have been working in the education sector since we began over 30 years ago. Our in-house engineerings handcraft an excellent range of products that suit all environments and help your school make the most of its space. We ensure our products are designed to be as functional as possible, yet remain attractive to add a unique and valuable touch to any school.

Here is a breakdown of the diverse and multipurpose ways a Miko school bike shelter can be used within the educational environment to help the new school year run just that little bit more smoothly!

BACK TO SCHOOL BIKE SHELTER SOLUTIONS…

#1 SCHOOL RUN RUSH

Miko bike shelters have been a popular solution for schools since the company was launched. Miko believes in the promotion of more sustainable travel options and therefore want to work to engineer school cycle shelters to assist the facilitation of cycle to schools schemes. Cars can often cause extreme congestion as well as create safety hazards around schools. The school run doesn’t always have to mean the pile-up of cars and here at Miko, we want to take away the pressure with our cycle solutions. Make the mornings less stressful for teachers, parents, and pupils by installing one of our bike and cycle shelters in your schoolyard for children to store their bikes. Why not- it’s more economically cost-effective and environmentally friendly!

#2 KEEP THE PARENTS HAPPY

Here at Miko, our engineers have worked hard to make our school bike shelter range adaptable and transformable into general shelter structures. This includes creating parent waiting shelters for school. Having a parent waiting shelter outside of a school entrance can provide parents for shelter and protection from the erratic British elements. Such shelter may encourage parents to walk their children to school or pick them up on foot if they have an area to wait safely for them. Miko simply adapts our classic bike shelters by removing the cycle rack and adding a comfortable bench for waiting purposes. In addition to providing a waiting area for parents, these shelters can also protect pupils and teachers from rain, strong winds, and harmful UV sun exposure. Waiting shelters can also act as the perfect designated pick up point for parents waiting to collect children from school. They are a great, practical addition to any school.

#4 OUTDOOR LEARNING

Miko has also developed an open teaching shelter option by adapting our primary cycle shelter structures. These bespoke shelters have a circular seating area that can be used as a shaded and sheltered outdoor classroom area for teachers and pupils to use during the warmer summer months. These shelters provide a fabulous opportunity to create an outdoor classroom and engage children through sensory outdoor learning.

#5 SCHOOL BUGGY SHELTERS

Here at Miko, we have also developed a range of buggy shelters in order to service the needs of clients from schools, hospitals, doctors surgeries and of course nurseries. These buggy shelters enable parents to walk young children to school with their older children and store the buggy if they so require.  

Miko Engineering’s product range is designed with your school in mind. We understand that every school’s environment, budgets, and needs are different. By working closely with each school, Miko can account for these individual needs. If you are looking for a cycle shelter to fit your educational facilities do not hesitate to contact us today on 0191 428 0452 or email one of our sales team at [email protected].

As we work closely with schools, we are always trying to figure out new ways to help benefit teachers and pupils. Whether it is more space required for outdoor learning or for teaching in a different environment. We believe we have created the perfect solution for your school.

Outdoor dining canopies/teaching canopies will benefit both primary schools and secondary schools. With added space benefiting both types of schools.

Our outdoor dining/teaching canopies will include lighting and electricity points, enabling you to relax in your new canopy. We also provide different types of doors, ranging from the usual standard doors to sliding ones. Our most popular canopy is the glass sliding doors, enabling great use in the summer weather.

Benefits of outdoor teaching

Teaching outside is a great way to enhance the pupils learning. As it is an exciting and new environment to learn in. This will increase the pupil’s attention span, enabling a better quality of teaching and learning.

Teaching outside will also increase the imagination and develop children’s exposure to new and exciting opportunities. It will be a new and stimulating experience, helping the concentration span of the pupils.

Benefits of dining outside

Eating outside can have a huge benefit to the pupil’s stress level, creativity and thinking. Due to them having a break from their usual environment, where they are constantly learning. This will enable them to re-balance their mind and help their productivity for the rest of the day.

We can personalise to suit

If you do decide to choose one of our outdoor canopies, then be sure that it will be fitted to suit the space, needs and style of your business. We will ensure it fits with the environment, and measured to size, enabling a perfect fit wherever it will be placed.

Depending on the colours of your school, we can design it to the outdoor space to coordinate with the branding.

If you’re interested in adding an outdoor dining canopy to improve your schools space, then contact us. Or click here for more information on this product.